Organ Prelude: “Prelude on GREENWELL” by Tom Birchwood, on a tune by William J. Kirkpatrick
Call to Worship & Invocation
Hymn: “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart” Words: George Croly, 1854, Music: MORECAMBE by Frederick C. Atkinson, 1870
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart.
Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move.
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.
Hast Thou not bid me love Thee, God and King?
All, all Thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind.
I see Thy cross; there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!
Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh.
Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love.
One holy passion filling all my frame;
The baptism of the heaven descended Dove,
My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame.
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
Sermon: GOD’S PROTEST MOVEMENT by Rev. Martha Dominy
Prayer
Hymn: “The Old Rugged Cross” Words & Music: George Bennard, 1913
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
Refrain
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.
O the old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary. Refrain
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me. Refrain
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share. Refrain
Benediction
Organ Postlude: “Postlude” by Catharine Doige
Organist/Pianist: Ms. Marilyn Glover