Prelude: “Andante Cantabile” by Pyotr (Peter) Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, arranged by Mark L. Williams
Call to Worship & Invocation & Lord’s Prayer
Hymn: “Since Jesus Came into My Heart” Words: Rufus H. McDaniel, 1914. Music: Charles H. Gabriel, 1914
What a wonderful change
In my life has been wrought
Since Jesus came into my heart!
I have light in my soul
For which long I had sought,
Since Jesus came into my heart!
Refrain
Since Jesus came into my heart,
Since Jesus came into my heart,
Floods of joy o’er my soul
Like the sea billows roll,
Since Jesus came into my heart.
I have ceased from my wandering
And going astray,
Since Jesus came into my heart!
And my sins, which were many,
Are all washed away,
Since Jesus came into my heart! Refrain
I’m possessed of a hope
That is steadfast and sure,
Since Jesus came into my heart!
And no dark clouds of doubt
Now my pathway obscure,
Since Jesus came into my heart! Refrain
Scripture: Psalm 126
Sermon: SHARING LIFE’S STRUGGLES AND JOY by Rev. Martha Dominy
Prayer
Hymn: “Bringing in the Sheaves” Words: Knowles Shaw, 1874. Music: George A. Minor, 1880
Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness,
Sowing in the noontide and the dewy eve;
Waiting for the harvest, and the time of reaping,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Refrain
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves,
Bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in the shadows,
Fearing neither clouds nor winter’s chilling breeze;
By and by the harvest, and the labor ended,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain
Going forth with weeping, sowing for the Master,
Though the loss sustained our spirit often grieves;
When our weeping’s over, He will bid us welcome,
We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Refrain
Benediction
Postlude: “Praise the Lord on High” by Rachel Sawyer
Words of Institution and Prayer for Communion
Organist: Ms. Marilyn Glover