10:30 Bulletin 6-18-2023

June 18, 2023 9:00 & 10:30AM Worship Service Children are always welcome in worship. Children’s programming is available during the 9:00 and 10:30 worship services for infants through 12th grade. Please ask an usher for assistance. Prelude Dietrich Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne Call to Worship Hymn 263 (Please rise in body or spirit, and sing.) CORONATION All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name! Words of Welcome, Silent Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer Our Father (Mother/Creator), who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors; And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. (10:30 only) The Good News (10:30 only) Good News Response (Please rise in body or spirit, and sing.) Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee HYMN TO JOY Joyful, joyful, we adore thee, God of glory, Lord of love! Hearts unfold like flowers before thee, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; drive the dark of doubt away. Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.

Scripture Colossians 1:15-23a One: Christ is the image of the invisible God, All: the firstborn of all creation, One: for in Christ all things in heaven and on earth were created, All: things visible and invisible, One: whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers— All: all things have been created through and for Christ. One: Christ is before all things, and in Christ all things hold together. Christ is the head of the body, the church; All: Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, the One to come to have first place in everything. One: For in Christ all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Christ, God was pleased to reconcile all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of the cross. All: And we who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, are now reconciled in Christ’s fleshly body through death, so as to present us holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that we continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that we heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. Sermon Offertory On Mighty Wings (from The Creation) Franz Joseph Haydn On mighty wings uplifted soars the eagle aloft, and cleaves the sky in swiftest flight to the blazing sun. The merry lark bids welcome to the morn, And cooing, calls the tender dove his mate. From every bush and grove resound the nightingale’s delightful, liquid notes. No grief affected yet her breast, nor to a mournful tale were tun’d her soft enchanting lays.

Pastoral Prayer Michael Joncas Hymn (Please join in singing the refrain as invited.) John Rutter On Eagle’s Wings And he will raise you up on eagles’ wings, bear you on the breath of dawn, make you to shine like the sun, and hold you in the palm of his hand. Benediction Closing Voluntary Toccata in Seven Worship Leaders : Jim Keck, Juan Carlos Huertas, KJ Langlais, Cece Jude Hastreiter, and Tom Trenney The altar flowers are given by Kendra Angle in loving memory of her husband, Larry, and their son, Kyle. * Although the Bible and traditional prayers most often use the male pronoun We would like to meet you! to refer to the divine, it is helpful to remember God is beyond human gender. Please scan the QR code and Consequently, feminine, gender-neutral, and gender-inclusive pronouns are let us know you were here. effective metaphors as well. * Join us for coffee and cookies in Pilgrim Hall following the service. * Immediately following this morning’s service, everyone is invited to receive communion. All are welcome to the Chapel to receive the elements from one of our clergy. First-Plymouth Congregational Church • 2000 “D” Street • Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 402.476.7565 • www.firstplymouth.org