10:30 Bulletin 8-6-2023

August 6, 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 George Gershwin Summertime Call to Worship Hymn 49 (Please rise in body or spirit, and sing.) LEONI The God of Abraham Praise 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 from Iona Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Please echo each phrase sung by the cantor.

Scripture Genesis 32:22-30 The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Then he said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let you go, unless you bless me.” So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans and have prevailed.” Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him. So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.” Sermon The Struggle with God Offertory Duke Ellington Come Sunday (10:30 only) Doxology (Please rise in body or spirit, and sing.) OLD HUNDREDTH Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, the Word in flesh born low; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; One God, Triune, whom we adore Pastoral Prayer Hymn 649 (Please rise in body or spirit, and sing.) AMAZING GRACE Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound

Benediction Closing Voluntary Worship Leaders : Jim Keck, Juan Carlos Huertas, KJ Langlais, Summer Choir (Sapphire Munford, Stephen Cantarero, Nick May, Jeremy Spale, and Tom Trenney The altar flowers are given by Donna Wood in memory of Jack and Donna Wood’s wedding anniversary. * 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