Pastor Don Fitzkee kicks off the “All Things New” series with his sermon “A New World: Imagination and Creation.” Preaching from Genesis 1, he suggests that the church should be “an imagination station” that spurs believers to envision and shape the world as God intended. Linda Byers and Pastor Misty Wintsch lead worship, the Chancel Choir sings John Rutter’s “All Things Bright and Beautiful,” and organist Margaret Marsch and pianist Mary Ellen DeWitt team on an inspiring prelude and postlude. Here’s the order of worship:
Prelude:
“For the Beauty of the Earth” -arr. L. Lyon
“The Heavens Are Telling from ‘The Creation’” -F.J. Haydn, arr. E. Lorenz
Mary Ellen DeWitt, piano; Margaret Marsch, organ
Introit: “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship”
-The Columbian Harmony
Chancel Choir
Greetings & News
Pastor Misty Wintsch
Responsive Call to Worship: Psalm 104: 1-5, 31-33
Linda Byers
ONE: Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord my God, you are very great.
ALL: You are clothed with honor and majesty,
wrapped in light as with a garment.
ONE: You stretch out the heavens like a tent,
you set the beams of your chambers on the waters,
you make the clouds your chariot,
you ride on the wings of the wind,
ALL: You make the winds your messengers,
fire and flame your ministers.
You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.
ONE: May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.
ALL: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
Hymn 50: “Praise the Lord, sing hallelujah”
Prayer
Pastor Misty Wintsch
Hymn 53: “God of the earth, the sky, the sea”
Scripture Reading: Genesis 1: 1-2, 26-31
Linda Byers
Anthem : “All Things Bright and Beautiful” -J. Rutter
Chancel Choir
Message: “A New World: Imagination and Creation”
Pastor Don Fitzkee
Hymn 414: “God, who stretched”
(Sung to Hyfrodol tune)
Sending Words
Pastor Don Fitzkee
Choral Benediction: “Prayer of St. Patrick” -M. Schweizer
Chancel Choir
POSTLUDE: “Jubilate” -D. Wolford
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