HOPE CHURCH OF CHRIST
A Progressive Christian Worshipping Community
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost – August 9, 2020
PRELUDE
WELCOME and GREETING
INTROIT
CALL TO WORSHIP – from Father Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.
One: Elected Silence, sing to me
And beat upon my whorlèd ear,
Pipe me to pastures still and be
The music that I care to hear.
All: Shape nothing, lips; be lovely-dumb:
It is the shut, the curfew sent
From there where all surrenders come
Which only makes you eloquent.
HYMN #389 God Is Here (vv. 1 & 4)
God is here! As we your people
meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure
what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us,
all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of the Spirit
into open minds and hearts.
God of all, of church and kingdom,
in an age of change and doubt
keep us faithful to the gospel;
help us work your purpose out.
Here, in this day’s dedication,
all we have to give, receive;
we. cannot live without you,
we adore you! We believe!+
READINGS OF THE DAY
First Reading –from the Sufi poet Rumi
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Second Reading – 1 Kings 19:9-16 (New Revised Standard Version)
MESSAGE Babel Fish
The Reverend J. Gary Brinn
HYMN # 296 This Is God’s Wondrous World
This is God’s wondrous world,
and to my listening ears
all nature sings, and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is God’s wondrous world;
I rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees, of skies and seas,
God’s hand the wonders wrought.
This is God’s wondrous world:
the birds their carols raise;
the morning light, the lily white,
declare their Maker’s praise.
This is God’s wondrous world:
God shines in all that’s fair;
in the rustling grass or mountain pass,
God’s voice speaks everywhere.
This is God’s wondrous world:
O let me ne’er forget
that though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is God’s wondrous world:
why should my heart be sad?
Let voices sing, let the heavens ring:
God reigns, let earth be glad!+
JOYS AND CONCERNS/PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Our Father 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.
CONGREGATIONAL AND PASTORAL BENEDICTION
Alleluia
POSTLUDEPlease join us for conversation and sharing during our Zoom Coffee Hour.
