CCLI license #1913561
Lakeview Presbyterian Church Service, May 30, 2021
A Joint Worship Service
Topic: God in Community, Holy in One
God is not solitary. God is and works through community. And still God is united with God’s self and God’s creation.
Prelude " We will Worship You by Carlos Whittaker " sung by Keisha Prime
We fix our eyes on You You are God alone
We fix our eyes on You Youre our only hope
For all we have to lose is our very souls
We fix our eyes on You You are God alone
We fix our eyes on You Youre our only hope
For all we have to lose is our very souls
Save us from these comforts
Break us of our need for the familiar
Spare us any joy thats not of You
And we will worship You
Yeah we will worship You
Satisfy us Lord in Your unfailing love
Satisfy us Lord that You would be enough
We have nothing here let Your kingdom come
Save us from these comforts
Break us of our need for the familiar
Spare us any joy thats not of You
And we will worship You
Yeah we will worship You
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah
Save us from these comforts
Break us of our need for the familiar
Spare us any joy thats not of You
And we will worship You
Yeah we will worship You
Welcome Lois Lehman, Adam Gray
Call to Worship Phil Miller-Evans
We come, so God can teach us goodness and love for each person
We will complete God's love by having the same compassion as God.
We come, so Jesus can lead us into lives of service and obedience.
We will complete Jesus' hopes by putting others before ourselves.
We come, so the Spirit can help us to empty ourselves for God and those around us.
We will complete the Spirit's peace by sharing our lives with others.
Welcome Video
Framing the Theme of Today’s Worship
Prayer Phil Miller-Evans
Loving God, we come this day to worship with so many things on our hearts and minds. We are drawn away by problems and cares. Heal our spirits. Open our hearts. Help us be your disciples. AMEN.
Hymn (tune of Church’s One Foundation)
1 Help us accept each other
as Christ accepted us;
teach us as sister, brother,
each person to embrace.
Be present, Lord, among us
and bring us to believe
We are ourselves accepted,
and meant to love and live.
2 Teach us, O Lord, your lessons,
as in our daily life
we struggle to be human
and search for hope and faith.
Teach us to care for people,
for all, not just for some,
to love them as we find them,
or as they may become.
3 Let your acceptance change us,
so that we may be moved
in living situations
to do the truth in love;
to practice your acceptance
until we know by heart
the table of forgiveness,
and laughter's healing art.
4 Lord, for today's encounters
with all who are in need,
who hunger for acceptance,
for justice, and for bread,
we need new eyes for seeing,
new hands for holding on;
renew us with your Spirit;
Lord, free us, make us one!
Prayers of the People Janel Miller-Evans
Loving God, you are the complete parent, you understand how tightly knit our affections are to family and dear friends. When we pray, their faces most naturally flood into our minds, and we ask your blessing on them.
Please bless from the infinite resources of your wisdom and grace,
the ones who are feeling happy, successful, strong and decisive, for whom every day seems a new adventure in a delightful life;
but also the others who are feeling discontented, a failure, weak and indecisive, and for whom each new day seems like another burden to be endured.
Please bless those among our friends and loved ones who have a strong faith, a sense of Divine providence, and who each day avail themselves of the grace of Christ and the inspiration of your Spirit;
but also those whose faith is weak or non-existent, who carry half-buried guilt in their souls or bitterness in their hearts, and who either can’t or won’t turn to you for help.
Please bless those dear to us who never have a day’s illness, who have neither suffered a broken heart nor endured a grief, who are valued at work and are popular among their friends;
but also those live constantly with handicap or pain, or have been bewildered by soured relationships, or experienced deep sorrow, loneliness and desolation.
Now, most gracious God, we ask for a similar blessing on the wider world:
please bless, other lands and nations, other races and religions, friendly countries and enemies, people who are likeable and people whose deeds disgust us;
And bless the people who live in our street, work with or near us, who serve us in shops, banks and restaurants, or sit near us on train, bus, or plane;
please bless all around us in this congregation, also the worshippers in different churches, and the leaders of all denominations.
Out the infinite resources of your wisdom and love, bless them all, and hasten the day when we shall truly love others with the same respect and compassion we display towards those who love us.
Through Christ Jesus, Lord.
Amen!
Lord’s Prayer (Ecumenical Version)
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen
Scripture Readings Russ Lehman, Courtney Jones
Psalm 133 (The Voice)
1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters live together in peace!
2 It is like the finest oils poured on the head, sweet-smelling oils flowing down to cover the beard, Flowing down the beard of Aaron, flowing down the collar of his robe.
3 It is like the gentle rain of Mount Hermon that falls on the hills of Zion.
Yes, from this place, the Eternal spoke the command, from there He gave His blessing—life forever.
Philippians 2:1-8 (Modern English Version)
If there is any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any compassion and mercy, 2 then fulfill my joy and be like-minded, having the same love, being in unity with one mind. 3 Let nothing be done out of strife or conceit, but in humility let each esteem the other better than himself. 4 Let each of you look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Being Church
(a testimony and hopes for the future Church) Walter Walker
Statement about Offering our Gifts
Remembering the generosity of spirit that once brought the church unity of heart and mind, let us offer our gifts and open our hearts.
Donations can be mailed to Lakeview Presbyterian Church at 1310 22 nd Av S, St Petersburg, FL, 33705 or given online through our website lakeviewpresbyterianchurch.org
Offertory "Oh For a World" (tune: O for a 1000 tongues)
- O for a world where everyone
Respects each other’s ways.
Where love is live and all is done
With justice and with praise - O for a world where goods are shared
And misery relieved,
Where truth is spoken, children spared,
Equality achieved. - We welcome one world family
And struggle with each choice
That opens us to unity
And gives our vision voice. - The poor are rich, the weak are strong,
The foolish ones are wise.
Tell all who mourn; Outcasts belong,
Who perishes will rise. - O for a world preparing for
God’s glorious reign of peace,
Where time and tears will be no more,
And all but love will cease.
Prayer of Dedication Lois Lehman
In grace,
we bind ourselves to those who have no life;
in hope,
we bind ourselves to those who live in despair;
in peace,
we bind ourselves to all damaged by violence and hate;
in gratitude,
we offer our gifts and bind ourselves to you, O God,
in the work of justice, love, and wonder as you build your community in our world.
In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
Hymn And They’ll Know We are Christians
Verse 1
We are one in the Spirit
We are one in the Lord
And we pray that all unity
May one day be restored
And they’ll know we are Christians
By our love by our love
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians
By our love
Verse 2
We will work with each other
We will work side by side
And we’ll guard each one’s dignity
And save each one’s pride
And they’ll know we are Christians
By our love by our love
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians
By our love
Chorus
Love is patient, love is kind
Never boasts, not full of pride
Always hopes, always trusts
This is Christ in us (repeat)
Verse 3
We will walk with each other
We will walk hand in hand
And together we’ll spread the news
That God is in our land
And they’ll know we are Christians
By our love by our love
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians
By our love
Bridge
This is Christ Revealed in us
This is Christ Revealed in us
Oh, this is Christ Revealed in us
Oh, this is Christ Revealed in us
Charge and Blessing
Let
us have the same mind as God.
We will see each person as God's child.
Let us have the same justice as Jesus.
We will stand with each person who struggles.
Let us have the same hope as the Spirit.
We will put others before us in all we do.
Postlude