* Those who are able please stand.
WE MEET GOD
Prelude – Tiento/Prelude ....................................................... Jean Langlais
Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit (11:00) – Grant Thy Grace ............................... Pierce Getz
*Call to Worship ................................................................. Rev. Robinson
In an unsettled world, where people long to find their way, to feel secure, from lives of turbulence and rush, we come, to seek your will, our God, your word to hear, our faith to live.
In an unsettled world, where self-interest rules and greedy systems call the tune, for strength to keep our values straight, we come, with trust in you, O God, to rejoice in you, to hear your word of grace, and be empowered to live our faith.
(adapted from hymn, Unsettled World, by David Sparks)
*Hymn of Praise – God is Here!.................................................... No. 461
*Prayer of Confession
Lord God,
We confess that we are divided in our loyalties.
We want to have your grace and love, but balk at obedience to your will.
We want to put you first in our lives, but not yet.
We want to be autonomous, free to choose our own path, and end up enslaved to the values of the world.
Make us captive to your matchless love.
Teach us to trust that when we lose our lives in your service, we will find our truest selves, through our Lord Jesus, who has conquered sin and evil. Amen.
*Response to Confession – O Jesus, I Have Promised ...................Verse 3
O let me hear Thee speaking in accents clear and still,
Above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will;
O speak to reassure me, to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen, Thou guardian of my soul.
*Assurance of Pardon
*Act of Praise – Gloria Patri ......................................................... No. 567
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
GOD’S WORD FOR US
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Prayer for Illumination
Gospel Lesson – Matthew 10:37-42 ................................ Bible Page 10
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Time with Children
(11:00) – Every Tree In The Forest ...................... James Neal Schattnauer
Vacation Bible School Participants
Epistle Lesson – Romans 6:12-23 .................................. Bible Page 146
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Sermon – The Paradox of Freedom ........................................ Dr. Banbury
*Hymn – Make Me a Captive, Lord
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OUR RESPONSE TO GOD
* Affirmation of Faith from A Brief Declaration of Faith
We trust in Jesus Christ,
Fully human, fully God.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God:
preaching good news to the poor
and release to the captives,
teaching by word and deed
and blessing the children,
healing the sick
and binding up the brokenhearted,
eating with outcasts,
forgiving sinners,
and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition,
Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain
and giving his life for the sins of the world.
God raised Jesus from the dead,
vindicating his sinless life,
breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer – (Traditional) .............................................. No. 16
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.
Offering Of Our Gifts, Tithes, and Selves To God
At this time, we ask worshipers to print their names in the friendship pad as it is passed down the pew.
Musical Offering (8:30) – My Spirit Hath Rejoiced .................. J. S. Bach
Anne O’Byrne, soprano
(11:00) – Sing, My Soul ........................... Ned Rorem
Chancel Choir
*Doxology – Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow ........... No. 592
*Hymn – Fight the Good Fight ....................................................... No. 307
*Charge and Benediction
(Please greet those with whom we have worshipped.)
*Choral Response (11:00) – A Song of Thanksgiving ....... Mark Patterson
*Postlude – Duke Street ................................................. David Cherwein
Assisting in worship today are Rosalind Banbury, Associate Pastor for
Adult Ministries, and Will Robinson, an ordained Presbyterian minister working on his Ph. D. in New Testament at Union-PSCE. Mary Kay
Collins, Associate Pastor for Pastoral Care, and Brint Keyes, Parrish
Associate, are leading our Open Door service in the rec room.

The flowers in the chancel are given to the glory of God in memory of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Albright, and his brother, Dr.
Samuel L. Albright, by Mr. and Mrs. George F. Albright.
Our nursery, for infants to three-year-olds, is located on the first floor from 8:30 am to 12:15 pm. Sign-in desk is at room 105. Parents should pick them up there immediately after the service.
Children’s Worship Notebooks are available from the ushers for use during the service. Children age 4 - grade 2 who come forward for
Children’s Time during the 8:30 am and 11:00 am services, are invited to attend Children's Worship in room 208 afterwards.
Personal amplification devices are available for the hard-of-hearing.
Please see an usher for assistance and remember to return them to an usher or leave them on the pew after the worship service.
We thank the following officers for their service today:
8:30 Worship Cary Street, Mike Tysinger; Porte Cochere, Debbie
Wilkinson; Welcome table/sound system, Carolyn Cockrell.
11:00 Worship Cary Street/assist pastor, Russ Cauble; Porte
Cochere, Tom Holloway; Treasurer, Hiter Harris; Assist Treasurer,
Lisa Kunz; Contemporary/Coffee Hour, Chip Louthan; Welcome table/sound system, Marilyn Smart.
After the Second Service Elders: Wayne Hunter, Cary Street Door;
Jay Johnston and Kathy Watson, Porte Cochere Door.
Hostess: Circle 6.
Ushers: Jon Bruns, David Menges, Gus Mitchell, John Ran Smith,
Dwight Buelow, Charles Winkler.
IN OUR CHURCH FAMILY
The Presbyterian Church of Pakistan and all Pakistani Christians who live in the midst of persecution.
Barbara Bingham, Duncan Owen, Roland Kenney, Anne-Bradford
Bugg, Percy Wootton, John Counts, and Anne Miller.
Mert and Sue Fowlkes became grandparents for the first time to a grandson, Christian Reed Fowlkes, on Saturday, June 21, 2008.
The wedding of Lee Blackwell Garter and Jason Matthew Edmonds.
Reed Harrison on the death of her stepmother, Mary Anne Harwell.
Sally Brown on the death of her sister, Penny.
BIRTHDAYS
We celebrate with our members who are having a birthday this week.
Sunday
June 29 – July 5:
Wednesday
Olivia Garber
Anne Jennings
Melissa Ashkani
Shirley Hatcher
Monday
James Sweeney
Paxton Wiggins
Samantha Ashkani
Blair Burnett
TA Hickman
Will Robertson
Thursday
Will Grattan
Charles Hidell
Martha Condyles
Meg Crews
Anne Preston Farmer
Connor Hayes
Don Miller
Megan Rose
Carmen Thornton
Bryan Wright
Tuesday
Sarah Elliott
Stuart Marth
Karen Moore
Paul Hood
Caroline Kasper
Sue Midkiff
Friday
Ryan Slye
Ella deVenoge
Willie Flohr
Nathan Riehl
Ellen Watlington
Saturday
Browning Gentry
Jaymie Upton
If we have missed your birthday, please call the office or
e-mail Cherry Corley at ccorley@fpcrichmond.org
13 th Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 29, 2008 ••• 8:30 am and 11:00 am