July 6 - Sanctuary Worship Bulletin
First Presbyterian Church – St. Petersburg, Florida
Order of Worship – July 6, 2025 – 11 a.m.
4th Sunday after Pentecost/Lord’s Supper
Rev. Robert Galloway
Prelude: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” BWV 147, J. S. Bach (1685–1750) - David Krahl, organ, Linda Macy, violin
Welcome & Announcements - Rev. Robert Galloway
Call to Worship - Robert Galloway
Come, all who seek peace and long for joy.
We come to the house of the Lord, where compassion flows.
God calls us like a mother comforting her children.
God sends us like laborers to harvest the bounty provided.
Let us rejoice in the generosity of God.
Let us open our hearts to receive and respond.
Hymn #298: “Lord, You Give the Great Commission” ABBOT’S LEIGH
Call to Confession - Dave Hunt
Prayer of Confession (unison) - Dave Hunt
Merciful God, you send us into the world with your peace, but we prefer the safety of what we know. You offer us companionship, but we isolate ourselves in fear or pride. You speak through the vulnerable and the small, but we listen for power and prestige. Forgive our reluctance, our defensiveness, our silence. Open our eyes to the way that you call us to live. Renew our hearts to receive your grace, and shape us into faithful laborers in your field.
Assurance of Pardon - Dave Hunt
…Friends, believe the Good News: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Passing the Peace - Dave Hunt
…The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.
*Response #582: “Glory to God Whose Goodness Shines on Me” (v. 1) GLORY TO GOD
Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me, and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me, and to the Spirit, whose love has set me free. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
Time for Young Disciples - Robert Galloway
Prayer for Illumination - Susan Luehrs
First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 66:10-14 - Susan Luehrs
Sermon Scripture: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 - Robert Galloway
…The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Sermon - Robert Galloway
*Hymn #526: “Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ” LINSTEAD
*Affirmation of Faith from Confession of 1967 (unison) - Robert Galloway
To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as his reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation and shares his labor of healing the enmities which separate humanity from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission. His life on earth involves the church in the common life of humanity. His service to all people commits the church to work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the church sensitive to all the sufferings of humankind so that it sees the face of Christ in the faces of those in need. His crucifixion reveals to the church God’s disdain for inhumanity and injustice. The church follows this pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
Presentation of Our Gifts - Susan Luehrs
Offertory Anthem: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (hymn 339), J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954) - Summer Choir
*Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper - Robert Galloway
Invitation to the Table
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.
… with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:
Hymn 552: “Holy, Holy, Holy” LAND OF REST
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Hosanna in the highest.
…Great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again.
…Now with the confidence of the Children of God, we are bold to pray:
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.
The Words of Institution
The Communion of the People
Unison Prayer after Communion:
God of grace, you renew us at your table with the bread of life and cup of salvation. You nourish us with your unending love. May this gift of grace strengthen us in faith, deepen our love for one another, and empower us to serve you with joy and compassion. Guide us to live as Christ’s disciples in the world. Fill us with your Spirit, that we may be witnesses to your love in all we do. Amen.
Closing Hymn #546: “Lord, Dismiss Us with Your Blessing” SICILIAN MARINERS
Charge & Benediction - Robert Galloway
Postlude: “Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Alone to Thee, Lord Jesus Christ), Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) - David Krahl, organ
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Announcements:
Today, July 6
A Stephen Minister is available at the close of this service
Monday, July 7
Lectio/Visio Divina is on break; will resume August 18
Tuesday, July 8
Ladies’ Bible Study, 9 a.m., Youth Center
Wednesday, July 9
Praise Band Rehearsal, 7 p.m., Youth Center
Friday, July 11
Men's Lunch Bible Study, 12 p.m., via Zoom
Sunday, July 13
Childcare available 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pickups, Room S-203
Connect Service, 9 a.m., Youth Center
Power Hour class, 10 a.m., Church Office Conference Room
Children’s Sunday School, (Pre-K-5th), 10 a.m., S-203
Faith Journey class, 9:45 a.m., Chapel
“Next” Adult class, 10 a.m., Room N-123
Upcoming Events:
We will be collecting a love offering for Dave Hunt through his last official Sunday on staff (July 13).
July 27, Mission Sunday. We are partnering with Live Love St Pete to pack supplies into backpacks (our goal this year is 1,000 backpacks!) that will be given away to families in need at the start of the school year. Everything will be set up in Fellowship Hall...we encourage you to come when you can!