ORDER OF WORSHIP ORGAN PRELUDE Selections from Hymns of Truth & Light [We request that the chimes be the signal for a time of quiet meditation be- fore the service] MOMENT OF GREETING AND CONCERNS [We welcome all who are joining us in worship this morning. We invite everyone to fill out the fellowship pad in their pew at this time. Please pass the pad down your pew and back again. If you are a guest, we invite you to fill out a guest card, available from an usher. Include it in the morning offering and de- tach and wear the accompanying guest tag so our parishioners can greet you.] NEW HYMNAL COMMITTEE Karin Bohr *HYMN No. A-9 How Great Thou Art CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Sing to the LORD, all the earth; tell of God’s salva- tion from day to day. People: Declare God’s glory among the nations, the Cre- ator’s marvelous works among all the peoples. Unison: For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. INVOCATION (Unison) Eternal God, we gather together in faith this morning to ded- icate our church’s new hymnal. We celebrate the great heritage of Christian hymns it contains, both familiar hymns and new ones which help us express our faith and praise to you. In our worship this morning, may we feel you near us. Uplift our hearts as we lift our voices up to you in song and prayer. Deepen our experience of worship, strengthen our commitment to Christ’s discipleship, and empower us, when this service is ended, to go out into the world with a song in our hearts to do your will. We pray together as Jesus taught us, saying, “Our Father...” THE LORD'S PRAYER (using "debts") CHORAL INTERLUDE JOHN ROBINSON’S FAREWELL TO THE PILGRIMS xi *HYMN No. 1 We Limit Not the Truth of God [vs. 1] RECOGNITION OF JUNIOR DEACONS Wil Bindler-Desbiens ANTHEM No. 108 Come, Christians, Join to Sing [After the anthem, Church School children may go to their classes.] SCRIPTURE READING Psalm 95:1-7a OT 676 GLORIA PATRI NO. 36 RESPONSIVE CALL TO PRAYER No. A-4 MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER, PASTORAL PRAYER CHORAL RESPONSE *HYMN No. A-24 Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness OFFERTORY Anthem No. 437 It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord *Doxology - No. 515 Offertory Prayer FESTIVAL OF HYMNS ORDER FOR DEDICATION OF NEW HYMNALS* Karin Bohr, Tom Haynes Leader 1: The people of God have sung songs from the begin- ning of time. We sing in times of ceremony: People: “David and all the house of Israel were dancing be- fore the Lord with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.” (Samuel 6:5) Leader 2: We sing because our God is so great and so good: People: “Praise the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings. Sing to him a new song;’ play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.” (Psalm 33:2-3) Leader 1: We sing because it pleases God: People: “Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful...For the Lord takes pleasure in his people.” (Psalm 149:1,4a) Leader 2: We sing as an expression of our joy and thanksgiving: People: “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.” (Psalm 92:1-4) Leader 1: We sing in times of uncertainty and distress: People: ‘I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.” (Matthew 26:29-30) Leader 2: And we sing because it is part of our new life in Christ: Unison: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with grati- tude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.” (Colossians 3:16) Leader 1: Let us now dedicate our new hymnals. Unison: We accept this new hymnal, Hymns of Truth & Light, and present them to the glory of God and for service in the life of this congregation. We dedicate them in honor and loving memory of family, friends, and oth- ers for whom we offer thanks. PRAYER (Unison) Eternal and loving God, we thank you for music and the gift of song through which we offer our praise and thanksgiving, our confessions and petitions, and our sorrows and laments. We give thanks to you for all those who have contributed to our Hymns of Truth & Light hymnal: the authors, composers, arrangers, and translators who gave us the words and music to express the thoughts and emotions that may otherwise have remained silent. We give thanks for the lives and the witness of those in whose honor and memory these hymnals have been given. We pray that these hymnals may be used in our church: in worship, in educa- tion, in outreach, in evangelism, in nurture, in fellowship, and in faithfulness. We dedicate them, and consecrate our lives, to your service, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. *HYMN No. 532 O Beautiful for Spacious Skies *BENEDICTION *HYMN RESPONSE No. 345 God Be With You Till We Meet Again [vs. 1] *POSTLUDE No. 33 When in Our Music God is Glorified ********************************** We welcome all who are joining us in worship this morning. We encourage those with name tags to wear them. Childcare is available. Please speak with an usher. Please turn off your cell phones. Please note! Hearing-aid devices and print-outs of the day’s sermon are available. Please speak to a Deacon. Please join us for coffee hour in Fellowship Hall after our service. Greeters are Junior Deacons Henry & Ivan Abrams, Elisabeth Bowerman, Jacob Coakley, and Gwen Koontz. Ushers are Mary & Art Baker, Grace Day, Naomi & Matt Keel- ing, and Carol Labollita. Lay reader is Meg Becker. Flowers on the altar-table are given by Jim & Nancy Munson in loving memory of their parents. Deacons of the Month are Fay Hamre & Norma Railey. * The Order for New Hymnal Dedication is adapted and used with permission, Copyright © 2006 The General Board of Disci- pleship of the United Methodist Church, PO Box 340003, Nash- ville TN 37203. Website http://www.umcworship.org. ANNOUNCEMENTS Today is Hymns of Truth & Light Dedication Sunday. All our music today, including the Prelude and Postlude, is from that hymnal. We thank all who gave these hymnals to our church; 450 of them were purchased. We also thank our Hymnal Committee, jointly sponsored by our Diaconate and Music Committee, for all their work in selecting, creating, promoting, and securing this unique hymnal for our church’s worship. Members of that com- mittee are: Karin Bohr, Chairperson; Joanne Blum-Carnevale; Fay Hamre; Evelyn Johnson; and Gail Petersen. Commissioned Ministers Pat Crews and Howard Whitmore and also Rev. Dr.