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A CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
JUNE 7, 2020
3224 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, FL 34239 941.924.1323 • www.churchofthepalms.org
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We invite you to be purposeful as you choose a space to set apart for worship. Please silence your phone at this time and do not multitask. You may download/print the bulletin on our website and keep it handy. If it’s safe to do so, light a candle, call it the Christ candle to signify the presence of the living Christ, where you are on this day.
WE GATHER
PreludeGigue, from Lute Suite J.S. Bach
Tomasz Kowalczyk, marimba
Chimes on the Hour
WE PRAISE
Call to Worship
Hymn #138Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
WE CONFESS
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession Almighty God, Source of all that is, Giver of every good gift: You create all people in your image and call us to love one another as you love us. We confess that we have failed to honor you in the great diversity of the human family. We have desired to live in freedom, while building walls between ourselves and others. We have longed to be known and accepted for who we are, while making judgments of others based on the color of skin, or the shape of features, or the varieties of human experience. We have tried to love our neighbors individually while yet benefiting from
TRADITIONAL SERVICE • JUNE 7, 2020
TRINITY SUNDAY
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systems that hold those same neighbors in oppression. Forgive us, Holy God. Give us eyes to see you as you are revealed in all people. Strengthen us for the work of reconciliation rooted in love. Restore us in your image, to be beloved community, united in our diversity, even as you are one with Christ and the Spirit, Holy and undivided Trinity, now and for ever. Amen.
Declaration of PardonLeader: Friends, believe the good news of the Gospel. People: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Congregational Response (together)Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without end. Amen, Amen.
Affirmation of Faith - The Apostles’ Creed (together)I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
WE SHARE
Passing of the Peace
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ResponseCome, Thou Fount of every blessing,Tune my heart to sing Thy grace;Streams of mercy, never ceasing,Call for songs of loudest praise.Teach me some melodious sonnet,Sung by flaming tongues above;Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,Mount of God’s unchanging love!
Life at Church of the Palms
AnthemSteal Away Traditional Spiritual, arr. Brian Tate
Steal away to JesusSteal away, steal away home.I ain’t got long to stay here.
My Lord, He calls me, He calls me by the thunder,The trumpet sounds within my soul; I ain’t got long to stay here.
Green trees are bending, Poor sinner stands a trembling, The trumpet sounds within my soul;I ain’t got long to stay here.
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s PrayerOur 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.
Moment of GratitudeAllemande, from Lute Suite J.S. Bach
Tomasz Kowalczyk, marimba
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Doxology and Prayer of DedicationPraise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
WE PROCLAIM
Children’s MomentSarah Soboleski
The LessonAmos 5:18-24
Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord! Why do you want the day of the Lord?It is darkness, not light; as if someone fled from a lion, and was met by a bear;or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall, and was bitten by a snake.Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light, and gloom with no brightness in it?
I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them;and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon.Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord! People: Thanks be to God!
A ConversationRev. Kelvin Lumpkin, Pastor of Light of the World International Church, SarasotaRev. Stephen McConnell, Church of the Palms
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WE GO
Hymn #354Guide Me Feet
Benediction
Benediction Response May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour
May the grace of Christ our Saviour, And the Father’s boundless love, With the Holy Spirit’s favor Rest on us from above.
PostludeSinfonia in C J.S. Bach
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ABOUT OUR GUEST MUSICIAN TODAY
TOMASZ KOWALCZYK
Tomasz Kowalczyk, hailing from Krakow, Poland, was appointed as Section Percussionist of the Sarasota Orchestra in 2018. He gained praise as a soloist from a very young age, receiving his first award in Poland at the age of 12, only a few months after beginning his percussion studies. Since then he was an award winner in multiple competitions throughout Europe and the United States, including the European Music Prize for the Youth Competition, and the PAS International Solo Competition. Especially passionate about Solo Marimba repertoire, he moved to the United States in 2008, to study with the legendary marimbist Robert van Sice at Peabody Conservatory.
Outside of Sarasota Orchestra, Tomasz performed with the orchestras of Houston, Charlotte, Omaha, Fort Worth and San Antonio, he regularly performs with ensemblenewSRQ and joined the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra for its 2019 season.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Dr. Stephen D. McConnell Senior Pastor [email protected]
Dr. Lal Hmingliani Browne Congregational Life Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Laurie Haas Family Life Pastor [email protected]
Dr. Alan Rodda Visitation Pastor [email protected]
Pamela Gillespie Executive Director of Operations [email protected]
Sarah Soboleski Director of Outreach & Families [email protected]
Carol Homeister Children’s Ministry Director [email protected]
Susan Neisler Palms Center Recreation Director [email protected]
Genevieve Beauchamp Music Ministry Director [email protected]
Dr. Jonathan Spivey Organist / Pianist [email protected]
GOSPEL OF MARK READINGS FOR THIS WEEKMondayMark 3:1-19
TuesdayMark 3:20-35
Wednesday Mark 4:1-20
ThursdayMark 4:21-29
FridayMark 4:30-41
OUR MUSICIANS FOR THIS SERVICE
Musicians: Jenny Kim-Godfrey, soprano; Robyn Rocklein, alto; Brandon Evans, tenor; James Taylor, bass; Tomasz Kowalczyk, marimba
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Ken MyersJoyce NerthlingBetty NewtonDoris & Fred NoceraBessi PlottLynne & Joe ReedLeland SelveyBarbara ShontzJames “Duke” SnyderLottie SpechtLois TackettMary TheobaldCarlene ToddMaryAnn UsherBill WalshHelen WatrousDee & Tom WebberNancy VafeasDebbie WestViola WoodwardBob Zechman
FRIENDSLivingston BakerThurman BrendlingerNance BriskyJeneve BrooksJon ChadwickFreddy & Marguerite ChesneyChrobak FamilyAdrian ColeCharlie CrowderEllis DunbarFrancois DuvergneArthur FerreiraColleen FreedleyAdam GoardGeorge GonasBruce GoodenSue GordonDebra GreenewaltColton HawkesWill HedgepethGail HeinzPeter HigginbothamMichele HollandJudith JohnsonAlice Jean JohnsonThomas Jones
MEMBERSJudy AdamsPaige, Peter & Ares Afendoulis Elizabeth AlexMaurice AndersonGene BaischBabe BaptistCharles BosoldBarbara BranningMary Ann BrockmanElmer ComptonDorothy ConnerGeorgia CotterVictoria CroucherAlice CrownDon CurtisBeth EllisCarroll EsryElaine GastRuben GerzenyBill GetzenPaul GoetzWendell GottmanDiane GraebLee & Grace GreeneJane HancockAllen & Linda HigginbothamMaryanne HigginsMille HightowerCarl HirschMark HueyEric JasonBud & Alice LaFolletteMaxine LambertLou LandtPat LeachRon LeeCherie LeetzowElla & Dan LewisEileen & Gene LinxwilerMernie LongmanDavid LuxFerrell MarrsBob MacColloughRebekah McDonaldAllan McIlraithMary McQueenLarry MingsBonney Miller
Sophie KelleyLucy KennedySandra KerrAnn LachowiczKatherine LepsonLouise LussierDawne MchenryAngela McSweeneySheila MillerJohn MillsSlade MorelyMark MottMaria de NazareFran NicolaiSharon PerryUlf PetriSylvia PhillipMaggie & Jim PinegarDiane RamsayLogan M. RebhanMary RileyMichele RiosPaul & Melvin RouthSamantha RullanAlex SelfBJ ShoemakerSean & Pat SkinnerJennifer SmithRon StevensJim StirenzNicki ThompsonToni Tichenor & familyMaxine TinsleyGabriel TorresDan WalterJeff WaltersBarbara WhitlatchPeggy & Gary WilborKim Williams
MILITARYChristopher BranningWilliam DiamondJake GrecoTyler GreeneMatthew Purmort
THE FAMILY OFLee Greene
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
If you or someone you know is in need of prayer, please call our church office at 941.924.1323.
