Presbyterian Church of the Covenant Podcast

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#32) "How Firm a Foundation"

Praise Songs

Confesison, Assurance, and gloria Patri

Special Music - "Help Me" by Larry Gatlin - Brian Cich, baritone; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Mezuzot: Doorposts" (Deuteronomy 6:4–9) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#472) "Teach Me Your Way, O Lord"

Offertory and Doxology

Prayers of the People

Closing Hymn - (#363) "To God Be the Glory"

Benediction

Postlude

How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!

What more can He say than to you He hath said,

To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

"Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed,

For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;

I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

"When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,

My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply:

The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design

Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.

"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose

I will not, I will not desert to its foes;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,

I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake!"

Teach Me Your Way, O Lord

Teach me Your way, O Lord,

Teach me Your Way!

Your guiding grade afford—

Teach me Your way!

Help em to walk aright,

More by gaith, less by sight;

Lead me with heavenly light—

Teach me Your way!

When I am sad at heart,

Teach me Your way!

When earthly joys depart,

Teach me Your way!

In hours of loneliness,

In times of dire distress,

In failure or success,

Teach me Your way!

When doubts and fears arise,

Teach me Your way!

When stormclouds fill the skies,

Teach me Your way!

Shine thru the wind and rain,

Thu sorrow, grief and pain;

Make now my pathway plain—

Teach me Your way!

Long as my life shall last,

Teach me Your way!

Where'er my lot be cast,

Teach me Your way!

Until the race is run,

Until the journey's done,

Until the crown is won,

Teach me Your way!

Amen.

To God Be the Glory

To God be the glory—great things He hath done!

So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,

Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,

And opened the lifegate that all may go in.

CHORUS:

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

Let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,

Let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,

And give Him the glory—great things He hath done.

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,

To every believer the promise of God;

The vilest offender who truly believes,

That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

[CHORUS]

Great things He hath taught us, great things He hath done,

And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;

But purer, and higher, and greater will be

Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

[CHORUS]

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#318) "Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "We Sing Alleluia" by Farrah/Schrader - Micah Wright, piano; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Kiddushin: Weddings" (Matthew 22:1–10) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#633) "In My Heart There Rings a Melody" (verses 1 & 3)

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory and Doxology

Pastoral Prayer

Closing Hymn - (#87) "Leaning on the Everlasing Arms"

Benediction

Postlude

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, 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 Thy redeeming love.

This my glad commemoration

That 'til now I've safely come;

And I hope, by Thy good pleasure,

Safely to arrive at home.

Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God;

He, to rescue me from danger,

Interposed His precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm constrained to be!

Let Thy goodness, like a fetter,

Bind my wandering heart to Thee:

Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

Prone to leave the God I love:

Here's my heart, O take and seal it,

Seal it for Thy courts above.

Amen.

In My Heart There Rings a Melody

I have a song that Jesus gave me,

It was sent from heaven above;

There never was a sweeter melody,

'Tis a melody of love.

CHORUS:

In my heart there rings a melody,

there rings a melody with heaven's harmony;

In my heart there rings a melody,

There rings a melody of love.

'Twill be my endless theme in glovy,

With the angels I will sing;

'Twill be a song with glorious harmony,

When the courts of heaven ring.

[CHORUS]

Leaning on the Everlasing Arms

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,

Leaning on the everlasting arms;

What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,

Leaning on the everlasting arms

CHORUS:

Leaning, leaning,

Safe a secure from all alarms;

Leaning, leaning,

Leaning on the everlasting arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,

Leaning on the everlasting arms;

O how bright the path grows from day to day,

Leaning on the everlasting arms.

[CHORUS]

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,

Leaning on the everlasting arms?

I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,

Leaning on the everlasting arms.

[CHORUS]

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#347) "All Creatures of Our God and King" (verses 1–4)

Praise Songs

Minute for Mission

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "Holy Art Thou" by G. F. Handel - Tim Illick, tenor; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Hadlakat Nerot: Candle-Lighting" (Exodus 27:20–22; I John 8:12) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - "This Little Light of Mine"

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory - "Thy Word"

Doxology

Pastoryal Prayer

Closing Hymn - (#659) "We've a Story to Tell to the Nations"

Benediction

Postlude

All Creatures of Our God and King

All creatures of our God and King,

Lift up your voice and with us sing,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou burning sun with golden beam,

Thou silver moon with softer gleam,

O praise Him! O praise Him!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Thou rushing wind that art so strong,

Ye clouds that sail in heaven along,

O praise Him! Alleluia!

Thou rising morn in praise rejoice,

Ye lights of evening, find a voice!

O praise Him! O praise Him!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Thou flowing water, pure and clear,

Make music for thy lord to hear,

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Thou fire so masterful and bright,

That givest man both warmth and light,

O praise Him! O praise Him!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Let all things their Creator bless,

And worship Him in humbleness,

O praise Him! Alleluia!

Praise, praise the Father, praise the son,

And praise the Spirit, Three in One!

O praise Him! O praise Him!

Alleluia! Alleluia!

Alleluia!

We've a Story to Tell to the Nations

We've a story to tell to the nations

That shall turn their hearts to the right,

A story of truth and mercy,

A story of peace and light,

A story of peace and light.

CHORUS:

For the darkness shall turn to dawning,

And the dawning to noon-day bright,

And Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth,

The kingdom of love and light.

We've a song to be sung to the nations

That shall lift their hearts to the Lord,

A song that shall conquer evil

And shatter the spear and sword,

And shatter the spear and sword.

[CHORUS]

We've a message to give to the nations—

That the Lord who reigheth above

Hath sent us His Son to save us

And show us that God is love,

And show us that God is love.

[CHORUS]

We've a Savior to show to the nations

Who the path of sorrow hath trod,

That all of the world's great peoples

Might come to the truth of God,

Might come to the truth of God.

[CHORUS]

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#466) "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - excerpts of "Meditation" by Jules Massenet - Micah Wright, piano; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Tefilla: Prayer" (Matthew 6:5–8) - by Amy Hemseri-Sabala

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Hymn of Approach to the Table - (#564) "Let Us Break Bread Together" (verses 1 & 2)

Serving of the Sacrament of Communion

Announcement of Cornel's Retirement

Benediction

Singing of The Lord's Prayer

Postlude

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

What a friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Can we find a friend so faithful,

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Are we weak and heaven-laden,

Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

In His arms He'll take and shield thee—

Thou wilt find a solace there.

Let Us Break Bread Together

Let us break bread together on our knees;

Let us break bread together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees,

With my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me.

Let us drink wine together on our knees;

Let us drink wine together on our knees;

When I fall on my knees,

With my face to the rising sun,

O Lord, have mercy on me.

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#1) "For the Beauty of the Earth"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "Chariot's Comin'!" arr. Don Besig - Sam Allen & Bryan Cich

Sermon - "Guf: Body" (Psalm 139:13–16) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#389) "Let All Things Now Living" (verse 1)

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Prayers of the People

Closing Hymn - (#9) "Teach Us What We Yet May Be"

Benediction

Postlude

For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth,

For the glory of the skies,

For the love which from our birth

Over and around us lies:

CHORUS:

Lord of all to Thee we raise

This our hymn of grateful praise.

For the wonder of each hour

Of the day and of the night,

Hill and vale and tree and flower,

Sun and moon and stars of light:

[CHORUS]

For the joy of human love,

Brother, sister, parent, child;

Friends on earth and friends above;

For all gentle thoughts and mild:

[CHORUS]

For Thy Church that evermore

Lifteth holy hands above,

Offering up on every shore

Her pure sacrifice of love:

[CHORUS]

For Thyself, best gift divine,

To our race so freely given;

For that great, great love of Thine,

Peace on earth and joy in heaven:

[CHORUS]

Let All Things Now Living

Let all things now living

A song of thanksgiving

To God the Creator triumphantly raise,

Who fashioned and made us,

Protected and stayed us,

Who guideth us on to the end of our days.

His banners are o'er us,

His light goes before us,

A pillar of fire shining forth in the night,

'Til shadows have vanished

And darkness is banished,

As forward we travel from light into light.

Teach Us What We Yet May Be

God, who stretched the spangled heavens

Infinite in time and place,

Flung the suns in burning radiance

Through the silent fields of space,

We, Thy children, in Thy likeness,

Share inventive powers with Thee -

Great Creator, still creating,

Teach us what we yet may be.

We have conquered worlds undreamed of

Since the childhood of our race,

Know the ecstacy of winging

Through uncharted realms of space,

Probed the secrets of the atom,

Yielding unimagined power -

Facing us with life's destruction

Or our most triumphant hour.

As Thy new horizons beckon,

Father, give us strength to be

Children of creative purpose,

Serving man and honoring Thee,

'Til our dreams are rich with meaning -

Each endeavor Thy design -

Great Creator, lead us onward

'Til our work is one with Thine.

Amen.

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#334) "We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "I Love You Lord" by Klein/Schrader - Micah Wright, piano; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Tzum: Fasting" (Ezra 8:21–23) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#425) "Cleanse Me" (verses 1 & 3)

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Prayers of the People

Closing Hymn - (#443) "I Need Thee Every Hour"

Benediction

Postlude

We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer

We praise Thee, O God, our Redeemer, Creator,

In grateful devotion our tribute we bring.

We lay it before Thee, we kneel and adore Thee,

We bless Thy holy name, glad praises we sing.

We worship Thee, God of our fathers, we bless Thee;

Through life's storm and tempest our guide hast Thou been.

When perils o'ertake us, Thou wilt not forsake us,

And with Thy help, O Lord, life's battles we win.

With voices united our praises we offer,

And gladly our songs of true worship we raise.

Thy strong arm will guide us, our God is beside us,

To Thee, our great Redeemer, forever be praise.

Amen.

Cleanse Me

Search me, O God, and know myh heart to day;

Try me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray.

See if there be some wicked way in me;

Cleanse me from every sin, and set me free.

Lord, take my life, and make it wholly Thine;

Fill my poor heart with Thy great love divine.

Take all my will, my passion, self and pride;

I now surrender, Lord—in me abide.

I Need Thee Every Hour

I need Thee every hour,

Most gracious Lord;

No tender voice like Thine

Can peace afford.

CHORUS:

I need Thee, O I need Thee;

Every hour I need Thee!

O bless me now, my Savior—

I come to Thee.

I need Thee every hour,

Stay Thou near by;

Temptations lose their power

When Thou art nigh.

[CHORUS]

I need Thee every hour,

In joy or pain;

Come quickly, and abide,

Or life is vain.

[CHORUS]

I need Thee every hour,

Teach me Thy will,

And Thy rich promises

In me fulfill.

[CHORUS]

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#385) "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "Were It Not for Grace" by Hamilton/McHugh - Tim Illick, tenor; Micah Wright, piano

Sermon - "Hachnassat Orchim: Hospitality" (Luke 19:1–8) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#408) "I Surrender All" (verses 1–3)

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory - "We Fall Down"

Doxology

Prayers of the People

Closing Hymn - (#466) "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"

Benediction

Postlude

Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Holy God, we praise Thy name;

Lord of all, we bow before Thee;

All on earth Thy scepter claim,

All in heaven above adore Thee:

Infinite Thy vast domain,

Everlasting is Thy reign.

Hark, the glad celestial hymn

Angel choirs above are raising;

Cherubim and Seraphim,

In unceasing chorus praising;

Fill the heavens with sweet accord;

Holy, holy, holy Lord.

Holy Father, holy Son,

Holy Spirit: three we name Thee,

Though in essence only one;

Undivided God we claim Thee,

And adoring, bend the knee,

While we own the mystery.

Amen.

I Surrender All

All to Jesus I surrender,

All to Him I freely give;

I will ever love and trust Him,

In His presence daily live.

CHORUS:

I surrender all, I surrender all,

All to The, my blessed Savior,

I surrender all.

All to Jesus I surrender,

Humbly at His feet I bow,

Wordly pleasures all forsaken,

Take me, Jesus, take me now.

[CHORUS]

All to Jesus I surrender,

Make me, Savior, wholly Thine.

Let me feel the Holy Spirit,

Truly know that Thou art mine.

[CHORUS]

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

What a friend we have in Jesus,

All our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carry

Everything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,

O what needless pain we bear,

All because we do not carry

Everything to God in prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?

Is there trouble anywhere?

We should never be discouraged—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Can we find a friend so faithful,

Who will all our sorrows share?

Jesus knows our every weakness—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Are we weak and heaven-laden,

Cumbered with a load of care?

Precious Savior, still our refuge—

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?

Take it to the Lord in prayer!

In His arms He'll take and shield thee—

Thou wilt find a solace there.

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#319) "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise"

Praise Songs

Minute for Mission - Syria & Lebanon

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Special Music - "Ivory Palaces" by Barraclough/Smith & Hustad - Micah Wright, piano; Cornel Radulescu, organ

Sermon - "Hiddurp'nai Zakin: Aging" (Pasalm 7:8–9) - by Rev. Patrick Thompson

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Hymn of Approach - (#256) "The Old Rugged Cross" (verses 1 & 3)

Serving the Sacrament of Communion

Benediction

Singing of The Lord's Prayer

Postlude

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Immortal, invisible, God only wise,

In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,

Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,

Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,

Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might;

Thy justice like mountains high soaring above

Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;

In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;

We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,

And wither and perish—but naught changeth Thee.

Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,

Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;

All praise we would render: O help us to see

'Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee.

The Old Rugged Cross

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

The emblem of suffering and shame;

And I love that old cross where the dearest and best

For a world of lost sinners was slain.

CHORUS:

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,

'Til my trophies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

And exchange it some day for a crown.

In the old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

A wondrous beauty I see;

For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died

To pardon and sanctify me.

[CHORUS]

Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#695) "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"

Praise Songs

Recognition of Graduates - "Pomp and Circumstance" March #1 by Edward Elgar

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Recognition of Guest Performers

Choral Anthem - "God Bless America" by Berlin/Ringwald

Sermon - "Avelut - Mourning" (Jeremiah 8:21–9:1; 9:17–20; John 11:35) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#690) "America, the Beautiful"

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Pastoral Prayer

Choral Anthem - "Battle Hymn of the Republic" arr. Peter Wilhousky

Benediction

Postlude "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Copland/Radulescu

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

My country, 'tis of the, 

Sweet land of liberty, 

Of thee I sing: 

Land where my fathers died, 

Land of the Pilgrims' pride. 

From every mountainside

Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee, 

Land of the noble, free, 

Thy name I love. 

I love thy rocks and rills, 

Thy woods and templed hills: 

My heart with rapture thrills

Like that above

Let music swell the breeze, 

And ring from all the trees

Sweet freedom's song. 

Let mortal tongues awake; 

Let all that breathe partake; 

Let rocks their silence break, 

The sound prolong. 

Our father's God, to Thee, 

Author of liberty, 

To Thee we sing: 

Long may our land be bright

Withe freedom's holy light; 

Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King!

America, the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies, 

For amber waves of grain, 

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain! 

America! America! 

God shed His grace on thee, 

And crown thy good with brotherhood, 

From sea to shining sea. 

O beautiful for pilgrim feet, 

Whose stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness! 

America! America! 

God mend thine every flaw, 

Confirm thy soul in self-control, 

Thy liberty in law. 

O beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife, 

Who more than self their country loved, 

And mercy more than life! 

America! America! 

May God thy gold refine, 

'Til all success be nobleness, 

And every gain divine. 

O beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam, 

Undimmed by human tears! 

America! America! 

God shed His grace on thee, 

And crown thy good with brotherhood, 

From sea to shining sea. 

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Prelude

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Opening Hymn - (#377) "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"

Praise Songs

Confession, Assurance, and Gloria Patri

Choral Anthem

Sermon - "Kashrut: Fitting Food" (Deuteronomy 14:1–21) - by Rev. Jason Griffice

Hymn of Response - (#89) "Children of the Heavenly Father" (verses 1 & 2)

Receiving of Our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory

Doxology

Pastoral Prayer

Closing Hymn - (#528) "God of Grace and God of Glory"

Benediction

Postlude

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, 

God of glory, Lord of love; 

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, 

Opening to the sun above. 

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, 

Drive the dark of doubt away; 

Giver of immortal gladness, 

Fill us with the light of day. 

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, 

Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays, 

Stars and angels sing around Thee, 

Center of unbroken praise. 

Field and forest, vale and mountain, 

Flowery meadow, flashing sea, 

Chanting bird and flowing fountain, 

Call us to rejoice in Thee. 

Thou art giving and forgiving, 

Ever blessing, ever blest, 

Wellspring of the joy of living, 

Ocean depth of happy rest! 

Thou our Father, Christ our Brother 

All who live in love are Thine; 

Teach us how to love each other, 

Lift us to the joy divine. 

Mortals, join the happy chorus 

With the morning stars began; 

Father love is reigning o'er us, 

Brother love binds man to man. 

Ever singing, march we onward, 

Victors in the midst of strife, 

Joyful music leads us sun-ward 

In the triumphs song of life. 

Amen. 

Children of the Heavenly Father

Children of the heavenly Father 

Safely in His bosom gather; 

Nestling bird nor star in heaven 

Such a refuge e'er was given. 

God His own doth tend and nourish, 

In His holy courts they flourish; 

From all evil things He spares them, 

In His mighty arms He bears them. 

God of Grace and God of Glory

God of grace and God of glory, 

On Thy people pour Thy power; 

Crown Thine ancient church's story, 

Bring her bud to glorious flower. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grant us courage, 

For the facing of this hour, 

For the facing of this hour. 

Lo! the hosts of evil round us

Scorn Thy Christ, assail His ways! 

From the fears that long have bound us, 

Free our hearts to faith and praise. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

For the living of these days, 

For the living of these days. 

Cure Thy children's warring madness; 

Bend our pride to Thy control; 

Shame our wanton, selfish gladness, 

Rich in things and poor in soul. 

Grand us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal, 

Lest we miss Thy kingdom's goal. 

Set our feet on lofty places, 

Gird our lives that they may be

Armored with all Christ-like graces

In the fight to set men free. 

Grant us wisdom, 

Grand us courage, 

That we fail not man nor Thee, 

That we fail not man nor Thee. 

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