Sunday June 15, 2025 - Bulletin
June 15, 2025
Trinity Sunday
CHIMING THE HOUR
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRAYER OF APPROACH
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 8)
One: O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
All: You have set your glory above the heavens.
One: When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established;
All: what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
One: Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.
All: You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
One: you have put all things under their feet.
All: O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Hymn # 162 “O Lord, Our God, How Excellent”
CALL TO CONFESSION
Nothing can be hidden from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth,
whose wisdom is endless, whose mercy is great. Trusting in God’s grace, let us confess our sin.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Heavenly Father, Wisdom tells us that you created her at the beginning of your work, the first of your acts long ago. She was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. Help us to remember the importance of your wisdom, Help us to understand that your wisdom is much more than knowledge and that the fear of you is the beginning of wisdom. We know that the wise are patient and merciful; discerning and faithful. Forgive us when we do not seek your wisdom. Forgive us when we seek to act without the guidance of your Holy Spirit. Show us that seeking righteousness through your Son, Jesus Christ is the wisest thing we could ever do. Amen.
One: Now that we have confessed as a body, let us take the truths that have troubled our hearts to God silently. Let us not be worried about the awkwardness of silence, as we take some time to focus on speaking with our God.
SILENT REFLECTION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
GLORIA PATRI # 579
PASSING OF THE PEACE
One: Since God has forgiven us in Christ,
let us forgive one another.
The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
All: And also with you.
One: Let us share signs of peace with one another.
FIRST LESSON Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
MUSICAL OFFERING
SECOND LESSON Romans 5:1-5
GOSPEL LESSON John 16:12-15 Rev Kirsty H. Dickson-Maret
SERMON “Before the Beginning” Rev Kirsty H. Dickson-Maret
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed
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.
Hymn # (Insert) “Come and Seek the Ways of Wisdom”
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE and THE LORD’S PRAYER
CALL FOR THE OFFERING
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it. Let us return to God the offerings of our life and the gifts of the earth. Let us offer them with joy in our hearts and a deep sense of gratitude.
OFFERTORY ANTHEM
DOXOLOGY
PRAYER OF DEDICATION (UNISON)
Gracious God, all that we have belongs to you. In addition, you offer us increased wisdom. We pray for your wisdom in discerning how the gifts we offer today be ought to be used. May our gifts be used in a way that is pleasing in your sight, and useful to your mission in this broken world. Amen.
HYMN # 379 My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
CHARGE
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE