McPhail Baptist Church
Prelude: “When In The Hour Of Utmost Need” (J. S. Bach)
Hymn: “It Is Good To Sing Your Praises”
Prayer
Gracious God, who surveyed all that was made and declared it to be good, give us the ears, eyes, and hearts to appreciate the world you have given us.
Forbid that we should walk through your world without hearing the songs of the birds, without smelling the flowers along the way, without seeing the glory of the trees, without marvelling at the beauty of the hills.
May we not become so numbed by the commercialism of radio and television that we take little notice of the sunset. May we not be so busy with our work that we fail to appreciate the sunshine. May we not be so preoccupied with the things that money can buy that we neglect the riches of the things of the Spirit.
During these summer days when the sun warms the earth causing all things to grow, we pray that we might feel the warming power of your love that we may brightly beam that love to those around us. Through Christ our Lord, we pray. Amen.
Special Music: “I’ll Walk With God”
Terri-Ann Wint
John 8:2-11 (NKJV)
2 Now early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, 4 they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” 6 This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. 7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.”And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”
Hymn: “It Is Well With My Soul”
“The Elements of Style”
Rev. Ernie Cox
Hymn: “There’s A Wideness In God’s Mercy”
Benediction
Postlude: “Fantasia on Old Hundredth”
(R. Wilson)
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