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We look forward to joining you in Worship, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. Our guest, Dr. Garry Crites, will be bringing the message, “Learning to Trust Again”.
We will be reading from Acts 15:36-40 and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 8.

Call to Worship (from Psalm 8)
Leader: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
People: You have set your glory above the heavens.
Leader: Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark,
People: To silence the enemy and the avenger.
Leader: When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
People: The moon and the stars that you have established;
Leader: What are human beings that you are mindful of them,
People: Mortals that you care for them?
Leader: Yet you have made them a little lower than God,
People: And crowned them with glory and honor.
Leader: You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
People: You have put all things under their feet,
Leader: All sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
People: The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
Leader: Whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
People: O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

We look forward to joining you in Worship, starting at 11:00AM in the Sanctuary. Rev. Benjamin Wines will bring the message, “The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists”, part of the Sermon Series, “Faith and Art, Redux”. We will be reading from Psalm 19:1-10 and our Call to Worship comes from Psalm 104.

Call to Worship (from Psalm 104)
Leader: O LORD, how manifold are your works!
People: The earth is full of your creatures.
Leader: These all look to you to give them their food in due season;
People: When you give to them, they gather it up;
Leader: When you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
People: When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
Leader: When you take away their breath,
People: They die and return to their dust.
Leader: When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
People: And you renew the face of the ground.
Leader: I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
People: I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
Leader: May my meditation be pleasing to him,
People: For I rejoice in the LORD.

Questions for Further Reflection:
Think back to a moment in nature when you felt particularly close to God.
What was it about the Creation that made you think of God?
What did God reveal to you in that moment?

Please note: Our piece for this week’s sermon is The Seine at Giverny, Morning Mists by Claude Monet. It is located in the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC.