Calvary Presbyterian Church of Big Lick

 Calvary Presbyterian Church of Big Lick
       Open to the Spirit… Eager to Welcome… Ready to Serve.
                     TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 
                                     AUGUST 2, 2026                                  

WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS  
PRELUDE                          “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing”                
CALL TO WORSHIP:     
One:  Come into the presence of God to be fed.  Come to call on God, who is eager to answer.
Many:  We gather to seek God’s face.  Let our eyes see all that is right and true.
One:  Incline your ears to hear all God would teach.  Seek to experience God’s steadfast love.
Many:  We are here to receive God’s blessing.  God is our refuge in a frightening world.
One:  God is near to all who call and seek.  Come to praise God and receive a blessing.
Many:  Open all our senses to pay close attention, O God.  
             We want to renew our covenant with the living God.
PRAYER                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Rev. Mitchell
* HYMN  1                                            "Holy! Holy! Holy!  Lord God Almighty!"  
* CALL TO CONFESSION                                                                                                                                                                                 Rev. Mitchell
* PRAYER OF CONFESSION
God of justice and righteousness, whose compassion for humankind was expressed so vividly in Jesus of Nazareth, we bring to you our sorrow and anguish that we have not followed faithfully in the footsteps of Christ.  Unkindness and deceit are all around us, and we have sometimes joined in their destructive ways.  We waste resources you have entrusted to us.  We cause others to stumble and fall.  Take away our wickedness, O God, and restore your covenant among us, we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
* WORDS OF ASSURANCE                                                                                                                                                                           Rev. Mitchell        
* RESPONSE:  Hymn 649     “Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound”    (v. 1)  
       Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me!  
I once was lost, but now and found, was blind, but now I see.
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION                                                                                                                                                                    Rev. Mitchell
SCRIPTURE READING:                                                                                                                      Tom Mitchell
   MATTHEW 14:13-21
Now when Jesus heard [of the death of John the Baptist], he withdrew from [his hometown] in a boat to a deserted place by himself.  But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.  When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd;  and he had compassion for them and cured their sick.  When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late;  send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."  Jesus said to them, "They need not go away;  you give them something to eat."  They replied, "We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish."  And he said, "Bring them here to me."  Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass.  Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  And all ate and were filled;  and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

SERMON                                                        "Mission Possible“                                                 Rev. Mitchell
* HYMN  507                                                  “Come to the Table of Grace”
* 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.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE: (concluding with the Lord’s Prayer)
   … Our 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.
OUR OFFERING
   * THE DOXOLOGY:  Hymn 606  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;  praise him all creatures here below;  
     praise him above, ye heavenly hosts;  praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.
* PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING 
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation to the Table     (ALL worshippers are invited to partake of the sacrament.)
      Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
      Partaking of the Supper
(NOTE:  The bread is gluten-free bread.  When you receive the bread, you are invited to eat it immediately, remembering that Christ loves each of us individually.  We will partake of the cup together, remembering that Christ’s love is expressed in the community of saints.)
Prayer
We give thanks, Almighty God, that you have refreshed us at your table by granting us the presence of Jesus Christ.  Strengthen our faith, increase our love for one another, and send us forth into the world with courage and peace, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit;  through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen
* HYMN 353                                      “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less”
* CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
* CLOSING HYMN  720        “Jesus Calls Us”  (v.1)
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth saying, “Christian, follow me.”
* indicates places to stand, if you are able

THE SESSION
                                   Nancy Buchanan                                            Karen Shanks                                            Bill Beckett                
               Bill Heinsch    *                                                   Dianne Speicher                                                         Trish Jolley*
               Martha Weaver                             Debby Wilson*                                                           Trudy Rauch
                                                       Vickie Rhea – Clerk of Session
* = serving second term (and therefore cannot be re-elected)

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