Today’s service will be held indoors in the sanctuary as an in-person service and also live streamed at this link. Click on “live” for live stream. Join us!
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Gathering Music Ed Yokley
Welcome and Announcements Cierra Donnelly
Call to Worship (based on Amos 5:6, 14-15)
Leader: Choose good and not evil; seek the LORD and live!
People: May the LORD our God be with us.
Leader: Choose good and not evil, that justice may prevail.
People: May the LORD our God show us grace.
Leader: Let us worship.
Opening Hymn “Give Us Integrity, God, in the Ways We Are Living” Handout
Words by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette,2026; Music by Erneuerten Gesangbuch, 1665
1) Give us integrity, God, in the ways we are living.
Christ taught us well to be welcoming, kind, and forgiving!
Yet all around, powers of hatred abound.
May we seek Christ and obey him.
2) Jesus reached out with a blessing and welcomed the children.
Yet all around us are forces of death that would kill them.
When there is war, we see Christ stand with the poor;
may your church also stand with them.
3) Jesus condemned and admonished the proud and the greedy.
He said to open our hearts to the cries of the needy.
May we who say we follow Jesus today kneel with him, serving the hungry.
4) Sometimes we hear, “That’s political! That’s not our problem.”
Yet if we live with integrity we’ll pay attention.
May people find Christians are moral and kind
and that, with Jesus, we love them.
Scripture Reading (to be read within)
Ezekiel 28:12-19
You were the model of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you.
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God.
You were blameless in your ways; from the day you were created ‘till wickedness was found in you. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O guardian cherub. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings. By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching.
All the nations who knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a terrible end and will be no more.
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from the heavens, O Morning Star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to earth, you who conquered nations!
Sermon “The Devil Made Me Do It!” David Johnson
Prayerful Circle of Care
Closing Hymn and Offertory “God Be with You Till We Meet Again” Hymnal #542
1) God be with you till we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.
2) God be with you till we meet again; unseen wings protecting hide you,
daily manna still provide you: God be with you till we meet again.
3) God be with you till we meet again; when life’s perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you: God be with you till we meet again.
4) God be with you till we meet again; keep love’s banner floating o’er you;
smite death’s threatening wave before you: God be with you till we meet again.
Benediction
Discussion
Shalom (“May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)
Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.
Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom. ******************************
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Calendar of Service -
August 23 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter; Worship Committee meets
August 30 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter
September 6 - Rev. Laura Collins; Potluck Meal
September 13 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter
September 20 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter
September 27 - Rev. Laura Beth Buchleiter
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Our own Cierra Donnelly is in the cast of Electric City Playhouse’s production of “Heathers the Musical” that runs through August 23. Synopsis: Westerberg High is ruled by Heather, Heather and Heather, the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place - six feet under. Purchase tickets here.
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Maggie Miller has asked for some help in sending birthday cards to her sister Pat Worrell who is in a nursing home in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her birthday is August 30. Maggie will bring in a box of cards for us to use. This small act pleases Pat so much to be remembered as her family nearby does not visit frequently, and she loves receiving mail.
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Meet and Eat group will gather next time on Wednesday, September 2, at Groucho’s in downtown Anderson (129 E. Whitner St.). Everyone is welcome!
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The Bingo Party for New Foundations students will be held on Friday, September 18 at 6:00 pm. Set-up will start at 5:15 if you can help. Your help is also needed with providing prizes and refreshments; a sign-up sheet will be at church. Prizes would be greatly appreciated. All the residents are teenagers - about 10 girls and 25 boys. Some prize ideas are snacks - Gatorade, cans of soda, chips, snack packs of cookies, sour/sweet gummy candy, ramen noodles (all flavors), and pens, journals, stickers. Contact Joanne Batten at 843-607-3862 or battenjoanne@gmail.com with your questions.
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Campus Edge Concerts (CEC) will begin their ninth season on Thursday, August 13th. These free concerts are hosted at St Andrew Catholic Church in Clemson. The venue has marvelous acoustics and easy parking. This message offers a chance to mark your calendars now! This season will include 3 concerts:
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Shower Update: The shower is still under construction. Please excuse the mess!
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Keep up with the latest news from Foothills Presbytery here.
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Bible Study meets on Mondays at 6:30 pm through Zoom. The topic is Apocalyptic Eschatology along with the Book of Revelation. Dave says he will try to make sense of it! If you’d like to be added to the Zoom invite list, contact Cynthia at cynthiakwarner@mac.com.
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Please remember to donate non-perishable food items to AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries). An extra item when you shop is a great help to others in our community.
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Remember in prayer: Nancy Fox; Peggy Casey; Steve and Brenda Swearingen; Jay Lyn Martin and Jerry Meehan; Mary Alice Mundy; Latha Semones; Immigrant families; Victims of all violence, oppression, and injustice; People of the World in ALL walks of life and strife.