Having Jonah Over for Lunch

Today’s guest speaker is Dr. Renny Domske.
 
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                     Gathering  Around  the  Word
Prelude   Music Director             Robert Senay
ANNOUNCEMENTS   
CHORAL INTROIT     “Let Us Build A House”
 
CALL TO WORSHIP:                    from Psalm 4
Leader:  Answer me, when I call to You, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress.
People:  How long, O men, will you turn My glory into shame?  How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
Leader:  Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself. The Lord will hear when I call to Him.
People:  In your anger do not sin; search your hearts each night and be silent         
Leader:  Be merciful to me and hear my prayer. Let the light of Your face shine upon us, O Lord.
People:  I will lie down and sleep in peace, O righteous God, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in Safety.

INVOCATION                                                  Dr.   Domske
HYMN:         “Standing on the promise”       #69        
 
PRAYER OF CONFESSION: (in unison)
O Lord God. Here we are again. We have promised to love You but we have loved ourselves.  We have promised to consult You in all things but we have ignored You.  We have promised to think of You when we interact with others, but we have only approached others with selfishness.  Forgive us, most merciful God.  Bless us as we come to You again.  Fill us with the hope that only You can provide. Take our sins far away from us.  We want to love You.  In Jesus name we pray.
 
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*Time of silent prayer
Response – Gloria Patri
Passing of the peace
L: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be w you.
        P: And also, with you.
 
Children’s Moment
CHOIR ANTHEM       “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness”
 
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture reading       Matthew 12: 38-41
                                     Jonah 1: 1-17, 2: 10

The Sign of Jonah
38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

39 He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.

​Jonah Flees From the Lord
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”

7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

10 This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

12 “Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

Jonah’s Prayer
17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

​10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

​         L:  The word of the Lord
         P:  Thanks be to God!
Sermon “Having Jonah Over for Lunch”
 
HYMN:  There Shall Be Showers of Blessings           #580
*Apostles Creed (found in back cover of hymnal)
Presentation of tithes and offering
Offertory                                                 Robert Senay
Doxology (Hymnal page 382)
Prayer of dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People                              Dr. Domske
The Lord’s Prayer
HYMN:          “Sweet, Sweet Spirit”                             #159
 
HYMN     564
INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of Thee!
Heaven and earth are praising Thee!
O Lord Most High!
THE COMMUNION
THE RESPONSE   – “Alleluia”
HYMN   565
 
BENEDICATION
CHOIR POSTLUDE    “Every time I feel the Spirit”

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ANNOUNCMENTS
Remember our Food Collection.  And Jesus said, “you give them something to eat.”  Mark 6: 37.  Please let Betty Fisher know if you are aware of anyone within the community that may be in need at this time.

Remember the congregational meeting was moved to June 19th.  As many members as possible should plan to attend this meeting, which is to discuss North Buffalo’s governing system and to discuss moving from bicameral to unicameral.

BIRTHDAYS        John O’Hara, Gary Gibson

ANNIVERSARIES     Bill & Beverly Calhoun; Ron & Jean Westfall   
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JOYS AND CONCERNS
Prayers for our soldiers and those that have been deployed to help overseas and pray for the Ukraine people.

Prayers for the Pulpit Nominating Committee (PNC) as they search for the appropriate person to serve our church.

Added to our prayer list this week is Brandon Bell who has been diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome.

SYMPATHY   To the Family of Jean Kuhn
                       To the Family of Vivian Kurtz

 CONTINUING PRAYER LIST
Melissa Pedigo, Aaron Blake, Chuck Dicks, June & Keith McGill, Tim Knabenshue, Frank Huffman, Tom Westfall, Elaine Belcascro, Sandy Stone, Diane Bednarski, Matt Petrola, Laura Davis, Nancy Hepinger, Betsy Martin, Ed Horne, Sarah Wilson, Mary Ann Durila, Bill Poland, Amy Ward, The Warlow Family, Pat Haggerty, Carl Weber, Jimmy Svetz, Vicky Byer, Haley Diedier, Fred Wilkinson, Wendy Liggett, Betty Fisher, Ina and Dave Henderson, Evelyn Wood, Ed Caffrey and Brandon Bell.