SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY, September 18, 2005
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 10:30 a.m.
GATHER IN GOD’S NAME
CARILLON, WELCOME, REGISTRATION, ANNOUNCEMENTS
MINUTE FOR
PEACEMAKING
Jim Clark
PRELUDE Prelude in G Major J. S. Bach
CHORAL INTROIT Praise
the Lord H.
Zimmermann
*LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE
*CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 105: 1-7 (The Message)
Hallelujah! Thank God! Pray to him by name!
Tell
everyone you meet what God has done!
Sing
songs, belt out hymns, translate God’s wonders into music!
Honor
God with Hallelujahs, you who seek God.
Live
happy lives!
Keep your
eyes open for God, watch for God’s works;
Be alert for signs of God’s presence.
Remember
this world of wonders, God’s creation,
Miracles
God’s done and verdicts rendered--
He’s
God, our God, in charge of the whole earth.
And God remembers, remembers the Covenant--
For a thousand generations as good as God’s word!
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 476 (Verses 1-4) O
Worship the King, All Glorious Above!
*CONFESSION OF WHO WE ARE (unison) on Exodus 16: 1-20/wrl
Lord, we
pray for daily bread,
but work to
secure the years ahead,
forgetting
that this day is the only one we have.
The past is
gone, the future never secured.
Forgive our
gathering more than we need for the day,
fooling
ourselves into believing we can provide for the future,
when you
alone are God of the Future.
(time for silent, personal confession) Amen.
*RESPONSE # 572
Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us
*ASSURANCE OF WHOSE WE ARE
*RESPONSE # 476 (verse 5) O Worship the
King, All Glorious Above!
*THE PEACE
The
peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
Peace be with you.
(worshipers share words and gestures of
God’s peace)
PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
ANTHEM All
Things Bright & Beautiful J. Rutter
PRESENTATION OF BIBLES
WORD WITH CHILDREN
LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL Matthew
20: 1-16 (NRSV)
SERMON “’No Preservatives
Added’”
RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
OFFERINGS OF OURSELVES TO GOD’S PURPOSES
Call for response
Offertory On
*Response # 592 Praise
God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
*Prayer
of Dedication
PRAYING IN THANKS OR ASKING, FOR OTHERS AND OURSELVES
THE LORD’S PRAYER
GO IN GOD’S NAME
*HYMN # 497 With
Grateful Hearts Our Faith Professing
*CHARGE
*BLESSING
POSTLUDE Little Postlude in G Minor P. Taylor
*Congregation stands as able
Next Week’s Script. Readings:
Exod. 17: 1-7; Ps. 78: 1-4; Phil. 2:
1-13; Matt. 21: 23-32
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Liturgists |
Rev. Linda
McClanahan, Bill Hershey |
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Sermon/Word with Children |
Reverend
William R. Leety |
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Musical Leadership |
Chancel Choir Sarah Shaffer,
Director |
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Concerned Deacon |
Polly Boring |
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