Service for the Lord’s Day - 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 5, 2006: 10:30 a.m.

 

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

Pray in thanksgiving for the week past, and ask God’s guidance in the week ahead.

 

PRELUDE                               Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel                  Spiritual/A. L. Page

 

CARILLON, WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REGISTRATION

 

PRELUDE                                              Simple Praise                                          D. Burroughs

           

CHORAL INTROIT                                                               The Lord Is in His Holy Temple

     LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                from Psalm 104: 1-4, Chalice Worship         

I will bless you, God!  You fill the world with awe:

                 You dress yourself in light; rich, majestic light.

                 You pitched the sky like a tent; built your house beyond the rain.

                 You ride upon the clouds, the wind your wings,

                 the wind your words, the fire your willing tongues.                                                                         

*HYMN #

 

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH                                                  1 Corinthians 12: 4-12 (NRSV)       

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;

and there are varieties of services,

     but the same Lord;

and there are varieties of activities,

     but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit

     for the common good.

To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom,

     and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

to another faith

     by the same Spirit,

to another gifts of healing

     by the one Spirit,

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy,

to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues,

to another the interpretation of tongues.

     All these are activated by one and the same Spirit,

     who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

     For just as the body is one and has many members,

     and all the members of the body, though many, are one body,

     so it is with Christ.

 

*THE PEACE

The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

   Peace be with you. (worshipers share words and gestures of peace)

 

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

 

LESSON FROM THE GOSPEL                                                           John 17: 6-24 (NRSV)

 

ANTHEM                               They’ll Know We Are Christians                          arr. L. Larson

 

WORD WITH CHILDREN

 

LESSON FROM THE LETTER                                           1 Corinthians 12: 12-31 (NRSV)

 

SERMON                                                                                 “Oneness in the Body of Christ”

 

 

RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

 

AN OFFERING OF OURSELVES TO GOD’S GOODNESS

     Call to Respond 

     Offertory                               His Strength Is Our Song                                          S. Pethel

     *Doxology # 592                                              Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow

     *Prayer of Dedication

 

PRAYERS OF THANKS AND INTERCESSION

     THE LORD’S PRAYER (Ecumenical)                                                         

 

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us

from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours now and for ever. Amen.

 

DEPART IN GOD’S NAME

 

*HYMN # 438                                                                                   Blest Be the Tie that Binds

 

*CHARGE & BLESSING

 

*CHORAL RESPONSE                                                     Lord, Let Us Now Depart in Peace    

POSTLUDE                                   The Glory of the Spirit                                           L. Smith

 

*Congregation stands as able

Next Week’s Scriptures: Ruth 3: 1-5; Ps. 127; Heb. 9: 24-28; Mark 12: 38-44   

 

WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION

 

WORSHIP LEADERS

 

Liturgists 

 Joyce Beauvais, William Leety

Sermon

Rev. Malin Dahanga

Word with Children

Rev. William Leety

Musical Leadership

Canterbury Ringers, Westminster Choir, Chancel Choir

Sarah Shaffer, Director

Nancy Deeth, Organist