Service for All Souls’ Day

November 2, 2008   10:30 a.m.

 

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

 

PRELUDE                                       Glockenchorspass                                          S. Cheek

                                                       A Simple Celebration                              K. McChesney

 

WELCOME, REGISTRATION & ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

CARILLON, CHORAL INTROIT & LIGHTING THE CHRIST CANDLE

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                        from Revelation 7: 9-17

            Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power

            and might be to our God forever and ever!

                            Amen!

            In the days to come, the Lamb at the center of the throne will be our shepherd

            and will guide us to springs of the water of life;

            and God will wipe away ever tear from our eyes!

                            Amen!

 

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN # 530                               O Lord of Life, Where’er They Be

 

*PSALM 107 & THE PEACE

            Give thanks to the Lord who is good, whose love is everlasting:

 

                 Let these be the words of the Lord’s redeemed,

                 those saved from the oppressor’s clutches

                 by the God who brought them home

     from east and west, from north and south.

     Some had lost their way in the wilds and the desert,

     not knowing how to reach a town;

     they were hungry and desperately thirsty,

     their courage running low.

     Then they called to the Lord in their trouble.

     

     The Lord rescued them from their sufferings,

     guiding them by a route leading direct

     to an inhabited town.

 

We are, among others, the Lord’s saved people.

     This is our story; this is our song!

 

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

                 Peace be with you.

(worshipers exchange signs and words of the peace of Christ)

 

PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD

ANTHEM                              Our Hope for Years to Come           W. Croft/M. McDonald

(Congregation joins in singing Hymn # 210 verses 1 & 5, when directed)

 

WORD WITH THE WISE

 

GOSPEL LESSON                                                                   Matthew 18: 10-14 (NRSV)

 

SERMON                                                                                                                  “Strays”

 

RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

 

OFFERING OUR GENEROSITY TO GOD’S GENEROSITY

            Call to Respond

               OFFERTORY                       Speak, O Lord                               arr. M. McDonald

            DEDICATION OF CHURCH SIGNS

   with thanks to Richard Sensenbrenner for a designated gift

 

SEAL THE WORD IN SACRAMENT

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

 

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING                                                    Hymnal p. 13

            RESPONSE # 581                                                                 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord

(Reading of names of the saints )

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

*THE LORD’S PRAYER                                                                               Hymnal p. 16

BREAKING BREAD AND SHARING THE CUP

 

GO IN GOD’S NAME

 

*HYMN # 526                                                                                           For All the Saints

 

*CHARGE & BLESSING

 

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE # 588                                                               Amen

 

POSTLUDE                                     For All the Saints     R. Vaughan Williams/R. Hobby

 

WE ARE A STEPHEN MINISTRY CONGREGATION

 

WORSHIP LEADERS

Liturgists

Rev. Jonathan C. Siehl

Sermon

Rev. William R. Leety

Word with Wise

Hope Boring

Musical Leadership

Canterbury Ringers

Westminster & Chancel Choirs

Sarah Shaffer, Choirmaster and Flautist

Nancy Deeth, Organ/Piano

 
 
IN MEMORIAM
 
Margaret L. Carlisle
June 26, 1917 ~ October 23, 2008
 
“I am the resurrection and the life.
Those who believe in me, though they die, will live.”
-John 11:25