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Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
- Date: Sunday, September 24, 2023
- Time: 10:30am–11:30am
- Location: Sanctuary
Order of Worship
September 24, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.
Prelude
Voluntary, John Stanley
*Call to Worship
(The congregation responds aloud with the bold text)
O come, let us sing to the Lord;
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
For the Lord is a great God;
a ruler over heaven and earth!
*Hymn #1: “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!”
1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
2. Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
3. Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinfulness thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love and purity.
4. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Prayer of Adoration
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Gracious God, you call us to proclaim the gospel—good news—but we remain silent in the presence of evil. You call us to be reconciled to you and one another, but we are content to live in separation. You call us to seek the good of all, but we fail to resist the powers of oppression. You call us to fight pretensions and injustice, but we sit idly by, endangering the lives of people near and far.
Forgive us, O Lord. Reconcile us to you by the power of the Spirit, and give us the courage and strength to be reconciled to others; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior.
Silent prayer of confession
Assurance of pardon
Hear the good news!
We have been claimed by grace through the faith of Jesus Christ.
This is the promise and the hope.
Friends, the old ways are over. Everything has become new.
Glory to God!
*Response of Praise: Hymn #582: “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me”
1. Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me,
and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me,
and to the Spirit, whose love has set me free.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
2. World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
*Passing of the Peace
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Moment for Mission
Cheryl Thurber, Peace and Global Mission Offering
Retirement of Ginger Daiger
Children’s Message
Prayer for Illumination
Holy God, open your Word. Give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation that our eyes may be enlightened, and that we may know the hope to which we have been called; through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
Scripture: Psalm 95:1-7a
O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
For the Lord is a great God
and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
The sea is his, for he made it,
and the dry land, which his hands have formed.
O come, let us worship and bow down;
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would listen to his voice!
Hymn: #257: “The Risen Christ”
1. The risen Christ, who walks on wounded feet
from garden tomb through darkened city street,
unlocks the door of grief, despair, and fear,
and speaks a word of peace to all who hear.
2. The risen Christ, who stands with wounded side,
breathes out his Spirit on them to abide
whose faith still wavers, who dare not believe;
new grace, new strength, new purpose they receive.
3. The risen Christ, who breaks with wounded hand
the bread for those who fail to understand,
reveals himself, despite their lingering tears,
enflames their hearts, then quickly disappears.
4. May we, Christ’s body, walk and serve and stand
with the oppressed in this and every land,
till all are blessed and can a blessing be,
restored in Christ to true humanity.
Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23
I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his great power. God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Sermon: “Trust-Walk”, Ken Kovacs
Call to Offering
Offertory: “Amazing Grace,” Traditional Spiritual, Arr. Matt Riley
*Doxology #607, “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Christ, all people here below;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore;
Praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
Almighty God, we give you thanks and praise for your love in Jesus Christ our Lord. Accept our offering in union with Christ’s offering for us. Confirm in us the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints, that we may testify to the sovereignty of his love. Through Christ, with the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, Almighty God, now and forever. Amen.
Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, forever. Amen.
*Hymn #366: “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
1. Love divine, all loves excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
fix in us thy humble dwelling;
all thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, thou art all compassion;
pure, unbounded love thou art;
visit us with thy salvation;
enter every trembling heart.
2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast;
let us all in thee inherit;
let us find the promised rest.
Take away the love of sinning;
Alpha and Omega be;
end of faith, as its beginning,
set our hearts at liberty.
3. Come, Almighty, to deliver;
let us all thy life receive;
suddenly return, and never,
nevermore thy temples leave.
Thee we would be always blessing,
serve thee as thy hosts above,
pray, and praise thee without ceasing,
glory in thy perfect love.
4. Finish then thy new creation;
pure and spotless let us be;
let us see thy great salvation
perfectly restored in thee:
changed from glory into glory,
till in heaven we take our place,
till we cast our crowns before thee,
lost in wonder, love, and praise.
*Benediction: Ephesians 6:23-24
Peace be to the whole community,
and love with faith,
from God the father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace be with all who have an undying love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanks be to God.
Postlude
FOUNDATION, setting by Wilbur Held
Participants
- Dorothy L. Boulton,
Associate Pastor - David Hutton,
Liturgist - Keith and Kathy Glennan,
Audio/Video production - Wendy Johnston,
Organist and Assistant Director of Music - Greg Knauf,
Director of Music - Ken Kovacs,
Pastor - Vickie Lord,
Social media support - Natalia Vladimirova
Violinist
Sources
- Glory to God: The Presbyterian Hymnal (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2013).
- Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-734388; CCLI Copyright License B 20481088 + Streaming License B 481071
- Image: Deeis mosaic of Christ Pantocrator (1261), Hagia Sophia (Church of Holy Wisdom), Istanbul, Turkey.