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SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, November 13, 2022 9:00am & 10:30am
GATHERING
PRELUDE WORDSOFWELCOME
MINUTEFORMISSION RhondaNoble-VeteranRecognition
*CALLTOWORSHIP
Leader: Come,allwhoneedhelp!
People: Our help comes from God, the one who made heaven and earth.
Leader: Come,allwhodesireblessing!
People: Our blessing comes from God, the God of Abraham, the God of the ages.
Leader: Come,allwholongforsalvation!
People: Our salvation comes from Jesus Christ, the one sent by God to save the world.
*PRAYEROFINVOCATION
*HYMN Morning Has Broken tune:BUNESSAN
*AFFIRMATIONOFFAITH(Apostles’Creed)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost, The holy catholic church, The communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYEROFCONFESSION
God of salvation, you shower our lives and our world with love, yet we too often turn away from your blessing. It is easy to complain! We allow little annoyances to pile up into a burden that becomes a curse on our lives. Free us from our unwise choices, O God. When we are distracted and confused, redirect our attention to the abundant opportunities to experience your love. Help up focus our hearts on you, that we may choose the blessing of salvation offered us each day through Jesus Christ, in whom we pray. Amen.
ASSURANCEOFPARDON(2Corinthians1:21-22)
Leader: ItisGodwhomakesusstandfirminChrist.Heanointedus,sethissealofownershiponus, andputhisSpiritinourheartsasadeposit,guaranteeingwhatistocome.Therefore,letus assureoneanotherofGod’spardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM I Have Set before You Life and Death ChancelChoir
Ihavesetbeforeyoulifeanddeath,blessingandcurse; Thereforechooselifethatyouandyourseedmaylive, InlovingJehovahyourGodbylisteningtoHisvoice andholdingfasttoHim;forHeisyourlife andthelengthofyourdays.
PRAYEROFILLUMINATION
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE
Deuteronomy20:11-20NIV
11 Iftheyacceptandopentheirgates,allthepeopleinitshallbesubjecttoforcedlaborandshallworkforyou. 12 Iftheyrefusetomakepeaceandtheyengageyouinbattle,laysiegetothatcity. 13 WhentheLordyourGod deliversitintoyourhand,puttotheswordallthemeninit. 14 Asforthewomen,thechildren,thelivestockand everythingelseinthecity,youmaytaketheseasplunderforyourselves.AndyoumayusetheplundertheLord yourGodgivesyoufromyourenemies. 15 Thisishowyouaretotreatallthecitiesthatareatadistancefrom youanddonotbelongtothenationsnearby.
16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anythingthatbreathes. 17 Completelydestroythem—theHittites,Amorites,Canaanites,Perizzites,Hivitesand Jebusites—astheLordyourGodhascommandedyou. 18 Otherwise,theywillteachyoutofollowallthedetestablethingstheydoinworshipingtheirgods,andyouwillsinagainsttheLordyourGod.
19 Whenyoulaysiegetoacityforalongtime,fightingagainstittocaptureit,donotdestroyitstreesbyputting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiegethem? 20 However,youmaycutdowntreesthatyouknowarenotfruittreesandusethemtobuildsiege worksuntilthecityatwarwithyoufalls.
CARING
PRAYERSOFTHEPEOPLE
THELORD’SPRAYER
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.
OFFERTORY
Allegretto Tranquillo in F-sharp minor
AbigailReiss,piano
4 Thisistheaccountoftheheavensandtheearthwhentheywerecreated,whentheLordGodmadethe earthandtheheavens.
5 Nownoshrubhadyetappearedontheearthandnoplanthadyetsprungup,fortheLordGodhadnot sentrainontheearthandtherewasnoonetoworktheground, 6 butstreamscameupfromtheearth andwateredthewholesurfaceoftheground. 7 ThentheLordGodformedamanfromthedustofthe groundandbreathedintohisnostrilsthebreathoflife,andthemanbecamealivingbeing.
8 NowtheLordGodhadplantedagardenintheeast,inEden;andthereheputthemanhehadformed.
9 TheLordGodmadeallkindsoftreesgrowoutoftheground—treesthatwerepleasingtotheeyeand goodforfood.Inthemiddleofthegardenwerethetreeoflifeandthetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodand evil.
10 AriverwateringthegardenflowedfromEden;fromthereitwasseparatedintofourheadwaters. 11 The nameofthefirstisthePishon;itwindsthroughtheentirelandofHavilah,wherethereisgold. 12 (Thegold ofthatlandisgood;aromaticresinandonyxarealsothere.) 13 ThenameofthesecondriveristheGihon; itwindsthroughtheentirelandofCush. 14 ThenameofthethirdriveristheTigris;itrunsalongtheeast sideofAshur.AndthefourthriveristheEuphrates.
15 TheLordGodtookthemanandputhimintheGardenofEdentoworkitandtakecareofit. 16 Andthe LordGodcommandedtheman,“Youarefreetoeatfromanytreeinthegarden; 17 butyoumustnoteat fromthetreeoftheknowledgeofgoodandevil,forwhenyoueatfromityouwillcertainlydie.”
*BENEDICTION&RESPONSE Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE Fantasia in G Minor, BuxWV 149 D.Buxtehude Dr.NatalieMealey, organ
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