SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY Sunday, November 19, 2023 9:00am & 10:30am PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING PRELUDE WORDS OF WELCOME MINUTE FOR MISSION *CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Get ready! The time is coming when the Lord will be brought near to us. People: Lord, set us on the pathway that leads to You. Leader: Lord, reach out to us and take our hands. People: Help us, Lord! Guide us. Leader: Gracious God, be with us throughout this day and all our days. People: Heal our lives and open our hearts to You always. Amen. *PRAYER OF INVOCATION *HYMN Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending
Dinner for Eight
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (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. *GLORY BE TO THE FATHER
PRAYER OF CONFESSION Lord, forgive us when we so easily turn our backs on You; when we choose not to help in times of need; when we utter words of anger and bitterness as ways to relate to one another. Heal our hearts and our wounded spirits. Lift us from the depths of our anguish into the light of Your love that we may serve You faithfully. When the darkness becomes oppressive and we cling to our fears, O Lord, forgive us. Open our hearts and release us from all those things which block us from Your love, for we ask these things in Jesus’ name. Amen. ASSURANCE OF PARDON (1 John 1:9) LEADER: If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Therefore, let us assure one another of God’s pardon. ALL:
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM I’m Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing Chancel Choir, Susan Constance and Gail Thiele, piano I’m gonna sing when the Spirit says sing. I’m gonna sing when the Spirit says sing. I’m gonna sing when the Spirit says sing, and obey the Spirit of the Lord.
I’m gonna preach… I’m gonna pray… I’m gonna shout…
arr. Howard Helvey
PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION 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 Leader: All:
I Thessalonians 4:1-12 NIV
This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!
CARING PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 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 (vs. 1, 2, 4)
It Is Well With My Soul
Pg. 1683 Pew Bible
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE OFFERTORY
Create in Me/Lord, I Love You
Keith Green/Bret Reiss
Create in me a clean heart, O God And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, O Lord. Take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, And renew a right spirit within me. Lord, I love you. Break my heart of stone, Jesus. I love you. I want to be your own, Jesus. I love you. Help me to obey you, Lord. I love you.
*DOXOLOGY
OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GROWING SCRIPTURE
I Thessalonians 4:13-18 NIV
Pg. 1683-1684 Pew Pew Bible
SERMON
“How to Live and Please God”
Rev. Jim Noble
*HYMN
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
GOING *BENEDICTION & RESPONSE
Now unto Him
*POSTLUDE
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee Jeffrey Anthony, organ
Bill Williamsen Audio Visual/Technology Manager
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Bobi Tomlon Accountant
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Brett Everett Associate Pastor
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Brittany Crawford Office Manager
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Cyndi Moulton Congregational Nurse Heather Baldwin Director of School of Music
Next Sunday
“May the God of Peace Sanctify You Completely” 1 Thessalonians 5:1-28
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Helen Varga Director of Children's Ministry
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Jeffrey Anthony Traditional Music Director
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Jim Noble Senior Pastor
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Kara Thomas Director of Operations
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Kathleen Harris Community Life/Clerk of Session
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Mary Kay Thurston Congregational Nurse
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Richard Cook Director of Buildings & Grounds
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