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9:00am/10:30am Services
October 6, 2024
PRELUDE WORDS OF WELCOME
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:00am & 10:30am
PLEASE SILENCE OR PLACE YOUR CELL PHONE ON VIBRATE.
GATHERING
*CALL TO WORSHIP Chancel Choir
The congregation is invited to join in singing as the choir repeats this traditional processional from Zimbabwe.
Come all you people, come and praise the Most High; Come all you people, come and praise the Most High; Come all you people, come and praise the Most High; Come now and worship the Lord.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
*HYMN In Christ There Is No East or West
*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
God of Grace, we grieve that the church which shares one Spirit, one faith, one hope, and one calling, has become a broken communion in a broken world. The one body spans all time, place, race, and language, but in our fear, we have fled from and fought one another, and in our pride we have mistaken our part for the whole. Yet we marvel that You gather the pieces to do Your work, that You bless us with joy, with growth, and with signs of unity. Forgive our sins as we commit ourselves to seeking and showing the unity of the body of Christ. In his name, Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON (1 John 1:9)
Leader: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify 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.
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.
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God!
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.
CARING
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.
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing George Herbert
Chancel Choir
Let all the world in every corner sing, “My God and King!”
The heav’ns are not too high, God’s praise may thither fly; the earth is not too low, God’s praises there may grow.
Let all the world in every corner sing, “My God and King!”
*DOXOLOGY
Let all the world in every corner sing, “My God and King!”
The church with psalms must shout: no door can keep them out.
But, more than all, the heart must bear the longest part.
Let all the world in every corner sing, “My God and King!”
OLD HUNDREDTH
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
GROWING
SCRIPTURE Psalm 19 Page 783 Pew Bible
SERMON
“Scripture Alone” Rev. Jim Noble
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
All who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and have been baptized are welcome to partake of the Lord’s Supper. Children who have been baptized and instructed in its meaning are also welcome to partake. There are gluten free options available at the usher stand.
Please hold the bread, so that all may commune together, but drink the cup when served.
GOING
*BENEDICTION & RESPONSE Now unto Him
