Starling Avenue Baptist Church
Sunday after Pentecost October 8, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
Nineteenth
TheWorshipofGod
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 8, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.
*We invite you to stand as you are able.
Gathering at God’s Invitation
Welcome AngelaZimmerman
CalltoWorship
God of vines and vineyards, We are the fruit of our creation.
Tend to us so we may grow.
Water our roots.
Prune our branches.
Inspect the fruit we produce.
Shine your light upon us.
Make us your own.
LightingoftheChristCandle
AngelaZimmerman
CherylMcFaddin
We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.
Prelude Vesper Voluntary no. 3
LifeoftheCommunity
Offering Ourselves to
God
EdwardElgar
CharlesDameron
*Hymn#504 I Am Thine, O Lord IAMTHINE
ScriptureReading Exodus20
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks Be to God.
AngelaZimmerman
PrayerofConfession
CharlesDameronMerciful God, we confess that our confidence is often misplaced. We put our confidence in our abilities rather than in your love. We put our confidence in our belongings rather than in your generosity. We put our confidence in ourselves rather than in you. Forgive us for our misgivings. Redirect us according to your Spirit and your will. Help us to follow your ways and find our freedom in your heavenly calling. Open us to new levels of trust and joy as we press on towards your goal. Amen.
AssuranceofPardon
CharlesDameronFriends, we have not already obtained the prize or reached the goal but Christ has! And in Christ you are a new creation, you are made whole and you are called beloved. Thanks be to God!
ScriptureReading Psalm19
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks Be to God.
AffirmationofFaith
I know Christ. I am found in him. Nothing is gained in this life but him. I know the power of his resurrection. I know the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death. I know that, according to his great mercy, we will attain the resurrection from the dead through him.
AngelaZimmerman CharlesDameron*Hymn#509 Trust and Obey TRUSTANDOBEY
GivingourTithesandOfferings
OffertoryPrayer AnneStultz
Offertory How Deep the Father’s Love For Us arr.MarkHayes
*Doxology(Hymn#706)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Listening to God
ScriptureReading
Philippians3:4b-14
CharlesDameron
For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us. Thanks be to God.
TheChurchatPrayer&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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Anthem All Things Work Together for Good JohnCarter
Sermon “GrabHold”
DisciplineofSilence
AngelaZimmerman
To be in God’s presence is to be changed. During this moment of silent reflection, consider the change God wishes to make in you.
Responding to God’s Word
*Hymn#497 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus ASSAM
If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation.
If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.
Sending Into God’s World
Benediction
AngelaZimmerman
Postlude Toccata TheodoreDubois
(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)