Sunday Worship Bulletin - Fourth Church

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Sunday, October 12
9:30 a.m. Worship Service

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PRELUDE

Rhosymedre (Lovely)
Ralph Vaughan Williams

INTROIT
O Worship the Lord
George Thalben-Ball
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of God.

DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; Creator, Christ, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: How manifold are your works, O Lord!
All: In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
One: You send forth your spirit, and they are created; and so you renew the face of the earth.
All: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will praise my God while I have my being.

HYMN
“When Morning Gilds the Skies”

When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries: may Jesus Christ be praised! Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair: may Jesus Christ be praised!

Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find: may Jesus Christ be praised! Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this: may Jesus Christ be praised!

Let earth’s wide circle round in joyful notes resound: may Jesus Christ be praised! Let air and sea and sky from depth to height reply: may Jesus Christ be praised!

Be this, while life is mine, my canticle divine: may Jesus Christ be praised! Be this the eternal song through all the ages long: may Jesus Christ be praised!

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

You have planted us, O Lord, like a tree, but sin has entered in and brought sickness in its wake. Our roots are shallow, and our branches are weak. Our fruit has turned to selfishness and greed, envy and strife, poisoning us and our neighbors in need. Nourish us to life, God, with your mercy. In your care, strengthen us so that we might be restored as oaks of righteousness and bearers of your love and good news. Amen.

DECLARATION OF PARDON
One: Friends, believe the good news.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven.

SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
Leader: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.

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TIME WITH CHILDREN

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

ANTHEM
“Grant Us Thy Peace”
Felix Mendelssohn
Grant us thy peace, almighty Lord, O source of ev’ry blessing! We cannot keep thy saving Word unless thy peace possesing. Thy peace, O give, by which we live.

FIRST LESSON
Jeremiah 29:1, 4–7

These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

One: The Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.

GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

SECOND LESSON
Luke 17:11–19

On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were made clean. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus asked, “Were not ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they? Was none of them found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Get up and go on your way; your faith has made you well.”

One: The grass withers, and the flower fades,
All: but the word of our God shall stand forever.

SERMON
Camille Cook Howe

HYMN
“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian”

Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart.

Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart.

Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart.

Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart.

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
from The Confession of Belhar
We believe that God has revealed God’s self as the one who wishes to bring about justice and true peace among people; that God, in a world full of injustice and enmity, is in a special way the God of the destitute, the poor, and the wronged; that God calls the church to follow God in this; for God brings justice to the oppressed and gives bread to the hungry; that God frees the prisoner and restores sight to the blind; that in following Christ, the church must witness against all the powerful and privileged who selfishly seek their own interests and thus control and harm others. To the one and only God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be the honor and the glory for ever and ever.

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.

OFFERING

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OFFERTORY ANTHEM
“O Be Joyful”
Benjamin Britten/Psalm 100
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God. It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. We are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture. O go your way into God’s gates with thanksgiving, and into God’s courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name. For the Lord is gracious; God’s mercy is everlasting; and God’s truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

OFFERTORY RESPONSE
A grateful heart is what I bring, a song of praise, my offering.
Among the saints I lift my voice: in you, O God, I will rejoice.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION
God, you have given each of us gifts to use as members of the body of Christ. Here are our gifts — the work of our hands, our hearts, and our lives. We pray that they may help to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to our world, today and always, here and everywhere. Amen.

HYMN
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise”

Immortal, invisible, God only wise, in light inaccessible hid from our eyes, most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might: thy justice, like mountains high soaring above; thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

To all, life thou givest, to both great and small. In all life thou livest, the true life of all. We blossom and flourish like leaves on the tree, then wither and perish; but naught changeth thee.

Thou reignest in glory; thou dwellest in light. Thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight. All praise we would render; O help us to see
’tis only the splendor of light hideth thee!

CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

CHORAL BENEDICTION

The Lord Bless You
Craig Phillips
The Lord bless you, the Lord keep you, the Lord lift his countenance upon you and give you peace; the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious, and be gracious unto you. Amen.

POSTLUDE
Fantasia in G Major
Johann Sebastian Bach

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