Join Us For Worship, Sunday September 4th at 11am In Person of Youtube Live!!!

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©Order of Worship September 04, 2022

13th Sunday After Pentecost

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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am.
Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.

Prelude:…. “When Morning Gilds the Sky”…….…G. Dixon
Words: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1744 Music: Joseph Barnby, 1868
 
Coming of the Light:
 
Greetings………………………………………Pastor Steven
 
Announcements:…………………………………..…Lorri B.
 
Opening Prayer: ………………………………Elizabeth B.
 
Creator God,
you form us on the wheel of life
as a potter molds the clay.
Shape us into holy vessels,
bearing the mark of your wise crafting,
that we may remain strong and useful through years of faithful and obedient service
in Christ’s name. Amen.
 
Opening Hymns:…..“How Firm a Foundation” #529 UMH
Words: “K” in Rippon’s A Selection of Hymns, 1787
Music: Early USA melody; harm. From Tabor, 1866
 
1.How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord,
is laid for your faith in his excellent world!
What more can he say than to you he hath said,
to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
 
2.”Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
for I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand,
up held by my righteous, omnipotent hand.
 
3.”When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
 
4.”When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
my grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
the flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
 
5.”The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”
 
“Come, Ye Sinner, Poor and Needy” #340 UMH
Words: Joseph Hart, 1759 Music: The Southern Harmony, 1835;
harm. by Charles H. Webb, 1987  © 1989 The United Methodist
Publishing House
 
1.Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded,
sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full
of pity, love, and power.
 
Refrain
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his
arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten
thousand charms.
 
2.Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome, God’s free
bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, every
grace that brings you nigh.
 
Refrain
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his
arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten
thousand charms.
 
3.Come, ye weary, heavy laden, lost and ruined by the
fall; if you tarry till you’re better, you will never come
at all.
 
 
Refrain
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his
arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten
thousand charms.
 
4.Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness
fondly dream; all the fitness he requireth is to feel
your need of him.
 
Refrain
I will arise and go to Jesus; he will embrace me with his
arms; in the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten
thousand charms.
 
Giving of our tithes and offerings ……………………Elizabeth B.
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Offertory: …….“For the Beauty of the Earth”…………Greg D.
Words: Folliot S. Pierpoint, 1864, Music: Conrad Kocher, 1838
arr. by W. H. Monk, 1861
 
Offertory Response:  “The Doxology” #94 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623;
Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God,
all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God the
source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts!  Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Prayer After Receiving:………………………Pastor Steven
 
Prayers of the People: ………………………Pastor Steven
 
Hymn of Preparation:..“Change My Heart, O God” #2152 TFWS
Words: Eddie Espinosa  Music: Eddie Espinosa
© 1982 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing
 
Change my heart, O God, make it ever true.
Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.
 
You are the Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.
 
Change my heart, O God, make it ever true.
Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.
 
You are the Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.
 
Change my heart, O God, make it ever true.
Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.
 
Old Testament Lesson…….Jeremiah 18:1-11…….Elizabeth B.
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Come, go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”
 
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel. The vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as seemed good to him.
 
Then the word of the LORD came to me: Can I not do with you, O house of Israel, just as this potter has done? says the LORD. Just like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
 
At one moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.
 
And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, but if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will change my mind about the good that I had intended to do to it.
 
Now, therefore, say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: Thus says the LORD: Look, I am a potter shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, all of you from your evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
 
Sermon: ……“At the Potter’s House”….Pastor Steven
 
Holy Communion:………………………….…Pastor Steven
 
Communion Hymn: “You Who Are Thirsty” #2132 TFWS
Words and Music: Barbara Ross © Palm Branch Music, Inc.
 
You who are thirsty, come to the well and drink from
waters flowing.  You who are hungry, come to the
bread and eat of his holiness.  You who are tired,
find rest.  You who are weak, find strength.  You
who are thirsty, come to the well and drink.
 
You who are thirsty, come to the well and drink from
waters flowing.  You who are hungry, come to the
bread and eat of his holiness.  You who are tired,
find rest.  You who are weak, find strength.  You
who are thirsty, come to the well and drink.
 
He will freely feed all of them who are weak. He will
quench the righteous thirst of all who humbly seek.
 
He will freely feed all of them who are weak. He will
quench the righteous thirst of all who humbly seek.
 
Closing Hymn:“The Trees of the Field” #2279 TFWS
Words: Steffi Geiser Fuben Music: Stuart Dauermann
© 1975 Lillenas Publishing Co., admin. by The Copyright Co.
 
You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace;
the mountains and the hills will break forth before you;
there’ll be shouts of joy, and all the trees of the field
will clap, will clap their hands.  And all the trees of the
field will clap their hands, the trees of the field will
clap their hands, the trees of the field will clap their
hands while you go out with joy.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: …..“Work for the Night is Coming”…….Greg. D
Words: Annie L. Coghill Music: Lowell Mason



CONFESSION & PARDON
Pastor Steven: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
All pray in silence.

Pastor Steven: Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All:  Glory to God. Amen.

THE PEACE
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.
All, including the pastor, exchange signs and words of God’s peace by crossing hands, wave to one another due to social distancing guidelines.

Pastor Steven: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Pastor Steven: Lift up your hearts. The pastor may lift hands and keep them raised.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor Steven: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor Steven: And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor Steven: In union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pastor Steven: All honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.
All: Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer

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