(Image: Prophecy of the Destruction of the Temple, Tissot, James 1836-1902)

©Order of Worship November 13, 2022

23rd Sunday After Pentecost


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Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.

Prelude:……………………………………………………….Dottie J.
 
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..Eli A.
 
Greetings………………………..…………..…Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer: …………………………………Beverly B.
 
Lord, we bring to you this body.  Our body as a congregation.  Our body as a church. Our body as the temple for your Holy Spirit to indwell.  Let us remember that we were bought with the price of salvation.  Let us not worry about what we will eat, drink, wear, or where we will live.  You have already provided and what we must do is trust and have faith.  Amen.

Opening Hymns:….“We Gather Together#131 UMH
Words: Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626; translated by Theodore Baker, 1894
Music: 16th century Dutch melody; arranged by Edward Kremser, 1877
 
1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
he chastens and hastens his will to make known.
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own.
 
2. Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
so from the beginning the fight we were winning;
thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be thine!
 
3. We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
and pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
 
Soon and very Soon#706 UMH
Words and Music: Andraé Crouch 1978, adapt. By William
Farley Smith, 1987 © 1978 by Communique Music, Inc.
 
1.Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King;
soon and very soon, we are going to see the King;
soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We’re going to see the King.
 
2.No more dying there,
3.No more crying there,

Giving of our tithes and offerings …………Beverly B.
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Offertory: …………………………………………….Dottie J.

Offertory Response:  The Doxology” #95 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
 
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.
 
Prayer After Receiving:………………………Pastor Steven
 
Prayers of the People: …………………….…Pastor Steven
 
Hymn of Preparation:..“Abide with Me  #700 UMH
Words: Henry F. Lyte, 1847, Music: W.H. Monk, 1861
 
Verses: 1,2,3
 
1.Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
 
2.Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
earth’s joys grow dim; its glories pass away;
change and decay in all around I see;
O Thou who changest not, abide with me.
 
3.I need thy presence every passing hour.
What but thy grace can foil the tempter’s power?
Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
 
New Testament Lesson ….…” Luke 21:5-19……….Beverly B.
 
When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, “As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.”
 
They asked him, “Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?”  And he said, “Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is near!’ Do not go after them.  “When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.”
 
Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven. “But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
 
This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your souls.
 
Sermon: ..……..”The Temple You Live In”………Pastor Steven
 
Anthem:……………………………………………………Melanie B.
 
Prayers of the People: …………………..…Pastor Steven
 
Announcements:……………..………………….…Lorri B.
 
Closing Hymn:“Marching to Zion#733 UMH
Words: Isaac Watts, 2707, refrain by Robert Lowry, 1867
Music: Robert Lowry, 1867
 
Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be
known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a
song with sweet accord and thus surround the
throne, and thus surround the throne.
 
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
 
2.Let those refuse to sing who never knew our
God; but children of the heavenly King, but children
of the heavenly King may speak their joys abroad,
may speak their joys abroad.
 
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
 
3.The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets
before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach
the heavenly fields, or walk the golden streets,
or walk the golden streets.
 
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
 
4.Then let our songs abound, and every tear be
dry; we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,
we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground, to
fairer worlds on high, to fairer worlds on high.
 
Refrain
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;
we’re marching upward to Zion, the beautiful
city of God.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: ……………………………………………Dottie J.


 
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