Sunday November 12th Worship Service In Person and Online

(Image: “And Joshua Gathered the Tribes to Shechem”, Bible Places.com)

©Order of Worship for Sunday November 12, 2023
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Native American Heritage Month

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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am

Prelude:…………. “Joy in the Morning”…………….Greg/Daniel
Words and Music: Natalie Sleeth © 1977 Hope Publishing Co.
 
Coming of the Light:…………………………………………
 
Greetings:………………………………………………..Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer:……………..…………….…………………Allyssa M.
 
Opening Hymns:.“Cry of My Heart” #2165  TFWS
Words & Music by Terry Butler (Psalm 25:4-5)
© 1991 Mercy/Vineyard Publishing
 
It is the cry of my heart to follow you.
It is the cry of my heart to be close to you.
It is the cry of my heart to follow
all of the days of my life.
 
Teach me your holy ways, O Lord,
so I can walk in your truth.
Teach me your holy ways, O Lord,
and make me wholly devoted to you.
 
It is the cry of my heart to follow you.
It is the cry of my heart to be close to you.
It is the cry of my heart to follow
all of the days of my life.
 
Open my eyes so I can see
the wonderful things that you do.
Open my heart up more and more,
and make me wholly devoted to you.
 
“I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me” #2153 TFWS
Words & Music: African American spiritual
Arrangement © Estate of Wendell Whalum
 
1. I’m gonna live so (live so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna live so (live so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
2. I’m gonna work so (work so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna work so (work so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
3. I’m gonna pray so (pray so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna pray so (pray so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
4. I’m gonna sing so (sing so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna sing so (sing so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
Affirmation of Faith: ………………………………………Allyssa M.
The Apostles’ Creed, Traditional Version
 
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 Spirit,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at 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 Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
 
Passing of the Peace:………………………………..Pastor Steven
Let us show signs of reconciliation and love to one another
 
Gloria Patri:     “Glory Be to the Father” #71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
 
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.


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Offertory: ………..…. “Corner of the Sky”………….Greg/Daniel
Music: S. Schwartz © 1972 S. Schwartz
 
Offertory Response:  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #95 UMH
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674
Music attributed 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
 
Anthem:………………“In This Very Room”…………………Choir
Words and Music: Ron and Carol Harris ASCAP © 1979 Ron Harris Music.
 
Old Testament Lesson….Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25…Allyssa M.
 
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors–Terah and his sons Abraham and Nahor–lived beyond the Euphrates and served other gods.
Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many.
 
“Now therefore revere the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. Now if you are unwilling to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”
 
Then the people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; for it is the LORD our God who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the LORD drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD, for he is our God.”
 
But Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
 
If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after having done you good.”And the people said to Joshua, “No, we will serve the LORD!” Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the LORD, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel.” The people said to Joshua, “The LORD our God we will serve, and him we will obey.”
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem.
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Nearer, My God, to Thee” #528 UMH
Words: Sarah F. Adams, 1841 Music: Lowell Mason, 1856
 
1. Nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
2. Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
3. There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
all that thou sendest me, in mercy given;
angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
4. Then, with my waking thoughts bright with thy praise,
out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
so by my woes to be nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
5. Or if, on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I fly,
still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to thee;
nearer, my God, to thee, nearer to thee!
 
Sermon:…………………………………………….Pastor Steven
 
Closing Hymn:“The Family Prayer Song” #2188 TFWS
Words and Music: Morris Chapman
© 1993 Maranatha Praise, Inc. admin. By The Copyright Co.
 
1. Come and fill our homes with your presence;
you alone are worthy of our reverence.
 
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
We will serve the Lord.
 
2. Lord we vow to live holy,
bowing our knees to you only.
 
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
We will serve the Lord.
 
Dismissal with Blessing: ……..……………………..Pastor Steven
 
Postlude:……………“Walk with Me”………………..Greg/Daniel
Words and Music: John S. Rice © 1988 The Estate of John S. Rice

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