(Image: “Christ Teaching the Disciples” 17th-18th Cent. Walters Art Museum Baltimore, MD United States)
©Order of Worship for Sunday October 13, 2024
Twenty First Sunday After Pentecost
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Prelude:.………………“God of Wonders”…………Greg D.
By M. Byrd and S. Hindalong © 2000 New Spring
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..
Greetings:………………………………………Pastor Steven
Opening Prayer: ………………………………..……Ian D.
Gracious God,
Who made the covenant promise with our ancestors,
we gather here today a rebellious people.
We want to act out your intentions for us,
but we keep getting mixed up
by all the glitter of the world around us.
You tell us to honor creation,
and we use other people and animals and plant life
only to meet our wants.
You offer daily bread to every living creature,
and we steal that bread from our brothers and sisters
in the name of our greed.
You promise us new life,
as we shrink back from it in fear.
Heal us, God, lest we destroy ourselves.
We need your presence among us. Amen
U.N. Environmental Sabbath
Opening Hymns:….“This is My Father’s World” #144 UMH
Words: Maltbie D. Babcock, 1901
Music: Traditional English melody; adapted by Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915
1. This is my Father’s world,
and to my listening ears
all nature sings, and round me rings
the music of the spheres.
This is my Father’s world:
I rest me in the thought
of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;
His hand the wonders wrought.
2. This is my Father’s world,
the birds their carols raise,
the morning light, the lily white,
declare their maker’s praise.
This is my Father’s world:
he shines in all that’s fair;
in the rustling grass I hear Him pass;
He speaks to me everywhere.
3. This is my Father’s world.
O let me ne’er forget
that though the wrong
seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
This is my Father’s world:
why should my heart be sad?
The Lord is King; let the heavens ring!
God reigns; let the earth be glad!
“All Things Bright and Beautiful” #147 UMH
Words: Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848 Music: 17th cet. English
Melody; arr. By Martin Shaw, 1915
(Refrain)
All things bright and beautiful,
all creatures great and small,
all things wise and wonderful:
the Lord God made them all.
1. Each little flower that opens,
each little bird that sings,
God made their glowing colors,
and made their tiny wings.
(Refrain)
2. The purple headed mountains,
the river running by,
the sunset and the morning
that brightens up the sky.
(Refrain)
3. The cold and wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden:
God made them everyone.
(Refrain)
4. God gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
(Refrain)
Passing of the Peace:……………………………Pastor Steven
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace 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.
Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
Giving of our tithes and offerings:
Offertory: “The Heavens Are Telling” from “The Creation”
by J. Haydn
Online Giving
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:……………..“Not Unto Us”………………….Choir
Words and Music: Heather Sorenson © 2022 HAL LEONARD LLC
Old Testament Lesson……Genesis 1:1-27………………Ian D.
Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath
1 When God began to create[ the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was complete chaos, and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
6 And God said, “Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” 7 So God made the dome and separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above the dome. And it was so. 8 God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. 17 God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
20 And God said, “Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.” 21 So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of every kind, with which the waters swarm and every winged bird of every kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
24 And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of every kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind and the cattle of every kind and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the wild animals of the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”
27 So God created humans in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Hymn of Preparation:“Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth” #2050 TFWS
Words: Jean Janzen Music: H. Percy Smith
Words © 1991 Abingdon Press, admin. by The Copyright Co.
1. Mothering God, you gave me birth
in the bright morning of this world.
Creator, source of every breath, you
are my rain, my wind, my sun.
2. Mothering Christ, you took my form,
offering me your flood of light,
grain of life, and grape of love, your
very body for my peace.
3. Mothering Spirit, nurt’ring one,
in arms of patience hold me close,
so that in faith I root and grow
until I flow’r, until I know.
Sermon:…………………………………………………..Pastor Steven
Closing Hymn:“They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love” #2223 TFWS
Words and Music: Peter Scholtes © 1966 F.E.L. Publications, assigned 1991
To The Lorenz Corp.
1. We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, we are one
in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, and we pray that all unity
may one day be stored:
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
2. We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand,
we will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand,
and together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land:
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
3. We will work with each other, we will work side by side,
we will work with each each other, we will work side by side,
and we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride:
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
4. All praise to the Father, from whom all things come, and
all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son, and all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one:
And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love;
yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.
Dismissal with Blessing:…………………………….Pastor Steven
Postlude:………………………………………………………..Greg D.
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