(Image: “The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath”, Cornelis van Poelenburch, Dutch, c. 1630)
©Order of Worship for Sunday October 20, 2024
Twenty Second Sunday After Pentecost
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Prelude:.……………………………………………..Greg D.
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..
Greetings:……………………………………Pastor Steven
Opening Prayer:…………………………………Chad V./Joe B.
Leader 1: Be careful!
Leader 2: Watch out!
Leader 1: You might get a bad reputation coming to church
with us.
Leader 2: If you haven’t noticed,
Jesus is known for keeping bad company.
Leader 1: Jesus was always eating and drinking
with tax collectors and sinners.
Leader 2: Jesus even called Levi, one of Rome’s tax collectors,
and ranked him among the twelve apostles.
Leader 1: You didn’t really expect to find this church full of
Saints did you?
Leader 2: Look around you.
Every member of this church has confessed to being
a sinner.
Leader 1: So be careful!
Leader 2: Jesus came to call not the righteous, but sinners.
Jesus, we have heard you call us to this place today.
Our reputations are already smeared with our sin.
We fit in here, with the rest of the sinners.
We have come,
so that you could set us back onto the narrow path
of life. Amen.
Opening Hymns:….“Come, Now Is the Time to Worship” #3176 W&S
Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart.
Come, just as you are to worship.
Come, just as you are before your God,
Come.
One day every tongue will confess you are God.
One day every knee will bow.
Still the greatest treasure remains for those
who gladly choose you now.
Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart.
Come, just as you are to worship.
Come, just as you are before your God,
Come.
One day every tongue will confess you are God.
One day every knee will bow.
Still the greatest treasure remains for those
who gladly choose you now.
One day every tongue will confess you are God.
One day every knee will bow.
Still the greatest treasure remains for those
who gladly choose you now.
Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart.
Come, just as you are to worship.
Come, just as you are before your God,
Come. Come. Come. Come.
“Days of Elijah” #3186 W&S
Words and Music: Robin Mark
© 1996 Song Solutions Daybreak, UK admin. In America
By Integrity’s Hosanna Music (ASCAP)
1. These are the days of Elijah,
declaring the Word of the Lord.
And these are the days of your servant, Moses;
righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trials,
of famine and darkness and sword,
still we are the voice in the desert crying,
‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord.’
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
2. These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of your servant, David;
rebuilding the temple of praise.
And these are days of the harvest;
the fields are as white in the world.
And we are your laborers in your vineyard
declaring the Word of the Lord.
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
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: ………..“Holy, Holy, Holy!”…………….Handbell choir
Music: John B. Dykes, arr. By Frances L. Callahan
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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:………..“God Is So Good”………….Handbell choir
Trad. American tune, arr. by Douglas E. Wagner
Old Testament Lesson…..…1 Kings 17: 8-16…………..Joe B.
The Widow of Zarephath
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9 “Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there, for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10 So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.” 11 As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12 But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” 13 Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. 14 For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.” 15 She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. 16 The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.
Hymn of Preparation:“Cuando El Pobre” (When the Poor Ones) #434 UMH
Words: J.A. Olivar and Miguel Nanzano; trans by George Lockwood)
Music: J.A. Olivar and Miguel Manzano; arr. By Alvin Schutmaat
© 1971 Ediciones Paulinas; trans.© 1980 The United Methodist
Publishing House
1.When the poor ones who have nothing share with strangers,
when the thirsty water give unto us all,
when the crippled in their weakness strengthen others,
then we know that God still goes that road with us,
then we know that God still goes that road with us.
2.When at last all those who suffer find their comfort,
when they hope though even hope seems hopelessness,
when we love though hate at times seems all around us,
then we know that God still goes that road with us,
then we know that God still goes that road with us.
Sermon:..Stewardship of our neighbors……Pastor Steven
Closing Hymn:“Rescue the Perishing” #591 UMH
Words: Fanny J. Crosby, 1869 Music: William H. Doane, 1870
1.Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
Refrain
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
2.Though they are slighting him, still he is waiting,
waiting the penitent child to receive;
plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;
he will forgive if they only believe.
Refrain
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
3.Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
Refrain
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
4.Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;
strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
back to the narrow way patiently win them;
tell the poor wanderer a Savior has died.
Refrain
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………Pastor Steven
Postlude:…………………………………………………..Greg D.
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