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©Order of Worship for Sunday November 17, 2024
Twenty Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
Native American Heritage Month
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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am
Prelude:….“What the World Needs Now is Love”….Greg D.
Words and Music: B Bacharach
Coming of the Light:…………………………
Greeting:………………………………………Pastor Steven
Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
Opening Prayer:…………………………………………….Ian D.
Creator made all that is, and proclaimed that ‘it is good.’
Creator, help us to discover in all You have made in Nature,
the good wisdom about the
interconnectedness of all things,
about balance and about living in harmony.
We are not above nature, we are part of Creation;
we live by the same laws as all of nature,
and need to learn from what God has made.
Creator, help us discover the power
that lies in the wisdom and understanding
of our role in the Great Mystery,
and in honoring every living thing as a teacher.
Creator God, may our spirits be in harmony with Yours
as we gather in Your worship! Amen. Jeff Ramsland, Mohawk
Opening Hymns:……“Celebrate Love” #2073 TFWS
Words and Music by Handt Hanson
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love — so amazing.
He’s creating his wonderful love in you.
We can celebrate his love today.
Jesus loves everyone.
We can celebrate new life today.
Jesus loves everyone.
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love — so amazing.
He’s creating his wonderful love in you.
We can sing about his love for us.
Jesus loves everyone.
He is living here inside of us.
Jesus loves everyone.
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love, love, love.
Celebrate love — so amazing.
He’s creating his wonderful love in you.
“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.
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.
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.
Giving of our tithes and offerings: Online Giving
Offertory: …..….………“Yeha-Noha”…………………Greg/Daniel
Native American Chant of Happiness and Hope
Offering Response:
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #94 UMH
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
“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 uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!”
Prayer After Receiving:…………………………Pastor Steven
Prayers of the People:…………………………..Pastor Steven
The Lord’s Prayer
Anthem: ……….….“Many and Great, O God”……………..Choir
Words: J. Renville Music: Native American Melody
Old Testament Lesson:…..Deuteronomy 31:1-6……..Ian D.
Joshua Becomes Moses’s Successor
31 When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, 2 he said to them, “I am now one hundred twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has told me, ‘You shall not cross over this Jordan.’ 3 The Lord your God himself will cross over before you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua also will cross over before you, as the Lord promised. 4 The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them. 5 The Lord will give them over to you, and you shall deal with them in full accord with the command that I have given to you. 6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”
Hymn of Preparation:“Lead Me, Guide Me” #2214 TWS
© 1953 Doris Akers
Please sing twice
Lead me, guide me, along the way,
for if you lead me, I cannot stray.
Lord, let me walk each day with thee.
Lead me, O Lord, lead me.
Sermon:…………………………………………….Pastor Steven
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.
Postlude:…………………………………………………….Greg D.
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Sunday November 17th Worship Service