Order of Worship - Sunday,
November 1, 2020
Prelude “Soft Organ Voluntary” Manuel
Emilio (1812-1871)
Welcome
Announcements
Silent Prayer
Call To Worship
Leader: We have come to affirm our historic faith.
People:
To worship the God of our mothers and fathers.
Leader: We have come to remember God’s benefits to
us the living.
People:
To respond in thanksgiving to the mighty works of God in our lives.
Leader: We have come to affirm our trust in the God
of all futures,
People:
To whose name be blessing and honor, glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
Opening Song Amazing Grace vs. 1-4, 6 #378
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound that saved
a wretch like me! I once was lost, but
now am found; was blink, but now I see.
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and
grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first
believed.
Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I
have already come; tis grace bath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead
me home.
The Lord has promised good to me, his word my
hope secures; he will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
bright shining as the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when
we’d first begun.
Offertory Prayer
God of all generations, as we worship today, we
offer our whole selves to you, all that we have and all that we are. Like your
saints who have gone before us, we pray that you will help us be bold in our
mission and in our witness. May we who have been given so much give freely,
ministering in your compassion to the multitudes near to us and far from us; so
that one day we may stand amidst the multitude that gathers at your heavenly
throne. We pray this in the name of our Savior and Redeemer, Christ our Lord.
Amen. (Revelation
7:9-17)
Scripture 1
John 3:1-3
See
what love the Father has given us that we should be called children of God; and
that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not
know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet
been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be
like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who
have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Special Music “For
All the Saints”
Sermon
This Is My Story
Silent Reflection
Celebration of the Saints of God
|
Jennifer Doud
– 12/15/2019 |
|
Steve Ussrey –
2/6/2020 |
|
Dick Williams
– 3/8/2020 |
|
Christopher
Sims – 5/10/2020 |
|
Dorothy Grasby
– 5/19/2020 |
|
Doug Smithers
– 6/17/2020 |
|
Richard
Patrick – 9/17/2020 |
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
The
Corporate Confession
Leader:
God, you send us saints …
People: And we
imprison them, or nail them on crosses. Have mercy.
Leader:
God, you send us saints …
People: And we
persuade ourselves that they are fools, or meddlers or incompetents. Have
mercy.
Leader:
God, you send us saints …
People: And we
hate them for reminding us that our comfort requires the poverty of others.
Have mercy.
Leader:
God, you send us saints …
People: And we
ignore them. Have mercy.
(Some moments of reflective silence)
WORDS
OF ASSURANCE
God’s
Word to us is a word of forgiveness, a word of assurance, a word of grace. We
are loved and accepted because we are we and God is God and nothing can finally
separate us from our Creator, our Parent, our Sustainer. Amen.
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
Words
of Institution
The
Lord’s Prayer
Breaking
of the Bread
Sharing in the
Bread and Cup (music during communion – “Communion” – Francois C T Dubois
(1837-1924)
Closing Song Blessed Assurance vs 1 #369
Blessed
assurance, Jesus is Mine! O what a
foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his
Spirit, washed in his blood.
This is my
story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story;
this is my song, praising my savior all the daylong.
Benediction/Sending Forth
Now, dear friends, go from
this place in confidence that the God of Creation is with you. Go boldly into
the world, offering peace, hope and healing love, in the name of Jesus Christ.
And may the God of love, hope and peace be with you always. AMEN.
Postlude “Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren” Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
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