Announcements 11/17/2024
ANNOUNCEMENTS
POINSETTIA ORDER: This year we will be working with Perino’s to order poinsettias. Please fill out the form in the narthex. You can return the form to Briana, Emily, or Evelyn. Perino’s is offering us a discounted price for an early order at $10 for the standard 6.5” flower. Orders need to be submitted no later than 11/24. They will be delivered on 12/13 for pick up on 12/15.
ANGEL TREE: Reminder that your angels are due back on 12/8. You can team up with another member or have one of our little elves to shop for you.
Christian ED: Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, the Kings, you. What do these people have in common? They all have a place at the Manger. This Advent, Rev. Jan Condren will lead us in a study of the people in the manger scene, and help us to use them as a guide to find our own place at the manger. Lessons can be obtained from Briana, or at the first class. See you there!!
December 1: Mary, Bearer of God
December 8: Joseph, an Unsung Hero
December 15: The Shepherds and God of the Ordinary
December 22: Wise Men and the Wisdom of Seeking
PROGRAM OF HOPE: We are volunteering to help out at First Presbyterian Church in November. For more information please talk with Sue Crawford.
MUSIC: We didn’t get enough handbell volunteers to do our scheduled piece on 11/17. Handbells will play again on 12/15 with a rehearsal on 12/1 after the service; if you can read rhythms, please consider playing! Let Kelly know if you’d like to participate!
THANKSGIVING WORSHIP: Our brothers and sisters at the Chinese Presbyterian Church have invited us to their traditional Thanksgiving Day Breakfast at 8:30am and the following 9:30am Worship Service. Dress is casual and the service is an abbreviated worship service during which they thank God for the many blessings he bestows on us. They hope to see some of us there.
CALENDAR:
11/17 Worship Service 10:30a
11/18 Session Meeting 6:30p
11/19 Playschool Friendsgiving Performance 9a
PW Grace Circle 10a
11/20 JCPC Volunteers at POH 8a
11/21 Playschool Thanksgiving Feast 8a
Order of Worship 11/10/2024
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Thirty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 10th, 2024 Ten Thirty in the morning
Minister: Rev. Dr. Martha J. Robson
Please silence all cell phones.
Bold face indicates congregational participation.
THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED IN
PROCESSIONAL HYMN [GTG#301] Let Us Build a House (All Are Welcome)
1 Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live,
a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive.
Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace;
here the love of Christ shall end divisions:
Chorus:
All are welcome; all are welcome;
all are welcome in this place.
2 Let us build a house where prophets speak, and words are strong and true, where all God’s children dare to seek to dream God’s reign anew.
Here the cross shall stand as witness and as symbol of God’s grace;
here as one we claim the faith of Jesus: Chorus
3 Let us build a house where love is found in water, wine, and wheat;
a banquet hall on holy ground where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God, through Jesus, is revealed in time and space;
as we share in Christ the feast that frees us: Chorus
4 Let us build a house where hands will reach beyond the wood and stone to heal and strengthen, serve and teach, and live the Word they’ve known. Here the outcast and the stranger bear the image of God’s face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger: Chorus
5 Let us build a house where all are named, their songs and visions heard and loved and treasured, taught and claimed as words within the Word. Built of tears and cries and laughter, prayers of faith and songs of grace; let this house proclaim from floor to rafter: Chorus
WORDS OF WELCOME
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ADORATION
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 146:9
ONE: The Lord watches over the strangers;
MANY: God upholds those who are in need.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
O God, your blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of evil and make us children of God and heirs of eternal life. Grant that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves as he is pure; that, when he comes again with power and great glory, we may be made like him in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
HYMN [GTG#316] Where Charity and Love Prevail
- Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found;
brought here together by Christ’s love, by love we thus are bound.
- Let us recall that in our midst dwells Christ, God’s holy Son.
As members of each body joined, in him we are made one.
- Let strife among us be unknown; let all contentions cease.
Be God’s the glory that we seek; be his our only peace.
- Let us forgive each other’s faults as we our own confess,
that we may love each other well in Christian gentleness.
- Love can exclude no race or creed if honored be God’s name;
our common life embraces all whose Maker is the same.
REPENTANCE
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God,
GLORIA PATRI [Blue#579[ [GTG581]
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.
THE WORD READ AND PROCLAIMED
1st SCRIPTURE Mark 12:38-44
As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
2nd SCRIPTURE Hebrews 9:24-28
For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
3rd SCRIPTURE Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17
Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, I need to seek some security for you, so that it may be well with you. Now here is our kinsman Boaz, with whose young women you have been working. See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. Now wash and anoint yourself, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, observe the place where he lies; then, go and uncover his feet and lie down; and he will tell you what to do.” She said to her, “All that you tell me I will do.”
So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the Lord made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin; and may his name be renowned in Israel! He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age; for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has borne him.” Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom, and became his nurse. The women of the neighborhood gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed; he became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
ONE: The Word of the Lord
MANY: Thanks be to God
RESPONSE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Apostles’ Creed
RECEIVING OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY The King of Love My Shepherd Is arr Gonzalo L Gonzalez
DOXOLOGY [GTG#606]
Praise God from whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host;
THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
THE GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
ONE: The Lord be with you.
MANY: And also with you.
ONE: Lift up your hearts.
MANY: We lift them to the Lord.
ONE: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
MANY: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
ONE: …Therefore with all creation we sing your praise:
MANY: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
ONE: … Praise to you, Lord Jesus:
MANY: Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life. Lord Jesus, come in glory…
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen
ONE: … The gifts of God for the people of God.
MANY: Thanks be to God.
HYMN [*Blue #][GTG#363] Rejoice, the LORD is King!
1 Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore!
Rejoice, give thanks, and sing, and triumph evermore.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
2 Our Savior, Jesus, reigns, the God of truth and love;
when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
3 His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o’er earth and heaven;
the keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
4 Rejoice in glorious hope! For Christ, the Judge, shall come
and gather all the saints to their eternal home.
Lift up your heart; lift up your voice! Rejoice, again I say, rejoice!
PARTING PRAYER
O gracious and holy God, give us diligence to seek you,
wisdom to perceive you, and patience to wait for you.
Grant us, O God, a mind to meditate on you; eyes to behold you;
ears to listen for your word; a heart to love you; and a life to proclaim you; through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
RESPONSE [GTG#36] For the Fruit of All Creation
- In the just reward of labor, God’s will be done.
In the help we give our neighbor, God’s will be done.
In our worldwide task of caring for the hungry and despairing,
POSTLUDE Seek Ye First/Canon in D arr. Annika Bergsman
*Note: the hymn lyrics in the bulletin and on the projection screen are from the Glory To God Hymnal (© 2013 Westminster John Knox Press), which we are transitioning to. Words in the “Blue” Presbyterian Hymnal (© 1990) in your pew may differ slightly.
The Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved.
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