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9:55 a.m. October 27, 2019
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Welcome to worship! As you settle in for worship, please feel free to light a candle of prayer in the chapel area (right side of sanctuary). The children will be with us through the baptism, then may be excused to their classes. There is nursery care available throughout the service, and a crying room at the back of the sanctuary for those who become inconsolable. Additionally, for a quieter space, audio of the service is in the library, just outside the sanctuary.
RINGING OF THE CHIMES Sylvia Berry, Organist
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS Barry Shelley, Moderator
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN ‘Come, Thou Font of Every Blessing’ No. 16
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: The road is long, but the journey is worth it.
All: We do not travel alone; we are part of the great fellowship of saints.
One: The life of faith rises and falls,
All: But God is with us, every step of the way.
One: The Spirit gives us endurance and strength for the journey;
All: Christ has called us into a community of living hope.
One: Come join us on the journey of faith;
All: Share in the Good News of God’s Love, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
GATHERING PRAYER
INTROIT ‘Blessed Quietness’ W. S. Marshall, arr. J. Jefferson Cleveland and Verolga Nix
A WORD WITH THE CHILDREN: NeighborWatch
HYMN ‘Be Thou My Vision’ No. 595
(the children may be excused to their classes following the hymn)
*Asterisk indicates all who are able may stand
Bold print indicates congregational response
PRAYER OF RECONCILIATION (in unison)
God of Hope and Faith, we confess that our wandering sometimes leads to doubt, and doubt leads to uncertainty, and uncertainty can lead to a lack of trust. But sometimes uncertainty leads us to new faith, new hope, new trust that You have not left us alone. Help us to know that when we fall into doubt and uncertainty, we are not alone. We have one another. You have called us to love our neighbor as ourselves, and what we lack in faith in You, may we be restored in faith in one another. Help us to become Living Hope to each other, and through the helping hands and hearts that surround us, may our faith in You be renewed again. In Christ Jesus, our Lord, who became one of us, who became our Living Hope, we pray. Amen.
KYRIE ‘Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult’ vs 1 No. 337
Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild restless sea, day by day his sweet voice soundeth, saying “Christian, follow me.”
*WORDS OF ASSURANCE (please stand as you are able)
*RECEIVING AND SHARING GOD’S LOVE
(by handshake, embrace, or with hands folded)
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
*GLORIA ‘For the Beauty of the Earth’ vs 1 No. 56
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies, for the love which from our birth over and around us lies, Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.
STEWARDSHIP MOMENT Deb Bowman Watch
A READING FROM THE PSALMS Psalm 84:1-7 Watch
GOSPEL READING Luke 18:9-13
SERMON Ann-Marie Illsley Watch
ANTHEM ‘A Place at the Table’ Lori True/Shirley Erena Murray Watch
(please join in singing the refrain)
For everyone born, a place at the table, for everyone born, clean water and bread, a shelter, a space, a safe place for growing, for everyone born, a star overhead.
(Refrain) And God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy, yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice and joy! For gay and for straight, a place at the table, a covenant shared, a welcoming space, a rainbow of race and gender and color, for gay and for straight, the chalice of grace.
MORNING PRAYERS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
OFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD
OFFERTORY ‘How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place’ (Psalm 84: 1-2) Watch
Johannes Brahms
How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! For my soul, it longeth, yea fainteth, for the courts of the Lord: my soul and body crieth out, yea for the living God.
*DOXOLOGY ‘Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow’ No. 50
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 OF DEDICATION
*HYMN ‘Jesu, Jesu’ No. 600
*COMMISSIONING AND BENEDICTION
(please be seated for the closing music)
CLOSING MUSIC
*Costume Parade
Participating in today’s service are:
Rev. Patricia Hayes, Senior Minister
Ann-Marie Illsley, Acting Associate Minister
Murray Kidd, Music Director
Alisa Cassola, Soloist
Sylvia Berry, Organist
David Wilcox, Sign Language
Loren Stott, Sign Language
