The Order of Worship – October 27, 2024
This is the 300th Day of 2024.
There are 66 days remaining in 2024.
Filled with the Holy Spirit,
we are a people of prayer
committed to love one another
and equipped to share Christ’s love throughout the world.
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Prelude:
Welcome & Announcements:
This month’s mission focus is Marghum for Christmas Gifts
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Five Loaves tonight at 4:30 – fellowship hall
Call to Worship: My Life Flows On
Responsive Reading: Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22
Taste and See
1 I will bless the LORD at all times;
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the LORD;
let the humble hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the LORD with me,
and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to him, and be radiant;
so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6 This poor soul cried, and was heard by the LORD,
and was saved from every trouble.
7 The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him,
and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good;
happy are those who take refuge in him….
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the LORD rescues them from them all.
20 He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.
21 Evil brings death to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The LORD redeems the life of his servants;
none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
Praise the Lord
Opening Hymn: A Mighty Fortress is Our God…#110 (C)
Verse 1
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
Verse 2
Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God’s own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabaoth, his name, from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.
Verse 3
And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
Verse 4
That word above all early powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill; God’s truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.
Affirmation of Faith:
The Apostle’s Creed..No. 881
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
dead,
and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.
Gloria Patri…Page 70
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.
Praise Song: Ain’t No Rock
Ain’t no rock,
Gonna cry in my place
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Ain’t no rock,
Gonna cry in my place
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Ain’t no bird,
Gonna flap his feathers
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Ain’t no bird,
Gonna flap his feathers
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Ain’t no tree,
Gonna wave it’s branches.
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Ain’t no tree,
Gonna wave it’s branches.
as long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify His holy Name.
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Praise His holy Name
As long as I’m alive
I’ll glorify his holy name
Pastoral Prayer
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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 trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass 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.
Anthem: Jesus, Name Above All Names
Offertory
Doxology:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Children’s Moment & Song
Holiness (Take My Life)
Verse 1
Holiness holiness is what I long for
Holiness is what I need
Holiness holiness is what You want from me
Chorus
So take my heart and form it
Take my mind transform it
Take my will conform it
To Yours to Yours oh Lord
Verse 2
Faithfulness faithfulness is what I long for
Faithfulness is what I need
Faithfulness faithfulness is what You want from me
Chorus
So take my heart and form it
Take my mind transform it
Take my will conform it
To Yours to Yours oh Lord
Verse 3
Righteousness righteousness is what I long for
Righteousness is what I need
Righteousness righteousness is what You want from me
Chorus
So take my heart and form it
Take my mind transform it
Take my will conform it
To Yours to Yours oh Lord
Ending
To Yours to Yours oh Lord
To Yours to Yours oh Lord to Yours
Prayer for Illumination
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Job’s restoration
1 Then Job answered the LORD: 2 “I know that you can do all things and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me that I did not know. 4 ‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.’ 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; 6 therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”…
10 And the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring. 12 The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand donkeys.
13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. 15 In all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and his children’s children, four generations. 17 And Job died, old and full of days.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Gospel Reading: Mark 10:46-52
Christ heals blind Bartimaeus
46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” 50 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” 52 Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
All: Thanks be to God
Epistle & Sermon Text: Hebrews 7:23-28
Christ, the merciful high priest
23 Furthermore, the former priests were many in number because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently because he continues forever. 25 Consequently, he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. 26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
27 Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests humans, who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord for the people of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon: “The Great Archpriest”
Notes:
- Conquered death (which is the downfall of human high priests)
- “Appointed to save those who approach God through him.”
- Had no need to make daily sacrifices because he offered himself.
Closing Human: Wonderful Words of Life…600 (F)
Verse 1
Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life;
let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life;
words of life and beauty teach me faith and duty.
Refrain:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life;
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life.
Verse 3
Sweetly echo the gospel call, wonderful words of life;
offer pardon and peace to all, wonderful words of life;
Jesus, only Savior, sanctify forever.
Refrain:
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life;
Beautiful words, wonderful words,
Wonderful words of life.
Filled Up and Poured Out
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