WELCOME TO WORSHIP
WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED SCRIPTURE — Luke 10:27 This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. SERMON
WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT OFFERTORY All My Hope — David Crowder & Ed Cash DOXOLOGY #95 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — OLD 100th Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below; praise God above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
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FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST • SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 • 9:00AM
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS The gathering music signifies the beginning of worship. You are invited to be in a spirit of prayer and meditation. Please silence all mobile communication devices. †
Please stand as you are able
GATHERING MUSIC Grace Like Rain — Collins, Excell, Newton, Agnew & Walker
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Receive these gifts, O Lord. May they be magnified by your Holy Spirit to teach your children about your love, to show the world your grace, to bring healing to the broken hearted, to comfort the grieving, to embrace the needy, and to praise your name. We offer ourselves as instruments of your peace to the world. We offer our talents, our time, and our gifts to you. Use us as you will. Deploy us for your benevolence. Transform our hearts as we transform the world. We pray this in your Holy name. Amen.
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WE GO AS GOD’S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD
GREETING OPENING PRAYER Grant us, O Lord, to trust in you with all our hearts; for, as you always resist the proud who confide in their own strength, so you never forsake those who make their boast of your mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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HYMN
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Just a Closer Walk with Thee — Traditional
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.
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PRESENTATION OF BIBLES We rejoice in this step in your journey with God. We pray God will guide you, your family, and us as you use this Holy Bible in your home, in your church school classes, and in our worship. We will learn together and grow in our love for God’s word. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 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.
HYMN
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#128 He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought — HE LEADETH ME
BENEDICTION
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BENEDICTION RESPONSE Better Than a Hallelujah — Chapin Hartford & Sarah Hart
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CELEBRATION MUSIC Greater — Graul, Millard, Glover, Garcia, Scheuchzer, Cochran & Shaffer
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Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Chorus: Just a closer walk with Thee. Grant it Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to Thee – Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
First Verse: I am weak but thou art strong. Jesus keep me from all wrong. I’ll be satisfied as long As I walk, dear Lord, close to Thee.
Third Verse: When my feeble life is o’re, Time for me will be no more. Guide me gently, safely o’re To Thy Kingdom shore, to Thy shore.
Chorus: Just a closer walk with Thee. Grant it Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to Thee – Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Chorus: Just a closer walk with Thee. Grant it Jesus is my plea. Daily walking close to Thee – Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Second Verse: Now, through this world of toils and snares. If I falter, Lord who cares? Who with me my burden shares? None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee. KINDERGARTEN RECIPIENTS
THIRD GRADE RECIPIENTS
Eliza Katherine Brendle William Oscar Crompton Lewis Alexander Luxton Clegg Mary Wells Douglas Whit Jackson Alice Pearce Jennings Preston Johnson Lucy Keit Cannon King Ethan King Hazel Lowe Theo Hudson Maner Callie Myer Lilly Schamens Cynthia Schultz Henry Suttle Wyatt Norman Schilling Touby Stephen Marshall Wall Peyton Youngblood
Clark Bonsall Hank Conrad Lucy Miriam Crane Elliott Pearl Crompton Thompson Cavanaugh Dugan Christopher Roan Frye Josephine Mae Hall Liza Harris Tripp Harris James Lawrence Holden Libby Keit Pierce King Ransome Lambert Hudson Newbauer Beau Rowland Claire Ridgely Samuel Corbin Taylor Smith Kamryn Stith Caroline Strowd Graham English Suttle Will Suttle Elizabeth Reade Sutton George Robert Williams
Thank you for joining us in worship today.
PARTICIPANTS IN WORSHIP PREACHING The Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III Senior Minister LITURGIST Tammy Pollock, Director of Youth Ministries
MUSIC Eddie Pollock, Band Leader Lydia Berger • Nathan Clark • Sam Clark Matthew Epermanis • Joanna Holden • Jacob Hollar • Larry Hollar • Amy Goodman • Lilly Robbins
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