WELCOME TO WORSHIP
WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED SCRIPTURE — Mark 12:28-34 This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. SERMON — “Prayers You’ll Want to Pray: The Wesley Covenant Prayer”
WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT
THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST • SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 • 11:00AM
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS Welcome to worship at Centenary! We are a church for everyone. As you prepare for worship, we invite you to greet your neighbor and share the love of Christ. Please silence all mobile communication devices. †
Please stand as you are able
INTROIT
God Be in My Head — Walford Davies God be in my head, and in my understanding. God be in mine eyes, and in my looking. God be in my mouth, and in my speaking. God be in my heart, and in my thinking. God be at my end, and at my departing.
CALL TO WORSHIP Welcome, friends, to this holy day. We come to offer thanks; we come to sing and pray. Welcome, friends, to this time set apart, A time to remember the holy promises of God. Welcome, friends, to this table of remembrance and joy, The table where we are fed, the feast we share with many. Welcome, friends, and let us worship God.
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HYMN OF PROCESSION #57 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing — AZMON
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AFFIRMATION OF FAITH 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.
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GLORIA PATRI #71 Glory Be to the Father — GREATOREX 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.
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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
#399 Take My LIfe, and Let It Be — MESSIAH
BENEDICTION
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BENEDICTION RESPONSE Amen (from Geistliches Lied, Op. 30) — Johannes Brahms
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POSTLUDE
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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.
Thank you for joining us in worship today.
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PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
GREETING
HYMN
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OFFERTORY We’ll Shout and Give Him Glory — Mack Wilberg I’m on my way to Zion, the New Jerusalem. We’ll shout and give him glory, for glory is his own. I feel teh work reviving, reviving in my soul. Oh, how I love my Savior, because he first loved me.
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PRELUDE
WE GO AS GOD’S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD
WE CELEBRATE HOLY COMMUNION The congregation is invited to follow the communion liturgy beginning on page 12 of the hymnal. INVITATION TO COMMUNION Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Therefore, let us confess before God and one another. CONFESSION AND PARDON THE GREAT THANKSGIVING 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. RECEIVING OF ELEMENTS MUSIC AT COMMUNION All That I Am — William Grant Still All that I am, all I ever can be I owe to You, Lord, for You have molded me. All that I have, all that I call mine I owe to You, Lord, for all things are Thine. You are the source of light: light that’s offered all men. In Your wisdom You give to each his due. You are the source of love: Love that binds in brotherhood. In Your love and mercy I find lasting peace. All that I love, all that’s dear to me, all of my blessings come, my Lord, from Thee. All that I own, all that belongs to me, all I surrender, my Lord, to Thee. CLOSING PRAYER Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE WESLEY COVENANT PRAYER “I am no longer my own, but thine. Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom thou wilt. Put me to doing, put me to suffering. Let me be employed by thee or laid aside for thee, exalted for thee or brought low for thee. Let me be full, let me be empty. Let me have all things, let me have nothing. I freely and heartily yield all things to thy pleasure and disposal. And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it. And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
PARTICIPANTS IN WORSHIP PREACHING The Reverend Lara “Willis” Greene Senior Minister
CRUCIFER Libby Holden
LITURGISTS The Reverend Kate May Associate Minister with Children
TORCHBEARERS Camilla Boehnlein Chandler Marley
MUSIC Jonathan Emmons Director of Music Ministries
FLOWERS The Chancel Flowers are given in loving memory of Jenny Kimbrel Bunn by the Bunn family; and in loving memory of John R. Perkinson, Blanche J. Perkinson, Jane W. Perkinson, and H. Gray & Betsy Hutchison by Jay and Becky Perkinson.
Joshua Sobel Organist The Chancel Choir
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