23^rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 9, 2007 - 10:30 AM

GATHERING FOR WORSHIP

"Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is." I John 3:2

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

CHORAL INTROIT:

"We Have Come to Worship the Lord," Charles Yannerella

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Please join me in praising the Lord using the Response printed in your bulletin: (From Psalm 139)
Leader: "O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
People: You know when I sit down and when I rise up.
Leader: You discern my thoughts from far away.
People: Even before a word is on my tongue,
Leader: O Lord, you know it completely."
All: Let us worship the Lord!

(After reciting the Response, indicate with your hands for the congregation to stand for the first hymn. DO NOT announce the hymn.)

*SONGS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP: #482 (Blue Hymnal)

"Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty"

(Lector Only) If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just, will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In humility and faith let us confess our sin to God, using the prayer printed in your bulletin.

**COMING CLEAN BEFORE OUR CREATOR

Gracious God, we praise the power of Christ
to overcome the power of sin.
We are people in need of this power!
Humble our hearts, Lord.
Reveal the failures of our intellect,
the poverty of our prosperity.
As you have loved us enough to die for us,
cleanse and restore us,
that we might be vessels through whom
Your Good News might go out to all the world!
Amen

RECEIVING FORGIVENESS:

(Lector Only)

God does not abandon us in our failures or give up on us when we go our own way. We are forgiven; let us live and serve as forgiven people!

*SONG OF GRATITUDE FOR FORGIVENESS RECEIVED:

(Red Hymnal #247, Blue Hymnal #322, "Spirit of the Living God")

ANTHEM: "Because He Lives," Gaither/arr. Schrader

A SPECIAL TIME WITH CHILDREN: Sheila Iverson

WORSHIP IN ACTION

GOD'S WORK IN THE WORLD: Barbara Taylor

SHARING OUR GIFTS

(Prayer requests may be placed in the offering plate; please sign the fellowship pad)

AN OFFERING OF MUSIC:

"Let Your Light Shine," Tom Birchwood

PRAISING GOD AS SOURCE OF ALL, #593 (Blue Hymnal)

DEDICATING OUR GIFTS WITH PRAYER

LISTENING FOR GOD'S WORD TO US

SPEAKING TO GOD IN SONG: #324 (Blue Hymnal)

"Open My Eyes That I May See"

PRAYING TO GOD, LORD'S PRAYER (debts/debtors)

(Blue Hymnal, Page 16, Traditional version)

BIBLE READING: I John 2:28-3:3, Pew Bibles pg. 240

Leader: "The Word of the Lord," All: "Thanks be to God"

MESSAGE: "Our Present Dignity, Our Future Destiny,"

Pastor David Layman

*DECLARING OUR FAITH:

(Apostles' Creed, Traditional, pg. 14, Blue Hymnal)

*SONG OF RESPONSE: #281 (Blue Hymnal)

"Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"

*BLESSING

CHORAL RESPONSE:

"Father, Give Thy Benediction," Clayton Lloyd Moore

DEPARTING TO SERVE:

"Bourree in F Major," Georg Philipp Telemann

*As able please stand

Large print bulletins and hearing devices are available. Please ask an usher.

END OF WORSHIP - BEGINNING OF SERVICE

Pastors ~ David A Layman, John Hollis

Youth Director ~ Bonnie Browning

Choir Director ~ Lynn Kennedy

Organist ~ Linda Hood

Pianist ~ Carol Lou Woodward

Lector ~ Bonnie Browning

Nursery ~ Alice Henry & Lorna Klein

SPECIAL MISSION INTERESTS

Hunter and Ruth Farrell, Peru

Charles and Diane Wonnenberg, South Dakota

Bill Yoder, Thailand