26^th Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 30, 2007 - 10:30 AM

GATHERING FOR WORSHIP

"Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones;

for, I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in heaven" (Matthew 18:10)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST

CHORAL INTROIT:

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

Please join me in praising the Lord using the Response printed in your bulletin: (From Isaiah 45)

Leader: "Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth!

People: For I am God, and there is no other.

Leader: By myself I have sworn,

People: To me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess."

All: Let us worship this God.

(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: #1 (Red Hymnal)

"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"

(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:

Forgive our inattention to the needs of others:

Those who need our love and encouragement.

Forgive our neglect when we see their needs,

And we turn aside and do nothing to fill these needs.

Forgive our thinking only of ourselves,

And what we desire while others suffer.

Open our eyes to see, our hearts to feel, and

Our hands to do. Amen

RECEIVING FORGIVENESS:

(Lector Only)

"By grace you have been saved through faith, and this not your own doing; it is the gift of God - not the results of works…For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life." In Christ we are forgiven!

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*SONG OF GRATITUDE FOR FORGIVENESS RECEIVED:

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

ANTHEM: "At His Name," Joel Raney

A SPECIAL TIME WITH CHILDREN: Alice Chamnesss

(Red Hymnal #580 "Jesus Loves the Little Children")

WORSHIP IN ACTION

GOD'S WORK IN THE WORLD: Frank Carr

SHARING OUR GIFTS

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

AN OFFERING OF MUSIC: "Serenade," Schubert

4-hand piano duet ~ Lynn Kennedy & Carol Lou Woodward

*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: #289 (Red Hymnal)

"There Shall Be Showers of Blessing"

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

(Blue Hymnal, Page 16, Traditional version)

BIBLE READING: 2 Samuel 9, Pew Bibles pg. 283

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

MESSAGE: "Mephibosheth Remembered," Pastor John Hollis

*DECLARING OUR FAITH:

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

*SONG OF RESPONSE: #47 (Red Hymnal)

"God Will Take Care of You"

*BLESSING

CHORAL RESPONSE:

"Father, Give Thy Benediction," arr Clayton Lloyd Moore

DEPARTING TO SERVE:

"Christ the Redeemer," Tom Birchwood

*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 ~ Jon Richwine

Nursery ~ Alice Henry & Lorna Klein

SPECIAL MISSION INTERESTS

Hunter and Ruth Farrell, Peru

Charles and Diane Wonnenberg, South Dakota

Bill Yoder, Thailand

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