Sunday November 17, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — Finale from “East of Eden” — Lee Holdridge, transcr. Mark Kanitz
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
There are two things on which all interpretation of scripture depends: the process of discovering what we need to learn, and the process of presenting what we have learnt. — Augustine

CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP — Father, I Adore You — Terrye Coelho

CALL TO WORSHIP — Psalm 96
O Sing to the Lord a new song:
       Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, bless his name;
       Tell of his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
       His marvelous works among all the peoples.

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN #39 — Great is Thy Faithfulness — TUNE
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious and Loving God, we come before you in meekness and humility. We confess that we do not always serve you as we should. We confess that we have often asked you to serve us instead. We ask for physical things, positions of power. Yet You have already given us love, and grace, and hope: your mercies make a way for us where there is no way. You are faithful to us again and again. Forgive us, O Lord. Help us to be a vehicle for your grace. Help us to be your hands and feet. Help us to yearn for a life that reflects your will. Help us to be ready to live it out. Amen.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND PETITION

KYRIE ELEISON #575 — Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us — KYRIE ELEISON (Pardini)                                                                         

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (#447) — We Are Forgiven — WE ARE FORGIVEN

WELCOME

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MOMENT FOR MISSION – John Bennett for the Giving Tree

FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; 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 — Now We Give Thanks — Mark Patterson

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON — 1 Samuel 1:4-20 — page 213 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “Hannah’s Hope” — Nicole Reibe, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theology, Creighton University

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S WORD

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — Adapted from The Confession of 1967
We believe that to be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as his reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation and shares his labor of healing the enmities which separate humankind from God and each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. By and through these things, we believe that the church maintains a continuity with the apostles and with Israel by faithful obedience to this call.

*GLORIA PATRI #581 — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Somebody’s Knockin’ — Spiritual; arr. Ken Berg

*DOXOLOGY (#607) — “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” — OLD HUNDREDTH
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise Christ, all people here below;
praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore.  Amen.

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION      

*HYMN #837 — What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine — TUNE

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig

*POSTLUDE — Fanfare in A-flat Major — Charles Ore