September 10, 2023
Join us for worship on Sunday, September 10, 2023. The sermon is by Dr. Marshall Zieman based on Romans 13: 8-14. Our music is provided by Alleluia and Chamber Singers; Mark Kanitz, organ.
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Bulletin for September 10, 2023 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
PRELUDE
“Trumpet Voluntary” John Stanley
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.
SILENT MEDITATION
“Jesus said his Father’s House has many rooms. In this metaphor I like to imagine the Presbyterians hanging out in the library, the Baptists running the kitchen, the Anglicans setting the table, the Anabaptists washing feet with the hose in the backyard, the Lutherans making liturgy for the laundry, the Methodists stocking the fire in the hearth, the Catholics keeping the family history, the Pentecostals throwing open all the windows and doors to let more people in.”
Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
“This Is the Day” Jacobus Gallus
CALL TO WORSHIP
Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song!
This day is God’s gift to us.
Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song!
God has graciously gathered us together in this place.
Hallelujah! Sing to the Lord a new song!
God is good and faithful. God is our worthy of our praise. Let us worship God together!
PRAISE AND ADORATION
*OPENING HYMN
#611 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee HYMN TO JOY (*Please stand, if you are able.) arr. James Biery
CALL TO CONFESSION
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Merciful God, in Jesus, our risen Lord, we have seen your glory, yet our sinfulness often blocks out the light of Christ. We are quick to accuse and slow to confess. We find faults easily in others while ignoring our own shortcomings. We have squandered your gifts. We have turned from your ways. We have ignored your Word. Have mercy on us, compassionate God. Pour out your Holy Spirit on our lives. Wash us with your love and cleanse us with your grace that day by day we might move closer to the people you would have us become.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
KYRIE ELEISON
(#551) “Lord, Have Mercy” LAND OF REST
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*GLORIA PATRI
(#447) “We Are Forgiven” WE ARE FORGIVEN
WELCOME AND GREETING
During the greeting time, children are invited to come forward for a time with Dr. Zieman
TIME FOR YOUNG DISCIPLES
ANTHEM
“Psalm 150” Paul D. Weber
Please join the choir on the refrain.
Refrain:
OLD TESTAMENT READING
Psalm 86: 11-17 page 474 of the pew Bible
FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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
“Locus Iste” Anton Bruckner
“This place was made by God, a priceless sacrament. It is without reproach.”
PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD
SCRIPTURE READING
Romans 13: 8-14 page 923 of the pew Bible
This is the Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God!
SERMON
“Living Debt-Free” Dr. Zieman
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
from The Confession of 1967, 9.15
God ’s sovereign love is a mystery beyond the reach of the human mind. Human thought ascribes to God superlatives of power, wisdom, and goodness. But God reveals divine love in Jesus Christ by showing power in the form of a servant, wisdom in the folly of the cross, and goodness in receiving sinful men and women. The power of God’s love in Christ to transform the world discloses that the Redeemer is the Lord and Creator who made all things to serve the purpose of God’s love.
*SANCTUS (#572) “Holy, Holy, Holy” (Pavlechko)
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
“O How Amiable” Ralph Vaughan Williams
* DOXOLOGY
(#607) “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” OLD HUNDREDTH
Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams
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
Almighty God, with faith and hope we offer these gifts. Use them, even as you use us, to accomplish your purposes in Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church and the Lord of our lives. Amen.
*RECESSIONAL HYMN
#305 Come Sing, O Church, in Joy! DARWALL’S 148TH
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*POSTLUDE
“Prelude ‘49th Parallel’” Ralph Vaughan Williams; arr. Kanitz