Sunday September 15, 2024 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDE — “Andante tranquillo” from Sonata No. 3 — Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

SILENT MEDITATION
“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.” — Augustine

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                   
With our words and in our actions,
       Let us praise the living God.
With our lips and in our lives,
       Let us glorify the Lord.  Let us worship God!

PRAISE AND ADORATION

*HYMN OF PRAISE #81 — Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken — AUSTRIAN HYMN
(*Please stand, if you are able)

CONFESSION AND PARDON

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Gracious Lord, we come in prayer today aware that your Son came to us that we might be free from sin.  Yet we are uncertain what this means, and we are unsure of Jesus’ role in our lives. Instead of trusting your grace, we live in fear.  We fear not being good enough.  We fear for tomorrow.  We fear being alone.  Forgive us and remind us that you sent Jesus to us that we might live in the assurance of God’s love. 

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION AND PETITION

KYRIE ELEISON #575 — Lord, Have Mercy Upon Us — KYRIE ELEISON

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

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

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE OLD TESTAMANT READING — Psalm 116: 1-9 — page 491 of the pew Bible

FELLOWSHIP OF PRAYER

JOYS AND CONCERNS

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

SCRIPTURE LESSON — Mark 8: 27-38 — page 820 of the pew Bible

SERMON — “A Messiah for Everyone” — Dr. Zieman

PRAYER

PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

OFFERTORY — Call on Him — John Leavitt
based on the text of Psalm 116                                 

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
The elders will serve you in the pews.  All baptized Christians are invited to partake. 
We ask that you hold on to the piece of bread or the cup until all have been served, so that we may partake as one body. 

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

PRAYER OF 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 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.

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH — The Apostles’ Creed
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 Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

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

WORDS OF INSTITUTION

SERVING OF THE BREAD                         
Dr. Zieman will walk down the center aisle with gluten–free bread.

COMMUNION ANTHEM — Draw Us In the Spirit’s Tether — Harold W. Friedell

SERVING OF THE CUP OF THE NEW COVENANT

*PRAYER
We thank you, O God, that through Word and sacrament you have given us your Son, who is the true bread from heaven and food of eternal life.  So strengthen us in your service that our daily living may show our thanks, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

*HYMN #718 — Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said — BOURBON

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE — “Gigue” from Sonata in Baroque Style — Gordon Young