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SANCTUARY, 11:00 a.m.
A Service of Song, Word, & Table
November 24, 2024
* Please rise in body or spirit.
WELCOME
PRELUDE Dr. Dan Cummings, piano
Children of God, Children of God, whom do you follow?
We follow Christ, Ruler of us all.
Children of God, what kind of Ruler is Christ?
Christ reigns with love and truth, justice and mercy, compassion and peace.
Children of God, how will you live in the reign of Christ?
We will join Christ in choosing love, truth, justice, mercy, compassion, and peace even when our world tells us not to.
Children of God, come, let us worship God whose Love reigns over us, exemplified in Jesus Christ!
Come, let us worship! Thanks be to God. Amen.
* HYMN Hail to the Lord’s Anointed 203 UMH
A READING FROM THE GOSPELS John 18:33-37
This is the Word of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God!
MUSICAL RESPONSE Thy Kingdom Come Karen Marrolli
Chancel Choir/Shane Snedigar, violin
MESSAGE
MUSICAL RESPONSE Jesus Shall Reign (vs 1,4,5) 157 UMH
CALL TO RECONCILIATION
Hide your truth in our hearts, dear God, for we are a people who are attracted to the error of our ways. We make bad choices, O Lord. We find ourselves in predicaments that make us sigh and groan. We have brought upon ourselves many of the disasters that have come our way. We were not honest and truthful in all situations. We even try to hide from our- selves when we realize that we are responsible for our own mistakes. O Lord, do not remove yourself from us. Forgive us, we pray, for the many sins, wrongdoings, shortcomings, and lies. Fill us with your grace and blot out our transgressions. Give us genuine love for each other, we pray. We thank you for the assurance of your forgiveness through your Son, Jesus Christ.
And hear us again, as we offer you our confession in silence.
Silent confession.
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
Friends, let us proclaim the Good News:
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Let us go out into the world as people made new by God.
Amen.
PASSING OF THE PEACE
REGATHERING HYMN He is Exalted 2070 TFWS
INVITATION TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Loving Creator, whose reign is everlasting, we offer these gifts with grateful hearts. May they serve to proclaim your truth and extend your kingdom of justice, peace, and love. Transform our offerings and our lives to bear witness to the hope and promise of Christ, our king. In his holy name, we pray. Amen.
OFFERTORY Die Allmacht (“Omnipotence”) Franz Schubert Lore Alán, tenor
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DOXOLOGY Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow 94 UMH
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING UMH 17
God is with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Holy One.
Let us give thanks to the Holy One our God.
It is good to give God thanks and praise.
Joyfully, we lift our songs
of praise to you, O God.
From the fragments of chaos,
you created all things.
Those that are visible to us
in the leaves drifting to the ground,
in the children playing hopscotch,
in the moon shimmering at night -
and those that we cannot see,
but gift our lives beyond measure:
grace, which heals our longing;
hope, which fills our emptiness;
love, which embraces our loneliness.
All were shaped and blessed for us,
but we chose to cast our lots
with sin and death,
believing their powers to be greater
that your hopes and dreams for us.
The prophets came to speak
about the One from on high
who yearned for us to come home,
but we grew impatient with their words
and mocked their faithfulness.
Finally, you sent Jesus
to gather your scattered children together
and to bring us back to your heart.
Therefore, we join our voices
with rulers and reprobates,
with the fruitful and the foolish
of every time and place,
who forever sing of your joy:
Holy, holy, holy One, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of God.
Hosanna in the highest.
Holy are you, God who remembers us,
and blessed is Jesus Christ,
Dawn from on high and creative Word.
Creation's true Light,
he rescues us from the darkness of death;
speaker of promises
to our grandparents in the faith,
on the cross
he kept the vows made to them;
the first-born of all creation,
he was born again
from the grave,
so we could all be with you
in eternity's kingdom.
As we reflect on his life, his ministry, his love,
we remember all that he has done for us,
that mysterious story we call faith:
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
As we come to this Table of peace,
pour out your Spirit of life upon us,
and upon the gifts
of the Bread of life
and the Cup of salvation.
You nourish with grace,
so we may go wherever
the broken and lost live,
that we might feed them.
You fill us with hope,
that we would have no more fear,
but would boldly reach out
and gather up all
whom the world has cast aside.
And when time has come to an end,
and all creation has been reconciled to you,
we will gather around the feast in heaven,
singing our joy and praise to you,
God in Community, Holy in One.
Amen.
In the name of Christ; now, let us pray:
LORD’S PRAYER
AMEN RESPONSE
MUSIC AT COMMUNION Dr. Dan Cummings, piano
INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
* SENDING HYMN Bring Forth the Kingdom TFWS 2190
POSTLUDE Dr. Dan Cummings, piano
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