November 9, 2014

Theme: Building Together as Partners in Christ

PLEASE NOTE: We are having ONE joint service at 9:40am this Sunday.

Sound Notes: Greg Alexander will be preaching. Is there a third remote mic or does one of us need to switch out with him?  We will need to switch out.  We also have a cordless that one of you could use if you wish.

NOTE:  Kendall and I are going to work on the projector on Wednesday evening--if we can not get it to work, we will need to print the call to worship, prayer, etc on something.  Not sure people will want to face the back wall again.

Reference Scriptures:

9:40am Service

Gathering and Preparing for Worship

Opening Music                                                            __________________________

Welcome and Announcements                                     Lisa CR

Processional Music                                                       __________________________

Acolytes bring the light in & light the candles.

Elders bring in the elements and set the tables. 

Ministers enter behind elements.

Call to Worship 
    Leader:  We are called to be the church,

                   to love God and serve others.
   People:  We gather as sisters and brothers in Christ,

                    praising God’s faithfulness,   

                    embracing each other in God’s love,

                    committed to acting out that love in God’s world.

    Leader:  We worship God in joy, in expectation, and in hope.

    People:  We are not alone.  Thanks be to God!

*Hymn of Praise: CH #25 “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”        sts. 1, 3,  4

*Invocation and Lord’s Prayer

Unison:

God of each new day:

We come in worship

seeking again to hear the good news

 of your unceasing love.

May that love permeate every aspect of our living.

Grant that our worship may renew us, and that our lives may participate in the renewal of your world.

We ask this as your people,

and because you are our God.

Hear us now as we continue to pray, using the prayer Jesus taught his disciple:

                        “Our Father, who are in Heaven…..AMEN.

Turning to God in Prayer

Joys and Concerns                                                                                       Lisa CR

Hymn of Prayer: CH#581 “Near to the Heart of God”

Pastoral Prayer                                                                                            Lisa CR

Music for Reflection                                                           ______________________

Contemplating God’s Word

Scripture

Special Music

Children’s Sermon                                                                                       Mark CR

Sermon                                                                                             Greg Alexander, 
                                  General Minister & President of the Christian Church In Kentucky

Covenant of Installation

See Insert

Sharing at the Lord’s Table

Communion Hymn: CH #404  “A Hymn of Joy We Sing”

Invitation to the Lord’s Supper                                                                    Lisa CR

Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome

                                                       to share communion.

Call to Offering                                                                                           Mark CR

Offertory Music

Prayer of Thanksgiving                                                                                 Mark CR

Going Forth in Faith

Invitation to Discipleship                                                                             Lisa CR

Hymn of Invitation: CH#453 “Called as Partners in Christ Service”      sts. 1, 2, 4

Benediction                                                                                                 Lisa CR

Closing Hymn: "Here I Am, Lord"  or same as last week?

Carrying Out of the Light                                                                              Acolytes

Postlude

Following this morning’s worship is the Annual Congregation Meeting.  It is important for church members to stay for this meeting (20 minutes)  so you can vote on the Church Officers and Budget for 2015. 

November 2, 2014

Theme: All Saints Day

Sound Notes:

 Lisa CR will be out at retreat today. LCR

Mark will do both services. LCR

Please set up an extra mic on a stand by the side table where the birdhouses were last week for the Roll Call of the Saints. MCR

Reference Scriptures: 

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

 

Hymn Suggestions:

Mark is thinking Easter-resurrection type stuff as well as All Saints. MCR

Also, for the first service, would Janie please play "This Little Light of Mine" softly while the Roll Call of Saints is going on and people are reading the names? During the second service, we would like to use "Give Me the Roses, While I Live" played by a guitarist, if possible. MCR

Hymn of Praise: CH #277 Christians we have met to worship 1&2              MCR

      

 Prayer Hymn: CH # 638 "In the Bulb There is a Flower"                            MCR

         

Communion Hymn:  CH #403 In Remembrance of Me                                 LS

Hymn of Invitation: "For All the Saints"                                                    MCR

Opening Music: CH #286 This is the Day                                                     LS



Benediction Chorus: Love This World Through Me, Lord
--If you can't find this in Margaret's files I will get the words to you Wednesday night. LS

8:30 AM Order of Service:

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The countless saints of history

who have blazed a trail of courage through time,

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The tender touch of loved ones,

the example of heroes,

the healing words of comforters,

the remarkable acts of fearless ones.

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The gentle strength of grandmothers,

the loyalty of friends,

the kindness of strangers,

the joy of children,

the sacrifice of parents.

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The supreme love of Jesus,

the blessing of his Spirit,

the reminder of his words,

the sharing of his suffering,

the glory of his resurrection:

shown forth in the lives of his disciples,

   young and old,

   dead and living,

   articulate and silent,

   strange and familiar,

   brilliant and ordinary.

Leader: We remember in every time and place the saints of God

who have shown us the Lord.

People: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…

let us worship God with joy

Hymn of Praise:  CH #277 Christians we have met to worship 1&2

Lighting of the Candles

Children are welcome to come forward.

Leader:  In the beginning, God said, 

People: 'Let there be light' and there was light!

Leader: We light these candles today,

People: Because God is with us in this time and in this place!

Invocation & Lord's Prayer
O Living God of past and future,we praise you for this present moment. Fill us with your joy and empower us with your Holy Spirit, that our strength may be renewed to sing a new song of your glory in a world which longs for your justice and peace. All this we ask in the name of Jesus, in whom we become your new creation, and who taught us to pray, ”Our Father….Amen.” 

~ from All Things New, written by Rev. Susan A. Blain and Rev. Scott Ressman.

Roll Call of the Saints & Blessing

Name bearers will come forward to the side table and read the name on their card, before lighting a candle in memory of a recently departed saint of the congregation. Please remain standing in prayer at the side table until the blessing is said.

Joys & Concerns

Prayer Hymn:    CH # 638 "In the Bulb There is a Flower"     ALL

Prayers of the People

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Sermon

Communion Hymn:  CH #403 In Remembrance of Me  ALL

Invitation to Share in the Lord's Supper

Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome 

to share in communion & offering.

Words of Institution

 Please come forward down the center aisle to partake of the elements.

Gifts, tithes and offerings may be placed in the basket on the table.

The Lord's Supper and Offering

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Invitation to Discipleship:  CH #637 "For All the Saints"       1,3,4

Hymn of Invitation:   

Blessing

Children are welcome to come forward.

Leader: The light that was in one place at one time, is now in all places and all times,

People: For God has placed the light in us!

Leader: We go in peace!

           

10:40 AM Service Order

Opening Music  CH #286 This is the Day

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The countless saints of history

who have blazed a trail of courage through time,

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The tender touch of loved ones,

the example of heroes,

the healing words of comforters,

the remarkable acts of fearless ones.

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The gentle strength of grandmothers,

the loyalty of friends,

the kindness of strangers,

the joy of children,

the sacrifice of parents.

Leader: We remember, O God…
People: The supreme love of Jesus,

the blessing of his Spirit,

the reminder of his words,

the sharing of his suffering,

the glory of his resurrection:

shown forth in the lives of his disciples,

   young and old,

   dead and living,

   articulate and silent,

   strange and familiar,

   brilliant and ordinary.

Leader: We remember in every time and place the saints of God

who have shown us the Lord.

People: Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…

let us worship God with joy

Hymn of Praise: CH #277 Christians we have met to worship 1&2

Lighting of the Candles

Invocation & Lord's Prayer

O Living God of past and future,we praise you for this present moment. Fill us with your joy and empower us with your Holy Spirit, that our strength may be renewed to sing a new song of your glory in a world which longs for your justice and peace. All this we ask in the name of Jesus, in whom we become your new creation, and who taught us to pray, ”Our Father….Amen.” 

~ from All Things New, written by Rev. Susan A. Blain and Rev. Scott Ressman.

Roll Call of the Saints & Blessing

Name bearers will come forward to the side table and read the name on their card, before placing a rose in the vase in memory of a recently departed saint of the congregation. Please remain standing in prayer at the side table until the blessing is said. 

Moments of Fellowship and Greeting

Joys & Concerns

Prayer Hymn:   CH # 638 "In the Bulb There is a Flower"  

Prayers of the People

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3

Choir Voluntary

Children's Moment & Blessing

Sermon

Communion Hymn:   CH #403 In Remembrance of Me

Invitation to Share the Lord's Supper

Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome to share in communion.

 Please hold the elements as we partake in unison.

Offertory

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Invitation to Discipleship

Hymn of Invitation: CH #637 "For All the Saints"       1,3,4

Benediction

Choral Response: Love This World Through Me, Lord

 Carrying Out of the Light

Postlude

October 26, 2014

Theme: Building with God

Sound Notes:

Reference Scriptures: Proverbs 16:26 & Psalm 23

Proverbs 16: 26
  The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.
 
Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
²     He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;^[a]
3     he restores my soul.^[b]
He leads me in right paths^[c]
    for his name’s sake.

⁴ Even though I walk through the darkest valley,^[d]
    I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff—
    they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^[e] goodness and mercy^[f] shall follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
    my whole life long.^[g]

Hymn Suggestions:

Hymn of Praise:

He Leadeth Me (Chalice 545)     

 Prayer Hymn:

 You Are My All in All (Chalice Praise 78)--tricky  layout in book, let me know if you need help, first page and top two lines of 2nd page, then stop.      

Communion Hymn:  
The Voice of Jesus Calls His People (Chalice 426)

Invitation to Discipleship:  

No Not One! Chalice 544

8:30 AM Order of Service:

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Leader: Day by day, God leads us:

People: to the deep, deep pools of peace,to the green, lush lawns of grace.

 Leader: Day by day, Jesus calls us:
  
People: to pour out ourselves in service,to anoint the stranger with hope.

 Leader: Day by day, the Holy Spirit shows us: 

People: the community we could be,the family we are called to become.

Leader: Day by day, let us worship God

-Thom Schuman

Hymn of Praise:  Chalice #545 He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought   ALL

Lighting of the Candles

Children are welcome to come forward.

Leader:  In the beginning, God said, 

People: 'Let there be light' and there was light!

Leader: We light these candles today,

People: Because God is with us in this time and in this place!

Invocation & Lord's Prayer

Call all the laborers, O God, to work in your fields today. Show us the blueprints and tell us to roll up our sleeves for we know that we have work to do.  Let us find you in the work we share here and now, in Christ's presence we pray, ”Our Father….Amen.”

Joys & Concerns

Prayer Hymn:  Chalice Praise #78 You Are My All in All   (see Lisa's note above)

Prayers of the People

Scripture: Proverbs 16:26 & Psalm 23

Sermon

Communion Hymn: Chalice #426 The Voice of Jesus Calls His People   All Stanzas

Invitation to Share in the Lord's Supper

Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome 

to share in communion & offering.

Words of Institution

 Please come forward down the center aisle to partake of the elements.

Gifts, tithes and offerings may be placed in the basket on the table.

The Lord's Supper and Offering

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Invitation to Discipleship

Hymn of Invitation:   Chalice # 544 No Not One!  Stanzas 1,3,4

Blessing

Children are welcome to come forward.

Leader: The light that was in one place at one time, is now in all places and all times,

People: For God has placed the light in us!

Leader: We go in peace!

           

10:40 AM Service Order

Opening Music

Welcome & Announcements

Call to Worship

Leader: Day by day, God leads us:

People: to the deep, deep pools of peace,to the green, lush lawns of grace.

 Leader: Day by day, Jesus calls us:

 People: to pour out ourselves in service,to anoint the stranger with hope. 

Leader: Day by day, the Holy Spirit shows us: 

People: the community we could be,the family we are called to become.

Leader: Day by day, let us worship God

-Thom Schuman

Hymn of Praise:  Chalice #545 He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought   ALL

Lighting of the Candles

Invocation & Lord's Prayer

Call all the laborers, O God, to work in your fields today. Show us the blueprints and tell us to roll up our sleeves for we know that we have work to do.  Let us find you in the work we share here and now, in Christ's presence we pray, ”Our Father….Amen.”

Moments of Fellowship and Greeting

Joys & Concerns

Prayer Hymn: Chalice Praise #78 You Are My All in All  (see Lisa's note above)

Prayers of the People

Scripture: Proverbs 16:26 & Psalm 23

Choir Voluntary

Children's Moment & Blessing

Sermon

Communion Hymn: Chalice #426 The Voice of Jesus Calls His People   All Stanzas

Invitation to Share the Lord's Supper

Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome to share in communion.

 Please hold the elements as we partake in unison.

Offertory

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Invitation to Discipleship

Hymn of Invitation: Chalice # 544 No Not One!  Stanzas 1,3,4

Benediction

Choral Response and Carrying Out of the Light

Postlude