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Worship Order for
Sunday
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Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
Long Green & Kanes Rds., near Glen Arm, Md.
September 12, 2004
Worship 10:00 am, Sunday School 11:10 am
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"Listen! I
am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice
and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you,
and you with me." (Revelation
3:20) |
Morning Praise (9:45 am)
Announcements
Prelude
Call to Worship
Isaiah 43:1-7
*Hymn
"We
gather together"
17
*Opening Prayer
Scripture
Ephesians
4:1-7, 11-13
Hymn
(vs. 1-2)
"How clear is our vocation,
Lord"
541
Commissioning of church
workers
795
Hymn
(vs. 3-4)
"How clear is our vocation,
Lord"
541
(Pre-schoolers leave for Sunday School)
Annual Conference minute
Sharing a joy, a concern, a word of testimony or praise
Hymn
"Tis
so sweet to trust in Jesus"
340
Pastoral Prayer
Returning our Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
*Response
(refrain ) "Tis
so sweet to trust in Jesus"
340
*Dedication
Scripture
Revelation 3:14-22
Message
"Back
to danger"
*Hymn
"Come to
the table"
(insert)
*Benediction
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Call to
Worship
Isaiah 43:1-7 (NRSV)
1 - But now thus says the LORD,
2 - he who created you, O Jacob,
1 - he who formed you, O Israel:
2 - Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
1 - I have called you by name, you are mine.
2 - When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
1 - and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
2 - when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
1 - and the flame shall not consume you.
2 - For I am the LORD your God,
1 - the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.
2 - I give Egypt as your ransom,
1 - Ethiopia and Seba in exchange for you.
2 - Because you are precious in my sight,
1 - and honored,
2 - and because I love you,
1 - I give people in return for you,
2 - nations in exchange for your life.
1 - Do not fear, for I am with you;
2 - I will bring your offspring from the east,
1 - and from the west I will gather you;
2 - I will say to the north,
1 - "Give them up,"
2 - and to the south,
1 - "Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away
2 - and my daughters from the end of the earth -
1 - everyone who is called by my name,
2 - whom I created for my glory,
1 - whom I formed and made."
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Opening
Prayer
"Precious in your sight!" That's what you have
called us. Empower us this hour to return the favor, O Lord. After
all, how often do we consider you precious, beyond price,
unique, our favorite? Have we truly cherished
you this past week, seeking throughout each day to see your beloved
hand at work around us? Forgive us for taking you for granted, God -
whose name is above every name, whose will is made known in ways
great and small, seen or unseen. We have, indeed, gathered together
to ask your blessing, to open our eyes, ears, minds and hearts to
your glory which surrounds and even dwells within us. Through your
Holy Spirit, nudge us ever closer to Jesus that we might follow him,
and stand where he would have us stand. We open our door to you just
now, precious Lord. Come to our table and make it your own. Amen.
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Commissioning
of church workers
People: In company with all your faithful people
in every age,
we have called out those with gifts for your service, O God.
Fill them with the love of Christ
and the power of the Spirit
as they carry out the church's ministry.
Those commissioned:
Grant us wisdom, patience and hope when we falter.
Give us joy in serving your church
and keep us faithful to this calling.
ALL: For the ministries
taking form within us
and for all the callings yet to be,
we praise your name, O Lord! AMEN
Hymnal
#795, ©1992
The Hymnal Project.
Last paragraph by Gail Anderson Ricciuti,
adapted from "Litany of Praise and Hope,"
Women's Prayer
Services;
ed. Iben Gjerding and Katherine Kinnamon,
©1983
World Council of Churches,
published in a North American edition,
1987,
by Twenty?Third Publications,
P.O. Box 180, Mystic, CT
06355.
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Pastoral Prayer
written closer to the time (if not at the
moment)
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Returning
our Tithes and Offerings
"A
certain ruler asked Jesus, Good Teacher, what must I do to
inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, Why do
you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the
commandments: You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder;
You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your
father and mother.
"He
replied, I have kept all these since my youth.
When Jesus heard this, he said to him, There is still one
thing lacking. Sell all that you own and distribute the money to the
poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.
But when he heard this, the man became sad; for he was very rich..."
(Luke 18:18-23)
Do we trust in
God, or do we trust in our riches? Compared to the majority of
people in this world, we arent poor. Perhaps, however, we are
poorer than we think - at least when it comes to what really
matters. Ponder this as you return your offering to the Lord.
Ushers?
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Dedication
It
is "sweet" to trust you, Jesus. Help us to trust you even
more. These offerings are but a start. Bless them and us with your
larger mission, and a deeper sense of trust to step out into it.
Amen.
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The Letter to Laodicea
Revelation 3:14-22 (NRSV)
{14} "And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
The words of the Amen,
the faithful and true witness,
the origin of God's creation:
{15} "I know your works;
you are neither cold nor hot.
I wish that you were either cold or hot.
{16}
So, because you are lukewarm, and
neither cold nor hot,
I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
{17}
For you say, I am rich,
I have prospered,
and I need nothing.
You do not realize that you are wretched,
pitiable,
poor,
blind, and
naked.
{18} Therefore I
counsel you
to buy from me gold refined by fire
so that you may be rich;
and white robes to clothe you
and to keep the shame
of your nakedness
from being seen;
and salve to anoint your eyes
so that you may see.
{19} I reprove and
discipline those whom I love.
Be earnest, therefore, and repent.
{20}
Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking;
if you hear my voice and open the door,
I will come in to you
and eat with you,
and you with me.
{21} To the one who conquers
I will give a place with me on my throne,
just as I myself conquered
and sat down with my Father on his throne.
{22} Let anyone who has an ear listen
to what the Spirit is saying to the churches."
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Benediction
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