Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
Long Green & Kanes Rds., near Glen Arm, Md.
September 23, 2007
Worship 10:00 am, Sunday School 11:10 am

  Morning Praise (9:45 am)
  Announcements
  Prelude

*Responsive Call to Worship                                                                       666

*Hymn                          "Praise the Lord, sing hallelujah"                                50

*Invocation Prayer

  From the Beginning (the Law)                Leviticus 26:1-8, 27-33

  Unison Confession                                                                                    693

  From the Prophets                  Ezekiel 36:26-28

  Hymn                               "New earth, heavens new"                                 299

  Sharing a joy, a concern, a word of testimony or praise

  Prayer

  From the Gospels                     Luke 17:11-19

  Returning our Tithes and Offerings

  Offertory              (Please sign the attendance pad and pass it on)

*Response                        (vs. 1) "God, whose giving"                                 383

*Dedication

  From the Ending                    Revelation 21:1-4

  Message             "God’s long track record in our Bible"
                                        (brother Norman Bollinger)

*Hymn                                   "Blessed assurance"                                      332

*Benediction

#'s are from Hymnal: A Worship Book

Worship leaders - see basic guidelines

Responsive Call to Worship

Leader: Call a solemn assembly
                 And gather the people.
              Let the inhabitants of the land
                 tremble before our God.

People:   God knows all the secrets of our hearts
                 and understands all our ways.

Leader:   The day of God is coming;
                   it is near -
                    a day of clouds and shadows,
                     a day of darkness and great gloom.

People:  God's judgments are blameless and sure,
                 but God's grace is sufficient for all our needs.

Leader:   Rend your hearts and not your garments;
                   come to God with fasting,
                   come with weeping and mourning.

People:  We will worship God
                  with pure and loving hearts.
               We will seek to be faithful
                   to the One who has called us here.

Hymnal #666
by Lavon Bayler, from Refreshing Rains of the Living Word,
copyright © 1988, The Pilgrim Press, altered.
  

Invocation Prayer

to be written by the worship leader

Unison Confession

Father,
    I have sinned against heaven and before you.
I am not worthy to be called your child
    because I have not carried out your will.
But speak a word of comfort and my soul shall be healed.
God, be merciful to me, a sinner.  AMEN

Hymnal #693
by Balthasar Hubmaier, 16th c., based on Luke 15:18-19,21 and 18:13.
Translation copyright © 1991 John D. Rempel.
   

Prayer

to be written by the worship leader

Returning our Tithes and Offerings

to be written by the worship leader

Dedication

to be written by the worship leader

Benediction

to be written by the preacher