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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.
June 14, 2009
Worship 10:00 am
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“But
love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing
in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be
children of the Most High; for he is kind to the
ungrateful and the wicked.” (Luke
6:35) |
Morning Praise (9:45 am)
Announcements
Prelude
"As
Torrents in Summer"
Elgar
text:
As torrents in summer, Half dried in their
channels,
Suddenly rise, tho' the sky is still cloudlesss.
For rain has been falling.
Far off at their fountains;
So hearts that are fainting Grow full to
o'erflowing,
And they that behold it, Marvel, and know not
That God at their fountains
Far off has been raining!
- Henry W. Longfellow |
Call to Worship
Psalm 147:1-11
*Hymn
"Immortal,
invisible, God only wise"
70
*Opening Prayer
Scripture
Romans 5:6-11
Sharing
a joy, a concern, a word of testimony or praise
(please be brief, and aware of God’s listening presence)
Prayer Hymn
"Lead us, O Father"
359
Pastoral Prayer
For Children
"Lesson of a
clover leaf"
Scripture
Romans 12:14-21
Returning our Tithes and Offerings
Offertory
"Andante"
Beethoven
(Please sign the attendance pad and pass it on)
*Response
(vs. 4)
"Lord, thou dost
love"
387
*Dedication
Scripture
Luke 6:27-36
Message
"What do
you expect?"
(mp3)
(“Plain Truth” sermon series - 2)
*Hymn
"Gracious Spirit, dwell with me"
507
*Benediction
*Postlude
"Take thou my hand, O Father"
Silcher
*Rise in body or in spirit #'s are from Hymnal:
A Worship Book
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Opening
Prayer
O God, author of eternal light
lead us in our
worshiping this day:
that our lips may praise you,
our lives may bless you,
and our meditations glorify you,
through Christ our Lord. AMEN
Sarum Missal, 11th c.
Hymnal, #673
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Pastoral Prayer
written closer to the time (if not at the
moment)
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For
Children
"Lesson
of a clover leaf"
On this third Sunday of the season of Pentecost, a week after
Trinity Sunday, we'll look at a 3 leaf clover and think about
God simply in a trinity of ways. Influenced by, tho' not really
borrowed from a children's story in
Bearing Fruit
(Sermons for Children, ©1994, United Church Press,
Cleveland.), by Harold Steindam, pp. 70-71.
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Returning
our Tithes and Offerings
Powerful words. Easy to speak,
ridiculously easy. Difficult to actually do. In this letter of
Paul, these words are prefaced by the following verse: “Contribute
to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers”
(12:13). In a nutshell, that is what we seek to accomplish when
we pass the plates. Our offerings go toward the needs of the
church itself, but they also flow out those we do not know. Once
upon a time, as scripture reminds us, we were ourselves
strangers of God, enemies even. But God drew a circle that
included us. As you place your offering into it, look at the
circular shape of the plate that will pass before you, and
imagine what you might do this week to extend hospitality to a
stranger. In so doing, through you God draws an ever wider
circle. Are you willing?
Ushers?
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Dedication
When we were strangers,
you sought us
and brought us to your table, O Lord.
When we were enemies,
you took our
violence upon yourself that we might be reconciled.
Blessed by all that you have freely given,
we shift from
clenched fist to open hand,
from grasping to sharing,
from dividing walls to ever-widening
circles,
from fear toward faith.
We confess, God, that this transformation does not happen
easily.
We still have a long way to go.
But you are with us, step by step.
Thank you.
Amen.
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Benediction
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(para traducir a español, presione la bandera de España)
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