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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.
February 27, 2011
Worship 10:00 am
Sunday School 11:10am
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“Don't
imagine us leaders to be something we aren't. We are
servants of Christ, not his masters. We are guides into
God's most sublime secrets, not security guards posted
to protect them.”
(1 Corinthians 4:1-2) |
Beginning with Praise
(9:50 am) "Come, let us all unite to
sing"
12
Announcements
Prelude
"Prelude
in C Major"
Bach Called to
Worship
Isaiah 49:8-16a
*Hymn
"Come,
we that love the Lord"
14
*Unison Prayer
696
Listening to Jesus
Matthew 6:24-34
Sharing
a joy, a concern, a word of testimony or praise
(please be brief, and aware of God's listening presence)
Reading together
Psalm 131
(pew Bible, page 538)
Resting a moment in silence
Pastoral Prayer
Hymn
"This is
my Father’s world"
154
For Children
"A
Penny"
Returning our Tithes
and Offerings
(Matthew 6:33-34 from The Message)
Offertory
"Prayer"
Georges
(Please sign the attendance pad and pass it on)
*Response
(vs. 1) "O
God, in restless living"
557
*Dedication
Listening to Paul
1 Corinthians 4:1-5
Message
"Guides,
not guards"
*Hymn
"O Master,
let me walk with thee"
357
*Benediction
*Postlude
"Wareham"
Knapp
*Rise in body or in spirit #'s are from Hymnal:
A Worship Book
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Called to
Worship
Isaiah 49:8-16a
1 - Thus says the Lord:
2 - In a time of favor I have answered you, on a day of
salvation I have helped you;
1 - I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people,
to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages;
saying to the prisoners,
1 - “Come out,”
2 - to those who are in darkness,
1 - “Show yourselves.”
2 - They shall feed along the ways, on all the bare heights
shall be their pasture;
1 - they shall not hunger or thirst, neither scorching wind nor
sun shall strike them down,
2 - for he who has pity on them will lead them, and by springs
of water will guide them.
1 - And I will turn all my mountains into a road, and my
highways shall be raised up.
2 - Lo, these shall come from far away
(spread your arms out to
encompass the congregation),
1 - and lo, these from the north
(point toward the choir loft) and from the west,
(point toward the cross)
2 - and these from the far southeast
(point toward a point halfway
back the aisle, piano side).
1 - Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
2 - break forth, O mountains, into singing!
1 - For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have
compassion on his suffering ones.
2 - But Zion said,
1 - “The Lord has forsaken me, my Lord has forgotten me.”
2 - Can a woman forget her nursing child, or show no compassion
for the child of her womb?
1 - Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
2
- Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands...
slightly adapted from The New Revised
Standard Version,
copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the
National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of
America.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Unison
Prayer
God of love and justice
we long for peace within and peace without.
We long for harmony in our families,
for serenity in the midst of struggle,
and for commitment to each other's growth.
We long for the day when our homes
will be a dwelling place for your love.
Yet we confess that we are often anxious;
we do not trust each other,
and we harbor violence.
We are not willing to take the risks
and make the sacrifices that love requires.
Look upon us with kindness and grace.
Rule in our homes and in all the world;
show us how to walk in your paths,
through the mercy of our Savior. AMEN
by Ruth C. Duck, Flames of the
Spirit, ed. Ruth C. Duck,
© 1985, The Pilgrim Press, altered as found in The Hymnal,
#696.
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Reading together Psalm 131
(pew Bible, page 538)
1O LORD, my heart is
not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
2But I have calmed
and quieted my soul,
like a child quieted at its mother's breast;
like a child that is quieted is my soul within
me.3O Israel,
hope in the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore.
Revised Standard Version of the
Bible,
copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971]
by the Division of Christian Education of the
National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of
America.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Pastoral Prayer
written closer to the time (if not at the
moment)
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For
Children
"A
Penny"
A penny is pretty small stuff.
It hardly buys anything; it's barely good for sales tax. It
takes more than a handful for a little fun at a carnival, and
more than you would want to carry for new shoes. A penny is
pretty small stuff - hardly worth fooling with.
And yet, sometimes a penny gets to be
big as a person;
bigger than a house;
the biggest thing in the world!
How? When I hold it too close to my eye!
then it completely covers you -
and I act as though you
weren't there;
then it blots out my home -
and I act as though I
didn't have one;
then it keeps me from seeing flowers,
trees, clouds -
and I act as though the
whole world were
nothing but the dark side
of a penny.
Isn't it foolish to let a little thing like a penny
(or something else) get so "big"?
There once was a girl who liked dancing all the
time. Music would come on the radio, and she’d just start
dancing away, which really annoyed her brother. Instead of just
letting it go, he’d yell “stop doing that!” which made her do it
all the more.
Once there was a boy who disagreed with his friend
while they were building a hide-out. His friend got to holding
the argument so close to his eye that he could no longer see all
the fun they'd had. It broke up their friendship.
There was once a girl who got very involved in
playing an interactive computer game online. She got to holding
this game so close to her eye that she couldn't see her
responsibilities around the house and school. Her family was
really unhappy with her - and where once she got A, B, & C’s on
her report card, she started getting B, C, & D’s.
Learn to handle pennies like pennies ought to be
handled ... pretty small stuff. Give your attention to the
really "big" and important things. Jesus said, "First things
first!"
adapted from Small Packages:
Worship Stories for Children,
by Ernst H. Nussmann, copywrite 1988, C.S.S. Publishing
Co., pp. 48-49.
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Returning
our Tithes and Offerings
(hold a
penny up to your eye, so that is all you can see through it,
then take it away. Then say:)
“Give your entire attention
to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about
what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with
whatever hard things come up when the time comes.”
Ushers?
Matthew 6:33-34 taken from The
Message. Copyright © 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by
Eugene H. Peterson.
Used by permission of
NavPress
Publishing Group.
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Dedication
Eternal God, our most holy Friend, we take time to consider the
freedom of the birds of the air, and the beauty of the lilies of the
field. Enable us to see your providence undergirding all things, and
your redeeming love transforming misfortune into new opportunity. In
trusting you without quibble, may we find our peace and our joy.
Through Christ, your supreme man of peace. Amen!
by
Bruce Prewer, Uniting Church in Australia
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Benediction
As you
step forth into this brand new week,
heralded by this resurrection day,
think of yourselves as servants of Christ
and stewards of God’s mysteries.
Brothers and sisters,
we are guides into God’s open secrets,
not security guards posted to protect them.
Therefore, live freely,
openly,
gracefully,
lovingly in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
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