Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren
Long Green & Kanes Rds., near Glen Arm, Md.
September 20, 2015
Worship 10:00 am          Sunday School 11:10am

  Beginning with Praise (9:50 am)              “We gather together”                17
  Announcements
  Prelude

The Body of Christ Assembled

   Welcome

*Call to Worship

*Prayer for Spiritual Guidance

*Hymn of Seasoning         “You are salt for the earth”                            226

Blessing God's Small Children

  OT Lesson                 Deuteronomy 6:4-6   (the Shema)

                                             “Into my heart” (stay)

                                        Some Small Talk With God

The Joy of Prayer

  Epistle Lesson                     James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a

  Sharing our Challenges and Celebrations

  Prayer Hymn                       “Into my heart” (pray)

  The Gift of Silence

  Prayers of the People

  Words of Assurance

The Grace of Giving

  Call to the Offering

  Offertory

*Offertory Response     (vs. 1) “We give thee but thine own”                    384

*Prayer of Dedication

Searching the Word, Speaking the Truth

  The Gospel                               Mark 9:30-37

  Message                          “The Center of Attention” (mp3)         Bob Barr

                                        (or, “Jockeying For Position”)

The Voice of God goes with us

*Hymn of Service        “Lord, whose love in humble service”                   369

*Benediction

*Postlude

*Rise in body or in spirit

#'s are from Hymnal: A Worship Book

Worship leaders - see basic guidelines

Call to Worship

Leader:    Lord, you have been  our dwelling place in all generations.

People:   Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world,

Leader:    Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

People:   For a thousand years in your sight,

Leader:    Are like a yesterday when they are past.

     All:    So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.