October 22 – Living Messages
October 20, 2023 by Rich
Filed under Featured, Livestream Links and Order for Worship
May the peace of God take root through the world and grow!
WELCOME
PRELUDE – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Bach
*CALL TO WORSHIP – Julie McAllister
One: Morning has broken.
All: Let us worship God.
One: We are drawn to worship by the unseen.
All: In worship, we sense God’s closeness.
One: The Creator of all living things gives us life!
All: There are wonders all around us!
One: Living God is more than we can imagine.
All: Together, let us sing God’s praises!
*HYMN – O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus – #72
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Vast, unmeasured, boundless, free,
Rolling as a mighty ocean
In its fullness over me.
O the deep, deep love of Jesus,
Love of every love the best;
‘Tis an ocean vast of blessing,
‘Tis a haven sweet of rest.
Underneath me, all around me,
Is the current of Thy love;
Leading onward, leading homeward
To my glorious rest above.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION – Julie McAllister
Come, Holy God. Come alive within us during this time of worship. O Spirit of Life, stir among us. We long to see you, even though we sense that any “god” whom we could see completely would not truly be you. Still, this longing to see you is so strong that we associate your face with a face like ours – a human face; the face of Jesus.
We praise you, God, for being with us here as we step away from worldly demands that are capable of causing us to become self-absorbed. You teach us that obsessing over ourselves is not faithful. You reveal to us that our “best moments” are actually those times when you are most fully alive within us.
God, you are the Potter; we are the clay. Change our hearts, O God. Shape us. Mold us, so that we may be like you. Bless us with your clarity of vision, and send us into the world to joyously give out your love! Amen.
*RESPONSE – Change My Heart, O God – worship booklet, p. 33
Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.
You are the potter, I am the clay,
Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.
Change my heart Oh God, make it ever true.
Change my heart Oh God, may I be like You.
GOD’S WORD – Psalm 96:1-9 – Julie McAllister
SPECIAL MUSIC – Have Thine Own Way, Lord
GOD’S WORD – Matthew 22:15-22
SERMON – Pastor Dan
PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH AND THE LORD’S PRAYER – Pastor Dan
*HYMN – Living for Jesus – #413
Living for Jesus, a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I do;
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.
Refrain:
O Jesus, Lord and Savior, I give myself to Thee,
For Thou, in Thy atonement, didst give Thyself for me;
I own no other Master, my heart shall be Thy throne;
My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.
Living for Jesus Who died in my place,
Bearing on Calv’ry my sin and disgrace;
Such love constrains me to answer His call,
Follow His leading and give Him my all.
Living for Jesus, wherever I am,
Doing each duty in His holy Name;
Willing to suffer affliction and loss,
Deeming each trial a part of my cross.
Living for Jesus through earth’s little while,
My dearest treasure, the light of His smile;
Seeking the lost ones He died to redeem,
Bringing the weary to find rest in Him.
*BENEDICTION – Pastor Dan
*POSTLUD – Rondeau – Mouret
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