November 19, 2023
Prelude: Menuets from Suite in D minor
Bach
Helen Byrne, cello
Welcome & Call to Worship
[Psalm 6]
Have mercy on us, Lord, for we are wretched.
Heal us, for our limbs are stricken, and our life is hard stricken.
Turn, O Lord, save our life; deliver us for the sake of your steadfast love.
Depart from us, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of our weeping.
The Lord has heard our supplication; the Lord accepts our prayer.
Let us worship the LORD!
When in Our Music God Is Glorified (Hymn 264)
Stanford/Green
When in our music God is glorified,
and adoration leaves no room for pride,
It is as though the whole creation cried: Alleluia!
How often, making music, we have found
A new dimension in the world of sound,
As worship moved us to a more profound Alleluia!
So has the church, in liturgy and song,
In faith and love, through centuries of wrong,
Borne witness to the truth in every tongue: Alleluia!
Let every instrument be tuned for praise!
Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise!
And may God give us faith to sing always: Alleluia! Amen.
Confession
God of mercy, we call to you when we are grieving, afraid, or in pain. When we are reaching the end of our endurance, please be gentle with us. Forgive us when we take suffering as a sign of your absence, and do not trust you to be with us in the midst of it. Forgive us when we expect you to accept praise, but not lament. Help us know that you hear us with kindness, no matter which emotions we bring to you. Amen.
Silence
God Is Calling
Bringle/Polish carol
God is calling through the whisper of the Spirit’s deepest sighs,
Through the thrill of sudden beauties that can catch us by surprise.
Flash of lightning, crash of thunder; hush of stillness, rush of wonder:
God is calling – can you hear? God is calling – can you hear?
God is calling through the voices of our neighbors’ urgent prayers,
Through their longing for redemption and for rescue from despair.
Place of hurt or face of needing; strident cry or silent pleading:
God is calling – can you hear? God is calling – can you hear?
Forgiveness in Jesus Christ
Children’s Message
What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Hymn 403)
Converse/Scriven
What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged: take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful, who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness; take it to the Lord in prayer!
Embodiment: Psalm 6
John Owen
Solo: Psalm 6 Blues
Olivia Brownlee
Silent Reflection
Peace
The peace of Christ be with you.
And also with you.
Gloria Patri (Hymn 579)
Greatorex
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
Word without end. Amen, Amen.
Engagement
John Owen
Solo: High Lonesome Psalm 6
Olivia Brownlee
Pastoral Prayer & The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Call to Stewardship
Shelly Owen
The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever. -Revelation 11:15
Offering: W Zlobie Lezy (In manger lying)
Polish folk melody
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Charge & Benediction
God Is Calling
Bringle/Polish carol
God is calling through the music of sublime and human arts,
Through the hymns of earth and angels, and the carols of our hearts.
Lift of joy and gift of singing; days and nights our praises bringing:
God is calling – can you hear? God is calling – can you hear?
Postlude: Now Thank We All Our God
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