A TYPICAL ORDER OF WORSHIP
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Following the announcements this morning, worshipers are asked to prepare for worship and meditate in silence during the prelude.
PRELUDE Andante Thomas Adams
CHORAL INTROIT Come and Sing
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: In the name of our God who shares divinity with us,
in the name of our God who shares humanity with us,
in the name of our God who unsettles and inspires us,
let us give praise and thanks!
People: Amen!
*OPENING HYMN 92 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
*UNISON PRAYER OF OPENNESS TO GOD
Just as a woman caresses her child, O God, you wrap us in gentle care. Make yourself known to us now to still our anxious hearts. Within this household of faith comfort us with the gospel of your abiding love. Teach us its truths. Free us from all earthly securities that we may rely solely upon your strength. So we may be free at last.
*GLORIA PATRI
ANTHEM O Sing unto the Lord Hans Leo Hassler
CHILDREN’S TIME
CHURCH AT PRAYER
Concerns and Celebrations
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Lord's Prayer (“debts”)
Choral Response Let the Words of My Mouth
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
(As the offering is taken, please pass the red welcome book down the pew and back, so all can indicate their presence and recognize those who share their pew.)
Call to Giving
Offertory O Blessed Holy Trinity Jan Bender
*Doxology
*Prayer of Dedication
*HYMN 579 Standing in the Need of Prayer
SCRIPTURE Matthew 22: 1-14 RSV pp. 22-23; KJV p. 24
Philippians 4: 1-9 RSV pp. 186-87; KJV pp. 200-01
SERMON Pastor
“Today's Sermon Title”
*CLOSING HYMN 249 Spirit
*BENEDICTION
CHORAL RESPONSE Blest Be the Tie That Binds
POSTLUDE Processional in C Philip Kreckel