Welcome to 10:00 AM Sunday Worship!
October 01, 2023
♫ Gathering Music
Welcome and Announcements
♫ Prelude Music
Opening Prayer
✟ ♫ Opening Hymn: Close to Thee # 407
✟ Call to Worship:
L: Welcome to God’s house! We are delighted to have you here!
P: We hunger for God’s word of hope.
L: You have come to the right place. Here you will be fed on the life-giving love of God.
P: We thirst for God’s healing in our lives.
L: At the table of the Lord, you will be fed and your thirst quenched.
P: God provides in unexpected ways.
L: God does provide in unexpected ways, yet manna, quail, and grapes need gathering and harvesting.
P: Thanks be to God who provides for our needs.
♫ Hymn of Praise: Let Us Break Bread Together (Vs 1, 2, & 3) # 618
Small Things (Children’s Time)
♫ Hymn: Jesus Loves Me # 191
Sharing our Joys and Concerns
Congregational Sharing of Joys & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer and Silent Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
♫ Prayer Hymn: Spirit of the Living God # 393
Sharing Our Blessings with God
Offertory Prayer:
Holy God of infinite patience and grace, we bring our offerings today knowing that our actions too often don’t live up to our intentions and aspirations. When calling ourselves Christians, we announce ourselves as followers of Christ, knowing how many times our choices have made us unrecognizable as his disciples. Yet you wait patiently for us to find our way back to the path. May our giving this day and our living reflect our desire to be on the path that would be recognized as faithful to the Savior, in whose blessed name we pray. Amen.
♫ Offertory Music
✟ ♫ Doxology: Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow # 95
✟ Scripture Reading
Psalm 103:1-8 (p. 554)
Luke 13:10-17 (p. 76)
The Word of God, For the people of God, and all Gods people said, Thanks be to God. A-men
Message: Faces in the Synagogue – Rev. Allan Wintersteen
Holy Communion – World Wide Communion Sunday
♫ Closing Hymn: God of Grace & God of Glory (Vs 1, 2, & 4) # 577
✟ Blessing and Benediction
✟ ♫ Going Forth: God Be With You Til We Meet Again (Vs 1) # 672