Sunday, October 27, 2024
Order of Service
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Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Hebrews 12:28
Prelude - and Fugue in c J. S. Bach
Call to Worship
315 A mighty fortress is our God
Prayer of Adoration and Confession (from the prayers of Martin Luther)
Declaration of Forgiveness (from 1550)
Living Waters
Are you thirsty, are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Time unbroken, peace unspoken
Rest beside these Living Waters
Christ is calling, find refreshing
At the cross of Living Waters
Lay your life down, all the old gone
Rise up in these Living Waters
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Spirit moving, mercy washing
Healing in these living waters
Lead your children to the shoreline
Life is in these Living Waters
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Love, forgiveness
Vast and boundless
Christ, He is our Living Water
There's a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Story: Treading Lightly!
Prayer for Illumination
Almighty and ever gracious God, since all our salvation depends upon your Holy Word: therefore grant that our hearts may be set free from worldly things, so that we may with all diligence and faith hear your Word, rightly understand your gracious will, and in all sincerity live according to the same, to your praise and glory: Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. (from 1540)
Romans 1:1-17
Matthew 22:34-40
Sermon: By This
“mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, yours and mine” Romans 1:12
290 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Call for the Offering
By grace, we are participants in the eternal outpouring of God’s love.
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Offertory - Arioso J.S.Bach
Doxology
Tune #79 Come Together
Prayer of Dedication
Anthem - O Jesus I have promised
D. Catherwood
Prayers of The People
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.
461 Be Thou my vision
Benediction
Postlude - Fugue in g
(based on tune: “We believe in one God.”) arr. J.S. Bach
We gather on the traditional territory of the Wendat, the Anishnaabeg and the Haudenosaunee Peoples. We are also on lands that are part of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum. We live and work, worship, learn and meet on lands that are the traditional territory of many different Indigenous Peoples who were here before the establishment of European colonies.
