September 23, 2012 Worship Material

Scripture: Psalm 113 also notice I Samuel 2:8-11 (Hannah's prayer) and Luke 1:46-55 (Mary's song).

Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord.

Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore.

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,

who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

he seats them with princes, with the princes of his people.

He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children.

Praise the Lord. (NIV)

Hallelujah!
You who serve God, praise God! Just to speak his name is praise!
Just to remember God is a blessing—
 now and tomorrow and always.
From east to west, from dawn to dusk, keep lifting all your praises to God!

God is higher than anything and anyone , outshining everything you can see in the skies.
Who can compare with God, our God, so majestically enthroned,
Surveying his magnificent heavens and earth?
He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who’ve been thrown out with the trash,
Seats them among the honored guests,
 a place of honor among the brightest and best.
He gives childless couples a family, gives them joy as the parents of children.
Hallelujah! (The Message)

Preparing for Worship

Chimes

Welcome & Announcements

Prelude: Largo from Sonata in G Minor (Eccles)
Meredith Montalbano, cello   (Tracie please include Meredith's name on the back with all the other worship leaders, servers, staff etc)

Words of Preparation

Hymn of Praise:  red book2  Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing  

Call to Worship:

^{Leader: Who is ready to worship?} 

^{People: We are so ready! We are more than ready!}

^{All:  Let us bring our hearts and minds to worship the Living God.}

^{Leader:  Let us praise God, who is good!}

^{People:  God is bigger than our worst enemy.}

^{All: The Living God will help us and keep us from falling.}

^{Let us worship God together}

Invocation (Dear Liturgist the following prayer is only a helpful suggestion.  You can use it or use one of your own choosing or design.  Peace, Mark CR)
 Help us Lord, to empty ourselves

of those things that hinder us from knowing the fullness of your love

and fill us with those things that tend to make us all that you want us to be. 

We need your presence Lord. 

We need your anointing. 

Touch us, we pray, and make us whole. 

We ask it through Christ Jesus your Son. Amen

The Lord's Prayer

Gloria Patri

A Time for Offering

Call to Offering

Offering Meditation

The Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

We Join in Prayer

Prayer Concerns & Celebrations

Morning Prayer:
As Prayer is prayed another brings together the ingredients and the Sunflowers will bake it for next Sunday's communion

We thank you, Lord, for flour:

flour made from wheat or other grain,

grown in the mystery of the earth,

ripened in the warmth of the sun;

ripened, then cut down at the hearvest by the farmer’s skill,

ground by the miller,

sold by the shop assistant,

placed in the bowl…

we thank you, Lord, for flour.

We thank you, Lord, for salt:

Jesus told us we were to be salt of the earth,

and we must never lose our flavour.

The salt, which adds flavour to our food,

is also antiseptic to our wounds,

reminding us of the challenge to our faith

and the healing power of Jesus …

We thank you, Lord, for salt.

We thank you, Lord, for yeast:

that small yet living organism

that enables the bread to rise,

that reminds us of the fact that even small works done in Jesus’ name

can enable the kingdom to grow …

we thank you, Lord, for yeast.

We thank you, Lord, for water:

water, without which none of us could live,

water, which forms the other elements of our bread into dough,

which, having risen, and been formed and drawn into shape by human

hands, is baked to give us the staff of life;

water, which cleanses and renews us,

refreshes and revives us,

the water of baptism, which commits us to our faith …

we thank you, Lord, for water…

We thank you, Lord, for bread:

Bread, the basis of the food we eat,

bread for toast, for sandwiches, for bread and jam,

bread for bread pudding and bread for buns –

and bread that is broken and shared in communion with one another,

in remembrance –

remembrance of that night when Jesus sat with his friends at supper,

and broke the bread and gave it to them,

saying, “This is my body broken for you.”

We thank you, Lord, for bread.

We Contemplate & Live God's Word

Children's Sermon           

Choir Anthem: "Out of the Deep" (Rutter)

Meredith Montalbano, cello

Could we print the anthem's text somewhere in the bulletin? Here is is:

Out Of The Deep (Psalm 130)

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord:
Lord, hear my voice.
O let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint.
If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss:
O Lord, who may abide it?
For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
I look to the Lord; my soul doth wait for him,
and in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I say,
before the morning watch.
O Israel trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy:
and with him is plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Scripture: Psalm 113

Sermon      Where you Gonna Sing That Song!      

Invitation to Discipleship

Hymn of Invitation: red book 4  How Great Thou Art    stanzas 1 and 3

Gathering at the Lord's Table

Call to Communion

Hymn of Communion: blue book 70   As the Deer     Stanzas 2 and 3

Prayers of Thanksgiving

Words of Institution

Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup

Musical Meditation: "Give Me Jesus" (Camp)
Kelly Burns, voice; Meredith Montalbano, cello

Partaking of the Lord's Supper

We Depart to Serve

Benediction

Parting Hymn: 514   In My Heart There Rings a Melody   Stanzas 1 and 3

Postlude