Theme: Looking More Closely --Peace, Call and Response
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
6 Now we command you, beloved,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are[b] living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they[c] received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, 8 and
we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it; but with toil and
labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. 9 This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. 10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. 11 For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. 12 Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. 13 Brothers and sisters,[d] do not be weary in doing what is right.
John 14: 27
25-27 “I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.
John 16:6
4-7 “I didn’t tell you this earlier because I was with you every day. But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, ‘Where are you going?’ Instead, the longer I’ve talked, the sadder you’ve become. So let me say it again, this truth: It’s better for you that I leave. If I don’t leave, the Friend won’t come. But if I go, I’ll send him to you.
Service Order:
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
John 14: 27
25-27 “I’m telling you these things while I’m still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace. I don’t leave you the way you’re used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don’t be upset. Don’t be distraught.
John 16:6
4-7 “I didn’t tell you this earlier because I was with you every day. But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, ‘Where are you going?’ Instead, the longer I’ve talked, the sadder you’ve become. So let me say it again, this truth: It’s better for you that I leave. If I don’t leave, the Friend won’t come. But if I go, I’ll send him to you.
Service Order:
Preparing for Worship
Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude
Words of Preparation
(Do not include the following stanzas in the bulletin they are simply script for Mark CR)
(Do not include the following stanzas in the bulletin they are simply script for Mark CR)
What a scramble our lives can be.
We rush from place to place.
We live on a knife-edge, ready it would seem,
to throw our lot in with those who surrender to the
negatives of our humanity.
What a relief to come into a place like this
where we can feel a quietening presence;
where people can come together
and find a common purpose and a unifying spirit.
As we approach the Holidays we strive to re-find our sanity
lest we come to believe that all our stresses
are inevitable.
So I say, let a good peace come over this congregation;
let peace come to these walls;
let all who come here, all our friends and our
families
know a strong and healthy peace that can dwell among us.
Hymn of Praise:RED BOOK page number 498, Peace Like A River
Call to Worship
:Leader: Are you awake? Are you alert?
People: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
Leader: Are you watching the signs?
:Leader: Are you awake? Are you alert?
People: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
Leader: Are you watching the signs?
Are you interpreting what is happening today?
People: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
Leader: Do you see opportunities for ministry?
People: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
Leader: Do you see opportunities for ministry?
Do you see the poor, the homeless, those who suffer addiction, the hungry, the needy?
Do you see the ones who want to know Christ?
People: Christ is coming into our lives in a new way.
Leader: Come, let us worship and let us work in the reign of God.
People: Christ has extended the invitation:
Leader: Come, let us worship and let us work in the reign of God.
People: Christ has extended the invitation:
let us work together in the reign of God on earth.
Invocation
The Lord's Prayer
Gloria Patri
A Time for Offering
Call to Offering
Offering Meditation
The Doxology
Prayer of Dedication
Infant Dedication
Infant Dedication
We Join in Prayer
Prayer Concerns & Celebrations
Morning Prayer
We Contemplate & Live God's Word
Scripture: John 14:27 and John 16:6
Children's Sermon: "I Left a Gift for You on the Table"
Children's Sermon: "I Left a Gift for You on the Table"
Special Music:"Peace I Leave With You" William James
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Sermon: "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch...."
Invitation to Discipleship
Hymn of Invitation: Blue Book, number 14, Shine Jesus Shine stanzas 1 and 2
Gathering at the Lord's Table
Call to Communion
Hymn of Communion: Blue Book, number 17, Bread of the World in Mercy Broken
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Words of Institution
Breaking Bread & Pouring the Cup
Musical Meditation
Partaking of the Lord's Supper
We Depart to Serve
Benediction
Parting Hymn: Red Book 499, Sunshine in My Soul stanzas 1 and 4
Postlude
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