You may pick up a pad for Sermon notes on the front pew. October 12, 2008 28 th Sunday in Ordinary...

You may pick up a pad for Sermon notes on the front pew.

October 12, 200828th Sunday in Ordinary Time

God to enfold us, God to surround us; God in our speaking, God in our thinking;

God in our life, God on our lips; God in our souls,

God in our hearts.

Please Stand

Come and bring light to a people in darkness.

Come set us freefrom the chains we have made.

We are your people,the flock that you tend.

Lord, open our eyes once again.

GH #263 - Refrain

Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Opening to the sun above.

BH #464

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the gloom of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us with the light of day.

All Thy works with joy surround Thee, Earth and heaven reflect Thy rays, Stars and angels sing around Thee,

Center of unbroken praise.

Field and forest, vale and mountain, Flowery meadow, flashing sea,

Chanting Bird and flowering fountain, Call us to rejoice in Thee.

Mortals, join the happy chorusWhich the morning stars began; Love divine is reigning o’er us, Joining all in heaven’s plan.

Ever singing, march we onward, Victors in the midst of strife,

Joyful music leads us sunwardIn the triumph song of life.

Please Be Seated

O God, gladly we live and move and have our being in you.

Yet always in the midst of this creation-glory, we see sin’s shadow

and feel death’s darkness:

around us in the earth, sea and sky, the abuse of matter;

beside us in the broken, the hungry and the poor, the betrayal of one

another; and often, deep within us, a striving against your Spirit.

O Trinity of love, forgive us that we may forgive one

another, heal us that we may be people of

healing, and renew us that we also may be

makers of peace.

(silent confession) Amen.

Leader: Kyrie. People: Kyrie. Leader: Lord, have mercy. People: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Christe. People: Christe. Leader: Christ, have mercy. People: Christ, have mercy.

Leader: Kyrie! People: Kyrie. Leader: Lord, have mercy. People: Lord, have mercy. Leader: Kyrie, People: Kyrie, Leader: eleison. People: eleison.

Leader: Remember the words of the prophet Jeremiah when he wrote: “Behold, the

days are coming, says the Lord, when… I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts;

Leader: and I will be their God, and they shall be my

people… for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

People: Therein lies our assurance. Thanks be to God!

Please Stand

Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah!

Halle, halle, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

(sing twice)

GH #44

Please Be Seated

Leader: Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord, who is good, whose mercy endures forever.

People: Can anyone declare the mighty acts of the Lord or show forth all God’s praise?

Leader: Happy are those who act with justice and always do what is right!

People: Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you have for your people, and visit me with your saving help;

Leader: that I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, that I may glory with your inheritance. People: We have sinned as our

ancestors did; we have done wrong and dealt wickedly.

Leader: Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give

thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.

Leader: Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting; and let all the people say,

People: “Amen!” Hallelujah!

Please Stand

Come to the feast of heaven and earth! Come to the table of plenty!

God will provide for all that we need, here at the table of plenty.

GH #247

O come and sit at my tablewhere saints and sinners are friends.

I wait to welcome the lost and lonely to share the cup of my love.

Come to the feast of heaven and earth! Come to the table of plenty!

God will provide for all that we need, here at the table of plenty.

O come and eat without money; come to drink without price.

My feast of gladness will feed your spirit with faithand fullness of life.

Come to the feast of heaven and earth! Come to the table of plenty!

God will provide for all that we need, here at the table of plenty.

My bread will ever sustain youthrough days of sorrow and woe.

My wine will flow like a sea of gladness to flood

the depths of your soul.

Come to the feast of heaven and earth! Come to the table of plenty!

God will provide for all that we need, here at the table of plenty.

Your fields will flower in fullness; your homes will flourish in peace.

For I, the giver of homeand harvest, will sendmy rain on the soil.

The Gospel

Matthew 22: 1-14

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy

Ghost. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

“RSVP - Maybe”

“… and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding robe?’

And he was speechless.”Matthew 22:12

We believe in Jesus Christ, son of the one God, maker and

sustainer of earth, sea and sky. Born of Mary’s womb, faithful to the God of Abraham and Sarah,

Jesus healed the sick, served the poor, and proclaimed heaven

and earth.

Condemned by the religious, crucified by the state, he died

but transformed even death and rose to life everlasting. He

blessed the disciples with his holy spirit and sent them forth,

east and west, north and south.

We commit ourselves to Jesus, to one another as brothers and sisters and to his mission in the

world in the grace of the holy spirit. Amen.

Life & Mission of the Church

• Minute for The Congregation

• Minute for Library

• Minute for Mission – Crop Walk

We give thanksto the Lord!

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

give thanks to the Holy One; give thanks because he’s

given Jesus Christ, his Son.

(sing twice)GH #216

And now let the weak say, “We are strong!” Let the poor say,

“We are rich because of what the Lord has done for us!”

(sing twice)

Give thanks. Give thanks.

Prayer Requests

Let us pray to the Lord!

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come, your will be done,

on earth as in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil.

For the kingdom, the power,

and the glory are yours now and forever. Amen.

Please Stand

Verse 1

Verse 1

Refrain

Refrain

Verse 2

Verse 2

Refrain

Refrain

Halle, halle, hallelujah! Halle, halle, hallelujah!

Halle, halle, hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

(sing once)

GH #44

The flowers this morning are given by: Bill & Mary Lou Feight

in Honor of brothers’, Jack and Ted, Birthdays

Liturgists: Rev. Judy Shipman and John Guess

Organist: Bob Cindric

Greeters: Chuck & Jacque Sprunger

Coffee Fellowship: The Collins, Zahn & Compton Families

Thank Youfor worshipping

here today!