8:30 A.M. WORSHIP SERVICE September 27, 2020 | Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

Welcome to our guests: We hope you find this service meaningful and that you will come again. Please scan the QR code above to register your details. Nursery care is available for infants and small children during worship, and Sunday School Youngsters through age five (kindergarten) can also go to the nursery following the Children’s Moment.

Prelude Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Longview String Quartet

The Life of the Church Jay Jackson Greeting

Pastor: The grace of the Lord be with you. People: And also with you. *Call to Worship Romnie Scott

Pastor: Call on the name of God and give thanks. People: Make known God's deeds among the people. Pastor: Sing and tell of God's wonderful works. People: Let those who seek God rejoice in their hearts. Pastor: Let us worship God. All: Amen. *Hymn of Praise Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah UMH 127

1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more; feed me till I want no more.

2. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow; let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through. Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield; be thou still my strength and shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside; death of death and hell's destruction, land me safe on Canaan's side. Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee; I will ever give to thee.

Offertory Prayer Jay Jackson

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Offertory How Beautiful Longview String Quartet *Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Children’s Moment Loren Buchanan

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*Hymn of Meditation O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee UMH 430

1. O Master, let me walk with thee in lowly paths of service free; tell me thy secret; help me bear the strain of toil, the fret of care.

2. Help me the slow of heart to move by some clear, winning word of love; teach me the wayward feet to stay, and guide them in the homeward way.

3. Teach me thy patience; still with thee in closer, dearer company, in work that keeps faith sweet and strong, in trust that triumphs over wrong;

4. In hope that sends a shining ray far down the future's broadening way, in peace that only thou canst give, with thee, O Master, let me live.

Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Romnie Scott

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, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Special Music The Prayer Longview String Quartet A Reading from the New Testament Philippians 1:21-30 Jay Jackson

Pastor: This is the Word of the Lord People: Praise be to God Sermon “Suffering, Standing, and Striving” Jay Jackson *Affirmation of Faith: The Apostle’s Creed Romnie Scott

I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Hymn of Invitation Standing on the Promises UMH 374

1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King, through eternal ages let his praises ring; glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing. I'm standing on the promises of God.

2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, by the living Word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior. Standing, standing. I’m standing on the promises of God.

3. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, bound to him eternally by love's strong cord, overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing. I'm standing on the promises of God.

4. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, listening every moment to the Spirit's call, resting in my Savior as my all in all, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, sstanding on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing. I'm standing on the promises of God.

*Sending Forth Jay Jackson *Postlude Toccata in G Major Theodore Dubois

Acolyte Piper Guillory