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OCTOBER 11, 2020 NINTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 10:00 AM

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

GATHERING MUSIC “Elegy” J. Massenet/ D. Sarandon

CALL TO WORSHIP

One: You have been called to the banquet.

All: This is the feast.

One: You have been summoned to the wedding.

All: This is the feast of life and light.

One: From the streets and the byways, God has invited us.

All: We have come to the banquet that has no end. Alleluia! Amen!

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Look, I have prepared dinner...

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OPENING HYMN I Danced in the Morning #157

I danced in the morning when the world was begun,

and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,

and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth.

At Bethlehem I had my birth.

Dance, then, wherever you may be;

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,

and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,

and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.

CALL TO CONFESSION

Let us come before the throne of God, the mercy seat, with all of our humanity, open to

the peace of promised forgiveness.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

You invite us to your feast, O God, and we do not come.

You beg us to give thanks for life, and we fail in our thanksgiving.

You have made for us a wonderful earth, and we neglect the gift.

Forgive us for what we have done and for abandoning the pathway you desire for us.

Be our guide and conscience.

Turn our feet and hands to your will, that all we do might give glory to you.

[silent confession] Amen.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

The God of peace, who calls all creation to live in unity, hears your plea. In the spirit of

feasting and thanksgiving, in the mercy of Almighty God, you are forgiven! For the sake of

Christ Jesus, our Savior, who died and rose from the dead to destroy the shroud of despair,

rejoice!

RESPONSE Gloria Patri #581

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end. Amen, amen.

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PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Holy Spirit of God, shine your light upon this Word and into our hearts that we may be en-

lightened with fresh understanding. Amen.

FIRST READING Exodus 32:1-14

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people

gathered around Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as

for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what

has become of him.’ Aaron said to them, ‘Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your

wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me.’ So all the people took off the

gold rings from their ears, and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from them, formed

it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and they said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who

brought you up out of the land of Egypt!’ When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it;

and Aaron made proclamation and said, ‘Tomorrow shall be a festival to the Lord.’ They rose

early the next day, and offered burnt-offerings and brought sacrifices of well-being; and the

people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.

The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down at once! Your people, whom you brought up out of the

land of Egypt, have acted perversely; they have been quick to turn aside from the way that I

commanded them; they have cast for themselves an image of a calf, and have worshipped it

and sacrificed to it, and said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the

land of Egypt!” ’ The Lord said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, how stiff-necked they are.

Now let me alone, so that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them;

and of you I will make a great nation.’

But Moses implored the Lord his God, and said, ‘O Lord, why does your wrath burn hot

against your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a

mighty hand? Why should the Egyptians say, “It was with evil intent that he brought them out

to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth”? Turn from

your fierce wrath; change your mind and do not bring disaster on your people. Remember

Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to

them, “I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have

promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.” ’ And the Lord

changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people.

MEDITATION MUSIC Fantasy on “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior”” G.M. Martin

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SECOND READING Matthew 22:1-14

Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be

compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those

who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they would not come. Again he sent other

slaves, saying, “Tell those who have been invited: Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen

and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding

banquet.” But they made light of it and went away, one to his farm, another to his business,

while the rest seized his slaves, maltreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged. He

sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then he said to his slaves,

“The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore into the main streets,

and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.” Those slaves went out into the streets

and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; so the wedding hall was filled with

guests.

‘But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing a

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

And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind him hand and foot, and

throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

For many are called, but few are chosen.’

SERMON “Where Do We Sit?” Will Houts

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Apostles’ Creed

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 Ghost,

born of the Virgin Mary,

suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, dead, and buried;

he descended into hell;

the third day he rose again 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 Ghost,

the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

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JOYS AND CONCERNS

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

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 debts as we forgive our debtors;

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

HYMN I Danced in the Morning ( vs 2 and 5) #157

2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,

but they would not dance and they would not follow me.

I danced for the fishermen, for James and John.

They came with me and the dance went on.

Dance, then, wherever you may be;

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,

and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,

and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.

5 They cut me down and I leapt up high.

I am the life that will never, never die.

I'll live in you if you'll live in me,

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

Dance, then, wherever you may be;

I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,

and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,

and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.

BENEDICTION

May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your hearts and your minds in

Christ Jesus.

POSTLUDE “Our God, How Great” C. Curtis

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Liturgy from Feasting on the Word Year A, PCUSA .Used with permission. Music and Lyrics reprinted CCLI License #1065220

This Week at Living Hope

Sunday 10/11 10:00 AM Worship

1:30 PM Parking Lot Prayer and Gathering

Monday 10/12 9:40 AM Bible Study—IN PERSON

Friday 10/16 9:30 AM Friday Morning Prayer Group

10:00 AM Church History Group—IN PERSON

Sunday 10/18 10:00 AM Worship

Parking Lot Prayer and Gathering—Thank you to all that attended our Parking Lot Prayer

and Gathering on Sept. 20. We have another one scheduled for today at 1:30 pm.

All are welcome—bring your own chairs and please wear your masks.

Sunday School—Our next class is October 25—just tune into Zoom early that Sunday morning.

Marcia will contact you about how to get Sunday School materials to your home..

Sunday School will plan on meeting Oct 25, Nov 15, Dec 6 and 20 before worship.

Bible Study—Mondays at 9:40 AM in Fellowship Hall. Masks worn and social distancing

required to attend. Next readings: 10/12 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Exodus 33:12-23

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Church History Study—Ever wonder why we say the Nicene Creed? What is the big deal about

monasteries and monk? Why did the Reformation happen? Living Hope is pleased to offer

a discussion group that looks at church history.

Our group will meet for 15 weeks on Friday mornings in Fellowship Hall at 10:00AM

starting October 16. We will be using the book The Story of Christianity Volume 1 by Justo L.

Gonzalez (1984 and 2010 editions.) More info is in the October Newsletter.

Like Bible Study, masks and social distancing are required.

Sunday Worship and Friday Prayers

Dickson Hollow Residents: broadcast over the Dickson Hollow internal system (channel 966).

Bulletins are available by the front desk of Dickson Hollow or in your weekly email.

Thank you to those that have sent in donations for the

Peace & Global Witness Offering. We will be sending our

collected offering forward after October 15.

Date Chapters Page Numbers

1984 ed 2010 ed

October 16 Fullness of Time through Mission to the Gentiles 7-30 13-40

October 23 First Conflicts with the State through The Deposit of the Faith 31-66 41-82

October 30 The Teachers of the Church through The Great Persecution and

the Final Victory 67-111 83-128

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Pastor: Rev. Will Houts Administrative Assistant: Lisa Quinn

Email: pastor@livinghopepcusa.org Hours: remote hours—no official office hours

Office (262) 599-8340 Email: office@livinghopepcusa.org

Phone: (262) 599-8341

Director of Music: Dr. Wallace Cheatham

Clerk of Session: Kathryn Fresch

Session Members

Dorothy Dieter, Barb Foy, Joe Fresch, Curtis MacDonald, Bruce Parker, Marcia Sinner

Deacon Members

(A-B) Tom Tennyson (C-F) Karen Stephan (G-K) Diane DeBoer—Moderator

(L-O) Ann Tennyson (P-R) LaVonne Gardner (S-Z) Ken DeBoer

W156 N4881 Pilgrim Road, Menomonee Falls WI 53051

www.LivingHopePCUSA.org | 262-599-8341 | Office@LivingHopePCUSA.org

Living Hope Presbyterian Church seeks to inspire and empower through the Gospel.