October 6 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 

(link to today's worship service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “I will publicly announce your name to my brothers and sisters. I will praise you in the middle of the assembly.” —Hebrews 2:12 (CEB)

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Kyle Dacon / “How Great Is Our God,” arranged by Cindy Berry

*Call to Worship...Rebecca Glancy

Leader: Welcome to this place...

People: Where children and seasoned citizens sit side by side, where heaven and earth embrace in peace, where God has been, is, and always will be.

Leader: Welcome to this place, as we gather with all of God’s children...

People: Where we find God’s love, where we hear the tender voice of Jesus, where the Spirit teaches us new songs.

Leader: Welcome to this place, where all is made ready by our God...

People: Where we bring our hunger and find food; where we bring our brokenness and find healing; where we bring our very selves and find acceptance.

—Rev. Thom Shuman, Lectionary Liturgies blog

*Hymn...“One Bread, One Body” (UMH #620)

Litany of Faith: We Are the Body...Rebecca Glancy

L: Let us not then merely keep hold of Christ but let us be cemented to Him. 

P: Let us cleave to Him by our works.

L: He is the head, P: We are the body.

L: He is the foundation, P: We are the building.

L: He is the vine, P: We are the branches.

L: He is the bridegroom, P: We are the bride.

L: He is the shepherd, P: We are the sheep.

He is the way, P: We walk in it.

L: Again, we are the temple, P: He is the indweller.

L: He is the only begotten, P: We are the siblings.

L: He is the heir, P: We are the heirs together with Him.

L: He is the life, P: We are the living.

L: He is the resurrection, P: We are those who rise again.

L: He is the light, P: We are the enlightened.

L: Let there be no gap between us and Christ. P: For if there is any gap, immediately we perish. For the building stands because it is cemented together.

—Homilies on First Corinthians, St. John Chrysostom (4th century)

First Lesson: Psalm 26...Rebecca Glancy

Choral Anthem...“Celtic Communion,” arranged by Mark Hayes

Community prayer concerns and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer...Pastor Charles

Second Lesson: Mark 2:15-22...Pastor Charles

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Is there still room at the table?”

Communion / The Lord’s Prayer 

*Hymn...“Spirit of God” (TFWS #2117)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Kyle Dacon / “How Firm A Foundation,” arranged by Mark Hayes