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Today’s Meditation Verse: “’I am Alpha and Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the One who is and was and is coming, the Almighty.’” —Revelation 1:8 (NRSV)
Welcome...Pastor Charles
Prelude...Lorie Courier / “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship,” arranged by Joel Raney
*Call to Worship (based on Psalm 100)...Ben Glancy (they/them)
L: Around the world this day, the universal church celebrates the The Reign of Christ. Christ Jesus, friend of the poor, the meek, and the merciful, has been enthroned above all authority and power in this world and in the world that is to come. P: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth, serve the Lord with gladness, come into God’s presence with singing.
L: God has placed everything under Christ’s wounded feet, appointed the One who wore a crown of thorns as the supreme head of the church, His body. P: Enter these gates with thanksgiving, come into the Lord’s courts with praise. Give thanks and praise God’s loving name!
—Bruce Prewer
*Hymn...“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” (UMH #694)
Litany of Thanksgiving...Ben Glancy (they/them)
L: O God, we thank You this day for Christians who seek to live out their faith in their everyday lives. We know that we cannot earn Your love, but we can respond to Your love. You call us to live holy lives out of gratitude for all that You have done for us.
We thank You for people who find joy in the midst of trials and difficulties: P: for the hospital patient who gives hope and inspiration to the visitor, for the homeless person who teaches the social worker the meaning of faith, for the family that prays together in the face of death.
L: We thank You for those who endure temptation: P: for the young person who says “no” to a friend who wants to shoplift, for the office worker who refuses to join in negative conversation, for the company executive who puts justice before profits.
L: We thank You for those who are ever generous in giving to others: P: for the child who puts her allowance in the church’s mission offering, for the young adult at a first job who dares to tithe his new income, for the neighbor who gets up at four in the morning to shovel his elderly neighbor’s sidewalk.
L: We thank You for those who are quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger: P: for couples who listen to each other in love, for people who count to ten before speaking their minds and then speak gently, for people who remain calm and loving when others’ tempers flare.
L: We thank You for people who live out their faith by caring for orphans, widows, and others in need: P: for foster parents and adoptive parents, for those who seek to work for peace and justice so that fewer people will be orphaned and widowed, for those who share a cup of coffee with a lonely neighbor, for those who visit nursing homes.
L: We thank You for people who are doers of the word and not hearers only. O God, may we be counted among them. Help us to hear Your word and to find joy in doing what you call us to do. P: May we live our lives in thankful obedience. Amen.
—Bruce Gillette and Carolyn Winfrey Gillette for The Center for Christian Ethics
First Gospel Lesson: Luke 12:13-21...Ben Glancy (they/them)
Choral Anthem...“In the Spirit of Thanksgiving” by Joseph M. Martin, arranged by Brad Nix
Community prayer concerns and celebrations / Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles
Second Gospel Lesson: Luke 12:22-34...Pastor Charles
L: This is the Word of God for the people of God. P: Thanks be to God.
Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Give thanks like there’s no tomorrow!”
*Hymn...“Now Thank We All Our God” (UMH #102)
*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles
Postlude...Lorie Courier / “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come,” arranged by Joshua Evanovich
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