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The Sunday worship service is a witness to our faith within both the annual cycle of Christian celebrations and the cultural environment in which we live. Form is designed to enhance content and content is designed to point to God as both the author and consummator of our faith. The following is a sample of the typical Sunday worship format followed in the services held at West Park Church: The People of West
Park Church in Worship Thirty-second Sunday
in Ordinary Time Twenty-third Sunday
after Pentecost November 11th,
2001 "Not by might, nor by
power, but by my Spirit says the Lord God of Hosts" Zechariah 4:6 (We
come together in community from our separate lives ...)
PRELUDE
"Prelude on Grosser
gott, Wir Lobem Dich"
Franz and Schict arrangement by Schimmel SILENCE HYMN
"Holy God, We Praise your
Name"
PH#274 CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Blessed are the poor in spirit People: For
theirs is the kingdom of heaven(Matt.5:3). Leader: People
of God, look about and see the faces of those we know and love: People:
Neighbors and friends, sisters and brothers a community of kindred
hearts. Leader: People
of God, look about and see the faces of those we hardly know: People: Strangers,
sojourners, forgotten friends; neighbors we will come to know, Leader: People
of God, look about and see all the images of God assembled here. People: In me,
in you, in each of us, God's spirit shines for all to see. MUSICAL INVOCATION (We
invoke / invite God's presence into our lives...) Lord, prepare me to be a Sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true; With thanksgiving, I'll be a living sanctuary for you. TIME WITH CHILDREN Seminarian Chris Shelton
THE CONFESSION Dr.
Kurs (We
reflect on the current realities of our lives...) Create
in me a clean heart O God
And renew a right spirit within my
soul
Create in me a
clean heart O God
And renew a right spirit within my
soul
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
OF CONFESSION ALL: Dear God, we thank you for all
that is good: for our creation and our humanity; for Leader: We have wounded your love. People: O God, heal us. Leader: We stumble in
the darkness. People: Light of the
world, transfigure
us.
Leader: We forget that we are your
home.
People: Spirit of God, dwell in us. ASSURANCE OF
PARDON
Rev. Braga Leader: Eternal
Spirit, living God, in whom we live and move and have our being; all that
we are, have
been, and shall be is known to you, to the very secret of our hearts and
all that rises
to trouble us. Living flame, burn in us; cleansing wind, blow through
us; People: Amen RESPONSE
"O
Lord, Have Mercy" O Lord have mercy, O Lord have mercy, O
Lord have mercy THE PEACE
Leader: The peace of the Lord be always with you! THE WORD (We
hear God's Word read, interpreted and proclaimed) PROPHETIC
LESSON Haggai 1:15b
- 2:9 Philip
Creech, reader PSALM 145 Lord, you are near to those who call The Psalter Andre Solomon-Glover, Cantor THE GOSPEL Luke 20:27-38 Julio Vasquez SERMON "Taking Courage" Rev. Bob Brashear AFFIRMATION "You'll Never Walk Alone" Gerriane Raphael, soloist THE RESPONSE (We respond to God's Word in various ways...) THE INVITATION PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Dr. Kurs Chant: Veni,
Sancti Spiritus THE LORD'S PRAYER ANNOUNCEMENTS MINUTE FOR MISSION Sister Kathy Maire, Upper Manhattan Together THE OFFERING (We respond through offering our gifts, symbolizing the offering of our lives in community and service...) OFFERTORY SENTENCES (Today's offering supports the work of the Westside Campaign Against Hunger in providing food for the city's hungry) OFFERTORY MUSIC "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" Philip Crech, soloist THE DOXOLOGY Praise God, from whom all blessings come Praise God all creatures here below Praise God above< Ye heavenly host Creator, Christ and Holy Ghost, Amen. THE SENDING FORTH HYMN "O Holy City" Bowie and Douglas PH #453 THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION Scriptural Blessing 2 Thessalonians 2:14-17 Leader: And let all the people say People: Alleluia! Amen! RESPONSE "Amen" Traditional DISMISSAL POSTUDLE "Autumn in New York" Andre Solomon-Glover and Dr. Schimmel Pastors and lay leaders will be available for individual prayer following the service. |
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