Sunday Morning Worship Service
October 14, 2007

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TO OUR GUESTS, we extend a warm welcome. We invite you to participate in signing our Friendship Folder, adding your address and phone number if you'd like to receive our church newsletter or a pastoral call. When we pray the Lord's Prayer at Bethel, we say "sins...sin against us" rather than "debts..." or "trespasses..."; during "a time for sharing" we welcome prayer requests from the congregation. On first Sundays each month, all who put their trust in Christ and who have received baptism in any Christian church are invited to share his sacred meal. We are glad you are with us. Please come again.

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The Service For The Lord’s Day
Bethel Presbyterian Church
20th Sunday After Pentecost
October 14, 2007

Gathering and Greeting of God’s People

Prayer of Preparation Before Worship

Almighty God, You build Your church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Jesus Christ Himself as the cornerstone. Join us together by their teaching, so that we may be a holy temple in whom Your Spirit dwells; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

Prelude   My Lord! What a Morning

Call to Worship

Leader: Create in us clean hearts, O God,

People: O Lord, open our lips,

Leader: And our mouths shall declare Your praise!

People: Praise the Lord!

Leader: The Lord’s name be praised!

*Hymn of Praise # 473   For the Beauty of the Earth   Dix

*Call to Confession:   (I John 1: 8-9)

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confess our sins, God who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In humility and faith let us confess our sins to God…

*Prayer of Confession

Healing God, We want to give thanks, but our sin gets in the way. We want to live thankfully, but we’re so consumed with what we lack that we overlook what we have received. You have blessed us and you care for us, but we’re too busy to notice. Forgive our sin. Awaken us to your presence. Redirect us to your way, so that we can follow Jesus with praise and thanksgiving.

Lord have mercy upon us,
Christ have mercy upon us,
Lord have mercy upon us.

*Declaration of Forgiveness and Congregational Response

Leader: In Christ, we are given new life.

People: The old is gone away. The new is before us.

Leader: We are freed to live in the present.

People: That is the Good News that sets us free to love!

Leader: The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. Thanks be to God.

All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

A Moment with the Children   Rev. Pat Harvey

Anthem   Surely Goodness and Mercy   Nancy Beth Gerberding & Phil Walsh

(Congregation, please join last verse.)

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days, all the days of my life, all the days of my life.

Old Testament Lesson   Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7

New Testament Lesson   Luke 17: 11-19

Sermon   Bloom Where You Are Planted   Rev. Bill Shenk

*Affirmation of Faith   The Apostle’s Creed   Page 14 in Hymnal

*Hymn of Affirmation # 422   God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending   Beach Spring

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer

Offering   Cuando el Pobre – When A Poor One

*Doxology

*Prayer of Dedication

*Hymn of Dedication # 244   Let Us with a Gladsome Mind   Monkland

*Charge

*Benediction

Congregational Response

God be with you until we meet again:
Loving counsels guide, uphold you,
With a Shepherd’s care unfurl you:
God be with you until we meet again.

*Postlude

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A Special Thank You

The Liturgist today is Joe Coen

The organ is being played by Ruth Ann Ludwig

The Ushers are Liz Singley and Julie Coen

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join Us for Buddy’s 14th Annual Run/Walk Against Cancer! Everyone has been simply wonderful to support the Sherrods in Pastor Marc’s battle with cancer. This Run/Walk provides all of us a tangible opportunity to display solidarity in the battle against this disease. Registration forms available on the table in narthex or in the church office. The key dates: October 16th (Tue) -- Team registration deadline; application forms given to Marc, Melanie, or Eden. November 3rd (Sat) -- Team T-shirt-making at Sherrods house, 10am – 2pm; lunch is on us; bring a T-Shirt to paint and decorate! November 11th (Sun) Buddy’s 5K Run/Walk to fight cancer at World’s Fair Park, Knoxville; Meet at Kingston Church of Christ family Life Center parking lot at 12:30 to carpool; race at 3:00; many pre-race activities and a team meal after the race courtesy of Buddy’s Barbeque. All who register as a team will have a chance to have a team photo made on November 11. This year, our team name will be “Hope for Halie.” Halie Hickman from Middle Tennessee is a 10 year old being treated for Ovarian cancer, the niece of Penelope Uselton of Kingston. While we will register under this team name, the T-shirts we make will have various other expressions of solidarity with those fighting cancer such as ‘Miles for Marc” or “Miracles for Marci” or “Action for Anneke” as well as others you may wish to add. The fee to register is $26 for adults and $15 for youth and children 18 years old and under, which is due by October 16th. Checks payable to: Buddy’s Race Against Cancer. Additional information is available at www.buddysrace.org. Registration forms will be available on the table in the narthex and in the church office. Donations are welcome and can be received by anyone who plans to walk/run in this event. Over 3000 people participated last year! Call us at 717-4881 or 394-0563 if you have questions or need directions. The promotional literature states: “Buddy’s Race Against Cancer is a 5K Run/Walk that supports the Thompson Cancer Survival Center’s Outreach Program. To date the race has raised more than $2.3 million to support cancer care in surrounding communities. Thanks to the Buddy’s Race Against Cancer, thousands of our region’s medically under-served citizens receive potentially life-saving cancer screenings and education each year.”

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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

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Sunday	Oct 14	Sunday School (all ages) Adult Inquirer’s Forum – Room 4 Worship Youth Group Session	9:45 A.M. 9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M.
Monday	Oct 15	Seniorcize Boy Scouts	9:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M.
Tuesday	Oct 16	Parish Life Committee	7:00 P.M.
Wednesday	Oct 17	Seniorcize Property & Personnel Committee Hand Bell Practice Fellowship Supper Choir Practice	9:00 A.M. 5:30 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
Thursday	Oct 18	Mision Outreach Committee	6:30 P.M.
Friday	Oct 19	Seniorcize	9:00 A.M.
Saturrday	Oct 20
Sunday	Oct 21	Sunday School (all ages) Adult Inquirer’s Forum – Room 4 Worship Youth Group	9:45 A.M. 9:45 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 2:00 P.M.