Bethel Presbyterian Church
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
October 15, 2006
11:00 a.m.
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Give thanks in all circumstances;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus.
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
To your name, Lord Jesus, help me to bow the knee
and all its worshiping,
bow the head
and all its thinking,
bow the will
and all its choosing,
bow the heart
and all its loving.
Let us worship God.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #483 Sing Praise to God, Who Reigns Above Mit Freuden Zart
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Life-giving God, giver of every good and perfect gift, we have missed and misunderstood your blessings. We stuff our lives with possessions, our schedules with busyness, our bodies with excess, but these things leave us empty. Distracted by the immediate, we overlook the eternal. In our pride we try to manufacture our fulfillment rather than receive it as your gift. In your mercy, Lord, forgive us. Satisfy our hungers with the bread of heaven; slake our thirsts and your living water. Satisfy us with your love, that obeying your will and serving your glory may fill us till we want no more, we pray through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen.
*WORDS OF ASSURANCE
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. May the God of mercy, who forgives you all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. I declare to you in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
Thanks be to God.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn #578
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.
GREETING FROM THE PRESBYTERY OF EAST TENNESSEE Molly Garnett
FIRST LESSON Psalm 57
ANTHEM
SECOND LESSON Mark 10:17-31
SERMON There’s Always Something Rev. Bill Shenk
*HYMN #357 O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee Maryton
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Apostle’s Creed (Traditional) Hymnal Page #14
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 on 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.
SHARING OF PRAYER CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Hymn #592
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN #478 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Lauda Anima
*CHARGE AND BLESSING
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE In Christ There Is No East or West
In Christ there is no east or west,
In Him no south or north;
But one great fellowship of love
Throughout the whole wide earth.
In Christ now meet both east and west,
In Him meet south and north;
All Christly souls are one in Him
Throughout the whole wide earth.
*POSTLUDE
