Sunday Morning Worship Service
October 19, 2003
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.
THE SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 19, 2003
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
PRELUDE I Will Be Here Chapman
CALL TO WORSHIP – Selections from Psalm 30
I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up, and did not let my foes rejoice over me.
O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me.
O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
You have turned my morning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
So that my soul may praise you and not be silent, O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 487 When Morning Gilds the Skies Laudes Domini
*A TIME OF SILENT REFLECTION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Gracious God, we are so often content to sink into the background when you have called us to be bold in the faith. We are so often willing to accept mediocrity, so often hesitant to risk. Even though we are quick to say that you will keep us safe from harm, we cling to the trappings of this world as if they, and not you, were our God. Forgive our apathy. Forgive our fear. Strengthen our resolve. Kindle within us the fire of your Holy Spirit; in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON 1 Tim. 1:15; 1 Peter 2:24
Hear the good news! The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we might be dead to sin, and alive to all that is good. I declare to you:
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Hyfrydol Hymnal p.376, v. 4
Finish, then, Thy new creation; Pure and spotless let us be;
Let us see Thy great salvation Perfectly restored in Thee;
Changed from glory into glory, Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
NEW TESTAMENT READING Mark 5:25-34
A MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN OF THE CHURCH
The Reverend Pat Harvey
ANTHEM Lord, I Want to Be A Christian African-American Spiritual
OLD TESTAMENT READING Exodus 3:7-12
SERMON Breaking the Silence
The Reverend Marc Sherrod
*HYMN # 239 How Happy Is Each Child of God Winchester Old
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – from “A Brief Statement of Faith”
We trust in God the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the church. The same Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles rules our faith and life in Christ through Scripture, engages us through the Word proclaimed, claims us in the waters of baptism, feeds us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation, and calls women and men to all ministries of the church. In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage to pray without ceasing, to witness among all peoples to Christ as Lord and Savior, to unmask idolatries in church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with others for justice, freedom, and peace. In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks and to live holy and joyful lives, even as we watch for God’s new heaven and new earth, praying, “Come, Lord Jesus!” With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
PRAYER CONCERNS AND A TIME FOR SHARING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY The Light of Life Martin
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN # 298 There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy In Babilone
*CHARGE AND BLESSING God Be With You Hymn # 540
God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide, uphold you,
With a Shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again. Amen.
*POSTLUDE Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Beethoven
*All who are able may stand.
This worship service is broadcast on WKTS 90.1 FM at 12:30 p.m. today.
Bethel offers Sunday school for children and four educational opportunities for adults at 9:45 AM. Childcare (babies and preschool age) is offered at 9:45 and 11 AM. Restrooms are located in our Educational Building, first floor and lower level. Ushers can provide large print hymnbooks and activity sheets for children.
The Sanctuary Flowers today are provided by Ruth Ann & Bob Ludwig in honor of Tom & Helen Roostee’s 57th Wedding Anniversary & Tom’s 86th Birthday. Our Liturgist today is Deb Hyder. Our Ushers/Greeters are Joan Thompson & Nelda Toon.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
IN KEEPING with our denomination’s emphasis for today, we observe Societal Violence/ Domestic Violence Awareness Sunday.
BETHEL SYMPATHY is extended to the family of Frank Dale Cantwell who passed away last week. He is the brother-in-law of Neva Daniel.
THE EVENING CIRCLE is skipping its Bible Study next week, October 26, to attend a benefit concert sponsored by the Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church Women's Ministries. Mary Lou O'Hern will perform along with numerous guest artists including the Community Evangelistic Church Celebration Choir. Admission is free and an offering to benefit the Knox Area Rescue Ministries will be received. Everyone is invited to attend with us. We will meet in the church parking lot at 6:15 to carpool to Knoxville. The concert begins at 7:30 P.M. If you need transportation to the church call Carol Brown, 376-7171
THE SESSION has called a meeting of the congregation for Sunday, November 2, following worship, to hear a report from the Nominating Committee.
THANKS TO ALL who participated in yesterday’s work day at Bethel.
SENIOR HIGH YOUTH meet today at 5:00 for pizza, and a video movie. Participants in Senior Youth Retreat at John Knox meet this Saturday at 10 a.m. at Bethel and return noon on Sunday.
JUST A REMINDER – On Sunday, Nov. 2 we will carpool to the Cumberland Playhouse to see “42nd Street.” and should leave Bethel around 1:45 p.m. We did not get a group of 20; therefore, the tickets for seniors are $20, for adults $22 and for students $11. Please make checks payable to Marianne Shadden.
BETHEL RECORDS 10 -12 – Attendance Early Service 31, Regular Service 111, Contributions $4,229.30, Peace Making Offering $100.00, Youth Mission Trip $15.00, Visioning Lunch $357.00, H.O.M.E. $10.00
PLEASE PRAY FOR: Christine Woods, Margaret True, Al & Dot Davis, Tora Phillips, Ruth Moutoux, Florence Simmons, Presbyterian Churches & Pastors - Knoxville-Cross Roads (Robert Cook) & Eastminster (Richard D. Hawks)
THIS WEEK
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: BODY RECALL – 9-10 AM
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HANDBELLS – 5:30 PM
CHOIR – 7:00 PM
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EVENING CIRCLE TO SUNSET GAP |
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