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
All Saint’s Sunday
November 7, 2004

GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Worship the Lord with gladness.

And enter the Lord’s presence with songs of joy.

PRELUDE   Lord of the Dance
                      Mary Ann Hensley & Laura Dailey   

CALL TO WORSHIP – Rev. 7:9-10

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count,

from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages,

standing before the throne and before the Lamb,

robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.

They cried out in a loud voice, saying:

Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!

PRAYER OF THE DAY

*HYMN # 2440   Let Us with a Gladsome Mind   Monkland

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Eternal God, in every age you have raised up men and women to live and die in faith. We confess that we are indifferent to your will. You call us to proclaim your name, but we are silent. You call us to do what is just, but we remain idle. You call us to live faithfully, but we are afraid. In your mercy, forgive us. Give us courage to follow in your way, that joined with those from ages past, who have served you with faith, hope, and love, we may inherit the kingdom you promised in Jesus Christ. Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

Hear the good news! Who is in a position to condemn? Only Christ, and Christ died for us, Christ rose for us, Christ reigns in power for us, Christ prays for us. Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a new life has begun. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace.

In Jesus Christ we are forgiven!

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE   Gloria Patri   Hymn # 579

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

Not an easy peace, not an insignificant peace, not a half-hearted peace, but the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with us now. The peace of Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

Let us share God’s peace with each other

SCRIPTURE    Psalm 149, Ephesians 1:11-23

SERMON   Gloria Dei
Rev. Marc Sherrod, ThD

SPECIAL MUSIC   Here I Am, Lord
Mary Ann Hensley & Laura Dailey

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM FOR JAMES ROBERT WALKER

PRESENTATION

PROFESSION OF FAITH

APOSTLES’ CREED   Hymnal p.14

THANKSGIVING OVER THE WATER

THE BAPTISM

WELCOME

*HYMN # 507   I Come With Joy   Dove of Peace

SHARING OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

Members of Bethel Presbyterian Church who have entered
the Church Triumphant since November 1, 2003
William D. Manly
Robert L. Ludwig
Mabel Bradford
Mary Woodal

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

GREAT THANKSGIVING AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is truly right and our greatest joy to give you thanks and praise, O Lord our God, creator and ruler of the universe. We praise you for saints and martyrs, for the faithful in every age who have followed your Son and witnessed to his resurrection. From every race and tongue, from every people and nation, you have gathered them into your kingdom. You have shown them the path of life and filled them with the joy of your presence. How glorious is your heavenly realm where the multitude of your saints rejoice with Christ! Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with angels and archangels, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all the faithful of every time and place, who forever sing to the glory of your name:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

You are holy, O God of majesty, and blessed is Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. Sent to be our Savior, he took our flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth. His words are true. His touch brings healing. To all who follow him, he gives abundant life. When evil sought to destroy him, and he lay in the darkness of death, you raised him from the grave. He is our risen Lord forever! We give you thanks that the Lord Jesus, on the night before he died, took bread, and after giving thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples saying: Take, eat. This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way he took the cup, saying: This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me. Remembering all your mighty and merciful acts, we take this bread and this wine from the gifts you have given us, and celebrate with joy the redemption won for us in Jesus Christ. Accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving as a living and holy offering of ourselves, that our lives may proclaim the One crucified and risen. Christ is the bread of life:

When we eat this bread and drink this cup, we proclaim your death, Lord Jesus, until you come in glory.

Gracious God, pour out your Holy Spirit upon us and upon these your gifts of bread and wine, that the bread we break and the cup we bless may be the communion of the body and blood of Christ. By your Spirit unite us with the living Christ, and with all who are baptized in his name, that we may be one in ministry in every place. As this bread is Christ's body for us, send us out to be the body of Christ in the world. Number us among your saints, O God, and join us with the faithful of every age, that strengthened by their witness and supported by their fellowship, we may run with perseverance the race that is set before us, and may with them receive the unfading crown of glory when we stand before your throne of grace. Give us strength to serve you faithfully until the promised day of resurrection, when with the redeemed of all the ages we will feast with you at your table in glory. Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, almighty God, now and forever. Hear us as we pray together. . .

BREAKING THE BREAD & POURING THE CUP

COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

*CHARGE AND BLESSING

*CHOIR RESPONSE   The Lord Bless You and Keep You

*All who are able may stand.

This worship service is broadcast on WKTS 90.1 FM at 12:30 p.m. today.

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Jerry Morris, Tora Phillips, Fred Meers, Ginny Warlick, Doris Barber, Carol Jane Row, Christine Woods, Al & Dot Davis, Ivy Basalone, Mary Sykes, Justin Winsbro, Ruth Moutoux, Susan Todd, Presbyterian Churches & Pastors-Lenoir City First (W. Marvin Randolph) & Oak Ridge First (Kerra B. English)

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THIS WEEK

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY: BODY RECALL – 9-10 AM

TUE –	FUN LUNCH – 12:00 PM ALPHA – 6:30-9:30 PM
WED –	HANDBELLS – 5:30 PM CHOIR – 7:30 PM
THU –	GET FIT, ROANE COUNTY – 6:30 PM