Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

 

November 26, 2023            10:45am

 

Call and Covenant: Church as Covenant Community

 

Gathering

Pre-service Music

Welcome

Prelude

Call to Worship        VT 869

  Group 1:  We are a covenant people,

                     called to God by God,

                     generation through generation.

  Group 2:  We are a covenant people,

                     called to Jesus by Jesus,

                     losing our life to gain our life.

Together:  We are a covenant people,

                     called to church by the church,

                     weaving together the strong and the weak,

                     the stranger and the friend.

  Group 1:  Renamed.

  Group 2:  Reborn.

Together:  Renewed.

                     We gather ourselves

                     in the community of believers.

                     We gather ourselves unto you.

Hymn     We are People of God’s Peace   VT 797

Hearing the Word

Scripture    Ephesians 2:11-22

Choir     Holy Presence, Holy Teacher    VT 531

Children’s Time

Sermon

Hymn      Christ is Our Cornerstone    VT 4

Pastoral Team and Congregation Covenant Ritual

God calls us to be followers of Jesus Christ

   Pastoral Team:  We have heard Christ’s call in our lives to pastoral ministry.

                           We will love and serve God with heart, soul, strength and mind as we love, pray for, and serve this congregation and God’s precious world.

   Congregation: We have heard Christ’s call in our lives.

                           We will love and serve God with heart, soul, strength and mind as we pray for our pastors and together love and serve this congregation and God’s precious world.

and, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to grow as communities of grace, joy and peace,

   Congregation: We want this to be a place of learning and growing.

                           Making mistakes is part of learning.

                           Healthy conflict can lead to growth.

                           We promise to practice grace,

                           to speak and listen in ways that seek peace,

                           and to share in Christ’s joy.

   Pastoral Team:  We want this to be a place of learning and growing.

                           Making mistakes is part of learning.

                           Healthy conflict can lead to growth.

                           We promise to practice grace,

                           to speak and listen in ways that seek peace,

                           and to share in Christ’s joy.

so that God’s healing and hope flow through us to the world.

   Pastoral Team:  In creating a community of care, we commit

                           to a relationship of respect between us,

                           to sharing with each other the cares, concerns and joys of the congregation,

                           to speak with and not about each other.

   Congregation: In creating a community of care, we commit

                           to letting our pastors be themselves,

                           to providing honest feedback,

                           to care for our pastoral team as they care for us.

   All:                   We commit ourselves to this as part of the body of Christ, by God's grace.

Hymn    Let us Build a House   VT 36

Choir     Laudate Dominum (Psalm 150)    Pitoni

Responding to Each Other

Sharing of Joys and Concerns

            After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayers.”

Announcements

Closing Words

Benediction (choir and cong)    God Calls Us    VT 394

Postlude

 

Worship Leader: Lauren Reid                   Speakers: Debbie Bledsoe, Rachel Siemens

Children’s Feature: Kim Wiens                                               Pianist: Donna Noton

Reader: Robert Proudfoot                                       Ushers: Martin Blank, Len Franz

Choir Director: Bruce Baergen                                           Accompanist: Ev Buhr