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