October 13, 2024

Twenty First Sunday after Pentecost

10:20AM

Prelude

Sun of My Soul

arr. Van Denman Thompson

Welcome/Announcements

Choral Introit

God, Whose Time We Cannot Fathom

Call to Worship

Psalm 90:13-17

L:            Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.  Relent, Lord! How long will it be?  Have compassion on your servants.

P:            Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen trouble.

L:            May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children.

P:            May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us - yes, establish the work of our hands.

Opening Prayer

*Hymn #687

Our God, Our Help in Ages Past

*Call To Confession

*Prayer Of Confession

Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo.  Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment.

Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open us to a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world.

*Silent Prayer Of Confession

*Assurance Of Pardon

*Gloria Patri

Prayer For Illumination

First Lesson

See insert

Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Second Lesson

See insert

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Embracing the Impossible

Charles Gillett

*Hymn #834

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

*Affirmation of Faith

Apostles’ Creed

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 at 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 Our Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Call To Offering

Offertory

Be Still My Soul

J. Sibelius, arr. Dan Bird

*Doxology #606

*Prayer of Dedication

Blessed are you, O God, maker of all things. Through your goodness you have

blessed us with these gifts: our selves, our time, and our possessions.

Use us, and what we have gathered, in feeding the world with your love; through the one who gave himself for us, Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord. Amen.

*Hymn #722

Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak

*Benediction

*Choral Amen #538  Haleluya! We Sing Your Praises

Now he sends us all out,
Strong in faith, free of doubt.
Strong in faith, free of doubt,
Tell to all the joyful gospel.(2X)

Haleluya! We sing your praises;
All our hearts are filled with gladness.
Haleluya! We sing your praises;
All our hearts are filled with gladness.(2X)

Postlude

Concertino (Based on a Bach fragment)

Gordon Young