ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR SERVICE OF WORSHIP THIS MORNING

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church lives to celebrate God’s love through worship, seek God’s truth through education, and share God’s gifts through mission and fellowship. We encourage you to join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of coffee, cookies and fellowship following the morning service. All who profess Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior are welcome to join St. Andrew's. If you have no church home, we invite you to consider uniting with us as we seek to faithfully serve our Lord.  Speak to an usher or the Pastor at the close of the service to learn more.

Greeter:  Jeanne Hollis

Acolyte:  Will Baird

Children’s Church:  Debbie Sheehan

Ushers:  Jeff Baumann and Todd Schnoor

Coffee Hosts:  Jeanne Hollis and Judi Wilson

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ORDER OF WORSHIP

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

October 22, 2006                                                                                        10:00 a.m.

*Those able may stand

GREETINGS, CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH AND REGISTRY OF ATTENDANCE

PRELUDE                         “Consecration”                                                           Rand

BRINGING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THIS ROOM

*CALL TO WORSHIP

ALL:  (Hymn 138, verse 1)  Holy, holy, holy!  Lord God Almighty!  Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!  God in three Persons, blessed Trinity.

ONE:  How great God is!  God is clothed with honor and majesty.

ALL:  God’s works are many!  In wisdom, God has made them all.

ONE:  God’s chariot is the clouds; God rides on the wings of the wind.

ALL:  The winds are God’s messengers; fire and flame are God’s ministers.

ONE:  Let us look to God for our needs this day.                          (From Psalm 104)

*HYMN  260    “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND ASSURANCE OF PARDON

O God, we live such confusing lives, in a world that offers no clarity.  Jesus shows us the way to live, but we find it difficult to follow.  Have mercy on us!  Help us to assist when we would rather afflict; build up when we would rather tear down; be patient when we would rather cause pain.  Because of Christ, we know how to be; help us be how he was.

*SILENT PRAYER

*ASSURANCE OF GOD’S PARDON

*GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 579)

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be.

World without end! Amen, Amen.

READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT                                    Job 38:1-7 (34-41)

READING FROM THE EPISTLE                                                        Hebrews 5:1-10

ANTHEM                                “When He Cometh”                             arr. Catherwood

TIME WITH THE CHILDREN

Jesus loves me, this I know!  For the Bible tells me so.  Little ones to him belong, They are weak, but he is strong!  Yes, Jesus loves me!  Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so!

(Toddlers may go to the Nursery, older children to Children’s Church)

READING FROM THE GOSPEL                                                Revelation 11:7-10

SERMON       Hard Texts:  The Revelation and the Middle East        Rev. Ann LaMar

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HYMN  408 (verses 1,5,6)     “Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life”

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from A Brief Statement of Faith, 1991)

In life and in death we belong to God.  Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve.  We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God, [who] proclaimed the reign of God.  We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father.  In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image.  We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.  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.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Page 16, Traditional)

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.

 

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS

       OFFERTORY                       “Andante”                                                       Sergisson

       *DOXOLOGY (Hymn 592) AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*HYMN  386                    “O for a World”

*THE CHARGE AND THE BENEDICTION

*CARRYING THE LIGHT OF CHRIST INTO THE WORLD

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

And the peace of God, that passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts, shall keep your minds on Jesus Christ.

POSTLUDE               “Thanks Be to God”                                                Sheppard