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October 1, 2023
World Communion Sunday
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
We Come Together as God’s People
Prelude Obangiji (“God Almighty”) Fela Sowande
(1905-1987)
Fiesta Emma Lou Diemer
Dr. John Allegar, organ (b. 1927)
Welcome Rev. Christopher A. Henry
Choral Call to Worship Come to the Table of Grace Barbara Hamm
Children’s Choirs; Danny Fisher, piano; Tom Ristine, guitar; Patrick Pauloski, conductor
Come to the table of grace.
This is God’s table; it’s not yours or mine.
Come to the table of grace.
Come to the table of peace...
Come to the table of love...
Come to the table of hope...
Come to the table of joy...
* Call to Worship Rev. Benjamin K. Davison
One: All who hunger, gather around.
All: There is bread here, for empty bellies.
There is compassion here, for broken hearts.
One: There is grace here, for shattered lives.
There is family here, for lonely souls.
All: There is hope here, for dreams denied.
There is peace here, for all who need it.
One: All who hunger, gather around and lift your hearts to God.
All: Taste and see that the Lord is good.
One: People of God, welcome home!
* Prayer of Adoration
* Processional Hymn #472 Cantad al Señor/O Sing to the Lord Brazilian folk melody
Choir: v. 1 in Spanish
All: v. 1 in Spanish; v. 1-3 in English; v. 1 in Spanish
Invitation to Confession
Prayer of Confession
God of every people and nation, we confess
that we have not lived as citizens
of your new realm of justice and peace.
We build up dividing walls in the world.
We contribute to division in the church.
We ignore the suffering in distant nations
and live in fear of our closest neighbors.
Forgive us, God of grace.
Pour out your Spirit of peace upon us,
break down the dividing walls among us,
and raise us up to be a holy temple—
your temple of peace in the world—
built on the cornerstone of Jesus Christ,
in whose holy name we pray. (Silent Prayer)
Assurance of God’s Grace
* Response of Praise How Blest Are Those ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN
* Passing the Peace of Christ
* Hymn #420 God of Grace and God of Glory CWM RHONDDA
(verses 1 and 4)
We Experience God’s Word
Children’s Anthem For Everyone Born Brian Mann
Danny Fisher, piano; Tom Ristine, guitar; Hua Jin, violin; Patrick Pauloski, conductor
For everyone born, a place at the table,
for everyone born, clean water and bread,
a shelter, a space, a safe place for growing,
for everyone born, a star overhead
And God will delight when we are creators
of justice and joy, compassion, and peace:
yes, God will delight when we are creators
of justice and joy!
For young and for old, a place at the table,
a voice to be heard, a part in the song,
the hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled,
for young and for old, the right to belong.
For everyone born, a place at the table,
to live without fear, and simply to be,
to work, to speak out, to witness and worship,
For everyone born, the right to be free.
Text: Shirley Erena Murray
The Word with Children
Prayer for Illumination Patti Martin
First Scripture Lesson Ephesians 2:8-10 (p. 1064)
Anthem Ani Ma’Amin arr. Paul Caldwell (b.1963)
Sanctuary Choir; Hua Jin, violin; Dr. Michelle Louer, conductor arr. Sean Ivory (b.1969)
Ani maamin b’emuna sh’lemah I believe with complete faith
B’viat hamashiach in the coming of the Messiah.
V’af al pi sheyitmameha And even though he may tarry
Im kol zeh achake lo nevertheless, I will wait for him,
B’chol yom sheyavo everyday, for him to come. I believe.
Text: Based on the 12th of Maimonides’ 13 Articles of Faith
found in his commentary to the Mishnah, Sanhedrin 10
Second Scripture Lesson Exodus 16:2-3, 11-15 (p. 62)
Sermon Rev. Christopher A. Henry
The Grace to Receive
“When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.”
(Exodus 16:15)
Moment of Silent Meditation
We Give Thanks to God
Invitation to Discipleship and Generosity Rev. Rachel N. Klompmaker
Offertory Adagio (from Op. 150) Josef Rheinberger
Hua Jin, violin (1839-1901)
* Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
One: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to the Lord.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Sanctus Sanctus (from Mass in G) Franz Schubert
(1797-1828)
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.
Breaking of the Bread
Communion of the People
Ushers will extend an invitation to receive communion by pew. Please come forward using the aisle to your
right. If you prefer not to take communion by intinction, there is an Elder near the center with a tray of
individually packaged elements. All bread at all stations is gluten free.
Communion Anthem Come, Risen Lord SURSUM CORDA
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest;
Nay, let us be Thy guests; the feast is Thine;
Thyself at Thine own board make manifest
In Thine own sacrament of bread and wine.
We meet, as in that upper room they met,
Thou at the table, blessing, yet dost stand;
“This is My body”; so Thou givest yet:
Faith still receives the cup as from Thy hand.
One body we, one body who partake,
One church united in communion blest;
One name we bear, one bread of life we break,
With all Thy saints on earth and saints at rest.
One with each other, Lord, for one in Thee,
Who art one Savior and one living head;
Then open Thou our eyes, that we may see;|
Be known to us in breaking of the bread.
Prayer after the Meal
We Go Forth to Serve
* Closing Hymn #508 For the Bread Which You Have Broken KINGDOM
* Charge and Benediction
* Choral Benediction Shalom, Chaverim! Israeli folk song
Shalom, chaverim! Shalom, chaverim! Peace, my friends! Peace, my friends!
Shalom, shalom! Peace, peace.
L’hitraot, L’hitraot, Farewell, my friends. Farewell, my friends.
Shalom, shalom. Peace, peace.
Postlude Dialogue (from Mass for the Convents) François Couperi
(1668-1733)