October 20, 2019 – Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

We Come Together as God’s People

Prelude  O Lux Beata Trinitas Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

“O Trinity of Blessed Light” (1562-1621)

Dr. John Allegar, organ

Dance of the Morning Stars Hart Morris

Handbell Ensemble (b. 1946)

Rebecca Holt, Director

+ Welcome Rev. Christopher A. Henry

Call to Worship CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM

O Radiant Light, O Sun Divine

Sanctuary Choir

Dr. Michelle Louer, Director of Music and Fine Arts

O radiant Light, O Sun divine,

Of God the Father’s deathless face,

O image of the Light sublime,

That fills the heavenly dwelling place.

O Son of God, the source of life,

Praise is Your due by night and day.

Our happy lips must raise the strain

of your esteemed and splendid name. Amen.

One: God sends light to us this day

and invites us to meet one another in this light.

All: Light breaks forth like the dawn,

drawing us into relationship with one another.

One: Humble yourselves for the worship of God,

that you may be empowered to serve.

All: God calls us to trust with steady hearts

and to serve with selfless compassion.

One: Seek not for lofty words of wisdom

but for powerful demonstrations of God’s way.

All: God names us the salt of the earth

and light to reflect God’s work in the world.

One: In spirit and in truth, let us worship God.

Prayer of Adoration Christopher G. Palmer

Gracie H. Payne

*+Processional Hymn #474 PUER NOBIS NASCITUR

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright

Call to Confession

Silent Confession

Prayer of Confession

God of Light,

We confess that we have gone astray and have left your light.

We follow the false light of the world’s success and wealth.

We follow the dim light that calls us to be more religious by following rules.

We follow the fading light of personal glory.

Forgive us for not seeking the true light of your love for all the world.

Forgive us for not following the ways of Jesus who commanded us to love one another. Call us to be light-bearers of love, compassion, and justice in which the mystery of your love is revealed.

In the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

* Response of Praise Gloria Patri (Hymn #579)

*+Passing of the Peace

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.

People: And also with you.

* Hymn #487 When Morning Gilds the Skies LAUDES DOMINI

Ritual of Friendship

and the Concerns of the Church

Minute for Mission Deacon Krissy Seufert

70th PW Fall Bazzar

We Experience God’s Word

Time with Children (11:00)

Prayer of Illumination Elder Ellen Gullett (9:30)

Deacon Michael Sells (11:00)

First Lesson Philippians 2:14-18 (p. 1069)

Anthem Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars Jonathan Dove

(b. 1959)

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion

and turneth the shadow of death into the morning.

Alleluia, yea, the darkness shineth as the day, the night is light about me.

Amen.

-- Amos 5:8; Psalm 139

Second Lesson Matthew 5:13-16 (p. 880)

Response

Leader: This is the word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon Rev. Christopher A. Henry

“Time to Shine”

“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.”

(Matthew 5:14)

We Give Thanks to God

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer Rev. Karen L. Lang

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.

Time to Shine Deacon Eric & Crystal Miller (9:30)

Elder Steve Lambert (11:00)

Offertory This Little Light of Mine arr. Allan Robert Petker

Handbell Ensemble

* Prayer of Thanksgiving

We Go Forth to Serve

* Closing Hymn #425 Lord of Light, Your Name Outshining ABBOT’S LEIGH

* Charge and Benediction

* Benediction Response CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM

Lord Jesus Christ, as daylight fades,

As shine the lights of eventide,

We praise the Father with the Son.

The Spirit blest and with them one.

Amen.

* Postlude Fanfare Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens

(1823-1881)

Sara Hayden, preacher
Jasiel Hernandez, liturgist
Kat Green, children’s leader
Ann VanMeter, children’s leader
Brianna Holt, music leader
Rebecca Edie, piano

The Lord’s Prayer

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
Exodus 20:1-17

20 Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me. 4You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. 7You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. 8Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 13You shall not murder. 14You shall not commit adultery. 15You shall not steal. 16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.