Thanksgiving Sunday
World Hunger Sunday
OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude
Introit
Welcome!
Call to Worship: Psalms
God owns this planet and all its riches.
THE EARTH AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE BELONG TO GOD.
O give thanks to the Lord, call on God's name
MAKE KNOWN GOD'S DEEDS AMONG THE PEOPLES!
Let us enter God's courts with thanksgiving.
LET US ENTER HIS TEMPLE WITH PRAISE!
*Hymn 559 "Come Ye Thankful People Come"
Let us be before our God in silence.
Unison Prayer: Dead Sea Scrolls
I THANK THEE, O LORD, BECAUSE THOU HAS BOUND ME IN THE BUNDLE
OF LIFE. I THANK THEE, O LORD, BECAUSE THOU HAST SAVED ME FROM THE PIT.
I THANK THEE, O LORD, BECAUSE THOU HAST GLADDENED ME WITH THY COVENANT.
I THANK THEE, O LORD, BECAUSE THOU HAST SET THINE EYE UPON ME.
Kyrie
(sung)
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of Assurance:
Psalm 103:1-5
The Summary of God's
Law
(Mark
12:29b-31)
This is the
first commandment:
HEAR O
ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD,
THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the
second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.
There
is no greater commandment
than these.
Anthem "We Gather
Together" E. Kremser
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading:
Psalm 67
*Gloria
Patri (Hymn No. 623)
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!
The Greeting of Peace
Announcements
*Hymn 560 "For the Beauty of the Earth"
Scripture Lessons:
Jewish Scriptures:
Joel 2:21-27
Epistle:
1 Timothy 2:1-7
The Celtic Allelulia!
Gospel:
Matthew 6:25-33
Thanksgiving Meditation
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
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