4 Nov. 2007 Bulletin

All Saints Sunday * Celebration of the Eucharist

OUR APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude

Introit “Lord Speak to Me”

Welcome and Call to Worship: Rev 7: 2-14, adapted
I, John saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They cried out:
SALVATION COMES FROM OUR GOD, WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE, AND FROM THE LAMB!
All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God and exclaimed:
AMEN! BLESSING AND GLORY, WISDOM AND THANKSGIVING, HONOR, POWER, AND MIGHT BE TO OUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER AMEN!
Then one of elders asked: “Who are these Wearing white robes and where did they come from?”
THESE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE TIME OF GREAT DISTRESS; THEY HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!

* “Hymn: “We’re Marching to Zion”

Let us be before our God in silence.

Unison Prayer: Psalm 8
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED; WHAT ARE WE HUMANS THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF US? WHO ARE WE MORTALS THAT YOU CARE FOR US? YET YOU HAVE MADE US LITTLE LOWER THAN DIVINE BEINGS AND CROWNED US WITH GLORY AND HONOR. YOU HAVE GIVEN US DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS... O LORD, OUR SOVEREIGN, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!

Kyrie (sung)
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US.
CHRIST HAVE MERCY UPON US.
LORD HAVE MERCY UPON US.

A Word of Assurance and the Summary of the Law (Mk 12:29-31)
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 “For All the Saints” R. Williams

THE WORD OF GOD
*Responsive Reading: see insert
*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 and Children’s Moment

Hymn “Be Glorified”

The First Reading: Wisdom 3:1-9
Epistle: Revelation 21:1-6a
*The Celtic Alleluia
Gospel: Luke 19:1-10
Communion Meditation

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD
The Heidelberg Catechism: What is thy only comfort in life and death? That I with body and soul, both in life and death am not my own but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ, who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins and delivered me from all the power of the devil and so preserve me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him.

The Offering *Doxology (625) and Prayer
PRAISE GOD FROM ALL WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER (CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST.

The Invitation to the Table
BB 354 “One Bread, One Body vs. 2
Communion Prayer
The Breaking of the Bread
The Great Thanksgiving & the Lord's Prayer
*Hymn “Shall We Gather at the River?” (insert)
*Benediction
Response to the Benediction
Postlude “Hymn Medley”

*Please stand if you are able.

The flowers are given to the glory of God in memory of all loved ones of the Giannini, Hanyen and Lood clan by Rose and Susan and to celebrate Susan’s birthday!

TODAY WE BEGIN COLLECTING FOOD AND FUNDS FOR ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING ---WHICH WE WILL CELEBRATE ON NOVEMBER 18^TH! REMEMBER TO SAVE AND SHARE!