PRELUDE “Music of the
Morning”
Words and music by Pepper Choplin.
GATHERING SONG
#2236 FWS “Gather Us
In”
WORDS OF GREETING
God is good — all the time.
All the time — God is good.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CALL TO WORSHIP
O great God, who are you?
O great God, where are you?
O great God, show yourself to us, in this
place, at this time.
We are listening for you.
We are here because we want to know you more fully.
Let us listen and sing and pray together.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
God of our parents and our God, whose Spirit blows life from generation
to generation, blow among us this day. Transform our
trembling hearts with courage enough to bear one another’s suffering.
Strengthen our will with passion enough to witness to your goodness. And teach
us to trust you enough that our children may also know your Spirit in them,
until that great day when all generations have finished their charge and are at
rest in you. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN #539 UMH “O Spirit
of the Living God”
*PASSING OF THE PEACE Please introduce yourself
and extend the peace of Christ to those around you.
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS
SCRIPTURE Jeremiah 32:1-15 NRSV
Luke 16:19-31 NRSV
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER
Excerpt from “Holden
Evening Prayer” by Marty Haugen.
All: “Let
my prayer rise up like incense before you,
the lifting up of my hands as an offering to you.”
Choir: O God, I call to you, come
to me now;
O hear my voice when I
cry to you.
All: “Let
my prayer rise up like incense before you,
the lifting up of my hands as an offering to you.”
Choir: Keep watch within me, God;
deep in my heart
may the light of your love be burning bright.
All: “Let
my prayer rise up like incense before you,
the lifting up of my hands as an offering to you.”
Choir: All praise to the God of
all Creator of life;
all praise be to Christ and the Spirit of love.
All: “Let
my prayer rise up like incense before you,
the lifting up of my hands as an offering to you.”
TIME OF PRAYER
JOYS AND CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
Almighty God, we have come to this place to find you; yet, you have
been beside us all the time. Our prayer, then, does not so much ask for you to
be here as it asks you to make our own hearts more aware of you. Creator, make
an intentional and worshipful focusing of our minds a more constant discipline
in our lives. Fill this moment with awe, with hope, that we may carry your love
into all of our prayers.
(Time of silent prayer.)
With our sisters and brothers we offer our prayers to you:
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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. 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 OF OFFERING
SHARING GOD’S BLESSINGS
All
loose change goes to Interfaith
*OFFERING RESPONSE
“Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow”
Words adapted from Thomas Ken; 1695 Fr.
traditional.
Music by Louis Bourgeois, in
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures high and low;
Give thanks to God in love made known:
Creator, Word and Spirit, One.
*OFFERTORY PRAYER
O God, our Giver of Life, we confess that we have a hard time putting
you first. We read the magazine ads and we hear the commercials on TV. We want
badly the clothes, the power tools, the electronics. We
like to give, God, but only when
our stomachs are full and our wants are fulfilled. Forgive us, we pray.
Teach us to respond to your love with generosity to the church and to the
world. Help us to give to you first instead of last. Amen.
ANTHEM “Kairos”
Words and music by Herb
Frombach and David Lantz III.
SCRIPTURE AND MESSAGE I Timothy 6:6-19 NRSV
“There Will Come a Time”
*CLOSING HYMN #2164 FWS “Sanctuary”
*BENEDICTION
Pursue righteousness and godliness, today and
always.
Face life with gentleness and endurance.
The love of God sends us out to share love.
The riches of God inspire our generosity.
Fight the good fight of faith.
Take hold of eternal life in the midst of every
day.
We are called to life with eternity in it.
We are blessed with God’s presence always.
Amen. And Amen.
*PARTING SONG #2165 FWS “Cry of My Heart”
An
* in the service indicates to stand as able.
Liturgical
resources drawn from: Gathered by Love by Lavon Bayler © 1994 by United Church Press; Before the Amen edited by Maren C.
Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirabassi © 2007 by Maren C. Tirabassi and Maria I. Tirabassi; and Touch Holiness edited by Ruth C. Duck
and Maren C. Tirabassi © 1990 by The Pilgrim Press
Sunday, September 26, 2010
10:45 a.m.
Worship Service
Your
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662-2679
Rev. Joyce Rich, Pastor
Volunteers for Next Sunday:
Greeters and Ushers: Janet
Scholbe and Pat Tomczyk
Reader: Marilee Gloe
September/October Dates to Remember
Sun Sept
26 9:00 AM worship @
10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell
12:00 PM Motown
@
Waukesha First UMC
Tues Sept 28
6:30 PM Trustees mtg
Thurs Sept 30 6:30 to 7:45 PM choir rehearsal
Sat Oct 2
1:00 PM Blessing of the Animals service
Sun Oct 3 World Communion Sunday
9:00
AM worship @ Bethel and St James
10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell
Tues Oct 5 1:30 PM Thanksgiving Eve planning mtg
@
6:30 PM Finance Min Team mtg
Wed Oct 6 Noon UMW Day Group mtg
5:30 PM CARE Team mtg
Holding
in Prayer
Shut Ins: Mabel Byron, Bill Spires
Joys: Celebrating birthdays: Dean Janke (Sept. 20); Jane Craig,
Janet Scholbe (Sept. 22); Avis Weeks (Sept. 27); Doug Merkel (Sept. 30); Erica
Steib (Oct. 2). Wedding anniversaries: Patty and Scott Bernau (Oct. 3); Jennie
and Felipe Sanchez (Oct. 4).
Concerns: For Kevin Mattson and Dan Mortimer for their health; for
the peace talks between
Jeremiah
32:1-15 New
Revised Standard Version
The word that came to
Jeremiah from the Lord in the
tenth year of King Zedekiah of
I
attend to him, says the Lord;
though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed?”
Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me: Hanamel son of your
uncle Shallum is going to come to you
and
say, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth, for the right of redemption by purchase
is yours.” Then my cousin Hanamel came to me in the court of the guard, in
accordance with the word of the Lord,
and said to me, “Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the
And I bought the field at Anathoth
from my cousin Hanamel, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of
silver. I signed the deed, sealed it, got witnesses, and weighed the money on
scales. Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and
conditions, and the open copy; and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch son of
Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, in the presence
of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, and in the presence of all
the Judeans who were sitting in the court of the guard. In their presence I
charged Baruch, saying, Thus says the Lord
of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this sealed deed of
purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, in order that
they may last for a long time. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and
vineyards shall again be bought in this land.
Luke
16:19-31 New
Revised Standard Version
[Jesus
said:] “There
was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously
every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even
the dogs would come and lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away
by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. In
Hades, where he was being tormented, he looked up and saw Abraham far away with
Lazarus by his side. He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus to dip the tip
of
his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in agony in these flames.’ But
Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good
things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here,
and you are in agony. Besides all this, between you and us a great chasm has
been fixed, so that those who might want to pass from here to you cannot do so,
and no one can cross from there to us.’ He said, ‘Then, father, I beg you to
send him to my father’s house – for I have five brothers – that he may warn
them, so that they will not also come into this place of torment.’ Abraham
replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’ He
said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will
repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
I
Timothy 6:6-19 New Revised Standard Version
Of
course, there is great gain in godliness combined
with
contentment; for we brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing
out of it; but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. But
those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many
senseless and harm-ful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eager-ness
to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with
many pains.
But
as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, endurance, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of
the eternal life,
to
which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the
presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God, who gives life to all
things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made
the good confession,
I
charge you to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the
manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ, which he will bring about at the right
time – he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of
lords. It is he alone
who
has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen
or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
As
for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or
to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but rather on God who richly
provides us with every-thing for our enjoyment. They are to do good, to be rich
in good works, generous, and ready to share, thus storing up for them-selves
the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of
the life that really is life.
Thanks
for Helping at the “Italian Night” Dinner!
Thanks
for putting your time and talents to use in making the Italian Night dinner a
fun event last night! Your participation made a real difference! And many
thanks to the United Methodist Women for coordinating this church fundraiser!
Sign
Up for the CROP Walk(s)!
You can walk, or you
can sponsor a walker, but you can’t ignore the fact that hunger is a real fact
of life for many people.
25% of the money raised
in a CROP Walk fights hunger locally, the rest is used by Church World Service
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