World Communion Sunday, October 4, 2020

Welcome to World Communion Sunday! We would normally hold a much larger celebration with much more interaction, but it was decided that it would be wasteful to collect breads baked in the many ways of the world and then be unable to hold the usual small feast afterward. Moreover, the transmission risk posed by redistributing the bread was also one we did not wish to confront. Instead, the congregation brought the flags of their ancestry to celebrate the many points of origin we have on God's whole earth.

Also, I accidentally uploaded the wrong file last week. Thanks to Marcia, who brought the error to my attention.

Prelude - Thou Art Worthy (arr. Fred Bock) - piano by Micah Wright

Welcome & News of the Church

Call to Worship

Hymn of Praise - (#546) "We Are God's People"

Confession of Our Need for Grace

Assurance of the Grace of God

2020-10-04 Sermon - "God Weeps" (John 11:20–37) by Rev. Jason Griffice

Call for the Tithes and Offerings

Offertory - "Forever Reign"

Invitation to the Table of Communion

Hymn of Preparation - "Create in Me a Clean Heart"

Serving the Sacrament of Communion

Benediction

Singing the Lord's Prayer

Musical Outro

We Are God's People

We are God's people, the chosen of the Lord, 

Born of His Spirit, established by His Word; 

Our cornerstone is Christ alone, 

And strong in Him we stand: 

O let us live transparently, 

And walk heart to heart and hand in hand. 

We are God's loved ones, the Bride of Christ our Lord, 

For we have known it, the love of God our poured; 

Now let us learn how to return 

The gift of love once given: 

O let us share each joy and care, 

And live with a zeal that pleases Heaven. 

We are the Body of which the Lord is Head, 

Called to obey Him, now risen from the dead; 

He wills us be a family 

Diverse yet truly one: 

O let us give our gifts to God, 

And so shall His work on earth be done. 

We are a Temple, the Spirit's dwelling place, 

Formed in great weakness, a cup to hold God's grace; 

We die alone, for on its own 

Each ember loses fire: 

Yet joined in one the flame burns on 

To give warmth and light, and to inspire. 

Amen

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