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Today’s guest speaker is Rev. Liddy Barlow. All joys and concerns that we know, as well as our continuing prayer list is within the Concerns and Celebrations. Announcements can be found at the bottom of this service. Scripture Lesson
Psalm 19:7-14 Mark 9:38-50
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Good morning! We're so glad you've decided to join us today! We are meeting in person again! While we meet, we share our joys and concerns from the past week with each other. If you have any prayer requests you would like to share, you can add them in the comments. Our Sunday School lessons for this quarter are all about celebrating God. Our prayer today is a prayer of praise thanksgiving. When you are ready, use the prayer below to get started. Father, I thank You today for the gift of praise. Thank you for revealing Yourself to me through Your Word, by Your Spirit, and in Your creation, that I might stand in awe of You. You alone are worthy of praise and glory and honor, for You have created all things, that in all things You might be preeminent. For every request that I offer, every supplication that I raise, and every intercession I make, let me never neglect to render the praise You are due. In the name of my Savior, Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen. This week's lesson is on Acts 2:32-33, 37-47.
Today’s guest speaker is Kristen Emrick. All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. All joys and concerns that we know, as well as our continuing prayer list is within the Joys and Concerns. Announcements can be found at the bottom of this service. Gathering Around the Word
Prelude Introit Choir ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: When the world around us seems to be shaking, People: God’s love is our foothold, which shall not be moved. Leader: When the life within us is dry and parched, People: God’s word is our wellspring, our fount of living water. Leader: Let us worship the One who offers us wisdom People: and teaches us how to serve. Good morning! We're so glad you're joining us today! When we meet in person, we take time to share our joys and concerns together. Take some time to consider your last week. What good or worrying things do you have to pray for? If you would like, you can share them in the comments of this post. When you're ready, use this prayer, which is really a hymn, to get started. Dear Lord and Father of humankind, Forgive our foolish ways; Reclothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives Thy service find, In deeper reverence, praise. Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. Breathe through the heats of our desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire; Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire, O still, small voice of calm. JOINT WORSHIP SERVICE NORTH AND UPPER BUFFALO PRESBYT. CHURCHES AT CROSS CREEK LAKE PARK, WEST MIDDLETOWN Welcome and Thanks to Our Speakers Rev. Dave Mason & Don Herschell AMY HICKMAN, Organist & Choir Director All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. All joys and concerns that we know, as well as our continuing prayer list is within the Joys and Concerns. Announcements can be found at the bottom of this service. Gathering Around the Word Prelude
ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Whatever kind of a week you've had, Jesus went through everything you're going through and more. People: We put on the mind of Christ, which enables us to erect crosses in his name. Leader: Whatever suffering we've endured this week, the cross of Christ weans us from always expecting to get our own way. People: We put on the mind of Christ, which enables us to do his will. Good morning! We're so happy you're joining us today! From Lois: I would like to wish everyone a Happy Grandparents Day. I am blessed to be a grandparent. It is also a responsibility to help raise your grandchildren in a Christian environment. It does take a village to raise a child. When we meet together in person, we share our joys and concerns with each other before we focus on our Sunday school lesson. Think about your needs and concerns right now, and if you like, you can share them in the comments. When you are ready, use this morning prayer. Oh God, enlighten my mind with truth; Inflame my heart with love; inspire my will with courage enrich my life with service. Pardon what I have been; Sanctify what I am; order what I shall be and thine shall be the glory and mind the eternal salvation through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen. This week's lesson is on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 14-19.
Today’s guest speaker is Don Herschell. All of the information normally found in our bulletin is below the video. Simply click on "Read More" to load the rest of the bulletin. You can use this to follow the service, as well as to pray our unison prayers. All joys and concerns that we know, as well as our continuing prayer list is within the Joys and Concerns. Announcements can be found at the bottom of this service. Gathering Around the Word
Prelude ANNOUNCEMENTS CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Those who trust in God are like the mountains, immovable and abiding. People: God shelters the people: today and for eternity. Leader: Rich or poor, God creates us to pursue justice and to care for one another. People: Be a blessing, O God, to those who are good and upright in heart. Leader: God calls us to be rich in faith, to honor our heritage as heirs of the Kingdom. People: We are blessed when we share our blessings, that peace may be upon the people. Good morning! We're so glad you've joined us today. When we meet together in person, we share our joys and concerns with each other before we focus on our Sunday school lesson. Think about your needs and concerns right now, and if you like, you can share them in the comments. Today’s lesson is from the 15th chapter of the book of Exodus. It is the song of Moses and his sister Miriam, which the Israelites sang after God miraculously delivered them from the Egyptian army at the Red Sea. It serves as an example to us of how to offer praise to God for God’s intervention in our lives and in the life of our church. Our Sunday school and church is now open so that we can join to worship God, to learn about God’s word and to encourage each other in person. We are grateful to be back together, but we continue to pray for those who are not yet able to participate in person or who do not yet feel comfortable participating in person. We are glad that those who cannot be with us physically are able to learn and worship with us here online. The following prayer was written by the Rev. Thom Shuman and posted on his website, Lectionary Liturgies. More of his prayers and liturgies can be found at Rev. Shuman’s site, Lectionary Liturgies. Let’s pray together. When we look over our shoulders at fear shadowing us today, you go before us into tomorrow, making a path through the sea of yesterday's doubts. When our legs tremble from the effort of standing up for what you hope for all creation, you are at our side, offering your heart's strength. Cloud of Grace, we offer our love to you. When we turn our hearts into deserts of stony bitterness, you transform them into oases of joy. When we come up with all sorts of rules for those who come to us seeking to find you, you tear up the list, stretching wide your arms in welcoming grace. Servant of all, we offer our lives to you. When we would clasp old worries to our hearts, you open our eyes to that hope which paves the path ahead of us. When we spend each day consumed with doubts and fears, you remind us that this day is the time to honor God, by serving God's children. Mist of Mercy, we offer our hearts to you. God in Community, Holy in One, as you are all to us, so we would offer all we are to you. Amen We're now in September, and starting a new quarter called Celebrating God. This week's lesson is on Exodus 15:11-21.
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