The Best Wienie Roast of All Time

Today’s guest speaker is Renny Domske.
 
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Gathering Around the Word
Prelude
Introit                                                                                                                  Choir                                                                             
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                   

 CALL TO WORSHIP    
Leader: We gather as a community of compassion and hope.
People: Jesus calls us to care for each other tenderly and willingly.
Leader: By this caring and sharing we will be known as followers of Jesus.
People: By our example others may be led to lives of peace.
Leader: Lord, open our hearts and minds this day to your word.
People: Teach us to serve you with all our gifts and talents. Amen.

PRAYER OF INVOCATION
HYMN:                               “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty!”                    #323
CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                                                          (UNISON)
God of Mystery, we are constantly amazed by the depth and breadth of your love. Over and over again, you turn our expectations inside out and upside down. And still we don’t understand the radical nature of your grace. We play by our own rules of justice, even when it means excluding those we are called to love and defend. In our darkest moments, we doubt if we are worthy of your trust.  God, help us remember that you give us all the tools we need; that through the solid foundation of your love, we find the strength to follow your call as true disciples of Jesus Christ. Surprise us again, O God. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
 
*Time of silent prayer.
Assurance of Pardon

*Passing the Peace
L: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 
P: And also, with you. 
    
*Response - GLORIA PATRI
Children’s Chat
Special Music                                                                                                       Choir

The Word of God
Prayer of Illumination
 
Scripture Lesson:                                                               Exodus 3:1-15      John 10:7-14

Moses and the Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”
And Moses said, “Here I am.”

5 “Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” 6 Then he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.” At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.

7 The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.”

13 Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”

14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’
“This is my name forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.

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John 10:7-14
7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
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14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--

Sermon:                  "The Best Wienie Roast of All Time"
Responding to the Word
HYMN:                       “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”                                    #608
Apostles Creed
Minute for Mission
Presentation of our Tithes and Offering

Offertory                                                     
Doxology 

Prayer of Dedication:                                                                                    
Concerns and Celebrations

BIRTHDAYS      John Rugg, Mary Jane Patterson, Roma Gross, Rick Ward, Nancy Molinaro, Lu Jones, Jacob Cummings, Robert Paxton

ANNIVERSARIES      Mary and Dan Hathaway; Frank and Cindy Riggle; Tom and Karen Blackhurst

JOYS AND CONCERNS Last Monday afternoon Ed Horne was admitted to Magee Hospital
with swollen legs. He is going through many tests which proved no heart failure and they are
watching his kidneys.

SYMPATHY The Family of Kathy Waugaman
The Family of Beverly Hackney
The Family of Lisa Phillips

Continued prayers for Susan Schively, Melissa Pedigo, Aaron Blake, Chuck Dicks, Karen
Eisiminger, Ed Horne, June and Keith McGill, Glenn Miles, Roger Riggs, Doug Ward, Tim
Knabenshue, Adam Moore, Frank Huffman, Nellie and Frank Baker, Michael Durila, Jr., Michael
Durila Sr., Justin Hagon, Cory Patrick, Tom Westfall, Mary Ann Durila, Donald Potts, Suzy
Smith, Elaine Belcascro, Lisa Marshall, Sandy Stone, Diane Bednarski.

Prayers of the People                                                                                          
The Lord’s Prayer

HYMN:                                   “Just a Closer Walk with Thee”                         #591
Choral Benediction                                                                                              Choir
POSTLUDE                        ​

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PLEASE NOTE:  Considering that the level of Covid infection has substantially increased in Washington County, North Buffalo has decided to reinstate social distancing during worship, although masks will continue to be optional for the present time.

We welcome all who have come to join us in the worship of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Please come again.  If you are visiting with us today, please let us know that we might welcome you into our church family. 

REMEMBER OUR FOOD COLLECTION:  And Jesus said, “You give them something to eat.”  Mark 6:37. Please remember our food pantry is available to anyone in need.  Replenish with your hands and listen for the need with your ears.    

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• The Women’s Missionary Group will meet on Tuesday, October 5th at 9:30 am, downstairs in the social hall.  We have not met since the church closed down in March of 2020 due to COVID.  We are hoping some new faces would like to join us.  There may have been some changes in your life that would enable you to come enjoy the fellowship and help our mission group to grow active once again.  Hoping to see you there.   
• Carol and Ed Horne are collecting bottle tabs once again this year and will take them to the Ronald McDonald House at Children’s Hospital right before Christmas.  She would like you to be sure they are the nonmagnetic tabs.   ​