The Power Ball Or Jesus

Our guest speaker this morning is Rev. Renny Domske.

Prelude                     Music Director               Robert Senay
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 
 CALL TO WORSHIP:               from Psalm 16
Keep me safe, O God, for in You I take refuge.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me, even at night.
      I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord:
      apart from You I have no good thing.”
The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods.
I will not even take up their names on my lips.
      Lord, You have assigned me my portion and my cup;
      You have made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
      Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices.
      You have made known to me the path of life.
 
INVOCATION:                                                            Dr. Domske​

* Hymn    “Rock of Ages                                        #438
 
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION:                                  (UNISON)
Lord of life, we are small.  Yet we act as if we are in control.
We don’t like it when things don’t go our way.  We blame others
And we blame You.  Forgive our foolish pride and arrogance.
May we let Your love wash us clean and show us a new way to live, reconciled to others and to You---everyday and in every way. Help us to work to be more like Jesus each day.
We are confident that You love us even more than we love
ourselves.
 
 
 
*Assurance of Pardon
*Time of silent prayer
*Response – Gloria Patri  (Page 581)
*Passing the peace
 
L: The peace pf the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
P: And also, with you.
 
Children’s Chat
 
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture reading:  Luke 15: 1 – 7
                                 II Corinthians 2: 12 - 17     

Luke 15:1-7
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

2 Corinthians 2:12-17
Ministers of the New Covenant
12 Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, 13 I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
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14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. 15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? 17 Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.

Sermon:  “The Power Ball Or Jesus”
 
*Hymn  “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us”        #187
*Apostles Creed  (copy next to prayer list)
 
Presentation of our tithes and offering
Offertory                                                         Bob Senay  
*Doxology  (page 606)
*Prayer of dedication
Concerns and Celebrations
Prayers of the People
THE Lord’s Prayer
 
*HYMN   “Softly and Tenderly”                          #418
*Benediction
*Postlude

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BIRTHDAYS: Ruby Hathaway, Bill Reese Jr., Merranda Young
ANNIVERSARIES:  Gary & Kathy Gibson

SYMPATHY
The Family of Andrew “Tim” Marlburger (Debbie Durila’s Grandson)
The Family of Shirley Thomas (Jean Kuhn’s Daughter in law’s Mother)
The Family of Bob Kelso (Cheryl Bell’s Dad’s brother)
The Family of Mary Carl (Norma Jean Kelso’s Sister-in-Law)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Remember our Food Collection. And Jesus said, “You give them something to eat.” Mark 6: 37. Please let Betty Fisher know if you are aware of anyone within the community that may be in need at this time.

North Buffalo Church will hold a joint Thanksgiving Eve Worship service on Wednesday, November 23, at 7 PM. Rev. Mason will lead the service for our church and Upper Buffalo Church.

Our church will also hold a Hanging of the Greens gathering from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, November 26. Everyone is invited to come and decorate the sanctuary as the Advent season begins.

Saying from Keith McGill’s List; He spent 20 years traveling with the Gas company. When he saw a church sign that had a saying on it, he would write it down. He has collected 8 pages of sayings.
1. Instead of putting others in their place – put yourself in their place.
2. If you want to feel rich, count all the things you have that money can’t buy.

CONTINUING PRAYER LIST
Melissa Pedigo, Aaron Blake, Chuck Dicks, Tim Knabenshue, Frank Huffman, Tom Westfall, Elaine Belcascro, Sandy Stone, Matt Petrola, Nancy Hepinger, Betsy Martin, Ed Horne, Sarah Wilson, Bill Poland, Carl Weber, Jimmy Svetz, Betty Fisher, Haley Diedier, Fred Wilkinson, Ron and Jean Westfall, Evelyn Wood, Brandon Bell, Ricci Amos, Milton Rice, Larry Fox, Nancy Diaz, Gianna Perry, Marlene McFeely, Susie Smith, Tiffany Cipoletti, Cris Miller, Diane Bednarski, Robert Paxton, John & Donna West, Jim McCoy, Bill Berdine, Aleta Whirlow, Cheryl Bell, Frank Baker, Diane Anderson, Colleen Kuhn, Jim Durila, James O’Hara, Barb and John O’Hara , Debbie Durila