Up A Tree

Our guest speaker this week is Nellie Baker, CRE.

​Gathering Around the Word
 
Prelude            Music Director            Robert Senay
Announcements
 
CALL TO WORSHIP:
L: Loving God, grant us a spirit of wisdom and revelation
    as we come to know You.
P: Enlighten the eyes of our hearts.
L: May we know what is the hope to which we are called,
P: May we enjoy with all the saints, the glorious inheritance
     You have promised us in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
 
Prayer of Invocation:                               Nellie Baker CRE
All around us, we see trouble and wrongdoing. Our world is
consumed by violence and destruction.  Even in Your church,
O God are strife and contention.   The iniquity of this generation
hangs heavy upon us.  We cannot worship You apart from
turmoil that lies so close at hand.  Listen to us, God of all people.
Hear our longing for a new day in which Your reign of love is
established among us.  Amen.

*Hymn:  “Jesus Calls Us”                                     720
 
Prayer of Confession:
Gracious God, we confess we often supplant Your will with our
own, substitute our paltry dreams for ourselves for the abundant
visions You have for us. We hurt our neighbor; we neglect Your
good creation and we are powerless to change ourselves into the persons You created us to be.  Please heal our brokenness, forgive
 our sins, and restore Your image in us: that we might lead
amended lives, becoming agents of Your will in this world, and
in the world to come.  Amen.
 
  Assurance of Pardon
  *Response - Gloria Patri
  * Passing the peace
 
  L: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you
  P: And also, with you.
 
  Children’s Chat
 
                     The Word of God
 
  Prayer for Illumination
  Scripture reading:       Luke 19: 1-10

Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.

7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”

​9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Sermon:        “Up A Tree”
 
  *Hymn:     “Amazing Grace”                                          649
  *Apostles Creed  ( next to Prayer list)
 
  Presentation of our tithes and offering
  Offertory
  *Doxology
  Prayer pf dedication
  Concerns and Celebrations
  Prayers of the people                                               Nellie Baker CRE
  The Lord’s Prayer
 
  *Hymn:      “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”               611
  *Benediction
  *Postlude                                                             Robert Senay

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​BIRTHDAYS:     Dawn Miles, Brianna Wilson, Sue Morris, Jean Isenberg, Ina Henderson, Austin Fisher, Dorothy Caffrey, Shayla Miller
                                                 
ANNIVERSARIES:   Scooter & Wendy Leggett
 
SYMPATHY:  The Family of George Hildebrand  
                       The Family of Betty Anderson
                       The Family of Fred Engle
                       The Family of Harry Burnside
                             (Winnie Knox’s brother)
                      The Family of Debbie Moriarty
                      The Family of Aldine Whyte
                           (Grandmother of Tiffany Cipoletti)
 
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 26th. 
Everyone is invited to come and decorate the sanctuary as the Advent season begins.
 
Thank Offering Sunday is next Sunday, November 6th, the speaker will be Nancy Hillberry, Co-Moderator of Presbyterian Women in Washington Presbytery.  Nancy will share the history of Presbyterian Women’s Mission work in the Presbyterian Church.  Members of our Women’s Missionary Group will participate in the service.
 
More sayings from Keith McGill’s list of sayings.
 “Be an organ donor, give your heart to God.”
 “After all is said and done – more is said than done.”

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, Mary Tarnic, Ricci Amos, Milton Rice, Larry Fox, Nancy Diaz, Gianna Perry, Marlene McFeely, Susie Smith, Tiffany Cipoletti , Cris Miller, Diane Bednarski, John & Donna West, Robert Paxton, Jim McCoy, Bill Berdine, Aleta Whirlow, Cheryl Bell, Frank Baker, Diane Anderson, Colleen Kuhn