ORDER OF DIVINE WORSHIP TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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1 WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Warm greetings and love in Christ are extended to all gathered in this house of worship. A double asterisk (**) indicates you may rise in body or in spirit as you are able. Large print hymnals, bulletins and hearing assist units are available from an usher. Please respectfully allow all to worship by keeping all cell phones/pagers silent or off. Please record your name and address on the Ministry of Friendship (red folder at the end of the row). Pass it to the end of the row and back to see with whom you worship. Children are always welcome in worship services. If parents prefer, a nursery for infants and toddlers is available in the North Wing. Children 3 years through 3rd grade are invited to the Westminster Room (1st floor south area of main building) for Children and Worship following Time with Children in the 11:00 a.m. service. Today s story is Moses and the Burning Bush. A Children s Bible is located on the wooden tree at the rear of Sanctuary. Use it to engage your children in scripture. You will find this Sunday s reading on page 217, Proper 25. Please return the Bible to the tree after worship. Children's Worship bags are located on the wooden tree for children through 5th grade. Take the bulletin and activity sheets home, but please return the bag with all other materials to the tree after worship. The Peace Candle on the Communion Table is a reminder to pray for world peace. Visitors are invited to share a candle with their home church by picking one up at the Information Center in the Narthex. ORDER OF DIVINE WORSHIP TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST October 23, :30 & 11:00 a.m. - Gathering Around the Word - ORGAN PRELUDE... Psalm of Gratitude - L. H. Groom GATHERING OF THE COMMUNITY Sharing Christ s Peace Greet one another: "The peace of Christ be with you. Response to one another: And also with you. ORGAN MEDITATION... Fanfare on Nun danket alle Gott - R. te Velde **CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Community: Leader: Community: Happy are those who live in God s house; Delighted are those who sing God s praises! The Lord provides the strength that we need. The glory of God will be made known in this place! **HYMN OF PRAISE Now Thank We All Our God **PRAYER OF ADORATION (11:00 followed by THE LORD S PRAYER)

2 PRAYER OF CONFESSION Righteous God, we confess that we are arrogant when we are called to be meek. Too often, we praise ourselves instead of praying for forgiveness. Too often, we point fingers at others instead of admitting our own wrongdoings. Forgive us, we pray. Teach us to be humble, Lord Jesus, that we may exalt your Holy Name by following you more faithfully. (time for silent confession) KYRIE verse 1 ASSURANCE OF PARDON Create in me a clean heart, O God; create in me a clean heart, O God; create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. **RESPONSE TO FORGIVENESS , verse 1 Let the whole creation cry, Glory to our God on high. Heaven and earth, awake and sing, Praise to our almighty King. Praise God, angel hosts above, ever bright and fair in love; sun and moon, uplift your voice; night and stars, in God rejoice! - Proclaiming and Sharing the Word - PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION PROPHETIC LESSON... Joel 2:23-32 (OT, pg. 799) TIME WITH CHILDREN Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. Community: Thanks be to God. Nursery is located in the north wing. Children and Worship, for children 3-yrs. old-3rd grade, meets after Time with Children in the Westminster Room (south of Sanctuary). Today s story is Moses and the Burning Bush. (11:00) ANTHEM... The Heart s Offering - A. Baldwin GOSPEL LESSON... Luke 18:9-14 (NT, pg. 76) Leader: This is the Word of the Lord. Community: Thanks be to God. SERMON... Have Mercy on Me! - Responding to the Word - AFFIRMATION OF STEWARDSHIP... Belinda Bruner (8:30)... Tammy Wasson (11:00)

3 (11:00) **HYMN OF PRAYER Give Thanks PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Leader: God of Grace, Community: Hear our prayer. INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP PRESENTING OF OUR LIVES AND OFFERINGS OFFERTORY (8:30) OFFERTORY HYMN Give Thanks (11:00) OFFERTORY... The Gift of Love - arr. H. Hopson **DOXOLOGY verse 3 Father, whose bounty all creation shows; Christ, by whose willing sacrifice we live; Spirit, from whom all life in fullness flows; To you with grateful hearts ourselves we give. **PRAYER OF DEDICATION Leader: We dedicate our gifts to you, O God. Community: May these gifts become tangible reminders of your blessings. Leader: We dedicate our pledges to you, O God. Community: May we use them to be a blessing as a community of faith. Leader: We dedicate our lives to you, O God. Community: May we be a blessing to others as we live out your call. Leader: We pray that we will be good stewards of all that you have given to us. Community: We pray this in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. (8:30) - Sealing of the Word - + THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD S SUPPER + INVITATION TO THE LORD S TABLE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER Leader: The Lord be with you. Community: And also with you. Leader: Life up your hearts. Community: We lift them up to the Lord. Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. Community: It is right to offer our thanks and praise. Leader: God of all splendor and mercy.and with the whole creation singing. Community: Holy, holy, holy Lord! God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is the One who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!

4 Leader: Blessed is Jesus Christ draw close to you, and to the mystery of faith: Community: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again. Leader: Pour out your Spirit...Hear us as we pray together: All: Our Father PARTAKING OF THE ELEMENTS Music during distribution: The Gift of Love - arr. H. Hopson PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - Bearing and Following the Word into the World - **HYMN OF GRATITUDE Let All Things Now Living **CHARGE AND BLESSING **POSTLUDE Now Thank We All Our God, BWV 79 - J.S. Bach/arr. W. Held - ASSISTING IN WORSHIP TODAY - Leading Worship Everett Miller, Associate Pastor Liturgist: (8:30) Katharine Nipp (11:00) Leah Hrachovec, Pastor Pianist/Dir of Music: Rebecca te Velde Cont. Music Coord.: Steve Foust Vocalists: Steve Foust, Breanna Bunney, Ashton Patton Musicians: Ashton Patton and Matt Durkee Ushers: (8:30) K & Sandy Cohlmia, Debbie Traugott, Doug Swanson (11:00) Beverly & Larry Perkins, Beverly Gumm, Kathy Thomas Greeters: (8:30) Jerry & Mary Burson, Gwen Piersall (11:00) Nancy Franklin, Claudia Roach Counters: Tim Krehbiel, Dick Shawley Bread providers: Beverly Perkins Children & Worship: Brenda Johnson leader, Beverly Gumm, greeter, Erin & Brian Petrotta, helpers Fair Trade Store: Phyllis Taylor, Mary Woods An All-Congregation Meeting is called for TODAY, Sunday October 23 in the Sanctuary directly following the 11 am worship service for the purpose of electing church officers (nominated officer slate is on the insert).

5 - ANNOUNCEMENTS - OUR WORSHIP IS BROADCAST ON KSPI AM (780) AT 11:00 A.M. EACH SUNDAY. DON T FORGET TO SHOP THE FAIR TRADE STORE most Sunday mornings. CALL FOR SPIRIT LINK TEACHERS: The Children s Ministry Committee is looking for a volunteer for the pre-k/kindergarten Spirit Link class this fall. If interested, please contact Melody Reavis (melody.reavis@gmail.com) or Eric Savage (E_Savage@oncueexpress.com). Today: TWO WORSHIP SERVICES: 8:30 and 11:00 am. REJOICE! meets at 9:15 am in the Worship Center. CHURCH SCHOOL classes for all ages at 9:45 am. ALL-CONGREGATIONAL MEETING in the Sanctuary directly following the 11 am worship service for the purpose of electing church officers (see insert). UKIRK meets at 5 pm in the Hospitality Area. PYG meets at 5 pm in the Youth Suite. This Week: MISSION COMMITTEE meets Tuesday at 5:30 pm in the Hospitality Area. TRUSTEES meet on Tuesday at 7:00 pm in the Youth Suite. PW CIRCLE meets Wednesday at 9:15 am in the Small Dining Room. CHOIR REHEARSAL is Wednesday at 7:30 pm in the Westminster Room. THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY 10:00 am in the Hospitality Area. SATURDAY BRUNCH MINISTRY: from 11:00 am to noon each Saturday a free meal is served to the community in Fellowship Hall. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Nancy Franklin at (405) Next Sunday, October 30 SCRIPTURE READINGS Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4; Psalm 119: ; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12; Luke 19:1-10 TWO WORSHIP SERVICES: 8:30 and 11:00 am. REJOICE! meets at 9:15 am in the Worship Center. CHURCH SCHOOL classes for all ages at 9:45 a.m. PYG HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY AND MEAL will be from 5-6:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room. UKIRK does not meet this week. PFLAG WORKSHOP at 5:00 pm in Fellowship Hall. Reservations required. Looking ahead: ALL SAINTS DAY SERVICE with communion will be Tuesday November 1 at 6 pm in the Worship Center. ALL SAINTS SUNDAY is November 6 with communion at both worship services. PYG FUN DAY Friday Night Live - details TBA. The Communion Table flowers are given to the glory of God by Sandy and Kyle Cohlmia in celebration of K. s 70th birthday. The Narthex Table flowers are given to the glory of God by Jean Aresco in loving memory of Sherry.

6 - MUSIC NOTES BY REBECCA TE VELDE - Prelude: This is one of my father s yet-unpublished pieces, in a free style but with a recurring theme. The composer writes: A song of gratefulness to our Lord for his mercies. A psalm, in that the song s verses are sung with interjected antiphons and narrations. Lester H. Groom ( ), my father and undergraduate organ teacher, taught at Seattle Pacific University and was for many years the organist of First Presbyterian Church in Seattle. Special Music: We thank Breanna Bunney and Ashton Patton for sharing their special musical offering at both services today! 11:00 Anthem: British composer and organist Antony Baldwin (b. 1957) is currently Director of Music at the American Church in London. In this reflective anthem, he juxtaposes major and modal harmonies, resulting in a lush musical language that sounds ancient and fresh at the same time. Postlude: Based on our opening hymn, this piece is a movement from Bach s Cantata No. 79, transcribed and arranged for solo organ by Wilbur Held. - THIS WEEK AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - TODAY 8:30 am Worship and Communion... SAN 9:15 am Rejoice!... WC 9:45 am Sunday School Classes for all ages. 11:00 am Worship... SAN 12:00 pm All-Congregation Meeting... SAN 5:00 pm PYG... YS 5:00 pm UKirk... HA MONDAY 8:45 am Morning Prayers... WC 9:30 pm CWU Board... FH TUESDAY 8:45 am Morning Prayers... WC 5:30 pm Mission Committee... HA 7:00 pm Trustees... YS WEDNESDAY 8:30 am Midweek Communion... WC 9:15 am PW Circle... SDR 7:30 pm Choir Rehearsal... WR THURSDAY 8:45 am Morning Prayers... WC 10:00 am Bible Study... HA FRIDAY SATURDAY 9:00 am 7th Day Adventist... WC 11:00 am Saturday Brunch Ministry... FH SUNDAY (OCTOBER 30)... 8:30 am Worship and Communion... SAN 9:15 am Rejoice!... WC 9:45 am Sunday School Classes for all ages. 11:00 am Worship... SAN 5:00 pm PYG Halloween Party... MPR 5:00 pm PFLAG Workshop... FH **Calendar reflects only church events and does not include all non-church related events and meetings. Please schedule ALL events through the Church Office. Main Building: BR = Blue Room (Youth Suite) LIB = Library HA = Hospitality Area HAK = Hospitality Area Kitchen MM = Modern Magi MPR = Multi Purpose Room NA = Narthex OR = Orange Room (Youth Suite) Location Key: PL= Parking Lot PRE = Preschool SAN = Sanctuary VES = Vestibule WC = Worship Center WR = Westminster Room YS = Youth Suite Fellowship Hall: FH = Fellowship Hall NFH = NORTH Fellowship Hall SFH = SOUTH Fellowship Hall KIT = Kitchen SDR = Small Dining Room FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 524 S. DUNCAN STREET STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA

7 Presbyterian Youth Group Halloween Costume Party and Mystery Meal Calling all middle and high-schoolers! Come join PYG for a spooky costume party on Sunday October 30, from 5-6:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room. Wear your costume and come for games and Halloween eats. All Saints Day Worship Services Next month we will have two worship opportunities to celebrate All Saints Day. On Tuesday November 1, the actual date of All Saints Day, an evening service will be held in the Worship Center at 6 pm. It will last approximately minutes and consist mostly of prayer, song, reflection, and communion by intinction. It will be somewhat similar to the Lenten Taize services we offered earlier this year. On Sunday November 6 we will celebrate All Saints Day in the more traditional fashion, with communion being served at both the 8:30 and 11am services. There will be a candle-lighting opportunity in the columbarium area as there has been in the past.

8 Congregational Meeting Sunday, October 23 following the 11:00 am service in the Sanctuary Elder: Kent Olson Phyllis Taylor Sydney Reding David Silver Marilyn Waters-Seig Becky Walker Rick Dearinger Arletta Webster Katharine Nipp (one year term as youth) Deacon: Claudia Roach Betsy Showalter James Beckstrom K. Cohlmia Mary Emmett Lisa McGaw Jason White Jean Aresco Quinn Leffingwell (one year term as youth) Trustee: Jim Morwood Dennis Ferrell 2017 Nominating Committee: (5 to be elected) Gary Franklin Tim Schlais Beverly Perkins Keith Good Billy McCollom Ken McKinley Margy Knox Leslie Baldwin Connie Stiegler Kristin Jones

9 Nick Amidon Charley Anaya Sr Daniel Anaya Shea Arnett Lily Beckstrom Jim Bellatti Jana Benningfield Margaret Ann Berry Allison Bills-Eustis Carol Bischoff Dawn Blair Bill Brewer Ted Burgoon Vivian Burgoon Tracy Carter Wayne Cartwright Billie Chambers Bennet Charles Marilyn Choike Betty Christian Allison Christy Abby Clapp Darlene Collyar Andee and Kannon Cooper Don Cooper Dona Cooper Dick Croom Heather Davidson Anita Davis Matthew Durham Abe Finfrock Ed Gallegos P C Marty Gallup Glenda Garrigus Dorothy Gibbons Charles Golden Lauren Glynn Shirley Goodbary Sam Hamilton Adelia Hanson Kendall Harvey Jan Henderson Mary Ann Henley Nelda Hershberger Bob Hert Jerry Hill Gene Holbrook Carolynne Hopkins Joyce Hufford Phyllis Irwin Sandy Ives Randy Jobe Carl Jones Ted Joy Choi Yung-ju Nelma Karnes Vickie Karns Mary Jane Kirchenbauer Tom Koehn Dottie Kraemer Karen Krehbiel Tom Kunz Phyllis Leaghty Hank Lett Wendy Long Charlene Longdon Donna Lowry Tom Lutjens David Marstellar Alyssa Matal Bernie McNickle Philip Meadows Tresa Miller Kendra Moreland Karen Mott Peggy Murphy Agnes Nichols Charlotte Nowakowski Hunter Ogden Robin Osborn Christine Parson Ella Parsons Charlene Pillay Jean Potts Aaron Ray Sally Ray Walker Reese Emory Richard Bradley Schutt Addi Shamburg Karen Shippey Brylee Shullanberg Laura Simmons Nancy Simpson Carrie & Robert Smith Family David Smith Ginny Smith Grace Smith Harvey Smith Raylene Smith Titus Smith Linda Stangl Rebekah Steadman Jamie Stephens Blaire Stevison Arlen Strate Jen Tapley Lorna te Velde Bryan Tiffany Upendo Kids Nettie Vick Barbara Ware Linda Wasson Arvilla West Bob West Lorraine Wilborn Nona Wilhm Doyle Williams Jim Williams Mary Williams Amy Williamson and Isabele and Cooper Thomason Jim Wise Bold means added recently Larger Church: Synod of the Northeast Plastic grocery bags piling up in your kitchen? Saturday Brunch Ministries can use those! Look for the labeled container in the Narthex

Commitment Sunday is Today, October 23rd James 1:17 states that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights.

10 Commitment Sunday is Today, October 23rd James 1:17 states that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights. We ask that you reflect on the abundance that has come to us as a church as well as that which has come to you as an individual and determine how you wish to respond. We hope that it will be with a glad heart and generosity. Please complete your financial pledges and time, and talent sheets so that you ll be ready to present them today, on Commitment Sunday. Faith on Tap Faith on Tap will meet again on Thursday, November 3 at the Cellar at Brooklyn s. We will begin to gather at 6:00 p.m., discussion begins at 6:30 p.m. and lasts until 7:30 p.m. From 7:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. we pay our tabs and head out. Childcare is provided at the church for this event. Faith on Tap is a time of discussion (not debate) about the connections and tensions between various aspects of life and our Christian faith. Feeding the Soul and the Body Sunday, October 23, 2:30 pm First Christian Church 411 West Mathews This free-will offering, benefit vocal recital for Our Daily Bread Food and Resource by Stephan Wilson and David Hughes is a collection of British and American art songs that reminisce and project experiences with love, death, sorrow, joy, and nature in cycles that describe so much of our human lives.

ORDER OF DIVINE WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

ORDER OF DIVINE WORSHIP THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Warm greetings and love in Christ are extended to all gathered in this house of worship. A double asterisk (**) indicates you may rise in body or in spirit