Bummer seat Bulletin: This seat is NOT reserved. Go ahead sit here! You may have a partially blocked seat, so use this bulletin if you can t see the screen. You re welcome. Go (W)Holy October 29, 2017 21st Sunday after Pentecost www.riverofhopehutchinson.org Worship on Sundays at 10:30
Music to Prepare Us for Worship Gathering Gathering Songs Holy Is The Lord & You Are Holy 2
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Welcome, Worship Orientation 101, Connection Cards Children + Youth Help Introduce the Day No Longer Strangers Prayer Creator God, We are always looking for you, for your love and presence. Open our eyes to see you, already there, in one another; friends and strangers alike. Amen. Meet Someone New We practice being Christians by extending our hand in friendship to people we may not know very well or at all. If we can t practice it here in worship, where else can we do it? Go ahead, make the first move. Hi, my name is. You re new to me. OR Can I introduce myself to you? are good ways to start. We simply cannot be afraid of one another. Reprise You Are Holy Confession Blessed be the holy Trinity, + one God, who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures forever. Amen God of mercy and never ending grace, come to us and help us. Turn us from sin. Turn us toward you. Stir up the power of your Holy Spirit so that we might be able to say out loud what it is we ve done and receive your forgiveness right here, right now. Let us confess that God is God and we are not. Silence is kept for reflection. Generous, Re-creating God, There is nothing we can hide from you the good, the bad. All of it. You know who we have loved and who we have refused to love. You know how we ve sectioned off our hearts and our lives. You know what we ve done. You know what we ve let die on the vine. We are sorry. We ask you to forgive us, to make us new, to have more power in our lives than the sin we let define us. Hear this Good News: You are not your mistakes. You are a beloved Child of God, known by God as precious and lovely and forgiven. Rejoice! By grace you have been saved. Alleluia! Thank you, God! 5
Greeting The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the community of the Holy Spirit is with you all And also with you. KYRIE ELEISON (Lord, Have Mercy) 6
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Prayer of the Day Let us pray, A brief silence is kept before the prayer. Holy Lord, The splendor of Solomon s temple cannot compare to the majesty of your heart. Show your heart in this place, that we might worship you with joy and gratitude. Amen. The Story READER: Today, our story and God s story is found in the book of 1 Kings 5:1-5; 8:1-13. 12
Pronunciation Guide: Hiram: HY-ram Tyre: TAI-er Ethanim: EHTH-uh-nihm Levites: LEE-vaits Horeb: HAWR-ehb NARRATOR: Now King Hiram of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father; for Hiram had always been a friend to David. Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying, SOLOMON (SIDE 1): You know that my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. SOLOMON (SIDE 2): But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune. So I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to my father David, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name. NARRATOR: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. All the people of Israel assembled to King Solomon at the festival in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark. So they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day. There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, when they came out of the land of Egypt. And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. Then Solomon said, SOLOMON (ALL): The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever. READER: Stay tuned for the continuing drama that is our story and God s story. ALL: Thanks be to God. Sermon Music After Sermon A Mighty Fortress is our God Please write your prayer requests as we sing together. The people who will pray your prayers will pick them up from you. 13
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Prayers of the People Prayers will be written on papers or texted by the people and prayed out loud, anonymously, by two people from the congregation. After 3-4 prayers are read, the reader of the prayers will say Pray-er: God of love, ALL: Hear our prayers. The Meal Offering All that we have and all that we are comes from God. Let us give back to God in a spirit of generosity. There will be enough. Please put your offering of gratitude to God in the plate as it passes by. Prayerfully consider giving a consistent financial gift to River of Hope so our community cannot just survive but thrive. The watering can is for Laundry Love. The Backpack is for pudding for Common Cup and the Backpack program. Voices of Hope Choir Offering Song Let the Vineyards Be Fruitful 15
Setting the Table As the kids help set the table, they make a circle around the table and lead the congregation in the table prayer written by Martin Luther: Thanksgiving for Gifts Merciful God, we offer with joy and thanksgiving what you have first given us our selves, our time, and our possessions, signs of your gracious love. Receive them for the sake of him who offered himself for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let s pray: Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest. And let these gifts to us be blest. Blest be God who is our bread, may all the world be clothed and fed. Amen. The Lord is with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise. It is indeed right, our duty and our joy, that we should at all times and in all places give thanks and praise to you, almighty and merciful God, through our Savior Jesus Christ. And so with all the choirs of angels, with the church on earth and the hosts of heaven, we praise your name and join their unending hymn 16
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In the night when Jesus was betrayed by his best friends, he took bread. He blessed it and broke it and gave it to these same friends saying, Take and eat. This is my body given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me. Again after supper he took the cup, blessed it and gave thanks and gave it for all to drink saying, this is the new covenant, the new promise, for the forgiveness of sin. Do this for the remembrance of me. The Lord s Prayer You are invited to join hands with those around you in prayer. If you are not the hand-holding type, then simply fold your hands in front of you or hang onto this bulletin as you pray. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen. Invitation to the Meal You are welcome to this meal. If you hunger and thirst for grace and mercy that comes through Jesus Christ, then Christ has set this table just for you. Bring all that you are and all that you have to the table. You will be fed. You are forgiven. There is enough. Communion Songs Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! & Open The Eyes Of My Heart 18
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Blessing after Communion May the body and blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, strengthen you and keep you in his peace. Amen. Prayer After Communion Gracious God, you provide the true bread from heaven, your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Grant that we who have received the Sacrament of his body and blood may abide in him and he in us, that we may be filled with the power of his endless life, now and forever. Amen The Sending Why does our church exist? What is our purpose? We go out to transform lives through Jesus Christ. Purpose Sightings MILESTONES "It's time for milestones-a time of sharing milestones in our community. Big, small, good, bad. Come on up if you have one to share. After each person shares their milestone, the congregation responds by saying MILESTONE! 21
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Blessing May the God of grace bless you now and forever. Amen. Sending Song You Are Holy (Prince of Peace) 23
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