Service Recording: October 28, 2018
October 28, 2018 ~ 10:30am
Liturgists
The People of Peace Church
John Pegg, Lay Leader
Jim Pospisil, Music Director
Nathan Holst, Faith Formation Minister
Rev. Kathryn Nelson
Prelude Sonata No. 6 (mvt 1) by Mozart
Eli Bissonett, violin
Greeting One Another
Announcements
Ringing of the Peace Bells and Candles lit by Acolytes
God is Revealed as We Gather
*Responsive Call to Worship based on Jeremiah 31:7–9
Sing aloud with gladness:
God is gathering the people!
From the farthest parts of the earth we come:
All who struggle; all who labor with new life!
Those who are weeping, God will console:
Those who get lost find a clear path home.
Let us worship the God who gathers us!
*Opening Hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (#439)
Unison Prayer of Confession from Worship Ways
When we want to be a church ever-reforming,
yet cling to comfortable ways:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us!
When we want to honor your “still speaking voice”,
but are fearful of insights which challenge old assumptions:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us!
When we want to live into Jesus’ dream of oneness,
but fail to listen to voices of difference:
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us!
Sung Response “Christ, Have Mercy” (#752)
Assurance of God’s Love
Story for All Ages
God is Revealed in the Word
God’s Word in the Prophets: Jeremiah 31:7–9
Anthem Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
God’s Word in the Gospel: Mark 10:46–52
Sermon “Lives Wide Open”
Hymn “Be Now My Vision” (#451)
We Respond to God’s Presence
Stewardship Mission Moment Jane Rupel
Sharing Our Prayer Concerns, Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer,
Jeshua’s Prayer (see insert), and Choral Amen
Sharing Our Offerings
Offertory Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) by Fritz Kreisler
*The Thanksgiving “What Shall I Give?” (#18 P&W Songbook, 1 vs)
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Reform our lives, O God, and let these gifts change
the world into which we send them.
Take them and multiply them to be a blessing
of justice and peace in the world you love!
*Closing Hymn “I’m So Glad, Jesus Lifted Me” (#474)
*Benediction
*Postlude Sonata No. 6 (mvt 2) by Mozart