WSS UMC October 27th, 2024
Welcome to Worship!
October 27, 2024
The White Sulphur Springs United Methodist Church
Worship Leader: Nancy Esposito
Organist: Danielle Strassman
*Please stand as you are able
ENTRANCE
PRELUDE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible Study – Wednesdays - WSS 10 AM-11 AM Fellowship Hall
3rd Saturday of the Month – Clothing Giveaway Mongaup Valley UMC 10-12
9:30 AM – Sunday School
10/27/24 Beef Stew Dinner 4 PM – WSS Fellowship Hall – Eat In or Take Out
11/5/24 Kenoza Lake UMC Annual Election Day Soup, Chili & Krispy Kreme Donate Sale – Kenoza
Lake Fire Dept. 485 Old Taylor Rd, Kenoza Lake (proceeds to support Women’s Group Community
Outreach program)
o Donut Sale begins at 8 AM - $12 dozen | Soup & Chili sale begins at 9 AM - $5 pint/$9 quart.
11/6/24 6 PM - Advent Planning meeting
11/23/24 9 AM to 12 PM – Sullivan Parish Charge Conference – WSS UMC
CHORAL INTROIT
CALL TO WORSHIP
Jesus is in our midst. Jesus, our healer, deliverer, and friend, is here.
We have heard so many good things about him, but we long
to meet him, to encounter him ourselves.
Call out to him, and do not be silent. Like Bartimaeus, shout to him and
do not allow anyone to silence your voice. Cry out and tell Jesus what
you need!
Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us! We need a touch from you!
Touch me; touch us in our need, which we lift right now in our
hearts!
In this time of worship, celebrate God’s goodness! In this time celebration
of worship, know that Jesus touched your place of need.
Hallelujah! Amen!
Adapted from Lillian C. Smith, The Africana Worship Book, Year B (Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2007), 72
*OPENING HYMN: # 2088 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High
*OPENING PRAYER (Unison)
New every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are
working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live
peacefully with our neighbors, and to devote each day to your Son, our
Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen. PRESBYTERIAN WORSHIPBOOK, U.S.A., 20TH CENT., AL
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as
the Scriptures are read, and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy
what you say to us today. Amen.
FIRST LESSON: Job 42:1-6, 20-17
SECOND LESSON: Hebrews 7:23-28
HYMN: #370 Victory in Jesus
*GOSPEL LESSON: Mark 10:46-52
CHORAL ANTHEM
SERMON
RESPONSE TO THE WORD: #85 We Believe In One True God
CONFESSION
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!
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
Take heart, get up; Jesus is calling to us!
We trust in the one who has guided the church for two millennia.
Through Christ, God forgives us our failings,
and continues to call us into a community of mutual love and forgiveness.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Glory to God! Amen.
Adapted from Rev. Bonnie Tarwater, posted on the United Church of Christ’s Worship Ways website. http://www.ucc.org/worship/worship-ways/. Re-
posted on the re:Worship blog at https://re-worship.blogspot.com/2012/....
JOYS/CONCERNS
God of mercy and healing, you who hear the cries of those in need, receive
these petitions of your people that all who are troubled may know peace,
comfort, and courage.
Please feel free to call out your joys/concerns/praise at this time. Prayers of the People, concluding with:
Life-giving God, heal our lives, that we may acknowledge your wonderful
deeds and offer you thanks from generation to generation through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Revised Common Lectionary Prayers copyright © 2002.
LORD’S PRAYER
OFFERING/DOXOLOGY #95 Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
OFFERATORY PRAYER
All good gifts come from you, dear Lord, and from these riches we bring this
offering. Help us to use it for the furtherance of your purpose in this place,
and for the benefit of those in need. Amen. ©John Birch
*CLOSING HYMN: #431 Let There Be Peace On Earth
SENDING FORTH
DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
Beloved, go now in the blessing of Christ’s mercy. May God grant you
persistence to cry out for help, an open heart to notice the cries of others,
and the courage to listen and lend a loving hand to neighbors known and
unknown. Amen. Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, July 2024.
POSTLUDE