November 24, 2024

Order of Worship

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Welcome and Announcements

Gathering the Family Together

Psalm 100

Refrain:  Arise, Come to your God; Sing Him your songs of rejoicing.

Verse 1 - Solo:

Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness.

Come before him, singing for joy.                                                     (Refrain – All Sing)

Verse 2 – Solo:

Know that he, the Lord is God. He made us; we belong to Him.

We are his people, the sheep of his flock.                    (Refrain – All Sing)

Verse 3 – Solo:

Go within his gates giving thanks. Enter his courts with songs of praise.

Give thanks to him and bless his name.                       (Refrain – All Sing)

Verse 4 – Solo:

Indeed, how good is the Lord, eternal his merciful love.

He is faithful from age to age.                                                            (Refrain – All Sing)

Verse 5 – Solo:

Give glory to the Father almighty, to his Son, Jesus Christ the Lord,

To the Spirit who dwells in our hearts.                        Refrain – All Sing)

Psalm 100: Gelineau Tone – Joseph Gelineau. Music:  Text from Grail Psalms

Red Hymnal #510                           “Glorious Is Thy Name, Most Holy”

Call To Worship

Scripture Reading:                                                                                   

Psalm 134

1. O come, bless the Lord, all you who serve the Lord,
   who stand in the house of the Lord,
   in the courts of the house of our God.
2. Lift up your hands to the holy place
   and bless the Lord through the night.
3. May the Lord bless you from Zion,
   he who made both heaven and earth.

                                                                           (The Grail version, Copyright 1963)

Prayer of Invocation

Declaring What We Believe:

The Nicene Creed

All:

We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

Men & Boys:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,

begotten from the Father before all ages,

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God,

begotten, not made; of the same essence as the Father.

Women & Girls

Through him all things were made.

For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven;

he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,

and was made man.

Jubilee Singers

He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered and was buried.

Women & Girls:

The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.

He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

Men & Boys:

He will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead.

His kingdom will never end.

All:

And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life.

He proceeds from the Father and the Son,

and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.

He spoke through the prophets.

We believe in one holy universal and apostolic church.

We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,

and to life in the world to come.

Amen.

We Respond to God’s Presence

Psalm 29

(This is a psalm of praise of the power of God displayed in the storm. But the strength is of a hand as powerful to calm as it is to move – a strength man can trust.)

Congregational Refrain:

“Glory to God! Glory to God!”  Sing forever “Glory to God!”

Solo voices:

Verse 1:    All on earth and all in heaven, raise to God a song on high.

Strength unmeasured, love unbounded, God alone we glorify.

Congregational Refrain:

“Glory to God! Glory to God!”  Sing forever “Glory to God!”

Solo voices: (spoken)

Verse 2:    The voice of the Lord resounds across the waters;

the voice of the Lord thunders over the mighty sea.

Verse 3:    The voice of the Lord is powerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Verse 4:    The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees:

the voice of the Lord splinters the trees of Lebanon.

Verse 5:    The voice of the Lord strikes like lightning;

the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness.

Verse 6:    The voice of the Lord causes the oaks to whirl;

the voice of the Lord strips the forest bare.

Congregational Refrain:

“Glory to God! Glory to God!”  Sing forever “Glory to God!”

Solo voices:

Verse 7:    God of the waters, God of thunder,

God’s own might can make them cease.

God’s own voice which tumult beckons

in a gentler breath speaks peace.

Congregational Refrain:

“Glory to God! Glory to God!”  Sing forever “Glory to God!”

Refrain text: Hal H. Hopson, and copyright © 2008 Birnamwood/MorningStar Music Publishers. Music: Hal H. Hopson, and copyright © 2008 Birnamwood/MorningStar Music Publishers. Permission to use granted by the composer Hal H. Hopson.

Song of the Prophets

Ancient Prophets

In ages past the mighty Lord by prophets spoke the Word,

And from their lips God’s great design throughout the earth was heard.

In revelation, parable, bold fantasy, and dream,

They echoed God’s eternal vow to ransom and redeem.

Habakkuk

O Lord, how long will you not hear your servant’s earnest plea?

How many chains must I endure before you set me free?

I cry, and still you turn away, my tears an empty wave.

Yet I will keep my vow to praise, and you your vow to save.

Prophets’ Promise

Yet still in present, troubled days we seek to hear God’s voice

And in the face of our distress, find reason to rejoice.

Grant us the wisdom to discern through faith who we should be—

A fallen race, restored through grace, a captive world set free

Words: Michael Morgan ©Faith Alive Christian Resources. Music (STAR OF COUNTY DOWN): Irish traditional; arr. Rory Cooney (b. 1952)) © 1990  GIA Publications, Inc. Used with Permission—onelicense.net

O God, My Joy

O God, my joy, You reign above in radiant splendor and beauty.

Your word has drawn my heart to love the awesome sight of Your glory.

Your blazing light and gospel grace

shine brightly from my Savior’s face.

No other wonder would I see than Christ enthroned in His glory!

Sustained by joy in trial and pain, I trust Your wisdom and mercy.

Through suffering that Your love ordains,

more like Your Son You will make me.

For Christ embraced the cross of shame,

beholding glorious joys to come.

O give me faith like His to see that suffering lifts me to glory!

Compelled by joy, I fight the sin that turns my gaze from Your glory.

Your Holy Spirit dwells within: His presence arms me for vict’ry.

Let death and hell against me rise; through death I’ll gain eternal joys.

All powers of hell will bend the knee before my great King of glory!

©2008 by Watchsong (admin. By Church Works Media) All rights reserve. Used by permission. Music and Words by Paul Keew and Brian Pinner.

Children’s Prayer

Baptism

 Sophie Oesterreicher

Pastoral Prayer

The basket to receive His tithes and our offerings

is located on the left as you leave the Sanctuary.

We Worship Through Hearing

Today’s Message

Sermon Series: Route 66 – Redemption Road

“Christ is Our Watchman”

Habakkuk

Notes

I. The _______________ One Who Brings Life

(Habakkuk 2:1-4)

II. The _______________ for Justice and Salvation

(Habakkuk 3:13)

III.       The ________________ Source of Joy

(Habakkuk 3:17-19)

We Are Sent Forth in Worship

to Share the Gospel

Psalm 100B                                                                Blue Psalter, pg 626

“All People That on Earth Do Dwell”

Benediction