October 20, 2024

OCTOBER 20, 2024
22ND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
LAITY SUNDAY
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
JIM ROSS, ORGANIST


Prelude - Prelude - J. Brahms

Welcome

*Call to Worship
Leader: Wait.
People: Breathe.
Leader: Let the anxiety take a break for just a moment.

People: Breathe again.
Leader: We are not alone.
People: Christ is with us.
Leader: Let us take a deep breath together [take a breath]…
The rhythm of our breath and heartbeat is the same.
Our desire for life and love is the same.
Our desire for a peace in which we flourish is the same.
Let this moment permeate our souls,
and let us pass the peace of Christ between us.
This peace is meant for all people.

Leader: The peace of Christ be with you.
People: And also with you.

*Opening Hymn “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” #384

*Opening Prayer
Reconciling God,
we ask you to help us open to compassion,
for we are a divided world,
and the conflict is waging even within us in this moment.
Empower us, and invite us
to “do unto ourselves and others” in ways that build up
your kin-dom on earth as it is in heaven.
We pray this in the name of Jesus, the Center That Holds,
and in the power of the Spirit That Transforms. Amen.

Affirmation of Faith: A Modern Affirmation #885

Gloria Patri

Children's Chat

Music Ministry and Offertory - Jesus Is My Life - Todd Kendall

Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude

Scripture - 1 Peter 4:10

Sermon - A Message for Laity Sunday - Jean Shanley

Joys/Concerns

Hymn “Help Us Accept Each Other” #560

Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer

Closing Hymn "Blest Be the Tie" #557

Action Steps & Benediction

Postlude - Voluntary in D Major - John Stanley

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