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All Saints Day
Communion Service
We welcome in a spirit of silence as
the prelude begins our service.
The flowers are given to the glory of
God & in memory of loved ones & to honor & bless Susan on her birthday!
OUR
APPROACH TO GOD
Prelude
Introit “Only Believe” P. Rader
Welcome
Call to Worship: Rev. 7: 2-14, adapted
I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the
living God. I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from
every nation, race, people and tongue. They stood before the throne and before
the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They
cried out:
SALVATION COMES FROM OUR GOD, WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE, AND FROM THE LAMB!
All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four
living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshiped God
and exclaimed:
AMEN! BLESSING AND GLORY, WISDOM AND THANKSGIVING, HONOR, POWER, AND MIGHT BE TO
OUR GOD FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN!
Then one of the elders asked: "Who are these wearing white robes and where
did they come from?"
THESE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE TIME OF GREAT DISTRESS; THEY HAVE
WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB!
*Hymn "Shall We Gather At the River?"
Let us be before our God in silence.
Unison Prayer: Psalm 8
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE
MOON AND THE STARS THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED; WHAT ARE WE HUMANS THAT
YOU ARE MINDFUL OF US? WHO ARE WE MORTALS THAT YOU CARE FOR US? YET YOU
HAVE MADE US LITTLE LOWER THAN DIVINE BEINGS AND CROWNED US WITH GLORY
AND HONOR. YOU HAVE GIVEN US DOMINION OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS...O
LORD, OUR SOVEREIGN, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
Kyrie
(sung)
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
CHRIST, HAVE MERCY ON US.
LORD, HAVE MERCY ON US.
A Word of Assurance:
1 John 3:1-3
The Summary of the
Law (Mark
12:29b-31)
This is the
first commandment:
HEAR O
ISRAEL,
THE LORD OUR GOD,
THE LORD IS ONE!
THEREFORE YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART,
WITH ALL YOUR SOUL,
WITH ALL YOUR MIND,
AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.
This is the
second commandment:
YOU SHALL LOVE
YOUR NEIGHBOR AS
YOURSELF.
There
is no greater commandment
than these.
Anthem “In Remembrance of Me” B. Red
THE WORD OF
GOD
*Responsive Reading:
Psalm 24:1-6
*Gloria
Patri (Hymn No. 623)
GLORY BE
TO THE FATHER
AND TO THE SON
AND TO THE HOLY GHOST.
AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING,
IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE,
WORLD WITHOUT END,
AMEN, AMEN!
The Greeting of Peace
Announcements & Children's Moment
*Song “Oh When the Saints”
Scripture Lessons:
Jewish Scriptures:
Isaiah 25:6-9
Epistle:
Revelation 21:1- 6a
The Celtic Alleluia!
Gospel:
John 11:32-44
Communion Meditation
OUR
RESPONSE TO GOD
The Offering
*Doxology (625) and Prayer
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM
ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE GOD ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE GOD ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOSTS;
PRAISE FATHER (CREATOR), SON (CHRIST) AND HOLY GHOST. AMEN.
The Invitation to the Table
BB 354 "One Bread, One Body" J. Foley
Communion Prayer
The Breaking of the Bread
The Great Thanksgiving and the Lord's Prayer
*Hymn 546 “For All the Saints”
*Benediction
Response to the Benediction
Postlude "Hymn Medley"
*Please stand if you are able.
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