Sunday November 7, 2021
All Saints Sunday
PRELUDE
Erin Wolf, Piano
WELCOME FROM THE PULPIT
CALL TO WORSHIP
Alan England, Liturgist (8:30am)
Laura Dinges, Liturgist (11:00am)
Leader: The earth and all that is in it belongs to the Holy One.
People: Look, here is our God, for whom we have waited.
Leader: This is the Holy One, for whom we have waited.
People: Let us be glad and rejoice in our salvation.
Leader: Who shall ascend the hill of the Holy One? And who shall stand in this holy place?
All: We come, seeking the face of God.
HYMN
In Unity We Lift Our Song TFWS #2221
In unity we lift our song of grateful adoration, for brothers brave and sisters strong. What cause for celebration! For those whose faithfulness has kept up through distress, Who’ve shared with us our plight, who’ve held us in the night, the blessed congregation.
For stories told and told again to every generation, to give us strength in time of pain, to give us consolation. Our spirits to revive to keep our dreams alive, when we are far from home and evil seasons come, how firm is our foundation.
For sacred scriptures handed down, a blessed trust and treasure, which give us hope when hope is gone and make us weep with pleasure. And when our eyes grow blind and death is close behind, we shall recite them still whose words our hearts can fill with hope beyond all measure.
For God our way, our bread, our rest, of all these gifts the Giver. Our strength, our guide, our nurturing breast whose hand will yet deliver. Who keeps us till the day when night shall pass away, when hate and fear are gone and all our work is done, and we shall sing forever.
CHILDREN’S TIME (11:00am)
THE PROPHET ISAIAH 25:6-9
Alan England, Liturgist (8:30am)
Laura Dinges, Liturgist (11:00am)
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.
And he will destroy on this mountain
the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
the sheet that is spread over all nations;
he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
HYMN (8:30am)
Soon and Very Soon UMH 706
Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we are goin’ to see the King!
No more cryin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, no more cryin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, no more cryin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we are goin’ to see the King!
No more dyin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, no more dyin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, no more dyin’ there we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we are goin’ to see the King!
Soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, soon and very soon we are goin’ to see the King, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we’re are goin’ to see the King!
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
PSALM 24
Alan England, Liturgist (8:30am)
Laura Dinges, Liturgist (11:00am)
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,
the world, and those who live in it;
for he has founded it on the seas,
and established it on the rivers.
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
and do not swear deceitfully.
They will receive blessing from the Lord,
and vindication from the God of their salvation.
Such is the company of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O gates!
and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
that the King of glory may come in.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah
ANTHEM (11:00am)
Shall We Gather at the River [Arr. John Carter]
Chancel Choir
Jennifer Alcover, solo
PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
Our God in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trepasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory forever…Amen.
PRAYER RESPONSE W&S #3092
GOSPEL READING John 11:32-44
Alan England, Liturgist (8:30am)
Laura Dinges, Liturgist (11:00am)
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me.I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Leader: This is the word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
HYMN
I Want To Be Ready UMH 722
Refrain:
I want to be ready, I want to be ready, I want to be ready to walk in Jerusalem just like John.
O John, O John, what did you say? Walk in Jerusalem just like John! That you’d be there on judgment day. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! [Refrain]
John said the city was just foursquare. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! And he declared he’d meet me there. Walk in Jerusalem just like John. [Refrain]
Now sinners, mind how you step on the cross. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! Your foot might slip and your soul get lost. Walk in Jerusalem just like John! [Refrain]
SERMON
“The X-Files and other Mysteries”
Pastor Mark Cordes
REMEMBERING OUR SAINTS
PRAYER
Eternal God, you have shared with us the lives of those we have named. Before they were ours, they were yours. For all that they have given us to make us what we are, for that of them which lives and grows in each of us, and for their life that in your love will never end, we give you thanks. As now we offer them back into your arms, comfort us in our loneliness, strengthen us in our weakness, and give us courage to face the future unafraid. Draw those of us who remain in this life closer to one another, make us faithful to serve one another, and give us to know that peace and joy which is eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY
Erin Wolf, Piano
DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH #94
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
COMMUNION UMH 13-14
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader: It is right and a good and joyful thing…And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Leader: Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ…And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
People: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here…Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and for ever.
All: Amen.
COMMUNION HYMNS
One Bread, One Body UMH #620
In Remembrance of Me TFWS #2254
As We Gather at Your Table TFWS #2268
COMMUNION REFLECTION
HYMN
For All the Saints UMH #711
For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest.
Refrain:
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might; thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness drear, their one true light. [Refrain]
O may thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, fight as the saints who nobly fought of old, and win with them the victor’s crown of gold. [Refrain]
O blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. [Refrain]
And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, steals on the ear the distant triumph song, and hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. [Refrain]
From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: [Refrain]
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE
Erin Wolf, Piano
FLOWERS
The flowers on the altar are given by Ginger Jacobs in memory of her husband Stan who passed away one year ago.