Order of Worship

September 19, 2021, Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Theme: DISCIPLESHIP: Welcome
Welcome: comments from Rev. Greta Hietpas
Hymn: Praise the Source of Faith and Learning
Verse 1-2
Words: Shirley Erena Murray
Music: Lori True
2004 in the Black Book
Tony Linz, hymn leader

Call to Worship: offered by Rev. Susan Bresser.

Leader: Come gather in God’s wisdom and wonder.
People: We delight in you, Lord.
Leader: With childlike awe, we draw near to watch and hear.
People: Regale us with your living, loving laws so we might lead lives of compassion.
Leader: On your unfolding paths of grace, take our hand, lead us into your future.
People: Change us by your living Word and wise counsel, that our transformed hearts delight in you forever.
Leader: We delight in you, Lord.
People: All of our days, we come to praise and honor your greatness. Amen.

Hymn: Praise the Source of Faith and Learning, Verse 4.

A Time of Prayer (with Lord’s Prayer): offered by Rev. Susan Bresser

The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art 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 trespasses, 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.

Musical Response: Fanfare on HYFRODOL, offered by Tom Ajack, Guitar.
THE WORD
Musical Setting For Scripture: “Thy Word” Tom Ajack, Guitar.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ Mark 9:30-37 (NRSV)
They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
Contemporary Message: Welcome, Rev. Greta Hietpas.
RESPONSE
Ministry Moment: Rev. Susan Bresser.
Prayer of Dedication: Offered by Rev. Susan Bresser.
Holy and Generous God, rather than boast of all that we have and are, may we humble ourselves, as we offer our lives, our hearts, and our gifts, in putting others first, that they might discover the wonders of the kingdom of grace and hope. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
Hymn: Praise the Source of Faith and Learning
Place at the Table
Tony Linz, hymn leader
Tom Ajack, guitar; John Sheaffer, piano
Benediction: offered by Rev. Greta Hietpas.
Postlude: “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” by Michael Burkhardt, John Sheaffer, pipe organ.
Flowers Donated by: Barb Nickels In Celebration of our 30th Wedding Anniversary.