Call To Worship
Leader: Sing for joy to the Lord, all the earth!
People: Praise him with songs and shouts of joy!
Leader: Sing praises to the Lord! Play music on the harps!
People: Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our king!
Leader: Come, let us worship!
Collect
Almighty God, we thank you for the assurance that you are a living God who dwells among us. Our hearts are filled ...
Call to Worship
Leader: We are called together this day by the living Lord God Almighty:
People: God Who is with us in our coming and our going;
Leader: God Who is with us in our good times and our times of trouble;
People: God Who is with us in both the days and the nights of life.
Leader: Let us give praise to our gracious, merciful and loving God.
All: Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Collect
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Call to Worship
Pastor: The hope of the Christian faith is the assurance of life after death.
People: We believe in God's power over death and look forward to living with him.
Pastor: There are many things we do not know about eternity; but we do know God is a God of the living, and we shall live with him.
People: Praise God for his Son, Jesus, who has shown us the way through death into life eter...
Gospel Note
Jesus' response here to the resurrection-denying Sadducees underscores the limitations of their collective religious imagination, which simply failed (1) to comprehend the radically different character of the new age that Jesus was announcing and (2) to discern the logical (and eschatological!) implications for believers in the "God of the living."
Liturgical Color
Green
Suggested Hy...
Call To Worship
Leader: I’m glad we’re here. In our hemisphere, winter is settling in and we know that there is only a double-digit count until Christmas Day.
People: It’s true — the days come and go; the years pass quickly. Holidays take flight almost before the sun goes down.
Leader: All the while, we say our prayers and sing our songs; we hope for better tomorrows and restful nights.
People: Th...
READINGS
Psalter—Psalm 98 [OR] Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21
First Lesson—The prophet promised that the glories of the rebuilt temple will outshine the glories of the temple now in ruins. Haggai 1:15b-2:9
Second Lesson—The very antithesis of the Christ will come, warns the apostle Paul, before our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17
Gospel—Jesus answers the Sadducees’ question about the...