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4401. Proper 12

Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:47-52

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Call to Worship Pastor: No greater value can be placed on anything than the Kingdom of Heaven. And it is offered to each of us! People: There is no comparison of God's Kingdom with anything of earthly value. Pastor: But if we value earthly things too much, we may lose the Kingdom. The choice is ours. People: We want more than anything in the world to be in God's Kingdom. May God help us keep our priorities in order. Collect O God our Father: You have put within our reach the blessings of your Kingdom, more ...

4402. PROPER 13

Exodus 12:1-30

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First Lesson: Exodus 12:1-14 Theme: Celebrate God's redemptive acts in history Call to Worship Pastor: History is full of evidence that God has been real to his people. People: We rejoice in our faith heritage which witnesses to a God who saves his people. Pastor: From the first Passover to the Last Supper, we are reminded that God is our Deliverer. The blood of the Lamb is the mark of our salvation. People: We celebrate with thanksgiving, the assurance we have that God will most certainly bring us into ...

4403. Proper 17

Romans 12:1-13

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Second Lesson: Romans 12:1-13 Theme: Be a living sacrifice to God Call to Worship Pastor: God has made salvation possible through his Son, Jesus, our Lord and Savior. People: Because of God's love in Christ, we owe God the best lives that we can live. Pastor: We should live as persons transformed by God's love, instead of being conformed to the ways of the world. People: May our true worship of God be our daily lives, lived to his honor and glory. Collect Most gracious Father, whose wondrous love has ...

4404. PROPER 21

Exodus 33:12-23

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First Lesson: Exodus 33:12-23 Theme: God's loving presence Call to Worship Pastor: Even though we do not know what the future holds, we do know God holds the future in his hands. People: We are confident that God is with us as we go into the unknown of each tomorrow. Pastor: Tomorrow will never be a threat to us. Whatever fears it may create, God will defeat them by his glorious presence. People: We are happy knowing God is with us. We rejoice in the faith he has given us to live a victorious life. Collect ...

4405. Proper 22

Numbers 27:12-23

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First Lesson: Numbers 27:12-23 Theme: Joshua succeeds Moses Call to Worship Pastor: The church has survived the centuries, because God has raised up leaders in each generation. People: We are all limited in the years we can give to serve our Lord. But God adds our years to those of servants before and after us; and ministry continues. Pastor: It is important that we each hear God's call, so we will be faithful servants in our specific time and place in history. People: We are ready to serve our Lord as he ...

4406. Proper 23

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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First Lesson: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Theme: God's self-revelation through Moses' death Call to Worship Pastor: God's great law giver, Moses, died outside the promised land, but he enabled a nation to receive the promise he had proclaimed. People: Before Moses died, God revealed his faithfulness to him, and showed Moses the promised land. Pastor: Like Moses, Jesus proclaimed God's promise of new life; but he died that all might receive the fulfillment of that promise. People: Great is our God who proved his ...

4407. All Saints' Day

Revelation 7:9-17, 1 John 2:28--3:10, Matthew 5:1-12

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First Lesson: Revelation 7:9-17 Theme: Eternal reward of the faithful Call to Worship Pastor: Blessed are those who are faithful to Christ in this life! People: We celebrate the glory of those who now surround the throne of Christ, praising God! Pastor: This world is transitory, but full of sorrow and pain. Those who endure by faith in Christ are blessed with joy forever! People: Salvation comes from God! We praise him for the faithful who serve him, and for his faithfulness to those who trust him. Collect ...

4408. Christmas Eve or Day

Isaiah 62:1-12, Titus 3:1-11, Luke 2:8-20

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First Lesson: Isaiah 62:6-7, 10-12 Theme: The joy of salvation Call to Worship Pastor: Open your hearts, my friends. Let salvation enter. People: God has sent his Son to save us! We are God's people because he has redeemed us. Pastor: The Savior is born. Let the whole world know that God loves his people, and rejoice. People: Joy is bursting our hearts! May all who hear of our Savior's birth prepare for his redeeming love. Collect Gracious God, who fills our hearts with the joy of salvation through the ...

4409. Christmas Eve or Day

Isaiah 51:17--52:12, John 1:1-18, Hebrews 1:1-14

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First Lesson: Isaiah 52:7-10 Theme: The announcement of salvation Call To Worship Pastor: Christ is born! People: Christ is born indeed; salvation has come! Pastor: Shout to our world the good news. God has brought peace to our world! People: May our whole world see God's powerful love in the gift of his Son. Collect Merciful God, you have announced to our world the good news of salvation for all people. Help us to be faithful messengers of that good news; that our world may hear, and rejoice in the gift ...

4410. Epiphany 3

Isaiah 9:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22

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First Lesson: Isaiah 9:1-4 Theme: Jesus' ministry brings light to those in darkness Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus began his ministry in Galilee as God's Servant, bringing light to those in darkness. People: Isaiah had prophesied that Galilee would be filled with God's glory. That certainly came true in Jesus. Pastor: Jesus' mission began in Galilee, but continues to reach out to all generations, sharing the light of God's love. People: We have joy in our hearts because Christ's ministry has reached us. May ...

4411. Epiphany 4

1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5, Matthew 5:1-12, Micah 6:1-8

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First Lesson: Micah 6:1-8 Theme: The righteousness God requires Call to Worship Pastor: As we begin our worship this morning, reflect on the wonderful ways God has proved his love to you. People: God has blessed us with guidance, comfort, strength, love, and forgiveness. God has been very good to us! Pastor: God has saved us to live a new life; a life of righteousness, love, and fellowship with him. People: May the worship we give to God be this kind of life, lived in thanksgiving for our salvation. ...

4412. Ash Wednesday

Joel 2:1-11, Matthew 6:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, Matthew 6:16-18, 2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 6:3-13

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First Lesson: Joel 2:1-2, 12-17a Theme: A call to repentance Call to Worship| Pastor: We stand before a very holy God who calls us into a life of holiness. People: But we are unholy. Even our religious ceremonies do not cleanse us of our sins. Pastor: God wants us to be truly penitent in our hearts, more than he wants our religious ceremonies. Then he will cleanse us of our sins. People: May our worship be an honest expression of repentance and returning to God. Collect Holy Father, who is grieved by our ...

4413. First Sunday in Lent

Matthew 4:1-11, Romans 5:12-21, Genesis 3:1-24, Genesis 2:4-25

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First Lesson: Genesis 2:4b-9, 15-17, 25--3:7 Theme: We are sinners by our own choice Call to Worship Pastor: We have each been to the garden, and have eaten freely of the forbidden tree in spite of God's commands. People: We seem unable to help ourselves when it comes to resisting temptation. Pastor: That is because we share the human nature of Adam. We know God's laws, but we choose sin. People: We come guilty of sin, asking God to reclaim us as his children. Collect Almighty God, whose wondrous creation ...

4414. Monday in Holy Week

Isaiah 42:1-9, Hebrews 9:11-28, John 12:1-11

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First Lesson: Isaiah 42:1-9 Theme: First Servant Song: A compassionate Servant Call to Worship Pastor: Sinners such as you and I make it necessary for God to send his Servant to redeem us. People: We are guilty of sin, and suffer the consequence of our sins. Pastor: God has sent his Servant, Jesus, to have compassion on us, and deliver us from the power of sin. People: Bless the Lord, O my soul, for his compassionate love in Christ Jesus his Son! Collect O God of compassion, who has sent your Son to ...

4415. Tuesday in Holy Week

Isaiah 49:1-7, John 12:20-36, 1 Corinthians 1:18--2:5

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First Lesson: Isaiah 49:1-7 Theme: Second Servant Song: A Servant to the world Call to Worship Pastor: Jesus personifies the Servant of God which Isaiah has prophesied to Israel. People: He came with the message, and the means of salvation for all who would hear him. Pastor: His mission is to be a light to the nations revealing God's salvation to the ends of the earth. People: His light has shone upon us. May we share in his mission, that all in our world may hear and believe. Collect Father in heaven, ...

4416. Wednesday in Holy Week

Isaiah 50:1-11, Hebrews 12:1-13, John 13:18-30

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First Lesson: Isaiah 50:4-9a Theme: Third Servant Song: The obedient Servant Call to Worship Pastor: Our Lord faced a difficult ministry when he came to proclaim salvation. People: We praise his name for his faithfulness to God, when humanity was so cruel to him. Pastor: Jesus was obedient to the mission God gave him, because he trusted God to fulfill his promise of salvation. People: That promised salvation is ours, because Christ was obedient even to death. Thanks be to God for our Lord Jesus Christ! ...

4417. Thursday in Holy Week

Exodus 12:1-30

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First Lesson: Exodus 12:1-14 Theme: Institution of the Passover Call to Worship Pastor: We share in this sacred feast to celebrate our Lord's redeeming love. People: We rejoice in our deliverance from sin granted by the blood of the Lamb. Pastor: We celebrate as Christians, because our Lord delivers us from sin, just as God delivered the Israelites from Egypt. People: God's deliverance finally brought them to the promised land. God is delivering us, too, to the promised life of redemption in Christ. Praise ...

4418. Good Friday

Hebrews 4:14-5:10, John 19:17-27, Isaiah 52:13--53:12

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First Lesson: Isaiah 52:13--53:12 Theme: Fourth Servant Song: The redemptive Servant Call to Worship Pastor: The Son of God has died in our place. He lived without sin; but in his death, he bore the sins of all humanity. People: He was despised and rejected, the outcast of society. Yet his sacrifice atones for our sins. Pastor: Jesus' death gives us redemption because God sent him to save us from sin. And Jesus was faithful to that mission. People: Our hearts are heavy because of our Lord's suffering. But ...

4419. Seventh Sunday of Easter

John 17:1-11, Acts 1:6-14, 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11

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First Lesson: Acts 1:6-14 Theme: Prayer Call to Worship Pastor: After Jesus' ascension, the Apostles often gathered to pray together in expectation of the Holy Spirit. People: Prayer is God's way of opening our hearts to his love and power. Pastor: We are strengthened when we pray together, because it unites us with God our Father, and binds us together as brothers and sisters in Christ. People: May God move us to be a praying congregation, open to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Collect Heavenly ...

4420. Proper 4

Matthew 7:24-29, Matthew 7:15-23, Romans 3:21-31, Genesis 12:1-8

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First Lesson: Genesis 12:1-9 Theme: Faith to follow God Call to Worship Pastor: God has called us to leave behind a life without purpose, and become his people. People: Our faith assures us God will bless us with his love and kindness. Pastor: God calls, not only to bless us, but that he may bless others through us. People: May we follow in faith, and rejoice in the life God is calling us to live. Collect Sovereign Lord, who calls us to be your people: Grant us the faith to respond to your bidding; that ...

4421. Proper 7

Matthew 10:1-42, Romans 5:12-21, Genesis 28:10-22

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First Lesson: Genesis 28:10-17 Theme: God renews his covenant with Jacob Call to Worship Pastor: God expressed confidence in Jacob even though Jacob was unworthy through sin. People: As Jacob was running from his sin, God came to him with the assurance of divine protection. Pastor: God renewed the covenant he had made with Abraham, promising Jacob he would be blessed with God's faithfulness. People: Like Jacob, may we realize God's presence in our lives, and commit our ways to him. Collect O loving God, ...

4422. Harnessed Power

John 20:19-23

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Richard L. Thulin

John's story of Pentecost seems better suited for a time other than our own. It is so quiet in the telling that it hardly slows us up. No need for camera crews here, nor even a newspaper reporter. No need for police to hold the crowds back, nor attendants to help us find parking spaces. There is no massive display of unleashed energy. There are no sounds as of rushing wind and no tongues as of fire. No sermon, no baptisms, no "wonders and signs." It is like the slightest ripple of water rather than a tidal ...

4423. Teachers Without Chalkboards

Matthew 28:16-20

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It happened many years ago now, but I remember it well. I had completed my theological education and was appearing before an examination committee of the Church. The group and I conversed for a while and then the questions began. Some questions were theological and some were practical. I seemed to be able to answer both types to the committee's satisfaction. Then, as a kind of final question, the president of the Church asked me about the Church's mission. "What is it that the Church should be doing?" he ...

4424. The Promise of Homecoming

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

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Cate Strickland Galitsky is almost forty years old. She is twice married and divorced. She has been teaching English at Melanchthon College, in Iowa but her job has been cut out in an economic squeeze. An affair with an older man has led to pregnancy and her aborting the child. Cate's life is falling down around her head. She picks up the phone and calls her mother, just widowed, in Mountain City, North Carolina. She asks if she could use the family beach cottage at Ocracoke for the summer to help heal her ...

4425. God's Glory Manifest

Exodus 24:1-18

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On hot summer nights before air conditioning, when I was a child in North Carolina, my family would sit on the front porch. We hoped to catch any slight breeze that would cool us off. We would watch the night sky with its stars blinking brightly and the moon shining gloriously and be at peace and contentment, even if wet and sticky from sweat. There were nights, however, in which thunderstorms would shake, rattle, and roll our teeth. Lightning would flash, thunder would roll ("the Lord's corn wagons" was ...

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