FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

August 1, 2004

 

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

 

GATHERING MUSIC

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                           Rev. Carrie Kreps

 

THE PRELUDE                                 Andante (Trio in C Major)                                                      Haydn

                              Michelle Russ, violin; Carol Wittig, cello; Betty Dethmers, piano                             

 

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                                                        

Liturgist:      Come, friends, bring your choicest treasure.

People:       We come with our talents and our wealth.

Liturgist:      Come, friends, bring your precious gifts.

People:       We come with our hearts and hands ready to be used by God.

All:               We come together to be an abundant people bearing fruit for a hungry world.

 

*HYMN 29                                        Now Thank We All Our God

 

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND LORDŐS PRAYER (Unison)

O living God, as we turn to you, we turn from old habits and old patterns, casting them aside like an old coat thatŐs suddenly become too small. We turn from pride to seek a new humility, from greed to find compassion, from complaining to show forgiveness. Even as we worship this morning, transform our lives, clothe us in your love. In the name of Jesus, who gives us new life and who taught us to call upon you sayingÉ

 

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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,  and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen.

 

*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON       Colossians 3:1-11                                  Bible, page 1027

 

THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                      

*HYMN (insert)                                     Great Is Thy Faithfulness

        (Children 2nd grade and lower are dismissed to Sunday School during the hymn.)

 

THE PSALMODY                                          Psalm 107                              Hymnal, page 533, No. 99

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                         Luke 12:13-21                              Rev. Steven Peay, Ph. D.       

                                                                           Bible, page 905

 

ANTHEM                                                              Pie Jesu                                                                         Faure

                                                            Dorothy Riesing, Soprano

 

CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION                                                                             

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE COMMUNION MEDITATION            ŇA New MindsetÓ                                     Dr. Peay

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

ANTHEM                                                        A Simple Song                                                            Bernstein

                                                                 Dorothy Riesing, Soprano                    

 

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDŐS SUPPER

{adapted from the Worship Book of the Ecumenical Iona Community of Scotland}

               The Invitation to the Table and Confession

               The Prayer of Confession [unison]

Gracious God, our lives are full to overflowing with good gifts. Yet, we confess that even before we offer thanks for what we have, we are glancing around to judge the abundance in someone elseŐs life and yearning for more. We confess that we have yet to learn that your generosity is spread abroad for the good of all. Grant us the faith to trust that there is always enough and more than enough for allÉif we are only willing to care attentively for one another.  Amen.

              

The Assurance of Pardon

              

The Story

              

The Great Thanksgiving

               {after the minister concludes ŇÉon earth and in heaven:Ó we all say:}

         

 ALL:   Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and   earth are  full of your glory, hosanna in the highest. Blessed is the one  who comes in the name   of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Minister: Lord God, as we come to share the richness of your table, we cannot forget

                   the rawness of the earth. We cannot take bread and forget those who are

                   hungry. Your world is one world and we are stewards of its nourishment.

ALL:       Lord, put our prosperity at the service of the poor.

Minister: We cannot take wine and forget those who are thirsty. The ground and the

                   rootless, the earth and its weary people cry out for justice.

ALL:       Lord, put our fullness at the service of the empty.

Minister: We cannot hear your words of peace and forget the world at war or, if not

                   at war, then preparing for it.

ALL:       Show us quickly, Lord, how to turn weapons into welcome signs and

                   the lust for power into a desire for peace.

Minister: We cannot celebrate the feast of your family and forget our divisions.

                   We are one in spirit, but not in fact. History and hurt still dismember us.

ALL:       Lord, heal your church in every brokenness.

              

The Prayer of Consecration  

              

The Communion

              

The Prayer following Communion [unison]

Lord God, you put the life of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, into our hands; now we put our lives into yours. Take us, renew and remake us. What we have been is past; what we shall be, through you, still awaits us. Lead us on. Take us with you and let us follow you with new minds and new hearts. Amen.

 

*HYMN 366                                     God of Grace and God of Glory                 

 

*CHARGE and BENEDICTION

 

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

Go now in peace. Never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day.

Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true. Know He will guide you in all you do.

 

Go now in love, and show you believe. Reach out to others so all the world can see.

God will be there, watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.

 

POSTLUDE                                                          Toccata                                                                       Young                                                                                                                                                                                   

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayŐs chancel flowers are given in loving memory of
Alex and Jim Barr

 from Betty and Family and Pauline Basinger.

 

 

 

SERVING August 1, 2004

Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore

Head Ushers: Susie Daigneau, Julie Sheridan-Smith

Ushers: 10:00 a.m. Captain: Maurie Daigneau, Stew Elliott, Doug Peacock, Michael Simmons, Kerri Simmons

Greeters: 10:00 a.m. Mark, Lisa, Olivia, Samantha and Isabella Hendrickson

Acolytes: 10:00 a.m. Grace Houriet, Griffin Houriet

 

 

CARE  FOR  CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 10 a.m. service.

\\Children 2nd grade and below will be dismissed to Sunday School
 during the 10 a.m. service.

Dorothy Riesing was a student of our Choir Director, Lee Jacobi, when he taught at Muskego High School. Dorothy has sung with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus,

Bel Canto, MasterSingers and the Church Street Singers.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, August 8, 10:00 a.m.

Rev. Samuel Schaal will present the message. Betty Dethmers is the organist. The couplesŐ quartet with Marj and Dean Fowler;
 Charmaine and Jim La Belle will sing.



 

CALENDAR WEEK OF August 1, 2004

SUNDAY, August 1

10:00 a.m. Worship/Communion/Children in Church/ Sunday School ages 3-2nd grade

11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-Lounge, Personnel Eval. Comm.-Parlor

 

 

MONDAY, August 2

7;00 p.m. Bd. Christian Ed.-R.C.

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

 

TUESDAY, August 3

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree

1:30 p.m. @CH Circle 8

7:00 p.m. Deacons-Parlor

 

 

WEDNESDAY, August 4

6:30 a.m. MenŐs Bible Study-Lounge

6:00 p.m. All Church Picnic Dinner-Ridge Ct.

7:00 p.m. Communications-Conf. Rm.

 

 

THURSDAY, August 5

9:00 a.m. Big Band rehearsal-S.H.

9 & 10 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

 

 

FRIDAY, August 6

8:15 a.m. St. VincentŐs Prep-Kitchen

4:15 p.m. Serve @ St. VincentŐs

 

 

SATURDAY, August 7

No church events scheduled

 

 

 

 

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please check the welcome tables at the back of the Nave or in the hallways for fliers with information about scheduled activities.

 

 

In case of emergency, a minister is on call at 414-205-0519.

 

For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. To access the system, set your hearing aid to the ŇTÓ setting.

 

Circle 8 meets Tuesday, August 3, 1:30 p.m. at the Congregational Home. We will have dessert and play Bunco with the residents.

 

The next All Church Dinner is Wednesday, August 4 at 6 p.m. We will have a box lunch picnic with oven fried chicken, fruit salad, Jell-O, pasta salad and brownies. The Ray Neumann Big

Band will provide the entertainment. Sign up at the church office   by 11:30 a.m. today. Cost: Adults/$5; children under 12/$2.

 

 

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society sponsors an annual bicycling event. This year a number of church families will be riding 150 miles on August 7 & 8. If you are interested in supporting the riders or want to participate in the ride, call Hank Collis at 262-781-6705.

 

On Thursday, August 26 there will be a special Garden Tour of Melody NarrŐs personal garden located in the Holy Hill area. Melody is co-owner of LandWorks and is a garden lecturer.  Plan to meet at Church at 2:45 p.m. and carpool to her home. Sign up at the church office to let us know you are coming.