FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

October 24, 2004

 

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 AND 11:00 A.M.

The 21st Sunday after Pentecost

              

GATHERING MUSIC                                                                                                                                    

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                        Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

 

THE PRELUDE      8:45                     Meditation & Jubilation                                                        Melton

                                                                         Jubilation Ringers

                                      11:00          Come Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire                                                  Held

                                                

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS 

 

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                                                                        

Liturgist:      We come today knowing that in community,

People:       We find the strength to support the needy,

Liturgist:      And the compassion to comfort the broken.

People:       We come today knowing that we are GodÕs people,

Liturgist:      Drawn by the Spirit,

People:       And taught to speak truth and love by the Son.

All:               We come today to worship because we are stewards of GodÕs gift of

                       community.

 

CHORAL FANFARE

 

*HYMN 346                               Come, Let Us Join With Faithful Souls

 

*INVOCATION AND LORDÕS PRAYER (unison)

O God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works proceed: give to your servants that peace which the world cannot give; that our hearts may be set to obey your commandments, and that free from the fear of our enemies we may pass our time in trust and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Savior, who taught us to prayÉ

 

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, forever.  Amen.

 

*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)

 

OUR HEARTS TO GOD STEWARDSHIP 2004                                              Mark Hendrickson

 

THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP

 

*HYMN  232                             Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

                   (Children are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.)

 

THE OLD TESTAMENT LESSON        Joel 2:23-32                                              Bible, page 788

 

THE PSALMODY (responsive)                   Psalm 65                               Hymnal, page 525, No. 83

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                          Luke 18:9-14                          Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.                                                                                         

                                                                           Bible, page 911

 

THE ANTHEM    8:45                          Antiphonal Celebration                                                 McChesney

                                                                         Jubilation Ringers

                                   11:00                                       Gloria!                                                                        Moses

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

 

THE SERMON                            ÒHearts to God: StewardshipÓ                                            Dr. Peay

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

THE ANTHEM    8:45                                O Sing! Rejoice                                                                Handel

                                                                     David Miles, Trumpet

                                   11:00               Take Thou Our Minds Dear Lord                                                Martin                     

 

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

*THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN 404                                        Take My Life and Let It Be                    

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

*THE 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.

 

THE POSTLUDE                                      Voluntary No. 2                                                       Boellmann

 

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayÕs chancel flowers are given in loving memory of our brother and father

 by Jane Kolberg, and Don, Jill and Max Schaeffer.

 

SERVING October 24, 2004

Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore

Head Usher: Susie Daigneau

Ushers: 8:45 a.m. Captain: Lee Cummings, Jim DÕAmbrisi, Ted McQuillin, Paige Galfano, Tom Galfano

Ushers: 11:00 a.m. Captain: Susie Daigneau, James Auer, John OÕMeara, Neal OÕMeara

Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Dave and Judy Fraser

Greeters: 11:00 a.m. David and Mary Jane Montguire

Acolytes: 8:45 a.m. Griffin Houriet, Eric Haas

Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. Kevin Meyer

 

              

 WEEK OF October 24, 2004

 

SUNDAY, October 24

8:45 a.m. Worship/Jubilation Ringers/ Children in Church/Sunday School

10:00 a.m. Sun. Symposium Adult Ed-Lounge,   Coffee Hr.-S.H., Jr. Choir Rehearsal-LL5

11:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School

4:30 p.m. Jr. PF-302

6:30 p.m. Sr. PF-302

 

MONDAY, October 25

9:00 a.m. Sub. WomenÕs Club of Tosa-Lounge, @CH- Sub. Ret. MenÕs Club

6:00 p.m. Pioneer Club (Dinner @ 5:30)

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

TUESDAY, October 26

9:00 a.m. Ret. MenÕs Club Bd. -S.H.

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

7:00 p.m. Council-Lounge, Resolve Peer Support-Parlor, Tosa Quilters Bd.-Conf. Rm., Boy Scouts-LL5

 

WEDNESDAY, October 27

6:30 a.m. MenÕs Ministry-Lounge

9:00 a.m. Chapel-Devotions, Music Jamboree- LL2

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

11:00 a.m. Sr. Women/Circle 12-Lounge

6:00 p.m. Beginnings Pot Luck Supper-S.H.

6:40 p.m. Beginnings Small Grps.-Parlor, Conf. Rm., LL5, R.C.

7:00 p.m. Bd. Stewardship-Lounge

 

THURSDAY, October 28

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

6:45 p.m. Pilgrim Choir-LL1

7:00 p.m. Jubilation Ringers-LL5

7:30 p.m. Combined Choir-LL1

8:30 p.m. Chancel Choir-LL1

 

FRIDAY, October 29

9:00 a.m. Harmony Singers-Lounge

 

SATURDAY, October 30

9:00 a.m. Fall Church Work Day

2:00 p.m. @CH-Trick or Treat

 

 

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 ÒTÓ setting.

 

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.

 

Sunday Symposium Adult EdÑtoday, Pastor George W. Washington will speak about his missionary work with the Dodji Village in Africa. On October 31, join Dr. Peay for his presentation on the Mystic of the Month: Julian of Norwich. 

 

Circle 12 will meet October 27, at 11 a.m. in the Lounge for lunch and a program entitled ÒLearn About the Beautiful State of Alaska.Ó Please call Evelyn Stenson at 414-774-3733 to RSVP.

 

Saturday, October 30 is the Fall Church Work Day. Please sign up in advance. Childcare can be made available if known ahead of time.

 

Our All-Church Heritage Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Wednesday, November 3, at 6 p.m. in the Social Hall. Sign up at the church office by noon Sunday, October 31. Cost: $5/adults; $2/children under 12; under 3/free.

 

Breakfast With the Girls will meet Saturday, November 6 at

9 a.m. Please sign up at the Church office and also let us know if you can bring a bakery item to share. Program cost: $5.

 

November 7 is All Saints Sunday and we will honor those loved ones who are no longer with us, with a reading of the Roll of Remembrance. As each name is read, a rose will be presented in their memory. Family members may take the rose home following the service. Please contact the church office at 414-258-7375 with the name of the person you would like remembered.

 

Join us in the Social Hall on Sunday, November 7, from 9:45 to 11 a.m. for a Commitment Sunday Brunch sponsored by the Bd. of Stewardship. There is no cost and no need to sign up.

 

Please note: Sunday, November 14 we will hold our Heritage Worship Celebration. Services will be held in the Social Hall.

 

The Wisconsin State Sr. PF Rally will be held November 12-13 in Byron, IL. See Carrie Kreps Wegenast for registration forms & details. Sign up by October 31.

 

 

CARE  FOR  CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 8:45 and 11:00 a.m. services.

Sunday School at 8:45 and 11:00.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, October 31, 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Peay continues the sermon series, ÒHearts to GodÓ with

ÒWith Hearts to God: Risk Taking.Ó We celebrate Reformation SundayÉwear red!

Betty Dethmers is the organist. Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45

and the Chancel Choir at 11:00.

 

Rev. Peay will lead the Wednesday MenÕs Ministry Group at 6:30 a.m.

on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays in Friendship Lounge.

All are welcome, including guests. Refreshments are served.

 

 

Choir Anthems

Pilgrim Choir    8:45

Chancel Choir 11:00

 

 

O Sing! Rejoice!

From The Choice of Hercules

 

O sing! Rejoice!

Lift up a joyful song to God with every voice!

Alleluia!

 

 

Gloria in D

By Rae Moses

 

Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the Highest)

 

 

 

Take Thou Our Minds, Dear Lord

William H. Foulkes, 1918

 

Take thou our minds, dear Lord, we humbly pray;

give us the mind of Christ throughout each day.

Teach us to know the truth that sets us free,

grant us in all our thoughts to honor thee.

 

Take thou our hearts, O Christ they are thine own;

come thou within our souls and claim thy throne.

Help us to shed abroad thy gen'rous love;

use us to make the earth like heav'n above.

 

Take thou our wills, dear God!

Hold thou full sway;

have in our inmost souls thy perfect way.

O guard thou each sacred hour from selfish ease;

guide thou our ordered lives as thou dost please.

 

Take thou ourselves, O Lord, heart, mind, and will;

through our surrendered souls thy plans fulfill.

We yield ourselves to thee time, talents, all;

we hear, and henceforth heed, thy sovereign call. Amen.