FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
August 28, 2005
MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 AM
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Carrie Kreps Wegenast
THE PRELUDE Praise
to the Lord Walther
CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS
CALL
TO WORSHIP Rev.
Samuel Schaal
Minister: O
give thanks to the Lord, call on his name, make known his deeds among the
peoples,
People: Sing
to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.
Minister: Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those
who seek the LORD rejoice.
People: Seek
the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually.
*HYMN 14 The
God of Abraham Praise
*INVOCATION AND LORD’S
PRAYER (unison)
O God, in our worship
and our praise, draw us closer to you. Let us feel your presence on this Holy
Ground. Engage our ears to hear you. Engage our eyes to see you. Engage our
hands to feel you. Engage our hearts to love and worship you. We pray all this
in the name of the one who taught us to pray…
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)
THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP
*HYMN (insert) Source
and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud
(Children 2nd grade and younger are
dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.)
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Exodus
3:1-15 Bible,
page 47
NEW TESTAMENT RESPONSE (responsive)
Romans
12:9-21 Bible
, page 987
GOSPEL LESSON Matthew
16:21-28 Bible,
page 851
SPECIAL MUSIC Oh!
Had I Jubal’s Lyre Handel
Kimberly
Porter
THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION
THE
PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE
THE SERMON “Non-Secret
Agents”
Rev.
Kreps Wegenast
THE OFFERTORY
SPECIAL MUSIC How
Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Liddle
*DOXOLOGY 515
*THE PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING
*HYMN 423 Where
Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
THE POSTLUDE All
Creatures of Our God and King Schulz-Widmar
*The congregation is
invited to stand.
Today’s
Chancel flowers are given by the Stacey family. They are dedicated to the
school age children of
First
Congregational Church, wishing them a successful and fun school year.
SERVING
August 28, 2005
Head
Greeters:
Marilyn Auer, David Moore
Head
Usher: John
O’Meara
Ushers: 10:00 a.m. Richard Koenings – Captain, Ted McQuillin, Jim
Benz, Jeff Saeger and John O’Meara
Greeters:
10:00 a.m. George
and Sally Wells
Acolytes:
10:00 a.m. Emily
and Daniel Miles
CARE
FOR CHILDREN
A nursery for infants and toddlers is available
during the 10:00 a.m. service.
Sunday School for children 2nd grade
and younger at 10:00 a.m.
|
Kimberly Porter holds a bachelor’s degree in
Music Performance from Carroll College in Waukesha. She is currently assisting Executive Director Christine
Flash at the Music by the Lake Academy of the Arts on the George Williams
Campus of Aurora University. Kimberly is the Soprano Section Leader of our
church choirs. |
Worship Preview for Sunday, September 4, 2005
at 10:00 a.m.
|
Rev. Samuel Schaal will deliver the
sermon. |
SUNDAY,
August 28
8:45 a.m. Lectionary Bible Study-RC
10:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School for
ages 4 & 5 and grades 1 & 2 in LL2
11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-Lounge, Senior Visitation
Group-Parlor
2:00
p.m. Pioneer
Club @Camp Whitcomb-Mason
8:00
p.m. AA-LL5
9:00
a.m. Tuesday
Morning Bible Study-RC
4:30
p.m.
Communications mtg.-RC
7:00
p.m. Pioneer Club @Camp Whitcomb-Mason
ends
6:15
a.m. @Currie
Park-Men’s 5th Wednesday Golf Outing
9:00
a.m. Chapel
Devotions
9:30
a.m. Prayer
& Pilates-Lounge
6:00
p.m. Debtors
Anonymous-LL5
8:15
a.m. St.
Vincent’s prep-Kitchen
9:00
a.m. Harmony
Singers-Lounge
4:15
p.m. Serve
at St. Vincent’s
No church events scheduled
For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. Simply set your hearing aid to the “T” setting.
In addition to the loop system,
there is a new hearing assistance system
installed in the Nave which can amplify the worship service with the use of a
receiver and headset. The headset is not usable with a hearing aid. If you would like to try this
system, please ask for a receiver/headset at the church office.
Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please check the welcome tables in the Atrium for information about our church.
Covenant Renewal classes will be held September 18 through October 27. Various classes will be offered to fit in to everyone’s schedule. Childcare will be provided for several of these classes. Sign up at the registration table in the atrium beginning August 28, or call the church office at 414-258-7375. Those wishing to become new members should sign up for the Covenant Renewal classes. A final class, just for new members, will be held Sunday, November 6 at 10 a.m. New members will join on Sunday, November 13.
Lectionary Bible Study will meet on Sunday mornings through September 4 from 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. in the Resource Center. Drop in – no registration required.
Circle 8 will meet at the Congregational Home on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. for Bunco and dessert with the residents. Everyone is welcome.
We cook and serve for the St. Vincent Meal Program the first Friday of each month. We next serve this coming Friday, September 2. If you would like to help cook the meal in our kitchen beginning at 8:15 a.m., please contact Barb Dunham at 414-774-7147. Four servers are still needed for the 2nd. If you can help, please sign up on the board located in the atrium or contact Jim VerDuin at 414-302-1403.
Mum plants will be for sale in the Atrium before and after the services on Rally Sunday, September 11. All proceeds go to Greater Tosa Interfaith Older Adult Program. The cost is one for $6 or two for $10.
An Old Fashioned Church Potluck Supper will be held on Wednesday, September 14 at 6 p.m. on Ridge Court. Please bring a dish to pass, which will serve 8-12 people. Sign up for the number of people in your party, and the dish you will be bringing, at the welcome table in the atrium. The Board of Fellowship will provide the beverages.
Childcare providers are needed to assist in the church nursery for church events scheduled throughout the week beginning this fall. Training will be provided. Anyone, 6th grade and above who is interested, please contact Sharon Cook-Bahr at 414-257-1453.
Sunday School Teachers are needed. Anyone interested in volunteering as a teacher or a substitute, please contact Carrie Sgarlata or Carla Cummings at 414-258-7375 ext. 230.