FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

October 30, 2005

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

The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Covenant Renewal-Reformation Sunday

GATHERING MUSIC

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast

PRELUDE My Jesus Leadeth Me Geischen

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

CALL TO WORSHIP

Liturgist: We come as a reformed people, let us practice what we have been taught:

People: That burdens shared are burdens lifted.

Liturgist: Let us practice what we have been taught:

People: That our outward deeds are witness to our inwards hearts.

Liturgist: Let us practice what we have been taught:

People: That we are a family, equally sisters and brothers of our brother, Jesus.

ALL: We come to celebrate and practice the faith we share with Luther, Calvin,
Penry, Barrow, Browne, and Robinson and with one another. Alleluia!

*HYMN 363 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

Holy God: Graciously inform and assist our worship so that it may be acceptable to you.
Fill us with the spirit of the great reformers of the church. Revive our awareness of their
contributions, faith and zeal. Help us worthily to celebrate their witness and vision. Grant
us keen sight that we may be true to the faith in which we stand and the covenant which
binds us together. Reform your Son’s church, O God, beginning with us, both individually
and as a congregation. In the name of the boldest reformer and truest servant, Jesus Christ,
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)

“I have found generosity here…” Thoughts from our Members

8:45 Bladen Burns, Jennifer Wareham

11:00 Pamela Benson Hennes, Denise O’Meara

*HYMN 259 We Limit Not the Truth of God [sung to Ellacombe]

[Children are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.]

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 Bible, page 1029

THE PSALMODY (responsive) Psalm 107 Hymnal, p. 533, reading 99

THE GOSPEL LESSON Matthew 23: 1-12 Rev. Steven Peay, Ph.D.

Bible, page 857

THE SERMON “A Reformed People”

THE ANTHEM 8:45 Teach Me, O Lord Attwood

11:00 Alleluia, Lord God! Palestrina

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

THE PRAYER OF PEOPLE AND MINISTER

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

THE OFFERTORY

THE ANTHEM 8:45 Lord, We Pray Lokensgard

11:00 Build Thee More Stately Mansions Young

*DOXOLOGY (Hymn 515)

THE PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION

*HYMN [insert] Won’t You Let Me Be Your Servant?

*RENEWING THE COVENANT AND BENEDICTION

{The congregation is invited forward by rows to sign the covenant book and then exit by the front doors.
Please join us for a festive coffee hour following worship!}

POSTLUDE Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Hoelty-Nickel

*The congregation is invited to stand.

The flowers in the Chancel are given by Bonnie Greenwald in memory of

Betty McDonald Greenwald and Clyde and Elizabeth Davis.

SERVING October 30, 2005

Head Greeters: Marilyn Auer, David Moore

Head Ushers: Sue Melby, John O’Meara

Ushers: 8:45 a.m. Marty VanderVelde-Captain, Kevin & Jenny Breitzmann, Chris & Karen Mason

Ushers: 11:00 a.m. John O’Meara-Captain, Neal O’Meara, Maggie Rowbottom, Judy Connor

Greeters: 8:45 a.m. Board of Trustees-Charlie & DdG Wakefield and Marc & Val Blazich

Greeters: 11:00 a.m. Board of Trustees-Scott & Carol Wittig and Gary & Cathy Kebbekus

Acolytes: 8:45 a.m. Merrick Wells and Maddie Cindrich

Acolyte: 11:00 a.m. Samantha Nitschke

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 30, 8:45 and 11:00 a.m.

We celebrate All Saints/All Souls Sunday with the Roll of Remembrance and

the Lord’s Supper. Dr. Peay’s reflection is entitled, “Seeing the Saintly Self.”

Betty Dethmers is the organist.

Lee Jacobi directs the Pilgrim Choir at 8:45 and the Chancel Choir at 11:00.

CALENDAR WEEK OF October 30, 2005

SUNDAY, October 30

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

10:00 a.m. Stewardship Coffee Hour-SH, Jr. Choir Rehearsal-LL5

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

12:00 p.m. Stewardship Coffee Hour-Lounge

No PF

MONDAY, October 31

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

TUESDAY, November 1

9:00 a.m. Retired Men’s Club-SH

9, 10, 11:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

7:00 p.m. Bd/Deacons-Parlor, Boy Scouts-LL5

WEDNESDAY, November 2

6:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study-Parlor, Men’s Bible Study-Lounge

9:00 a.m. Chapel Devotions

9:30 a.m. Prayer & Pilates-Lounge

10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

6:00 p.m. Debtors Anonymous-LL5

THURSDAY, November 3

9:00 a.m. Big Band-SH

6:00 p.m. Insurance Task Force-RC

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, November 4

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

4:30 p.m. Jr. PF Overnight

SATURDAY, Nov. 5

8:00 a.m. Women’s Group-Parlor (date change)

9:00 a.m. Breakfast with the Girls-Lounge

9:30 a.m. Jr. PF Overnight ends

10:00 a.m. Music Jamboree-LL2

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please check the welcome tables in the atrium for information about our church.

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.

The Board of Stewardship will be hosting a special coffee hour, following the first service, today in the Social Hall. Celebrate the culmination of 6 weeks of study about our Covenant on “Commitment Sunday.” Rev. Peay will share thoughts of this day. After the second service, there will be a similar gathering in the Friendship Lounge.

The Boy Scout Troop, which meets at our church, will be selling wreaths today and November 6 in the atrium. All orders must be pre-paid. Wreath pick-up is scheduled for November 27 at church.

Retired Men’s Club of Wauwatosa will meet in the Social Hall on Tuesday, November 1 at 9 a.m. Joe Lamalfa, a docent at the Public Museum, will talk about Samson the gorilla, now a permanent resident there.

Circle 8 will meet at the Congregational Home on Tuesday, November 1 at 1:30 p.m. for dessert and Bunco with the residents.

Breakfast with the Girls will meet November 5 at 9 a.m. to have a Tea Party! Maggi Gordon will talk about the “History of Tea.” A place to display tea pots will also be set up, so if you if you have a favorite teapot please bring it to share with all. Also bring your favorite cup and saucer. For all who bake, scones, teacakes, and cookies would be a welcome addition. Sign up at the church office. Donation: $5.

All Saints Sunday Roll of Remembrance will take place on November 6. A rose will be presented in commemoration of the person’s life who has passed away this year. If you have someone you want recognized during the service, please contact the church office at 414-258-7375.

First Church Drive-In presents:
Finding Nemo

November 11, 2005 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Social Hall

All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Neighbors and friends of First Church welcome.

The floral arrangement sign-up chart for 2006 will be set up in the atrium on Sunday, November 20. If there is a special Sunday that you would like to reserve for 2006, please call Gaye Clark, 414-453-5293, before November 18.

Our amended bylaws provide for a Program Meeting at which the members will review the program of the church for the church year. This year’s meeting will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 10 a.m. in the Social Hall. Please make every effort to attend.

Choir Anthems
Pilgrim Choir 8:45

Teach Me, O Lord

Psalm 119:33

Teach me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes;

and I shall keep it unto the end.

Lord, We Pray

Diane C. Lokensgard