FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

September 3, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

 

GATHERING MUSIC

                 

WELCOME                                                                                             Rev. Samuel Schaal           

(Please pass the red pew pads now. If you are a guest this Sunday, we would

love to greet you following the service or in Coffee hour in the Friendship Lounge.)

 

PRELUDE                                   Adagio and Trumpet Tune                                          Vivaldi

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                       

 

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

THE CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP   God is My Strong Salvation                               Stevens

                                   Charmaine & Jim LaBelle, Marj & Dean Fowler

 

*HYMN 391                                      Be Thou My Vision

 

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

Eternal Light, shine into our hearts; eternal Goodness, deliver us from evil; eternal Power, be our support; eternal Wisdom, scatter the darkness of our ignorance; eternal Love, have mercy upon us, that with all our heart and mind and strength,

we may seek your face and be brought by your infinite mercy to your holy presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 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.

 

 

 *GLORIA PATRI

 

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON           James 1:17-27                                   Bible, page 1054

 

PSALMODY (responsive)                 Psalm 45:1-2, 6-9                                  Bible, page 489

 

THE CHILDREN IN WORSHIP                                                                     Cindy Payette

 

*HYMN 319                             Just as I Am, Without One Plea

                           {Children ages 3 through entering 3rd grade are dismissed

to Sunday School, in room LL2, during the singing of the hymn.}

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON            Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23                            Bible, page 874

 

THE REFLECTION                “Living from the Inside Out”                               Rev. Schaal

 

WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC       Sing To His Name                                             Newbury

                                                                       

THE CALL TO PRAYER AND SILENT MEDITATION

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

WORSHIP THROUGH MUSIC         Radiating Christ                                             Peloquin

                                                                                                                                               

*DOXOLOGY

 

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

      THE INVITATION

      THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

      (when the minister prays “…proclaim your glory in unending praise” respond:)

                  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.

      (the prayer continues…)

      THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD

      THE SHARING OF THE GIFTS

      PRAYER

 

*HYMN [back cover]                 Open My Eyes, That I May See

 

*THE CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

 

THE POSTLUDE                                 Trumpet Tune                                                   Stanley

 

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

 

The Chancel flowers are given in honor of Ben and Chris on their birthday.

 

The Fowlers have sung in various choral groups in Milwaukee including the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Florentine Opera Chorus, and the Milwaukee Chamber Singers.          The LaBelles have been members of the Pilgrim Choir for 14 years. Charmaine is an elementary music teacher and sings with the Milwaukee Choral Artists. Jim, a WKTI radio personality, performs with the Midwest Vocal Express, a barbershop chorus.

 

 

Worship Preview for Rally Sunday, September 10, 2006 ~ 8:45 & 11:00 a.m.

Next Week: Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D. will deliver the sermon entitled,

“Opened: For a Time Like This.”

Thomas Gregory is the organist.

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