MORNING WORSHIP: 8:45 AND 11:00 A

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

World Communion Sunday - October 1, 2006

MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

THE CHURCH GATHERS

GATHERING MUSIC

WELCOME Rev. Samuel R. 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 at coffee hour in the Social Hall.)

PRELUDE Two Trios Rheiberger

ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.

CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS

CALL TO WORSHIP Rev. Robert J. Brink

Liturgist: We gather today from the busyness of life to receive strength.

People: We come as people of God to excel in God’s work through breaking

the bread and drinking the cup.

Liturgist: We join hearts and minds with Christ-followers throughout the world who

today join us in celebrating our communion in the Lord.

People: Through this sacrament we will receive power to be faithful in love, to

serve the people of the world.

ALL: Together we worship God and bring God’s love and joy to our world.

Alleluia!

*HYMN [insert] Gather Us In

*THE CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP

*INVOCATION AND LORD’S PRAYER (unison)

God of love and mercy, we come before you with grateful hearts for sustaining us in the critical times of our life. Terrorism, war, hatred, and lack of trust surround us,

but through simple signs of bread broken and cup poured out we learn to love and trust others. God help us that we may not be discouraged in our task of proclaiming your love and word of life to our weary world. Above all, give us strength to live our faith, even in difficult times. Send your Holy Spirit that we may be faithful and steadfast in loving others as you are steadfast and faithful in loving us. We come to the table your Son set for us and we remember your love that he showed us, even as he 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

GREETINGS FROM OLIVET COLLEGE Dr. Donald Tuski, President

THE CHURCH HEARS THE WORLD

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON James 5:13-20 Bible, page 1103

*HYMN 289 Father, We Thank Thee Who Hast Planted

{Children ages 3 through 8th grade are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.}

THE PSALMODY (unison) Psalm 124 Bible, page 560

THE GOSPEL LESSON Mark 9:38-50 Bible, page 920

THE ANTHEM Peace of God Petker

COMMUNION MEDITATION “Disciples for a Time Like This” Dr. Peay

THE CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

THE CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER

THE OFFERTORY

THE ANTHEM Sing Praise to God Pfautsch

*THE DOXOLOGY

THE CHURCH OFFERS THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

{The service is taken from The Wee Worship Book of the ecumenical Iona Community, Scotland}

INVITATION TO TABLE AND CONFESSION

THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION [unison]

God of steadfast compassion, we confess that we don’t always struggle very hard with those daily temptations that surround us. We confess that we often give in to the temptation to judge others, to speak harshly, to allow our anger free rein, to take more than our share, to be lazy, to be thoughtless. Encourage us in the discipline of expecting better of ourselves in these things and the strength to stand firmly against large temptations we face. Bless us with the faith to turn to you in honest repentance when we fail. Amen.

THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON

THE STORY

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING

{after the minister concludes “…on earth and in heaven:” 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

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.

THE CHURCH IS SENT FORTH TO LOVE AND SERVE

*HYMN 366 God of Grace and God of Glory

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE [Hymn 62 God Be With You Verse 1]

*THE POSTLUDE Pastorale Kuchar

*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.

The Chancel flowers are given by Cheryl Hokenson and Mark Lemke in memory of Cheryl’s brother, Carl.

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

Next week: Dr. Peay continues our October Stewardship Awareness and Renewal series with, “Belonging for a Time Like This.”

A class based on the sermon theme will be offered at 10 a.m. Sunday

and on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Thomas Gregory is the organist.

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

Pilgrim Choir Anthems

8:45 A.M.

The Peace of God

Philippians 4:7

The peace of God be with you forever, ever and ever more.

Which surpasses all understanding.

Keep your heads and hearts and minds

filled with the presence and love of God. Amen.

Sing Praise To God

Johann J. Shutz 1640-1690