FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA
October 15, 2006
MORNING WORSHIP 8:45 A.M.
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
GATHERING MUSIC
WELCOME Rev.
Robert J. Brink
(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 Friendship Lounge.)
PRELUDE Jubilant
Fanfare McChesney
Jubilation
Ringers
ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev.
Steven A. Peay, Ph.D.
CHIMES AND TOWER BELLS
CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Come,
O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
People: We
have listened and heard the Lord’s word, “Be still, and know that I am God.”
Liturgist: We
come to listen anew, to open the ears of our hearts, not just our physical
ears.
People: We
come to open ourselves to being still in God’s presence.
Liturgist: Blessed
is the kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit!
People: Now
and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. Alleluia!
*HYMN [back cover] Come,
Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP
*INVOCATION
AND LORD’S PRAYER (unison)
O
God, you have made heaven and earth and all that is good; and in Jesus Christ
you show us that the secret of joy is a heart set free from selfish desires.
Help us to delight in simple things and to rejoice always in the richness of
your bounty. Open us afresh to hear the Word you spoke into our world, who speaks
in our hearts, and who with you and the Holy Spirit speaks to us in sacred
Scripture, even the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us to say…
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
THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Hebrews 4:12-16 Bible,
page 1091
*HYMN 397 Lord
Speak to Me, That I May Speak
{Children ages 3 through 8th
grade are dismissed to Sunday School during the singing of the hymn.}
THE PSALMODY (responsive) Psalm 22:1-19 Bible,
page 490
THE GOSPEL LESSON Mark
10:17-31 Bible,
page 921
ANTHEM Blessed
Jesus, At Thy Word arr.
McChesney
SERMON
“Listening
for a Time Like This” Dr.
Peay
CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION
PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE
CHORAL RESPONSE TO PRAYER
OFFERTORY
ANTHEM Bring, O Morn, Thy Music Helvey
*DOXOLOGY
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING AND DEDICATION
*HYMN 404
Take
My Life and Let It Be
*CHARGE
AND BENEDICTION
*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 Jubilate
Deo Silver
*The congregation is invited to stand, if able.
The
Chancel flowers are given by Bruno and Mary Ann Mauer
in
honor of staff, volunteers, and our church family.
Worship Preview for Sunday, October 22, 2006 ~ 8:45
& 11:00 a.m.
Next week Dr. Peay’s sermon
series on being church continues with “Serving 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.
The Junior Choir, directed by
Roxanne Trump-Miles, sings at 8:45 a.m.
Pilgrim Choir Anthems
8:45 A.M.
Bring, O Morn, Thy Music!
William Channing Gannett
Bring, O morn, thy music! Night, thy starlit silence!
Oceans, laugh in rapture to the storm winds coursing
free!
Suns and planets chorus, praise to thee, Most Holy,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be!
Life and death, Thy creatures, praise Thee, mighty Giver!
Praise and prayer are rising in Thy beast and bird and
tree:
Lo! they praise and vanish, vanish at Thy bidding,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be!
Light us! Lead us! Love us! cry Thy groping nations,
Pleading in the thousand tongues, but naming only Thee,
Longing to fulfill Thy holy, happy purpose,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be!
Life nor death can part us, O Thou Love eternal,
Shepherd of the wandering star and souls that wayward
flee!
Homeward draws the spirit to Thy Spirit yearning,
Who was, and is, and evermore
shall be!