Worship Guide
October 27, 2024
Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Creating Disciples of Jesus who Transform the World
ENTRANCE WITH PRAISE
Greetings:
Minister: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!
People: And also with you!
Special Music: “Made for More” Charles
Centering Words:
Taste and see that the Lord is good. God’s steadfast love endures forever.
*Call to Worship:
Leader: Magnify the Lord.
People: Praise God’s holy name.
Leader: The Lord hears the pleas of the perishing.
People: God transforms our suffering into songs of joy.
Leader: God restores our fortunes when calamity strikes.
People: Bless the Lord and praise God’s holy name!
Leader: Let us pray.
ALL: Source of healing and mercy, heed us when we cry out in our need. Give us the wisdom and the courage to accept the limits of our understanding, as Job did before us. Give us the confidence to sing your praises, even when fear and doubt darken our thoughts. Grant us your healing balm, O God, that we may be made well and follow you all the days of our lives. Amen.
Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision”
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Great God of heaven, my victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD
Words of Assurance
Draw near to God in Christ,
and God will draw near to you.
Amen.
*New Testament Reading: Hebrews 7:23-28
23 Furthermore, the former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office; 24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. 25 Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he has no need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; this he did once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
WORD AND RESPONSE
Time with Young Friends: “Jesus Loves Me”
Children’s Message: “Mercy & Kindness”
Hymn: “Nothing But the Blood”
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
what can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O precious is the flow that makes me bright as snow;
no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my pardon this I see: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
For my cleansing this my plea: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O precious is the flow that makes me bright as snow;
no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Nothing can for sin atone: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Naught of good that I have done: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O precious is the flow that makes me bright as snow;
no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my hope and peace: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
This is all my righteousness: nothing but the blood of Jesus.
O precious is the flow that makes me bright as snow;
no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Sermon: “Let Me See” Mark 10:46-52
46 They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” 50 So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. 51 Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” 52 Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
Hymn: “O How I Love Jesus”
There is a name I love to hear,
I love to sing its worth,
it sounds like music in the ear,
the sweetest name on earth.
O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus, because he first loved me.
It tells me of a Savior's love,
who died to set me free;
it tells me of his precious blood,
the sinner's perfect plea.
O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus, because he first loved me.
It tells of one whose loving heart
can feel my deepest woe;
who in each sorrow bears a part
that none can bear below.
O how I love Jesus, O how I love Jesus,
O how I love Jesus, because he first loved me.
Psalter: Psalm 34:1-8, 19-22
1 I will bless the Lord at all times;
God's praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
let the afflicted hear and be glad.
3 O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt God's name together!
4 I sought the Lord, who answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
5 Look to God and be radiant,
so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6 The poor cried out, and the Lord
heard, and saved them out of all their troubles.
7 The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear God, and delivers them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good!
Happy are those who take refuge in God!
19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous;
but the Lord delivers them.
20 The Lord keeps all their bones;
not one of them is broken.
21 Evil shall slay the wicked;
and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
22 The Lord redeems the life of his
servants; none of those who take
refuge in God will be condemned.
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen
Prayers of the People: Joys and concerns
Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer
SENDING FORTH
Hymn: “I Know Whom I Have Believed”
I know not why God’s wondrous grace
to me he hath made known,
nor why, unworthy, Christ in love
redeemed me for his own.
But I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.
I know not how this saving faith
to me he did impart,
nor how believing in his word
wrought peace within my heart.
But I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.
I know not how the Spirit moves,
convincing us of sin,
revealing Jesus through the word,
creating faith in him.
But I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.
I know not when my Lord may come,
at night or noonday fair,
nor if I walk the vale with him,
or meet him in the air.
But I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.
Benediction
Hymn: “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus”
I have decided to follow Jesus,
I have decided to follow Jesus,
I have decided to follow Jesus,
no turning back, no turning back.
