WE GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

Hints on what to do in church

↕ Stand up and Read Words in Darker Print

↕ ♫Stand up and Sing

Listen to the Bible Reading

Listen to the Pastor

Listen to the Educator

Listen Quietly

GATHER IN GOD’S NAME

PRELUDES

HYMN PRELUDES Paul Manz

O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing

Be Thou My Vision

God of Grace

GREETING: The Lord be with you. And also with you.

Announcements / Please sign and pass the pew registration pad.

“Pause for the Past” – Charlie Thompson

Good Christian Folks, Rejoice & Sing

↕ CALL TO WORSHIP

This is the day which the Lord has made!

Gathered here in the name of Christ our Lord, we

rejoice and we are glad in all God has made.

God has made us, too, and crowned us with glory and

honor.

With great thanksgiving, we give praise to God!

↕♫ HYMN #482 “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty”

↕CONFESSION OF SIN

Most merciful God, hear us now as we confess our sinfulness before you and each other. Though we have consumed much, we have hungered after that which does not satisfy. Though we say we want to do what is right, we have compromised with evil. Though we say we trust in you, we have doubted your power to save us.

Forgive our lack of faith; have mercy on our weakness. Restore in us such trust and love that we may walk in your ways and delight in doing your will.

(silent confession of sin . . .)

Lord, hear our prayers. Amen.

↕ ASSURANCE OF PARDON

↕♫RESPONSE #577 “Glory Be to the Father”

LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Eternal God, in the reading of Scripture may your Word be heard; in the meditation of our hearts, may your Word be known; in the faithfulness of our lives, may your will be done. Through Christ, Word of Life, Amen.

IN MISSION – Habitat for Humanity

CHILDREN’S TIME “In Any Language”

OLD TESTAMENT READING

Proverbs 22: 1-2, 8-9, 22-23 (p. 604)

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

SPECIAL MUSIC

Andanta (Sonata II) J. S. Bach

Michael Cameron, cellist and Jennifer Blyth, pianist

NEW TESTAMENT READING

Mark 7: 24-37 (p. 42)

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.

SERMON

“Thank You! Thank You Very Much!”

+ A moment of silent reflection +

↕♫ HYMN #214 (Green)

“Have We Any Gift Worth Giving”

↕ PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE and

LORD’S PRAYER (p.16)

GIVE THANKS TO GOD

OFFERING

Offertory Ricordanza George Rochberg

Michael Cameron, cellist and Jennifer Blyth, pianist

↕♫ RESPONSE #593 “Praise God”

↕PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

O God who creates us, you also call us to love and serve you and our neighbors. In Jesus, you show us how to live our calling. With gratitude for your gifts to us, we offer ourselves anew. These offerings are a token of our commitment. Receive them with our thanksgiving for

all your mercies, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

GO AND SERVE IN GOD’S NAME

↕♫HYMN #376 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”

↕ THE PEACE (of Christ be with you.)

And also with you.

Extend a word of Peace with your neighbors.

↕ CHARGE and BLESSING

↕♫RESPONSE #586 “Amen”

♫ POSTLUDE Postlude on HYFRYDOL Mawbey

IN OUR PRAYERS, THIS WEEK:

* the church at work in: the Synod of Puerto Rico; the Presby-

teries of Northwest (PR); San Juan (PR); and Southwest (PR)

* the Presbyterian Church: Mexico (Mexico, PA); Elder Crystal

Lyde (temporary supply)

* in our community: Wesleyan Church of the Cross (B Street)

* in our congregation (at random): Rita Deutsch;

Susan McDermott; Jane Sullivan

Children’s Bulletin

First Presbyterian Church

On the Square

Carlisle, PA

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

September 6, 2009

“All that we have, all that we are, all that we hope to be,

We give to you, we give to you.

We lift our voices, we lift our hands, we lift our lives up to you;

We are an offering, We are an offering.”

Dwight Liles - 1984