CCLI License No. 1315671

WOOSTER

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September 15, 2019

As we gather for worship, we welcome all who are guests with us today. We encourage both guests and members to sign the attendance register found at the end of each pew.

Please leave any messages for the church office on the register as you record your presence.

GATHERING MUSIC

GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Pastor Jim Cooper

+ CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 121) Leader: I lift up my eyes to the mountains where does my help come from? People: My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Leader: He will not let your foot slip, he who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. People: The LORD watches over you, the LORD is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Leader: The LORD will keep watch over your life; All: The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

+ PRAISE CHORUS “Give Me Oil”

+ HYMN “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Hymnal No. 334 (sing twice)

OPENING PRAYER Pastor Jim Cooper

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Jane Slater Children may bring a small monetary offering to be collected for a Blanket Sunday donation..

Following the Children’s Message, children have the option to attend their own age-specific classrooms. They should be picked up after the worship service (see room listing in our “Church Today” section).

SPECIAL MUSIC “Enduring Joy” Cynthia Dobrinksi Campanile Bells

SCRIPTURE Genesis 4:2b-7 OT pg. 4 Hebrews 11:1-4, 6 NT pg. 273

+ HYMN “We Walk by Faith” words on screen

THE COMMUNITY OF FAITH IN PRAYER The Pastoral Prayer Lord’s Prayer (spoken, using trespasses / trespass) Hymnal No. 895

WE WORSHIP GOD WITH OUR TITHES AND GIFTS The Offertory “Take It To The Lord in Prayer” Sandra Eithun Campanile Bells

+ The Doxology Hymnal No. 95

+ PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Giver of all good gifts, as we dedicate our tithes and offerings to you, we are reminded that nothing truly belongs to us. Our name may be on a deed, but the land is yours first. Our name may be on a check, but the time, strength, and wisdom that helped us earn it are all gifts from you. You have trusted us to be stewards and managers of things that are ultimately yours, and we pray as we dedicate these offerings back to you that you will find us faithful in our keeping and stewardship. We pray in the name of Jesus, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.

SERMON Pastor Jim Cooper

+ HYMN “Take My Life, and Let It Be” Hymnal No. 399

CLOSING BLESSING Pastor Jim Cooper

DISMISSAL MUSIC Steve Gerber, organist

+ You are invited to stand as you are comfortable.

Vs 1: Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning. Give me oil in my lamp, I pray. Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning. Keep me burning till the break of day.

Vs 2: Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising. Give me joy in my heart, I pray. Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising. Keep me praising till the break of day.

Chorus: Sing hosanna, sing hosanna. Sing hosanna to the Servant King. Sing hosanna, sing hosanna. Sing hosanna, let us sing.