November 24, 2024

WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE

PRELUDE                                  “Simple Gifts”                   arr. Valerie W. Stephenson                                             

INTROIT                                 "In God Alone"                           Jacques Berthier

WELCOME                                                                     Rev. Mary Gene Boteler 

One: This is the day that the Lord has made

All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.                          

*CALL TO WORSHIP   

One:  Our God reigns; let the earth be glad.

All:  God’s word is truth; let all creation sing.

One:  We bow before God’s strength and majesty.

All:  We gather to worship and make faithful witness.

One:  We sing praises to the One whom God exalted

            and gave him the name that is above every name,

All:  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend,

in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

and every tongue should confess

that Jesus is Lord.

*HYMN INSERT                 “God of Peace and Justice” sung many times   YA RAB AS-SALAMI

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION    John Bell, the Iona Community                  Rev. Rick Nutt

One: Where ignorance, self-love and insensitivity have fractured life in community,

  All:    forgive us and give us your light, God of love.

One:  Where injustice and oppressions have broken the spirit of peoples,

All:  forgive us and give us your light, God who frees.

One:  Where hunger and poverty, illness and death have made life an unbearable

            burden,

All:  forgive us and give us your light, God of grace.

One:  Where suspicion and hatred, conflict and fear have challenged your goodness,

All:  forgive us and give us your light, God of peace.

Eternal God,

open the eyes of the nations and peoples so that we may walk in the light of love:

remove ignorance and stubbornness so that we may drink from the fountains of your

goodness. Amen.

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON  

*RESPOPNSE OF PRAISE 750   “Goodness Is Stronger Than Evil”    GOODNESS IS STRONGER THAN EVIL

*PASSING OF THE PEACE                                       

One:   The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all,

All:      And also with you.  

WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD

ANTHEM                                “Harvest Is Hope”                              Paul Gibson

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION 

SCRIPTURE Philippians 2:1-11 NRSVRU

If, then, there is any comfort in Christ, any consolation from love, any partnership in the Spirit, any tender affection and sympathy,  make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.  Do nothing from selfish ambition or empty  conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.  Let each of you look not to your own interests but to the interests of others. 

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, assuming human likeness.

And being found in appearance as a human, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross.

Therefore God exalted him even more highly and gave him the name that is above every other name, so that at the name given to Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Holy Wisdom, Holy Word

Thanks be to God  

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE                                                                                                     

SERMON                                                                      Rev. Mary Gene Boteler

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

*HYMN 756                     “O God of Every Nation”                                    LLANGLOFFAN

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH       “A Declaration of Faith” 

We declare that Jesus is Lord. His resurrection is a decisive victory over the 

powers that deform and destroy human life. His lordship is hidden. The world

appears to be dominated by peoples and systems that do not acknowledge his

rule. But his lordship is real. It demands our loyalty and sets us free from the fear

of all lesser lords who threaten us. We maintain the ultimate sovereignty now

belongs to Jesus Christ in every sphere of life.

Jesus is Lord.

He has been Lord from the beginning.

He will be Lord at the end.

Even now he is Lord.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

TIME OF OFFERING   online giving is available at  www. indianolapres.org/give

OFFERTORY               The Indianola Presbyterian Church Children’s Choir

*OFFERTORY RESOPONSE 693       “Though I May  Speak”  vs. 2                             GIFT OF LOVE

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION

Christ Jesus, our Servant Lord, we bring these gifts to share in your work of love and justice. Use them to lift up the lowly, heal the hurting, and bring about your peace. May our lives reflect your humble, life-giving reign, until the earth is as it is in heaven. Amen.

*HYMN 727                         “Will You Let Me Be Your Servant”              THE SERVANT SONG

TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING 

CHARGE & BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE         "God Be with You Till We Meet Again"          William G. Tomer

POSTLUDE                                       “Peace”                                                  Tim Neumark

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