Welcome to Worship
Sunday Bulletin
November 17, 2024
Chimes
Prelude
Burning in My Soul Lyrics
Burning in My Soul
By Brett Younker/Matt Maher
There is power, power
Here in this hour, this hour
We’re all together, together
Waiting here as one
There is power, power
Here in this hour, this hour
We’re all together, together
Waiting here as one
Whoa! Hear the sound from Heaven
Whoa! A mighty rushing wind
Whoa! We’re calling for revival
God let Your fire fall again
It’s burning in my soul
Burning in my soul
All Your sons and your daughters
Dreaming the dreams of the Lord God
Seeing the signs and the wonders
The Kingdom of God
Whoa! Hear the sound from Heaven
Whoa! A mighty rushing wind
Whoa! We’re calling for revival
God let Your fire fall again
It’s burning in my soul
Burning in my soul
I cannot contain it this fire inside
I cannot contain it so let it shine
I cannot contain it this light of mine
It’s burning in my soul
Hear the sound from Heaven
Whoa! A mighty rushing wind
We’re calling for revival
God let Your fire fall again
It’s burning in my soul
Burning in my soul
It’s burning in my soul
*There is power, power
Here in this hour, this hour
We’re all together, together
Waiting here as one
Waiting here as one
It’s burning in my soul
Prayer for the Nations
Call to Worship
L: This is the day the Lord has made!
P: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Welcome
Please take this time to fill out the Celebrations and Concerns cards from the pew pockets.
Cards will be collected during Passing the Peace.
Gathering Song
When, in Awe of God’s Creation - Lyrics
When, in Awe of God’s Creation – Chalice Hymnal #688
When, in awe of God’s creation,
we view earth from outer space,
This mysterious, floating marble,
strewn with clouds and bathed in grace,
How can we not pause in wonder,
seeing earth as one and whole?
As we heal our proud divisions,
may earth’s healing be our goal.
Blue and tan, with lace clouds swirling,
flung in space and circling there,
Habitat for myriad creatures
meant for land and sea and air!
Must we draw our lines of hatred marking
nation, class,and race?
God, forgive us, we entreat you,
for all pride of self and place.
Living now, this is the picture
we no longer can deny,
For we see no angry boundaries
when our view is from the sky:
Rivers, deserts, forests, snowfields,
oceans, lakes, and mountains too,
But no fences built for barring
you from me or me from you.
Now we face the unknown future,
Challenged by the work at hand.
Still the God of all creation
Summons us with one command:
“Love each other!” Will we do it?
“Love each other!” Wars might cease!
“Love each other!” Justice follows:
“Love each other!” There is peace!
Opening Prayer
Passing the Peace
With the Spirit’s gifts empower us
for the work of ministry
Peace be yours
May the Lord be with you
as we gather now and
your whole life through
Blessing and mercy
and wholeness, too
May God’s peace
be yours
Celebrations & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord's Prayer
Our God in heaven, and among us, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will bedone, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliverus from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Special Music
We Shall Overcome - Lyrics
We Shall Overcome- Arr. Lloyd Larson
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,
We shall overcome someday!
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe
That we shall overcome someday!
We’ll walk hand in hand, we’ll walk hand in hand,
We’ll walk hand in hand someday!
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe
That we shall overcome someday!
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace,
We shall live in peace somday!
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe
That we shall overcome someday!
We shall overcome!
God will see us through, God will see us through,
God will see us through someday!
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe
That we shall overcome someday!
Prayers for the Nations Cantata
By Lloyd Larson (adapted by FCCO)
Reading, Kristen Norton
II. Hear our Prayers, O Prince of Peace
Reading, Rachel Parker Stephen
III. God You Made Us in Your Image
Reading, Lynda Perring
IV. Author of Justice
Reading, Lynn Munroe
V. God of the Ages, Whose Almighty Hand
Reading, Cathy Perring
VI. O God, Whose Will Is Life and Good
Responsive Reading, Rev. Beth Chiaravalle
VII. We Shall Overcome
Reading, Steve Taylor
VII. O Christians Heed Your Mission
Scripture
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and falls and does not have another to help. Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Message
Holy Companions
Rev. Jack Veatch
Communion Song
Communion Invitation & Elder’s Prayer
We Believe In God- Lyrics
We Believe In God – Amy Grant and Wes King
We believe in God
and we all need Jesus;
‘Cause life is hard
and it might not get easier.
But don’t be afraid to know who you are,
Don’t be afraid to show it.
If you believe in God,
if you say you need Jesus,
He’ll be where you are
And He never will leave you.
Sing to me now words that are true
So all in this place can know it.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
Sing to me now words that are true
So all in this place can know it.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
We believe in God
And we all need Jesus.
Communion
All are welcome to take communion.
All bread is gluten free.
Invitation to Stewardship
Offertory
Doxology
Doxology Lyrics
Praise God from whom
All blessings flow;
Praise God all creatures
Here below; Praise God with
all the hosts above,
Praise God
With wonder, joy, and love. Amen.
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow,
Thomas Ken (adapted by FCCO), 1674; Louise Bourgeois,
1551, ‘Amen’ by David Crowder, © 2004 sixsteps Music, CCLI #4255578
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Announcements
Closing Song
Restless Weaver - Lyrics
Restless Weaver, ever spinning
threads of justice and shalom;
Dreaming patterns of creation
where all creatures find a home;
Gathering up life’s varied fibers
Every texture, every hue:
Grant us your creative vision.
With us weave your world anew.
Where earth’s fragile web is raveling
help us mend each broken strand.
Bless our urgent, bold endeavors
Cleansing water, air and land.
Through the Spirit’s inspiration,
offering health where once was pain,
Strengthen us to be the stewards
of your world knit whole again.
When our violent lust for power
ends in lives abused and torn,
From compassion’s sturdy fabric
fashion hope and trust reborn.
Where injustice rules as tyrant,
give us courage, God, to dare
Live our dreams of transformation.
Make our lives incarnate prayer.
*Restless Weaver, still conceiving
new life, now and yet to be.
Binding all your vast creation
in one living tapestry:
You have called us to be weavers.
Let your love guide all we do.
With your reign of peace our pattern,
We will weave your world anew.
Benediction
Postlude
The Blessing - Lyrics
Postlude- FCCO Band
The Blessing
By Chris Brown and Kari Jobe
May God bless you
And keep you
May God’s face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
May God’s Face turn,
Turn toward you
And give you peace
May God bless you
And keep you
May God’s face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
May God’s Face turn,
Turn toward you
And give you peace
AMEN
May God bless you
And keep you
May God’s face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
May God’s Face turn,
Turn toward you
And give you peace
AMEN
May God’s favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family, and your children
And their children, and their children
May God’s favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children, and their children
May God’s presence go before you
And behind you, and beside you
All around you, and within you
God is with you, God is with you
AMEN
in the morning in the evening
AMEN
in your coming and your going
AMEN
in your weeping and rejoicing God is for you
AMEN
Phil Chap, Organ
Prayers for our Community & the World:
your prayers this week please include, First Christian Church, Torrance and their pastor Rev. Susan Gonzales Dewey. our Regional Minister, Richie Sanchez; our General Minister & President, Rev. Terri Hord Owens; and our global mission partner in East Timor.
Music Credits
FCCO CCLI License #3183571
Restless Weaver, BEACH SPRING by B.F. White, 1844, text by O.I. Cricket Harrison, 1988, rev. 1993, Chalice Hymnal #658