CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
Peachtree is a community of Jesus followers inviting people to follow God in heart, mind, and strength.
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME
GO IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Offering Our Gifts Let All the World in Every Corner Sing
Choral Introit Kingdom Singers, Praise Singers The Prayer of St. Patrick William M. Schoenfeld
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Christ be with me, Christ within me Christ behind me, Christ before me Christ beside me, Christ to win me Christ to comfort me and restore me. Christ beneath me, Christ above me Christ in quiet, Christ in danger Christ in hearts of all that love me Christ in mouth of friend or stranger.
Congregational Introit* Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
Hymn of Response* The Lord’s Prayer (not in hymnal) Invitation and Benediction*
Let all the world in every corner sing, My God and King!
Postlude
The heavens are not too high, His praise may thither fly: The earth is not too low, His praises there may grow. Let all the world in every corner sing, My God and King! The church with Psalms must shout. No door can keep them out: But above all, the heart Must bear the longest part. Let all the world in every corner sing, My God and King!
Doxology* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #544
Prayer of Adoration*
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD
LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
Hymn of Praise** To God Be the Glory (not in hymnal)
DO PRAYERS REALLY CHANGE THINGS?
Lighting of the Candles
Exodus 32, Matthew 5 (Pew Bible 137–139; 1501-1503)
Life of the Congregation** Pastoral Prayer
Vic Pentz
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT See pages 4–5
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Those who are able, please stand. Ushers will seat latecomers at this time.
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The beautiful flowers in the Sanctuary this morning are given to the glory of God and in Loving Memory of: Members of the Peachtree Presbyterian Women who have been promoted to the Church Triumphant in 2014–2015: Betty Hull, Linda Borchers, Dot Cording, Payton Szpindor, Dena Cunningham, Audrey Keller, Martha Kerby, Helen Gaston, Frances Wayt, and Marion Morgan by the Peachtree Presbyterian Women
If your young child needs attention during worship, live broadcasts of the service are available in the Williams Center and the Family Room off of the Williams Center.
LEADING WORSHIP
MILESTONES
8:45
BIRTHS
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care
Mary Hoffman Director of Music 10:00
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Mary Hoffman Director of Music 11:15
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Miriam Ryan Director of Women & Young Adult Community
Sydney Claire Shimp 9/21 Laurie & Bill Shimp
HOSPITALS
Fred Cox Home Hospice Care Margie Glover Home Hospice Care Amelia Holley Scottish Rite June Mindrup Lenbrook Nursing Unit—Hospice Care
Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care
Mary Hoffman Director of Music
LIGHTING THE CANDLES Addison & Katherine Davis 8:45 Kate & Caroline Allgood 10:00 Ella Hart 11:15
TODAY IN WORSHIP WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY
MEMBER DEATHS
William David (Bill) Young 9/29 Husband of Jane Young; Father of Bill, Jr. (Margaret), Howard (Becky), and Steve (Jena) Young; Grandfather of Bill, III and Brandon Young, Coley Young Cuttino (Judson), Laura Young Morgan (Billy), and Jana Young, and Hailey and Talbot Young
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS
Joseph Stearns Ellis, Sr. 9/28 Father of Joe Ellis, Jr.; Grandfather of Matt, Addie & Cynthia Ellis
Today, we experience Holy Communion with congregations around the world and celebrate that we are one in the body of Christ. As a part of this experience and celebration, we welcome this morning in worship our friend and global partner, Rev. Dr. Mehrdad Fatehi. Dr. Fatehi is the Founder and Director of the Pars Theological Centre whose overall mission is to strengthen the foundations of the Persianspeaking Church through leadership development and theological education. Since the Revolution of 1979, more Persian-speakers have become Christians than in the previous 1,300 years put together. If you would like to hear more from Dr. Fatehi about the current situation in Iran, the growth of the Church and the role that Pars Theological Centre plays in equipping the local body of believers, join us tomorrow night at 6:00 pm in the Canyon. RSVP: missions@peachtreepres.org
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT THE COMMUNION PRAYER Pastor: Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. All who come to me shall not hunger, and all who believe in me shall never be thirsty.” People: We are hungry and thirsty. O Lamb of God, we come! Pastor: Come, Holy Spirit. Come. Open our eyes to the mystery of Christ’s presence in these ordinary things, in these our ordinary lives. May they be for us the very essence of the living Christ in our midst. Through the broken bread… People: We participate in the Body of Christ with believers around the world. Pastor: Through the cup of blessing… People: We participate in the new life Christ gives and are sent to share that life with the world. Pastor: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ that we, together as a new creation and a new community around the world may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. By your Spirit help the body of Christ be one, to bear fruit until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and forever. Amen.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION/DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD & CUP At the 8:45 & 11:15 services, you are invited to come to the elders stationed around the sanctuary to receive the elements. Please partake of the bread as you receive it. Carry the cup back to your seat. Take a moment to give thanks for God’s kindness, shown in Christ’s shed blood for you (Romans 11:22). We will partake of the cup together after all have been served. At the 10:00 service, the elders will distribute the communion elements to the pews. We will partake of the cup together after all have been served. * The communion bread was made gluten free but not cut in a dedicated facility.
UNISON PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Gracious and loving God, you have made us one in the body of Christ, and nourished us at your table with holy food and drink. Thank you for feeding our hunger and relieving our thirst. Now send us into the world to do the work you have given us to do: to find the lost and lonely, to heal broken souls, to free prisoners, and to love in Jesus’ name. Grant us strength to persevere in resisting evil, and to proclaim in all we say and do your good news in Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY The first Sunday in October is designated as World Communion Sunday, which celebrates our oneness in Christ with all our brothers and sisters around the world. Paul tells us that we are to “discern the body” when we partake of Holy Communion, mindful that we note our relationship to all our brothers and sisters in Christ in the celebration. Whenever we gather in worship we do so as part of a global church.
“I am the bread of life. All who come to me shall not hunger, and all who believe in me shall never be thirsty.” — John 6:35
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