Worship September 17

Pine Street Presbyterian Church in

September 17, 2023

the City of Harrisbur g

Pine Street is a Welcoming Church, Glorifying God through Worship, Fellowship and Service in the World.

16th Sunday after Pentecost

G ATHERING IN THE P RESENCE OF THE R ISEN C HRIST

PRAYER OF PREPARATION

God our liberator, as you delivered your people from the armies of the Pharaoh, set us free from all evil, that we may have faith in you and tell the story of your great work to every coming generation. Amen.

VOLUNTARY Amoroso Robert Jones

(Please use the opening voluntary as a time of meditation and preparation for worship.)

Introit Show Us Thy Mercy, O Lord Eric Thiman

Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.

SALUTATION Marty Gruver

One: Grace and peace in the name of the Lord.

Many: Thanks and praise be to God.

† HYMN 65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

† Those able are invited to stand

Bold text is read or sung by all

CWM RHONDDA

† CALL TO WORSHIP

One: Give praise to God!

Many: Praise the Lord, for it is God who saves.

One: It is God who forgives.

Many: It is God who delivers.

One: It is God whose love endures.

Many: Give thanks and praise to God.

† PRAYER OF THE DAY

† PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rev. Matt Drumheller

Gracious Lord, you have made your law clear: that we love one another. But we have not mastered what it is to love. We have fallen short, causing harm to others through careless action and thoughtless inaction. Forgive us. Teach us how to love more fully, more perfectly, more generously.

† SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION

KYRIE

† ASSURANCE OF PARDON

One: In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

Many: Thanks be to God. Amen.

R EADING AND H EARING THE W ORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Deb Anderson

FIRST LESSON Exodus 14:19-31

One: The Word of the Lord.

Many: Thanks be to God.

Old Testament Page 61

HYMN 58 When Israel Was Going Forth PISGAH

SECOND LESSON Romans 14:1-12

THIRD LESSON Mathew 18:21-35

SERMON

New Testament Page 163

New Testament Page 20

Rev. Drumheller

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH From A Brief Statement of Faith

In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

† THE PEACE

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

Many: And also with you.

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THE OFFERING OF TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD

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ANTHEM There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy

Maurice Bevan

There's a wideness in God's mercy like the wideness of the sea; there's a kindness in his justice which is more than liberty. There is no place where earth's sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; there is no place where earth's failings have such kindly judgment given. For the love of God is broader than the measure of man's mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. But we make his love too narrow by false limits of our own; and we magnify his strictness with a zeal he will not own. There is plentiful redemption in the blood that has been shed; there is joy for all the members in the sorrows of the Head. There is grace enough for thousands of new worlds as great as this; there is room for fresh creations in that upper home of bliss. If our love were but more simple, we should take him at his word; and our lives would be all gladness in the joy of Christ our Lord.

† PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; praise Triune God, whom we adore. Amen.

SEALING THE WORD SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

One: The Lord be with you.

Many: And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

Many: We lift them to the Lord.

One: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

Many: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

…with all creation, we join the unending hymn:

The prayer continues.

…Great is the mystery of faith:

INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION

One: In your mercy, Many: Lord, hear our prayer.

… now and forever.

LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD AND CUP

One: The gifts of God for the people of God. Many: Let us keep the feast.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

B EARING AND F OLLOWING THE W ORD OF G OD INTO THE W ORLD

† HYMN 547 Go, My Children, with My Blessing AR HYD Y NOS

† CHORAL RESPONSE Lift High the Cross

CRUCIFER

Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name. Come, Christians, follow where our Savior trod, the Lamb victorious, Christ, the Son of God. Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore His sacred name.

VOLUNTARY Prelude in C Major J.S. Bach

L EADING IN W ORSHIP T ODAY

Matthew Drumheller, Interim Pastor

Joseph Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship

Marty Gruver, Liturgist

Deb Weaver, Lector

Thomas Ernst, Acolyte

The Chancel Choir

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LOWER D EDICATION

The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of The Reverend Richard Sigler by his wife Heather Sigler. The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Doris and Paul Coyne from the Coyne family.

DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Sunday, Sept 24 –

17th Sunday After Pentecost – 10:00 am Worship, Rev. Matt Drumheller Preaching.

9:00 am – Café Conversations

11:30 am- Adult Forum led by Lee Barrett

Woofstock- River Front 11 am- 5 pm

Svyati Duo MAPS concert 4-6 pm

Sunday, Oct 1 –

18th Sunday After Pentecost – 10:00 am Worship, Rev. Matt Drumheller Preaching.

8:45 am- 9:45 am Downtown Daily Bread program and breakfast, Fellowship Hall

11:30 am- Adult Forum led by Lee Barrett

C OPYRIGHT N OTICE

Music in the bulletin is used with permission under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.

Liturgy reprinted and adapted by permission of Westminster John Knox Press from Feasting on the Word® Worship Companion. Copyright 2013.

Liturgy reprinted and adapted by permission from the Book of Common Worship, © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All rights reserved.

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