Pine Street Presbyterian Church
in the City of Harrisbur g
Pine Street is a Welcoming Church, Glorifying God through Worship, Fellowship and Service in the World.
October 27, 2024
Twenty Third Sunday after Pentecost
G ATHERING IN THE P RESENCE OF THE R ISEN C HRIST
PRAYER OF PREPARATION
God of restoration, help us to recognize your healing work in our lives and strengthen our faith for the seasons when that work is still in progress. May we cultivate the kind of hope that teaches us of your love. As a prism spills colors through light, may we share your restoring love everywhere we go. Amen.
VOLUNTARY Amazing Grace Arr. by Marilyn Thompson (Please use the opening voluntary as a time of silent meditation and preparation for worship.)
SALUTATION Isaiah Shu
One: Thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, “I dwell in the high and holy place...”
Many: “...and also with the one who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.”
INTROIT Come and Worship Karen Marrolli
Come and worship, worship here, blest community of love! Come just as you are, come near! Come and worship God above. Here below we see God’s face in each precious child of grace. Come just as you are, come near! Come and worship, worship here!
† Those able are invited to stand Bold text is read or sung by all
CALL TO WORSHIP
One: The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him.
Many: Happy are those who take refuge in God.
One: The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
Many: none who take refuge in God will be condemned.
One: O magnify the Lord with me,
Many: and let us exalt his name together.
HYMN 327 From All That Dwell Below the Skies (Psalm 117) LASST UNS
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Almighty Lord, we confess that we speak before seeing and take more than we repay. We fail to show sympathy and comfort for those left behind. We do not offer recognition to familiar faces disfigured by suffering and loss. We do not change our ways when confronted by their hurtful consequences. God of Abraham, Isaac, and David, have mercy on us and open our eyes to the beauty of your grace reflected in our world. † SILENCE FOR PERSONAL CONFESSION
KYRIE
† ASSURANCE OF PARDON
One: Now stand firm in your faith, covered by the saving grace of God and ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Many: Thanks be to God.
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ERFREUEN
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† GLORIA GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
R EADING AND H EARING THE W ORD
PRAYER
FOR
ILLUMINATION
FIRST LESSON Job 42:1-6, 10-17
One: The Word of the Lord.
Many: Thanks be to God.
PSALM 34
Jonah Garman
Old Testament Page 488
Cantor:
1. I will bless the Lord at all times; God’s praise shall always be on my lips. My soul shall glorify the Lord; the lowly shall hear and be glad. (R)
2. Come, extol the Lord with me; together, let us exalt God’s name. I sought the Lord, and God gave ear to my voice; from all my fears God set me free (R)
3. Those who look to God will beam with joy; no longer will they hang their heads in shame. The helpless called; the Lord heard their prayer and rescued them from all their distress. (R)
4. The angel of the Lord guards those who have reverence for God from all dangers sets them free. O taste and see that the Lord is good; happy are those who take refuge in God. (R)
5. O praise the Lord, you holy ones, for those who revere God have all they want. The rich are in need and have no food, but those who seek the Lord are never in want. (R)
SECOND LESSON Hebrews 7:23-28
SERMON
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The Rev. Seelman † AFFIRMATION OF FAITH adapted from the Confession of 1967 9.32-33
The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission. His human life involves the church in the common life of all people. His service to men and women commits the church to work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the church sensitive to all human suffering so that it sees the face of Christ in the faces of persons in every kind of need. His crucifixion discloses to the church God’s judgment on the inhumanity that marks human relations and the awful consequences of the church’s own complicity in injustice. In the power of the risen Christ and the hope of his coming, the church sees the promise of God’s renewal of human life in society and of God’s victory over all wrong. The church follows this pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
† THE PEACE
One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Many: And also with you.
WELCOME
(Please sign the Friendship Register.)
ANTHEM Give to the Winds Your Fears
Robert Powell
Give to the winds your fears, have hope, be not dismayed. God hears your sighs and counts your tears; God shall lift up your head. Through waves and clouds and storms, God gently clears the way; wait his own time; so shall this night soon end in joyous day. Leave to God’s sovereign sway to choose and to command; so shall you, wondering, own that way, how wise, how strong his hand. On God the Lord rely, and safe shall you go on; on God’s work fix your steadfast eye; so shall your work be done.
† 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. † PRAYER
OF DEDICATION
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.
… and the heavenly choir:
The prayer continues.
… as we share this joyful feast:
INTERCESSION, SUPPLICATION, AND CONSECRATION
One: Let your will be done, Many: on earth as in heaven.
… 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 275 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God EIN’ FESTE BURG
BENEDICTION
† CONGREGATIONAL 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 A Mighty Fortress is Our God
L EADING IN W
ORSHIP T ODAY
The Rev. Stuart Seelman, Pastor
Joseph Garrison, Minister of Music and Worship
Jonah Garman, Lector
Isaiah Shu, Liturgist
Callie Garman, Acolyte
The Chancel Choir
Timothy Lupia, Cantor
Johann Christoph Bach
F LOWER D EDICATION
The flowers at the lectern are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of loved ones in heaven by Anna Hall.
The flowers at the pulpit are given to the glory of God and in honor of the fabulous Pine Street Church staff and in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation by Don Potter and David Binkley.
DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR
Sunday, October 27 – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost
8:45 am- Sunday School
9:00 am- Choir warm up
9:00 am- Café Conversations
10:00 am- Worship 11:30 am- Adult Forum
Sunday, November 3– 24th Sunday after Pentecost
8:45 am- Sunday School
9:00 am- Choir warm up
9:00 am- Café Conversations
10:00 am- Worship 11:30 am- Adult Forum
C OPYRIGHT N OTICE
Music in the bulletin is used with permission under OneLicense.net #A-71074. All rights reserved.
Liturgy was reprinted and adapted with permission from 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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