Chilmark Community Church
\nNovember 1,2009\u00a0 All Saints Day<\/p>\n
Prelude:\u00a0 Invention #7 J.S. Bach
\nGathering and Announcements
\nIntroit :Remembrance Stephen Heller<\/p>\n
Call to Worship and Ceremony of Remembrance
\nEverliving God, this day revives in us memories of loved ones who are no more. What joy, when, loving and being loved, we lived our lives together.\u00a0 Their memory is a blessing for ever.
\nMonths or years may have passed, and still we feel near to them.\u00a0 The links of life are broken, but the links of love cannot break. Their souls are bound up in ours for ever.
\nWe see them now with the eye of memory, their faults forgiven, their virtues grown larger.\u00a0 So does goodness live, and weakness fade from sight.
\nWe praise and thank you that they now live with you.
\nNow , let us name those who we especially remember today.
\n( Speak names.\u00a0 Take time to bring a flower forward.)<\/p>\n
*Hymn\u00a0 707 \u201c Hymn of Promise\u201d<\/p>\n
Peace ( children go to Sunday School)<\/p>\n
Confession\u00a0 (unison)
\nLet us draw near to God in the silence of our hearts.
\nO Great Spirit whose voice we hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to all the world,\u00a0 hear us.\u00a0 We come before you as your children. We are small and weak; we need your strength and wisdom.\u00a0 Make us wise, so that we may know the things you have taught your people, the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. Help us to be ever ready to come to you, so when life fades as a fading sunset, our spirits may come to you without shame.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 adapted from Traditional Native American Prayer.<\/p>\n
Silent prayer
\nWord of Assurance<\/p>\n
Psalm 24 p. 755\u00a0 responsively<\/p>\n
Lessons
\nIsaiah 25:6-9
\nRevelation 21:1-6a<\/p>\n
Sermon\u00a0\u00a0 by Janet Holladay<\/p>\n
*Hymn\u00a0 89 \u201cJoyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee\u201d<\/p>\n
Concerns and Celebrations
\nSilent prayer
\nPastoral Prayer
\nThe Lord\u2019s Prayer<\/p>\n
Offering
\n*Hymn 95 \u201cPraise God From Whom All Blessing Flow\u201d<\/p>\n
Prayer of Dedication (unison)
\nAlmighty God, giver of every good and perfect gift, teach us to render to you all that we have and all that we are, that we may praise you, not with our lips only, but with our whole lives, turning the duties, the sorrows, and the joys of all our days into a living sacrifice to you.\u00a0 AMEN<\/p>\n
*Hymn 673 \u201c God Be with You till We Meet Again\u201d
\nBenediction<\/p>\n
Postlude: Gavotte J.S. Bach
\n________________________________________
\nOrganist: Carol Loud
\nGuest Preacher: Janet Holladay
\nNext Week\u2019s Lessons:\u00a0 Ruth 3: 1-5; Psalm 127; Hebrews 9:24-28;\u00a0 Mark 12:38-44
\n*Stand if you are able<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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