THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS The Moment for Mission........Beckie Rogers The Offertory..............

Chancel Choir
"O How Amiable" Ralph Vaughan Williams
O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be always praising thee. The glorious majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us. O prosper thou our handiwork! O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home. Psalms 84:1-4, 90:17, and Isaac Watts

*The DoxologyPraise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow.... No. 50

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! *The Thanksgiving for Tithes and Offerings....Beckie Rogers THE CELEBRATION OF THE LORDS SUPPER The Call to Commune Together...........................Sondra Ladd The Hymn of Preparation..............No. 411
For the Bread, Which You Have Broken

The Prayer of the Elder for the Bread..........Sharon Gober The Prayer of the Elder for the Cup...............................................Diana Watkins
Distribution: All believers are invited to partake of the Bread when it is passed. Retain the Cup, and we will partake together after reciting John 3:16 in unison.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP *THE HYMN OF COMMITMENT.........................No. 2 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
*THE BENEDICTION

THE POSTLUDE................... David Hughes

"We All Believe in One True God" Johann Sebastian Bach

ORDER OF WORSHIP Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost November 13, 2011 at 9:00am
THE PRELUDE................David Hughes
"Nimrod" Edward Elgar
*Please stand if you are able.

THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH...................Owen Cayton

THE SCRIPTURE READING............Judy Bettis 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 THE CHOIR ANTHEM....Chancel Choir
"Pilgrims' Hymn" from the opera The Three Hermits, Stephen Paulus Even before we call on your name to ask you, O God, when we seek for the words to glorify you, you hear our prayer; Unceasing love, O unceasing love, surpassing all we know. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Even with darkness sealing us in, we breathe your name, and through all the days that follow so fast, we trust in you; Endless your grace, O endless your grace, beyond all mortal dream, both now and forever, and unto ages and ages. Amen. Michael Dennis Browne 1997. Used with permission

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP.............................Shirley Brownlee Leader: Sisters and brothers, we are called to be the church. People: We accept the challenge and opportunity to follow Jesus. Leader: We are called to encourage one another to be the church. All: Let us worship together as the church.

*THE GOSPEL........................Owen Cayton *THE HYMN OF PRAISE AND ADORATION..................................................No. 234

Matthew 25: 14-30 THE MESSAGE......Owen Cayton Be the Church: Be an Encourager! THE PRAYER HYMN...........No. 604 That Cause Can Never Be Lost or Stayed THE JOYS/CONCERNS OF THE CHURCH..................Owen Cayton

Crown Him with Many Crowns

*THE INVOCATION AND LORDS PRAYER (In Unison)

God of the faithful in every time, today you have called us into your church to be one body in Jesus Christ. You have bestowed upon us the gifts we need for your service. Grant that we may seek the greatest gift, which is love. We pray as Jesus taught us to pray for your kingdom saying, 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.
*THE GLORIA PATRI...Glory Be to the Father....No. 36

THE PASTORAL PRAYER...............................Owen Cayton 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.

THE PRAYER RESPONSE...Hear Our Prayer, O Lord... No. 306

Hear our prayer, O Lord, hear our prayer, O Lord, incline thine ear to us, and grant us thy peace. Amen.