Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
September 15, 2024
10:00am
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Sermon: Gaining the World by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #204 (New Century Hymnal) “Take Up Your Cross” the Savior Said
*Hymn: #439 (New Century Hymnal) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
*Hymn: #193 (New Century Hymnal) In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Prelude: solo piano
Welcome & Announcements
Call to worship:
One: Call upon the Holy One, who is gracious and merciful.
Many: We love the Holy One, who has heard our cry, responds to our prayers, and abides with us through our distress.
One: Call upon the Holy One, who is gracious and merciful.
Many: We praise the Righteous One, who protects, provides, and prepares their people.
One: Call upon the Holy One, who is gracious and merciful.
Many: We worship the Radiant One, who walks before us in the land of the living.
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #204 (New Century Hymnal) “Take Up Your Cross” the Savior Said
Scripture: Mark 8:27-38
Anthem: “Lead Me, Lord” by Samuel Wesley
Sermon: Gaining the World by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory:
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
Generous God, may these gifts honor your name and your generous Spirit alive within us. We thank you for the opportunity and privilege of contributing to your kindom and our world. Amen.
*Hymn: #193 (New Century Hymnal) In the Cross of Christ I Glory
Prayers of the People and The 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.
*Hymn: #439 (New Century Hymnal) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
*Benediction
*Musical Benediction #174 (Songs of Spirit), Amen, Amen
Postlude: solo organ