Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director, Piano, Voice, harpsichord
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Skillet Lickers – Musical Guests
Sunday Service
(Fifteenth Sunday of Pentecost)
September 18, 2022
10:00am
Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 (read by Judy Dunnan)
Sermon : “Serving Two Masters” by Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Hymn: #552 (New Century Hymnal) From the Crush of Wealth and Power
*Hymn:#503 (New Century Hymnal) O Savior, Let Me Walk with You
*Hymn: #305 (New Century Hymnal) You Servants of God, Your Sovereign Proclaim
Prelude: Hal, solo piano
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: Divine Parent, you feel what we feel.
Many: Our joys and our pains are yours too.
One: Divine Healer, you delight in our wholeness.
Many: You are the balm for our heavy-laden hearts and souls.
One: Giver of life, you are able to renew us
Many: We open ourselves to you, have your way within us.
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: #552 (New Century Hymnal) From the Crush of Wealth and Power
Scripture: Luke 16:1-13 (read by Judy Dunnan)
Anthem: Music by the Skillet Lickers, guest musicians
Sermon: “Serving Two Masters” 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
Steadfast One, receive our gifts in the gladness we give them. Thank you that we have an abundance of resources to share so that every need is met. May we always give from wide open hearts, and may what we give, be used to bring a balm of justice. Amen.
*Hymn:#503 (New Century Hymnal) O Savior, Let Me Walk with You
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer (using “debts:” turn to the bottom of page #271 in the green hymnal)
*Hymn: #305 (New Century Hymnal) You Servants of God, Your Sovereign Proclaim
*Benediction Rev. Ed Sunday-Winters
*Musical Benediction
Go now in peace, never be afraid. God will go with you each hour of every day. Go now in faith steadfast strong and true, know he will guide you in all you do. Go now in love, and show you believe, reach out to others so all the world can see. God will be there, watching from above. Go now in peace, in faith and in love. Amen, amen, amen.
Postlude: Music by the Skillet Lickers