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Next Sunday, November 29

First Sunday in Advent

11 a.m. Rev. Christopher A. Henry

“Who is this Messiah? Messenger of Hope”

When Did We See You?Matthew 25:31-46

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11 AM

Pre-Service Music

Jennifer Farquhar, Violin (ISO)

Violin Sonata No. 2, Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931)

I. Obsession

Violin Caprice No. 1: “Die Krank und die Uhr”

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)

Straightman and Joker Philip Wharton

Concert Study for Violin Solo, Op. 16, No. 2

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)

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Welcome! We are so glad to have you with us in worship this morning. If you are worshipping with us for the first time, we welcome you into this new sense of sanctuary – friends joined through Livestream, on Facebook, and at home on TV. We are indeed a community of faith and we are most grateful to still share in fellowship together.

Worship Leaders

Rev. Christopher A. Henry Senior Pastor

Rev. Christopher G. Palmer Lake Fellow in Parish Ministry

Rev. Karen L. Lang Executive Pastor

Kelly D. Spencer Lake Fellow in Parish Ministry

Elder Alicia Buckley Liturgist

Sanctuary Choir Section Leaders

Blake Beckemeyer Sanctuary Choir Section Leader

Dr. Michelle Louer Director of Music and Fine Arts

Dr. John Allegar Organist and Assistant Director of Music and Fine Arts

All music in this service used by permission: CCLI License #719352; OneLicense #A-715008; or public domain.

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November 22, 2020–Reign of Christ SundayWe Come Together as God’s People

Prelude Partita on ‘Repton’ John Allegar (b. 1984)

Welcome Rev. Christopher A. Henry

* Call to Worship Rev. Christopher G. Palmer and Rev. Karen L. Lang

Leader One: We come, for God gathers us in that community called faith:Leader Two: where the hungry are served first, where the thirsty drink life's water.Leader One: We come, for God welcomes us into that home called grace:Leader Two: where the naked are clothed in robes of hope;

where the stranger is embraced as the long-lost prodigal.Leader One: We come, for God reunites us, sisters and brothers in that family called love:Leader Two: where the broken find justice, where the sick are cradled in God's peace.Leader One: Let us worship the God who meets us where we are.

* Prayer of Adoration

* Opening Hymn #155 Rejoice, the Lord Is King DARWALL’S 148TH



Call to Confession

Silent Confession

Prayer of Confession

Leader One: Loving and merciful God, we thank you for the community in which you have placed us, for faithful friends with whom we walk this journey.

Leader Two: Yet, we confess that we fail to love as you love. We push aside those whom we believe are the least in your kingdom. We fail to see your kingdom in parables because we fail to see your kingdom in each other.

Leader One: Form in us a new vision of community in which we see you in the faces and stories of those we too quickly dismiss. We pray for the sake of your kingdom that is both among us and always ahead of us. In the name of your living word, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.

Assurance of Pardon

* Response of Praise Hymn #555 Now Thank We All Our God NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT

* Passing of the Peace



We Experience God’s Word

Time with Children

Prayer for Illumination Elder Alicia Buckley

First Scripture Lesson Ephesians 1:15-23

Anthem Jubilate Deo William Walton Sanctuary Choir Section Leaders (1902-1983)

O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: And his truth endureth from generation to generation. 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.

—Psalm 100

Second Scripture Lesson Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon Rev. Christopher A. Henry

“When Did We See You?”"And the king will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did it to

one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.'" (Matthew 25:40)


We Give Thanks to God

Moment of Silent Meditation

Affirmation of Faith from The Declaration of Barmen (1934) Rev. Karen L. Lang

The Christian Church is the community of believers in which, in Word and Sacrament, through the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ acts in the present as Lord. With both its faith and its obedience, with both its message and its order, it has to testify in the midst of the sinful world, as the Church of pardoned sinners, that it belongs to him alone and lives and may live by his comfort and under his direction alone, in expectation of his appearing.

Invitation to Discipleship and Generosity

Offertory The Song of the Leaves of Life and the Water of Life (from Pilgrim’s Progress) R.V. Williams Blake Beckemeyer, tenor (1872-1958)

Unto him that overcometh shall be given of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the paradise of God. On either side of the river groweth the Tree of Life, the Leaves of the Tree are for thy healing. In the midst of that fair city flows the river of Water of Life clear as crystal. Whoso will, let him take of the Water of Life freely. Whoso drinketh of this water shall never thirst. Take thou the Leaves of the Tree of Life. So shalt thou enter in through the gates of the city.

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer Kelly D. Spencer

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.




We Go Forth to Serve

* Closing Hymn #419 How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord REPTON

* Charge and Benediction

Postlude Nun danket alle Gott, (from Op. 65) Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)


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