Springdale Presbyterian Church
Order of Worship
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Welcome & Announcements
Opening Prayer
Prelude The Lord is My Light Debbie Martin-Herrell and Leah Link-Ulrich
Please prepare your hearts for worship during this time.
Call to Worship
Leader: We don’t come together today because we’re clever; we’re here to give thanks that God welcomes slow learners like us.
All: We don’t come together because we’re wise; we’re here to give thanks that God loves us in spite of our folly.
Leader: We come together today knowing that the greatest among us are those who humbly serve as Jesus did, and that the brightest ideas and the deepest truths will come from those who see themselves as children in the Kin-dom of God.
All: God of all love and grace, all wisdom and power, let your Spirit move in this place and in our lives today, as we offer ourselves to you in thankfulness and praise.
Opening Hymn 351 All Who Love and Serve Your City
Prayer of Confession
Leader: Jesus, we call you Lord, but too often we turn toward, prioritize, and yes, even worship, other things, other people, other relationships – in short, other “gods.”
All: Many times, we spend more time focusing our attention elsewhere, diverting our time, our energy, our money, our attention away from you.
Leader: Assured of your promise of grace and mercy, we offer you the honesty of our hearts, the truth of our being, and we ask your Spirit to lovingly work within us – to transform us to be more like you in faith, in word, and in action.
All: Let us know and accept your forgiveness. Give us the beautiful innocence and honesty and humility of a child, so we would be more faithful disciples of you.
(Silent Confession)
Leader: Amen.
Assurance of Forgiveness
Leader: Friends, hear the good news: In Jesus Christ, we are loved; we and God are reconciled; we changed into a new creation.
Pastor: And together, let’s once again rejoice and proclaim:
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Response Hymn 605 Praise to God the Father
Virtual Passing of the Peace
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you!
All: And also with you!
Children’s Message
Prayer for Illumination
First Scripture Reading – Psalm 1
Leader: The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Anthem Halle, Halle, Halle Hal Hopson The Springdale Choir
Second Scripture Reading – Mark 9:30-37
Leader: The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon The Greatest of All Time Rev. Dwain Lee
Moment for Stewardship
Communion Hymn 508 Come to the Table
Celebration of The Lord’s Supper
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
(Leader continues)
Response - Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory;
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!
(Leader continues)
Response - Memorial Acclamation
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
(Leader continues)
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
(Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.)
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(El pan nuestro de cada día, dánoslo hoy, y perdónanos nuestras deudas como también perdonamos a nuestros deudores.)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
(Y no nos dejes caer en tentación, mas líbranos del mal;)
for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
(porque tuyo es el reino, el poder, y la gloria por todos los siglos. Amen.)
Response The Great Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen.
Breaking of the Bread and Pouring of the Cup
Prayer after Communion
Sending Hymn 546 Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
Charge
Benediction
Postlude Wonderful Words of Life
(Please remain at your seats until the conclusion of the Postlude)
Opening Prayer
Prelude The Lord is My Light Debbie Martin-Herrell and Leah Link-Ulrich
Please prepare your hearts for worship during this time.
Call to Worship
Leader: We don’t come together today because we’re clever; we’re here to give thanks that God welcomes slow learners like us.
All: We don’t come together because we’re wise; we’re here to give thanks that God loves us in spite of our folly.
Leader: We come together today knowing that the greatest among us are those who humbly serve as Jesus did, and that the brightest ideas and the deepest truths will come from those who see themselves as children in the Kin-dom of God.
All: God of all love and grace, all wisdom and power, let your Spirit move in this place and in our lives today, as we offer ourselves to you in thankfulness and praise.
Opening Hymn 351 All Who Love and Serve Your City
Prayer of Confession
Leader: Jesus, we call you Lord, but too often we turn toward, prioritize, and yes, even worship, other things, other people, other relationships – in short, other “gods.”
All: Many times, we spend more time focusing our attention elsewhere, diverting our time, our energy, our money, our attention away from you.
Leader: Assured of your promise of grace and mercy, we offer you the honesty of our hearts, the truth of our being, and we ask your Spirit to lovingly work within us – to transform us to be more like you in faith, in word, and in action.
All: Let us know and accept your forgiveness. Give us the beautiful innocence and honesty and humility of a child, so we would be more faithful disciples of you.
(Silent Confession)
Leader: Amen.
Assurance of Forgiveness
Leader: Friends, hear the good news: In Jesus Christ, we are loved; we and God are reconciled; we changed into a new creation.
Pastor: And together, let’s once again rejoice and proclaim:
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Response Hymn 605 Praise to God the Father
Virtual Passing of the Peace
Leader: The peace of Christ be with you!
All: And also with you!
Children’s Message
Prayer for Illumination
First Scripture Reading – Psalm 1
Leader: The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Anthem Halle, Halle, Halle Hal Hopson The Springdale Choir
Second Scripture Reading – Mark 9:30-37
Leader: The word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon The Greatest of All Time Rev. Dwain Lee
Moment for Stewardship
Communion Hymn 508 Come to the Table
Celebration of The Lord’s Supper
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
(Leader continues)
Response - Sanctus
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory;
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest!
Hosanna in the highest!
(Leader continues)
Response - Memorial Acclamation
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
(Leader continues)
The Lord’s Prayer
All: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
(Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.)
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(El pan nuestro de cada día, dánoslo hoy, y perdónanos nuestras deudas como también perdonamos a nuestros deudores.)
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
(Y no nos dejes caer en tentación, mas líbranos del mal;)
for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
(porque tuyo es el reino, el poder, y la gloria por todos los siglos. Amen.)
Response The Great Amen
Amen, Amen, Amen.
Breaking of the Bread and Pouring of the Cup
Prayer after Communion
Sending Hymn 546 Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing
Charge
Benediction
Postlude Wonderful Words of Life
(Please remain at your seats until the conclusion of the Postlude)
