21 Nov Worship Bulletin: 11/24/24
Welcome to Worship at the McPherson Church of the Brethren
We invite your active participation in the life of this congregation, as together we continue to grow in grace and seek justice for God’s creation.
Sunday, November 24, 2024 @ 10:15 a.m.
♫Gathering Music | “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” | arr. Melody Bober
Ellen Gilbert, piano
Video Welcome
Sharing Time – Joys and Concerns | Dan Lichty
♫Centering Music | “Our Grateful Hymn of Praise” | Christopher Gilliam
Worship Choir
For the beauty of the earth, for the beauty of the skies
For the love from which our birth ever and around us lies
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our grateful hymn of praise.
For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night
Hill and vail and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light
Lord of all, to thee we raise, this our grateful hymn of praise.
For this joy of human love, brother, sister, parent, child
Friends on earth and friends above, for all gentle thoughts and mild
Lord, of all to thee we raise, this our grateful hymn of praise
For thy church that evermore lifteth holy hands above
Offering up on every shore, her pure sacrifice of love
Lord of all to thee we raise, this our grateful hymn,
This our grateful hymn, this our grateful hymn of praise.
Opening Responsive Words
The sun rises and sets, the moon waxes and wanes,
from shore to shore, God’s creation sings.
We offer grateful praise!
From every corner of the earth, from all walks of life,
from infants to elders, God’s goodness is confirmed.
We offer grateful praise!
Blessings abound, prisoners loose their chains,
the weary find rest and those who suffer are blessed.
We offer grateful praise!
May all creatures rise, may angels descend,
may we, with songs of joy, repeat this grateful hymn of praise!
Amen and AMEN!
♫Opening Song | “Jesus Shall Reign” | #319
Story for the Children | Barbara Wagoner
Video Invitation to Give
Give online or send a check made payable to “McPherson Church of the Brethren,” 200 N. Carrie, McPherson, KS 67460
♫Musical Offering | “Give Thanks” | Stan Pethel
Kaitlyn van Asselt, flute; Marta Moorman, guitar; Ellen Gilbert, piano
Scripture Focus | John 18:33-37
33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him,
“Are you the king of the Jews?”
34 Jesus asked,
“Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?”
35 Pilate replied,
“Am I a Jew?
Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”
36 Jesus said,
“My kin-dom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my
arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kin-dom is from another place.”
37 Pilate said,
“You are a king, then!”
Jesus answered,
“You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to
testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”
♫Scripture Song | “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God” | #324
Message | “What Shane Claiborne Asked” | Jerry Bowen
♫Sending Song | “Joy to the World” | #318
Sending Words
♫Sending Music | “Postlude on Creation” | Haydn/Curtis
Ellen Gilbert, piano
Videography and Editing: Eric Goering
Music Coordinator: Ellen Gilbert
Choir Director: Becky Snell
Technical Crew: Eric Goering, Ryan Goering, Shane Kirchner, Steve Lolling & Chris Whitacre
Chancel Decoration Team: Jill Brax, Colleen Gustafson, Michele Johnson, Shane Kirchner & Lara Schoming