Welcome To

Providence Presbyterian Church

September 1, 2013

Welcome & Announcements

Hymn

Gather Us In

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Prayer of Confession

Merciful God, forgive us for we exalt ourselves and

mock the humble. We choose to believe we are self-

sufficient rather than trust in your strength.

Open us to your spirit, that we might serve all people

without regard to the outcome, devoting ourselves

to your honor alone. We pray in Jesus’s name,

Amen.

Song of Confession

Bind Us Together

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Anthem

“Come Into My Heart, Lord Jesus”

Priscilla Agyemang, Soloist

Joys and Concerns of

the Church

Old Testament Lesson

Psalm 81: 1, 10-16

Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the

God of Jacob. I am the Lord your God, who

brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your

mouth wide and I will fill it. “But my people did not

listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me.

So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to

follow their own counsels. O that my people would

listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and turn

my hand against their foes. Those who hate the

Lord would cringe before him, and their doom

would last forever. I would feed you with the finest

of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would

satisfy you.”

New Testament Lesson

Luke 14: 1, 7-14

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house

of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the

sabbath, they were watching him closely. When he

noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he

told them a parable. “When you are invited by

someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at

the place of honor, in case someone more

distinguished than you has been invited by your

host; and the host who invited both of you may come

and say to you, ‘Give this person your place,’ and

then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest

place. But when you are invited go and sit down at

the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he

may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher’; then you

will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the

table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be

humbled, and those who humble themselves will

be exalted.” He said also to the one who had invited

him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not

invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives

or rich neighbors, in case they may invite you in

return, you would be repaid. But when you give a

banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame,

and the blind. And you will be blessed, because they

cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the

resurrection of the righteous.”

Leader: This is the word of the Lord.

People: Thanks be to God!

Hymn

As We Gather at Your Table

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Affirmation of Faith

In life and death we belong to God. Through the

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and

the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the

one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone

we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ,

fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign

of God: preaching good news to the poor and release

to the captives, teaching by word and deed and

blessing the children, healing the sick and binding

up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving

sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the

gospel.

The Giving of our Tithes

and Offerings

The Offertory

“Offertory”

Alice Cooper, Flute

Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise God, all creatures here below;

Praise God, above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Great Thanksgiving

May God be with you. And also with you

Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to God

Let us give thanks to God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Communion Song

“For Every Born”

For every born, a place at the table,

For everyone born, clean water and bread,

A shelter, a space, a safe place for growing,

For everyone born, a star over head.

And God will delight when we are creators of

justice and joy, compassion and peace:

Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

justice and joy!

For women and man, a place at the table,

Revising the roles, deciding the share,

With wisdom and grace dividing the power,

For women and man, a system that’s fair.

And God will delight when we are creators of

justice and joy, compassion and peace:

Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

justice and joy!

For young and for old, a place at the table,

A voice to be heard, a part in the song,

The hands of a child in hands that are wrinkled,

For young and for old, the right to belong.

And God will delight when we are creators of

justice and joy, compassion and peace:

Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

justice and joy!

For just and un-just, a place at the table,

A buser, a bused, with need to forgive,

In anger, in hurt, a mindset of mercy,

For just and un-just, a new way to live.

And God will delight when we are creators of

justice and joy, compassion and peace:

Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

justice and joy!

For everyone born, a place at the table,

To live without fear, and simply to be,

To work, to speak out, to witness and worship,

For everyone born, the right to be free.

And God will delight when we are creators of

justice and joy, compassion and peace:

Yes, God will delight when we are creators of justice,

justice and joy!

Prayer of Thanksgiving

For these gifts of your table, O God. For the

opportunity to learn and to grow in your Spirit –to

be enlivened by faith our whole lives long, to be

nurtured by communion with you and one another,

we praise your holy name. Send us forth in your

spirit to love and serve and learn your ways –and to

bring them to a world in need of hope and joy. In

Christ we pray. Amen.

Hymn

We Are Called

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