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 Service for November 8, 2009

Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Processional  Hymn: "Great is Thy Faithfulness" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Invocation and Opening Sentences - Rev. Charles Neugebauer  

Confession and Absolution -  Rev. Charles Neugebauer & Congregation 

Hymn of Praise -  - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Collect of the Day- Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Old Testament:  1 Kings 17:8-16  (NIV) - Mr. Sherman Strong

(The widow's trust in God's promise.)

8 Then the word of the LORD came to him: 9 "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food." 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?" 11 As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread."

 12 "As surely as the LORD your God lives," she replied, "I don't have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die."

 13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.' "

 15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.

Epistle:  Hebrews 9:24-28  ( NIV) - Mr. Sherman Strong    

(Christ offered once to bear the sins of many.)

24For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. 25Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. 26Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

 Holy Gospel: Mark 12:38-44  (NIV) - Rev. Charles Neugebauer

(The total offering of faith and trust.)

 38As he taught, Jesus said, "Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted in the marketplaces, 39and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40They devour widows' houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. Such men will be punished most severely."

The Widow's Offering

 41Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins,[a]worth only a fraction of a penny.[b]

 43Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on."

Footnotes:
  1. Mark 12:42 Greek two lepta
  2. Mark 12:42 Greek kodrantes

Children's Message: - Rev. Charles Neugebauer  

Hymn of the Day: "Choral Anthem Honoring Our Veterans"   - Adult Choir & Julie Stapleman -Pianist 

Message "Giving of Ourselves"

Rev. Mark Goble

Offerings: "I Am Not Afraid" -  Adult Choir & Julie Stapleman -Pianist 

Offering Hymn: Congregation & Michella Novy - Organ 

Forward in Faith - Stewardship Message Mrs. Peggy Lovell

Prayers of the Church:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Sacrament: Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Sanctus: "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Lord's Prayer:  - Rev. Charles Neugebauer & Congregation

Words of Institution: Rev. Charles Neugebauer

Agnus Dei: "Lamb of God" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Distribution @ 8:30: "Piano Medley" -  Marilyn Skwor - Pianist

Distribution of the Sacrament of the Altar: Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

Post Communion Prayer and Benediction - Rev. Charles Neugebauer 

Closing Hymn: "The Son of God Goes Forth to War" - Congregation & Michella Novy - Organist 

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