Nov. 1 Livestream – Totenfest
November 1, 2020 by Rich
Filed under Featured, Livestream Links and Order for Worship
Today, on All Saint’s Day, we pause to remember those we have lost in the last year. Join us for prayers and a celebration of life.
As is our custom here at Ivy Chapel, we start each worship with announcements. Here’s what’s going on this week.
Prelude / Anna diVesta
Responsive Call to Worship/ Pastor Dan Wilson
One: What a joy! What a comfort to know Loving God hears our borning cry
and Loving God sees our lives unfold.
All: We marvel at the unending grace of God!
One: We praise the One who is with us every moment of our lives!
All: Let us worship Christ our Savior!
Prayer of Invocation / Pastor Dan
One: I invite you to bow with me, and let us pray together.
All: God of wonder, God of grace; let your Spirit fill our souls. Remind us this day that you are the Creator of all life. Through terrors of night, among arrows flying by day; we need to sense your power,… your guidance,… your higher purpose.
Living God, we gather to praise you. We are grateful for any earthly glimpse of eternity which you give us. All that we already have received whets our appetite for more. And so it is that we come now seeking still more glimpses of you, O Holy One. Who knows? Maybe your closeness to us will be revealed through the breaking of bread or the filling of a cup.
On this Sabbath day, lead us away from this world’s distractions, we pray. Draw us toward a clearer vision of who you are, Faithful God. This will help us to see more clearly who you would like us to be.
Eternal Savior; in every age, you call people to follow you and to love you. It is you, Living God, who we were raised to praise! To you, we now belong! Amen!
Hymn / “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry“ worship booklet, pp. 54-55
I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry
- I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold. - I was there when you were but a child, with a faith to suit you well;
in a blaze of light you wandered off to find where demons dwell. - When you heard the wonder of the word I was there to cheer you on;
you were raised to praise the living God, to whom you now belong. - If you find someone to share your time and you join your hearts as one,
I’ll be there to make your verses rhyme from dusk till rising sun. - In the middle ages of your life, not too old, no longer young,
I’ll be there to guide you through the night, complete what I’ve begun. - When the evening gently closes in and you shut your weary eyes,
I’ll be there as I have always been with just one more surprise. - I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old.
I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold.
Children’s Message / Sarah Heend
Totenfest All Saints’ Day Thanksgiving for Loved Ones / Pastor Dan
Prayers of the Church concluding with the Lord’s Praye r/ Pastor Dan
Special Music / “Come to Jesus†Anna
Scripture Reading / Pastor Dan Matthew 23:1-12
Sermon / Pastor Dan
Celebrating Communion / Pastor Dan
Hymn / “We Are a New Creation†worship booklet, p. 91
We Are a New Creation
- We are a new creation Of Christ, the living Word,
Our songs of jubilation Shall everywhere be heard.
New life blooms fresh and glorious For those who heed the call
Of Christ, who reigns victorious O’er sin and death and all. - We are a new creation Of God for this new day.
As partners let us follow The life, the truth, the way.
Christ bids us work to gather As colleagues, old and young,
As women, men, and nations, God’s folk of every tongue. - We are a new creation For service here on earth.
We live our faith in action To tell our Savior’s worth.
Let love and justice blending Now show for all to see
God’s grace is never ending It reaches you and me. - We are a new creation By God’s own gracious hand,
Old burdens cast behind us, A daring future planned.
In ministry and mission, United let us live,
In Christ a shining vision To God’s wide world to give.
Benediction / Pastor Dan
Postlude / Anna
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