The Worship of God
November 15, 2009
The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
The Prelude Bethany Braun
The Chiming of the Hour
The Call to Worship Many gifts, One Spirit
The Opening Sentence
Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon him while he is near;
Let the wicked forsake their way,
And the unrighteous their thoughts;
Let them return to the Lord, that he may have
Mercy upon them,
And to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
The Greeting and the Lord’s Prayer
The Opening Hymn # 605 Because I Have Been Given Much
The Scripture Lesson 2 Samuel 24: 18-25
On that day Gad went to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” So David went up, as the Lord had commanded through Gad. When Araunah looked and saw the king and his men coming toward him, he went out and bowed down before the king with his face to the ground.
Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” “To buy your threshing floor,” David answered, “so I can build an altar to the Lord, that the plague on the people may be stopped.
Araunah said to David, “Let my lord the king take whatever pleases him and offer it up. Here are oxen for the burnt offering, and here are threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. O king, Araunah gives all this to the king. Araunah also said to him, “May the Lord your God accept you.”
But the king replied to Araunah, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen and paid fifty shekels of silver for them. David built an altar to the Lord there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the Lord answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on
This is the word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The Morning Prayer
The Children’s Moment Rev.
**The Offertory Hymn # 515 There’s A Land That is Fairer Than Day
The Offertory
*The Doxology # 253
The Choral Worship In this Very Room
The Sermon Dr.
The Stewardship of Responsibility
Stewardship leads to integrity
Stewardship leads to restoration
Stewardship leads to making an offering
The Hymn of Decision # 275 I Surrender All
The Dismissal with Blessing
Go out into the world in peace.
Love the Lord your God
With all your heart,
With all your soul,
With all your mind.
This is the greatest commandment:
It comes first.
The second is like it:
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Everything in the law and prophets
Hang on these two commandments.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
The Choral Benediction When We Pray
The Organ Postlude
*All that are able please stand.
** Boys and Girls (grade 1-3) are invited attend Children’s Church each Sunday. Age-appropriate teaching and child care is available each Sunday for babies and children through 5 years of age. An usher will be glad to help you to the Preschool Area.
Welcome We are happy that you have come to worship with us today. If you are a guest, we pray that you will be blessed by joining us in the praise and worship of our Lord. May God’s Spirit and our fellowship bring you comfort, joy and peace.
Sanctuary Flowers
The beautiful flowers this morning were left following the wedding yesterday of
Opportunities - This Week
Monday 6:30 pm – Girls’ Bible Study
7:00 pm - Garden Club Meeting in fellowship hall
Wednesday No more Dinners until after Thanksgiving, December 2
6:30 pm - Children in Action
6:30 pm - Youth Bible Study
6:45 pm – Adult Prayer and Share
7:30 pm - Choir Rehearsal
Friday Youth and chaperons leave for Eagle Eyrie
11:00 am - Fellowship Hall Reserved
Remember our Homebound Members! Send a card or call to Mrs. Dot Previs,
804-282-2234
www.skipwithbaptistchurch.org
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Dr. Cecil J. Chambers, Pastor
Rev.
Mr. Richard A. Tinsley, Music Director
Mrs. Bethany H. Braun, Pianist/Organist
Mrs. Pauline K. Taylor, Ministry Assistant
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