November 12th, 2023
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Prelude
Introit: Rejoice in the Lord
Welcome
Call to Worship:
M: Are you ready to worship?
P: We believe that we are.
M: Put away all those cares and worries that keep you from hearing God’s word.
P: The cares and worries of the world have been put aside that we may be truly ready.
M: The Lord comes to you this day.
P: Thanks be to God for God’s abiding presence and promise. AMEN.

Hymn: Great is Thy Faithfulness …………………………. # 324
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Hymn: O God of Bethel, by Whose Hand ……..….…. # 654
Prayer of Illumination
Responsive reading: Psalm 78:1-7
Gloria Patri
Scripture Reading: Matthew 25:1-13
Hymn: O Jesus I have Promised …………….....…...…. # 569
Sermon: Be Ready
Call to Offering
Offertory: We Give Thee but Thine Own
Prayer of Dedication
Announcements
Christmas Shoeboxes Mission Prayer of Dedication
Hymn: Lord of Light, Whose Name and Splendour…… # 769
Commissioning and Benediction
Choral Response: May the God of Hope
Postlude