October 8th, 2023
19th Sunday after Pentecost
Thanksgiving Sunday

Prelude
Introit: Give God Thanks
Welcome
Call to Worship:
M: Give God thanks.
P: We give thanks with grateful hearts.
M: Give God thanks.
P: We give thanks for the blessings of harvest, family and friends.
M: Give God thanks.
P: We give thanks for the gift of Jesus Christ, God's very self in human form.
M: Let us, as one body, offer our thanksgiving to the One who has given us himself.
P: We come with open hearts, ready to worship and give thanks to the living God. Amen.

Hymn: All Creatures Of Our God and King..(Vss.1,4,5,6)..# 433
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Choir Anthem: “We Praise Thee, O God”
Prayer of Illumination
Responsive reading: Psalm 136:1-9 & 23-26
Gloria Patri
Scripture Reading: John 1:1-18 & Mark 12:41-44
Hymn: Give Thanks, My Soul, For Harvest…(1,2,4)... # 805
Sermon: The Widow's Mite
Call to Offering
Offertory: Joyful, joyful, Lord We Bring You
Prayer of Dedication
Announcements
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Hymn: We Plough The Fields And Scatter…………… # 807
Commissioning and Benediction
Choral Response: May The God Of Hope
Postlude