Sunday, September 23, 2018
Saint James United Church of Christ
10 East Broad Way,Lovettsville, Virginia
www.StJamesUCC-love.org
For Meditation and Reflection:
This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine. This is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine. But other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine.
My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine. But other lands have sunlight too and clover and skies are everywhere as blue as mine. O hear my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine. (Lloyd Stone, 1934)
Opening Prayer (Pastor)
Responsive Call to Worship (Traditional Monastic Liturgy)
Pastor: We wait for the word of the Lord as we wait for the rains.
People: and our God shall come down upon us like gentle dew.
Pastor: The hills and the mountains will be singing praise to God.
People: Every tree in the forest will be clapping its hands.
The Lord will come and rule for ever. Alleluia.
Opening Hymn Jennifer leads us in a song she wrote
Prayer for Illumination (Pastor)
Today’s Scripture Reading Luke 12:6&7
Sermon Incomprehensible (Mike Lyle)