Worship Roadmap - October 20, 2024

Updated: Saturday, October 12, 2024 6:50:38pm

(Roadmap version: Draft
Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: Jennifer Galvez, Song Leader: TBD
Lectionary Scripture: Job 38:1-7, (34-41) and Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c; Isaiah 53:4-12 and Psalm 91:9-16; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45;)

PTZ1 - select Closeup Ruth/Janet view
PTZ2 - select Song Leader View
Start Zoom Recording at 9:59:30

Prelude

"TBD"
Public Domain

PTZ1 Select Closeup Lectern view

Song: "TBD"

Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our opening song.

TBD

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Lay Reader: Call to Worship

Lay Reader: Please join me in our responsive Call to Worship.

Lay Reader: Call to Worship - responsive

One: Today we gather to worship, with all our hopes, weariness, joys, and concerns swirling within us.
We gather to worship One who both ascends above our condition and descends to meet us in the midst of them.

All: Bless the Holy One, O my soul.
O Creator, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.

One: We are humbled and grateful that the Majestic God knows our names and seeks our presence.

All: Bless the Holy One, O my soul.
O Creator, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.

One: We raise our spirits as one body, strengthening, fortifying, and encouraging one another as we honor The Holy One’s glorious and precious name.

All: Bless the Holy One, O my soul.
O Creator, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty.

Lay Reader: Announcements

Please be seated.

Welcome to Campbell United Church of Christ!
We are an Open and Affirming congregation and
no matter where you are on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome here.

(raise Bulletin)

Please take the Bulletin insert home with you to remind you of upcoming events.

(highlight next week special events if any)

Lay Reader: Other Announcements

Lay Reader: Are there any other announcements?

Pastor: Passing of the Peace-Invitation

Pastor: Let us pass God’s blessing of peace among one another.

Pastor: Passing of the Peace

One: May the peace and joy of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.

Wait to advance to this slide until speaking is concluded.

Pastor: Passing of the Peace

Share a wave, elbow bump, or hug as you are mutually comfortable

Song: "TBD"

Song Leader: Please remain standing or rise as you are able and sing.

TBD

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Song Leader: Prayer of Invocation

Song Leader: Magnificient God, you are worthy of our praise, reverence, and honor.
You come to us, and you come for us.
Your embrace saves us from the condemnation of this world.
Your tangible example leads us on a path to disrupt the sinful systems of oppression
that keep your creation from life abundantly.
Your presence assures us that your covenant is everlasting and true.
With thanksgiving and awe, we worship you.
Amen.

Song Leader: Please be seated.

Lay Reader: Scripture

Mark 10:35-45
(NRSV)

Lay Reader: Scripture Reading: Mark 10:35–45 (NRSV)

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”

And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.”

But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”

They replied, “We are able.” Then Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized;

but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.” When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John.

So Jesus called them and said to them, “You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.

But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all.

For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.”

Lay Reader: Scripture Response

One: This is God’s self-revealing through the stories of our people.

All: Praise be to God.

Song: "TBD"

TBD

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Start 15 min Confidence Timer

Pastor: Message

"TBD"
Rev. Shavon Walker

Stop Confidence Timer

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Choir: Anthem

"Lord, I Give My Heart to You"
by Joseph Martin
Used under OneLicense.net A-726183

(Pastor: wait for A/V techs to return to A/V booth and the Offering slide to appear before proceeding)

PTZ2 - select Song Leader view

Pastor: Offering

Pastor: The invitation to give is a gift not a debt.
We share our resources because we were created to be mutually dependent upon one another.
When we give generously, we demonstrate our faith in God’s generosity, provision, and abundance.
Therefore, let us give with thanksgiving and love for God and our neighbor.

While we do not pass the plates for our Offering,
we do have offering plates at the back rows of chairs as you enter the sanctuary.
Please feel free to place your offerings there.
We also have a secure way to give online by using our webpage at campbellucc.com/donate

Let us pause and reflect as you give your offerings.

(Ruth plays a short interlude)

Now let us sing our thanks for our blessings.

Song: "Doxology"

Praise God from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God
all creatures here below;

Praise God above
you heavenly host;
Creator, Christ and
Holy Ghost. Amen.

Thomas Ken; Word adaptations reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership

Pastor: Dedication of the Offering

Pastor: Good and Generous God, receive these gifts as an offering of our love and lives.
May they be used to benefit your people and to honor your holy name.
Amen.

Lay Reader: Prayer for Transformation and New Life

Lay Reader: Liberating God, break us free from all the ways this world enslaves and ensnares your people.
May our hearts be infused with your compassion.
May our works be filled with your generosity.
May our lives be testaments that new life in freedom, in love, and in you are possible.
Transform us by your Spirit each day to be the part of you the world needs from us.
We trust in your mercy and grace to make room and empower us to make it so.
Amen.

(Brief pause for silence and self examination)

Lay Reader: Words of Grace

Lay Reader: Beloved, even now, the Holy One supplies the means to rewrite your story.
God will strengthen you in your weakness,
direct you in your uncertainty,
and encourage you in your weariness.
God has formed you, sustains you, and will be with you through it all.

Song: "TBD"

TBD

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Pastor: Prayers of the People

You are invited to share prayers of joy or concern. So that the people online may hear, please wait for the microphone to be brought to you before sharing your joy or concern.

Online people are invited to unmute and offer your prayers. You can also email your prayers for our community to prayerchain@campbellucc.org

Please let us know if you would like your spoken prayer to be distributed on the Prayer Chain email.

(Wait for prayers to conclude, then Pastor may re-voice offered prayers or proceed to Silent Meditation)

Pastor: Silent Meditation

Pastor: Let us keep those and our unvoiced prayers in mind as we listen for God in the silence that follows the ringing of the singing bowl.

(The singing bowl is rung.)

Pastor: Pastoral Prayer

Pastor: (use your own or embellish this)
Holy God, hear the prayers we have voiced and those that remain unvoiced in our hearts.
Bless us this day with lives filled with love, caring, generosity, and deep, abiding hope.
We pray that your kingdom will dwell among all people, and that we may be instruments of your love and your grace.
Holy Spirit, open our hearts with the joy of healing a world filled with brokenness and pain.
In the name of the one who taught us the ways of light and love, be in our very lives.
Amen.

Pastor: Let us now pray together the prayer that Jesus taught us:

Pastor: The Lord's Prayer

ALL: Our Father (God/Mother/Creator),
who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.

ALL: Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.

ALL: Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors (sins/trespasses)

ALL: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

ALL: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.

(Pastor and Lay Reader move to the Communion table.)

PTZ1 - Select Communion view

Song: "TBD"

TBD

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Pastor: Communion Invitation

Pastor: Jesus accepted invitations from everyone and ate at many tables.
He was not often the host, he was a guest among guests.
At this table where we remember him, we too are not the hosts.
We are all guests, all invited by Mercy, all summoned by Love.
Come, then, everyone, and enjoy Love’s hospitality.
Lay aside any need you have to be first or best,
Or to decide who is worthy to come and eat.
Just be grateful to be here, and open your hearts to praise

God, most generous and kind, the reach of your mercy is endless.
You find us all, wherever we are, and bring us to your table.
Your guest list is as unrestricted as your love.
For the gracious welcome we have all received, whether we came first or last, early or late,
with hands full of gifts, or with nothing at all,
we praise you, singing your glory for this day an forever.

Lay Reader: Responsive Communion

One: Now, O God,
we remember Jesus

All: We remember that he ate with Simon the Pharisee, with Zacchaeus the tax collector, and in Peter’s house after making his mother well

One: We remember that he ate in Bethany with Mary and Martha, and their brother Lazarus, whom he summoned from the grave.

All: We remember that he ate with the rich and poor, righteous people and sinners, friends, deniers, doubters and betrayers.

One: He told us not to take the best seats at banquets, but to defer to others; to be good guests.

Pastor: Communion

Pastor: And we remember that on the night of his betrayal,
he ate again with his disciples in an upper room.
He shared blessed bread with them, and poured out wine,
signs of his coming death, signs of a life determined to love despite the risk.

Pastor: Responsive Communion

All: Whenever we eat, with whomever we eat, as a guest among guests, we remember him. He is with us always, to the end of the age.

Pastor: Communion

Pastor: Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
Bless this bread and this fruit of the vine.
By our eating and drinking, open our hearts to other guests you are always inviting,
so that one day,
everyone who hungers will have an honored place in your house,
the best seats at your table.

Lay Reader: Communion

Lay Reader: Friends, there are a lot of tables in this world, but there is none like this one.
We have a seat saved for you.

As you come forward, please use the hand sanitizer station.
We have both regular and gluten-free elements for you to use.
If you would prefer to be served in your seat, stay seated and we will come to you.

The Table is ready, Please come.

Wait to advance to this slide until the speaking is concluded.

Communion

(The elements are shared.
Lay Reader returns to seat after all are served.)

Pastor: Communion Blessing

Pastor: Thank You, God, for inviting us to this Banquet of Life
and feeding us with the good news of Jesus and his wondrous bread and cup.
You are always glad to have us here around your family table.

Pastor: Responsive Communion Blessing

All: Help us all to notice who is missing.
Make us everybody’s neighbor.

All: Send us to them as friends with your standing invitation to come, to eat, to know love and be in peace at home. Amen!

PTZ1 - Select Closeup Lectern view

Song: "TBD"

Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our closing song.

TBD

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Pastor: Benediction

Pastor: Go in the freedom of new life in Christ.
Go in the liberty that transcends the ways of the world.
Go in the hope, power, and peace of the good news.
Amen.

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Postlude

"TBD"
by whoDunnit
Used under OneLicense.net A-726183

Advance to next slide after Postlude is concluded.
Remaining slides will auto-advance to the post-service loop.

Credits (Note: Credits slide will Advance after 5 seconds)

Pastor: Rev. Shavon Walker
Lay Reader: Jennifer Galvez
Song Leader: TBD

Music Director: Ruth Huber
AV tech: Ken True
Slides production: Ken True, Flo Galvez

Copyright (Note: Copyright slide will Advance after 5 seconds)

This Video © Copyright 2024,
CampbellUCC. All rights reserved.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with streaming license #21189255.
All rights reserved.

UNMUTE CD Player and Play CD music.
Stop Zoom meeting.
Wait for Zoom video to process on CUCC-AV2 system
Turn off Projectors/ Rear TV/ Lobby TV and put away mics in A/V closet.

Goodbye (Note: Goodbye slide will Advance after 5 seconds)

Liturgy adapted from: Ransom for All: Service Prayers for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost Year B was written by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay who serves as Minister for Worship and Theology for the United Church of Christ.

https://www.ucc.org/worship-way/after-pentecost-22b-october-20/

Communion Liturgy adapted from Everyone Is a Guest by Mary Luti, from “Do This: Communion for Just and Courageous Living” edited by Mary Luti

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with CCLI Streaming Plus License™ #21189255. All rights reserved.

Unless otherwise noted, the New Revised Standard Version of biblical translation is used.