SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
18th Sunday of Pentecost
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA)
October 4, 2020
Ten Thirty in the morning
Minister: The Reverend Aaron Ochart
Liturgist: Don Melchert
Please silence all phones and beepers.
GATHERING
PRELUDE “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening…” Thomas a Kempis BCW1111
ADORATION
CALL TO WORSHIP (responsive) Exod. 20:2–3
The Lord has delivered us from slavery;
there is no other god but the Lord.
PRAYER OF THE DAY (responsive)
Lord God of grace and liberty, On the night of the Passover the sacrificed lamb became a sign of freedom and you freed the people of Israel from slavery in Egypt. In Jesus, you freed all humanity from sin and death. Help us live into this new life, teaching us to serve you in faithfulness as you have served us. To you we offer our gratefulness in the name of the one who turned slavery into new life, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen
PRAYER OF CONFESSION (unison)
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
PROCLAMATION
FIRST LESSON Luke 22:14-20
When the hour came, he took his place at the table, and the apostles with him. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I tell you, I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; for I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”
Anthem Can God Spread A Table In The Wilderness? Joseph Martin
Can God spread a table in the wilderness? Can God make the desert come to life?
Lord, let the water flow, give us the bread of Life; we put our trust in You.
God reached down and out of dust, He made a man; out of darkness, He created light.
Out of love, He made for us a Savior; out of death, He formed eternal life.
Can God spread a table in the wilderness? Can God make the desert come to life?
SECOND LESSON Exodus 12:1-13; 13:1-8
year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
The Lord said to Moses: Consecrate to me all the firstborn; whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelites, of human beings and animals, is mine. Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, because the Lord brought you out from there by strength of hand; no leavened bread shall be eaten. Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out. When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this observance in this month. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen in your possession, and no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory. You shall tell your child on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
L: The Word of the Lord.
P: Thanks be to God.
SERMON “Meal of Remembrance” The Rev. Aaron Ochart
THE SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY COMMUNION
The Great Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
…Therefore with all creation we sing your praise:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest…
According to Christ’s commandment:
We remember his death, we proclaim his resurrection, we await his coming glory.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen
The gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
and all that is within me,
bless God’s holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
PARTING PRAYER- Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
Participating in today’s service are Rev. Aaron Ochart, Pastor, Julie Hebert, CE Leader, Sandy Cranfill, Music Director, and Sam Garnett, Organist.
Appreciation to David Garland and Dennis Lauland for the video production of today’s service.