Welcome to Central Presbyterian Church, Des Moines Iowa

Ten fifteen o’clock November 23, 2008

Thanksgiving Sunday

The opening voluntaries call us to silent, personal preparation for the worship of God.

“Be still and know that I am God.”

Opening Voluntaries We Gather Together Wilbur Held
Crown Him with Many Crowns Michael Burkhardt

Call to Worship (Responsive)
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Hymn 559 We Gather Together KREMSER

Choral Salutation      Rise Up, O Saints of God           William H. Walter/arr. Robert Leaf
          Rise up, O saints of God! Be done with lesser things!
             Give heart and mind and strength of will to serve the King of Kings.
             O saints, arise!                                                  © 1956, Galaxy Music Corp., All rights reserved. OneLicense.net #A-715705

Call to Confession

Most gracious God,
you cover the earth with your bounty
and entrust its riches to our care,
but we have been unfaithful to your trust.
We have laid waste the earth and exploited the land.
Those who have much have wanted more,
while multitudes go hungry and the poor lose hope.
Set us free, we pray, both from greed and from want,
that all may live in justice and well-being.
May our lives be enlisted toward this end,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Assurance of Forgiveness

Passing the Peace
We gather as a community of faith. Generously greet one another
with the peace of Christ. Peace be with you.

Children’s Time

Recognition of Fifty Year Members

Anthem                               It Is Good to Give Thanks                                           Michael Bedford
                                                            Choristers Choir ● Kristin Johnson & Beth Triebel, choir chimes                                                             It is good to give thanks to the Lord. Sing God’s praise!
                                                            Tell the world of God’s love all day long. Sing God’s praise!
                                                            Play on the psaltery, play on the lyre, play a joyful tune on the harp.
                                                                                                                                                      --Based on Psalm 92: 1-3
                                                                            © 2008, Choristers Guild, All rights reserved. OneLicense.net #A-715705

Congregational Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer

Scripture Psalm 100: 1-5 (OT p 515)

Hymn 551 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come ST GEORGE’S WINDSOR

Scripture Lesson (Scriptures will be referenced throughout the sermon.)

Sermon Pastoral Care is Not Something Done Just by Pastors James L. Wallace

The Collect Praying for Others

I Invocation in God’s name.

Name of God that fits the petition.

II Characteristics of God

Characteristics of God that allow you to make your petition.

III Petition(s)

Strong verbs. (Grant ____. Give ____. Provide ____.)

IV Purposes

For what reason? (So that ____.)
V Conclusion

Speaking the faith that allows you to offer the prayer in the first place.

Offering
Offertory Anthem                             Ye Servants of God                                                           Welsh folk tune
                                                         (THE ASH GROVE)                                                                    arr. Michael Bedford
                                                            Chancel Choir & Central Singers ▪ Scott Johnson, trumpet
                                                            Ye servants of God, Your Master proclaim,
                                                            And publish abroad His wonderful Name;
                                                            The Name, all victorious, of Jesus extol;
                                                            His Kingdom is glorious, and rules over all.
                                                            God ruleth on high, almighty to save,
                                                            And still he is nigh, His presence we have:
                                                            The great congregation, His triumph shall sing,
                                                            Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King.

                                                             Salvation to God, who sits on the throne!
                                                            Let all cry aloud and honor the Son:
                                                            The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,
                                                            Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb.
                                                            Then let us adore, and give Him His right,
                                                            All glory and power, all wisdom and might,
                                                            All honor and blessing, with angels above,
                                                            And thanks never ceasing, and infinite love. Amen.
                                                                                                                                               --Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
                                                                               © 2000, Coronet Press, All rights reserved. OneLicense.net #A-715705

Offering Response 555 Now Thank We All Our God (Stanza 1) NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT
Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done, In whom this world rejoices;
Who, from our mothers’ arms, Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love, And still is ours t --Johann Crüger, 1648

Hymn 555 Now Thank We All Our God (Stanzas 2 & 3)
O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in God’s grace, And guide us when perplexed,
And free us from all ills In this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God, Who reigns in highest heaven,
To Father and to Son And Spirit now be given.
The one eternal God, Whom heaven and earth adore,
The God who was, and is, And shall be evermore. -Johann Crüger, 1648

Benediction

Congregational Response               Go Now in Peace                                    Natalie Sleeth
                                                            Go now in peace, go now in peace,
                                   May the love of God surround you everywhere,=
                                   Everywhere you may go.

Closing Voluntary Now Thank We All Our God Siegfrid Karg-Elert

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