Preparation

ChimesAs you enter the sanctuary, please prepare your mind, heart, and spirit for worship; quietly greet one another in the name of the Lord.

Silent Meditation “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”-Helen Keller

Voluntary Variations on Holy God, We Praise Your Name Grayston Ives

Choral Introit All That Hath Life and Breath René Clausen

Adoration

Hymn 487 When Morning Gilds the SkiesTune: Laudes DominiText: German Hymn

A Celebr ation of the R esurrectionSunday, September 16, 2012 - the twenty-FiFth Sunday in Ordinary time

Prayer of Adoration

Anthem of Adoration Sing Praise to God Marion Vree, arr.Sing praise to God Who reigns above,The God of all creation,The God of power, the God of love,The God of our salvation.With healing balm my soul He fillsAnd every faithless murmur stills.To God all praise and glory.

What God’s almighty power hath madeHis gracious mercy keepeth.By morning glow or evening shade His watchful eye never sleepeth.Within the kingdom of His might,Lo, all is just and all is right.To God all praise and glory.

Thus all the toilsome way along We sing aloud God’s praisesThat men may hear the grateful song The voice unwearied raises.Be joyful in the Lord, my heart.Both soul and body bear the part.To God all praise and glory!Amen.- Johann Jacob Schütz

Confession

Call to Confession

Corporate Prayer of ConfessionGreat is Your faithfulness, O God. Yet we confess that we do not always trust You and Your ways. We are often fearful, anxious people. We trust in our bank accounts, in our technology, in health care, and in our military. We entrust ourselves to professionals and put our hope in politicians… but we do not entrust ourselves to You. Forgive us for this lack of faith.

Silent Prayers of Personal Confession

Assurance of Pardon

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Celebration

Welcome

Sacrament of BaptismAssisting Elders: (9:30) Vic Bloede (11:00) Marc Myers (1105) Carol Kilman9:30 Baptisms

Henry David Herold May 14, 2009Adeline Jane Herold November 16, 2010Children of Nicole and Drew Herold

Molly Mae Miltenberger June 23, 2012Child of Cally and Bill Miltenberger

11:00 BaptismsBenjamin Patrick Gates, Jr. February 14, 2012Eleanor Louise Gates February 14, 2012Sarah Grace Gates February 14, 2012Children of Joanne and Ben Gates

1105 BaptismsYenenesh Elise Crowder May 26, 2010Emery Olivia Crowder February 23, 2007Children of Ashley and Petey Crowder

Affirmation of Faith The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

Hymn 322 Spirit of the Living GodTune: Living GodText: Daniel Iverson

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer 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.

Choral Response

Proclamation

Old Testament Reading Proverbs 3: 9-12Pew Bible, page 671

Sermon Proverbial Parables and Parabolic Proverbs: Piggybank Discipleship The Reverend Dr. Ronald W. Scates Senior Pastor

Response

Offering of God’s Tithes and Our Sacrificial Gifts

Anthem Let All the World in Every Corner Sing William MathiasO come, let us sing unto the Lord:Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving:And show ourselves glad in Him with psalms,For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods.In His hand are all the corners of the earth:And the strength of the hills is His also.

O come, let us worship and fall down:And kneel before the Lord our Maker,For He is the Lord our God,And we are the people of His pastureAnd the sheep of His hand.

Let us sing unto the Lord!Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!The heavens are not too high; His praise may thither fly.The earth is not too low; His praises there may grow.The Church with psalms must shout; no door can keep them out,But above all, the heart must bear the longest part.Let all the world in every corner sing: my God and King!- Psalm 95 and George Herbert

Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn 357 O Master, Let Me Walk with TheeTune: MarytonText: Washington Gladden

Invitation

Benediction Choral Benediction A Universal Blessing

Alice ParkerMay love so dwell in our hearts, May compassion so flow from our hands,May peace so encompass our lives That justice and mercy abound in this world.Sing love, sing compassion, sing peace.

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Voluntary Postlude in D minor Charles Villiers Stanford

Depart to Serve as Christ ’s MinistersWorship Leaders

Assisting Pastor: The Reverend Dr. Michael R. Walker Theologian-in-ResidenceMinistry of Music: Dr. Greg Hobbs, Director of Music Mr. Michael L. Shake, Organist/Associate Director of MusicBeadle: (9:30) John Walsh, Reserved Elder (11:00) Karen Watson, Deacon

FlowersThe beautiful flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in honor of Martha Lou Beaird, by her loving husband, children and grandchildren, on the occasion of her birthday.

The beautiful flowers in the narthex are from the Saturday afternoon wedding of Quinn Norwood and Matthew Weyhe and are left in loving memory of their grandparents.

WWW.HPPC.ORG - 214-526-7457 3821 University Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75205This paper was made in the USA from responsibly managed forests.

Worship Notes

The Processional CrossThe procession into worship is led by a crucifer who carries a cross mounted on a staff. The ancient practice of leading the assembly into worship with a processional cross is a visible reminder that Christ Jesus goes before us in all that we do. He leads us into worship, and he leads us out into the world in which we are called to serve. The cross is the most universal of all signs of Christ and his church. It identifies both the object and the means of our worship and provides the context of all that is to follow in the service. The cross, carried as a standard before the people, reminds us that Jesus is our Sovereign, the Head of the Church, and that our ultimate allegiance is to him. Lifted on a tall staff, the cross reminds us of Christ’s love, which is our catalyst for worship and our cause for celebration. The cross is empty, reminding us that Jesus is alive, and because he is alive, he is truly present with us in worship and always. When the processional cross is placed in its stand near the pulpit, it remains within view during the reading of scripture and the preaching of the sermon, reminding us that the preaching of the Written Word is a means of grace by which we are drawn to the Living Word, Jesus Christ.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.Colossians 1:15-20