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ST. LUKE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Minnetonka, Minnesota
ORDER OF WORSHIP
February 19, 2012
GOOD MORNING
 Welcome this morning to St. Luke Presbyterian Church! It is good to have you here, whether a long-time member or arriving for the first time.
Personal listening devices are available at the back of the sanctuary.
Those seated at the ends of the rows will notice the Friendship Pads. Please sign the Friendship Pads and pass them back to the center. Visitors are invited to use a name tag found in the Friendship Pads. If you are not a member and wish to receive our newsletter, “The Challenge," please mark the appropriate circle.
The worship service was recorded and will be available on CD by contacting the church office.
Please remember to turn off cell phones or place on silent mode.
GATHERING MUSIC The Folk Group
WELCOME
BELL
A TIME OF CENTERING Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses
"Sacred is the pause that draws us into stillness. Nourishing are the moments when we step away from busyness. Teach us the wisdom of pausing. Reveal to us the goodness of stopping to breathe. Bring to our memory the truth that we are the temple out of which you pour your gifts into the world. We are the temple from which you sing your songs. We are the temple out of which you bless. Enable us to listen to the renewal you are trying to bring about in us and through us. May we be reverent with each temple we meet and greet this day. May all the good that we long for come to pass."
BELL
*CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Come, let us give thanks
for this new day of life
Many: for the morning sun that warms us
and the night that gave us rest,
One: for the friends now here beside us
and the songs and hymns that bless,
Many: for the sacred times of comfort
through healing words and touch,
One: for dreams and visions spoken
in calls to faithfulness.
Many: For all these gifts of we give thanks
and stand to sing our song
All: one family, one community,
together we belong.
*OPENING HYMN “He's Got the Whole World In His Hands”
He's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole wide world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands
She's got you and me sister in her hands
She's got you and me brother in her hands
She's got you and me sister in her hands
She's got the whole world in her hands
He's got the little bitty babies in his hands (3X)
He's got the whole world in his hands
Instrumental Solo
She's got the wind and the rain in her hands (3X)
She's got the whole world in her hands
He's got the birds and bears in his hands
He's got the flowers and the trees in his hands
He's got the whales and seals in his hands
He's got the whole world in his hands
Instrumental Solo
She's got the whole world in her hands
She's got the whole wide world in her hands
She's got the whole world in her hands
She's got the whole world in her hands
PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING, INTERCESSION and THE LORD'S PRAYER
Company Along The Way Ava Tamis
Prayers of the Community Please keep prayer requests brief so that all who have a prayer may be heard
Pastoral Prayer
The Prayer of Jesus (Lord’s Prayer)
Our Loving God, who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name,
Thy kin(g)dom 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 kin(g)dom, and the power and the glory forever.
Amen.
ANTHEM “Put a Little Love In Your Heart” by Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers, & Jimmy Holiday
Blended Spirit
THE GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERING / CHANGE FOR CHANGE
All coins and paper clipped bills will be given to Kwanzaa Community Church’s Northside Women’s Space this month.
Offertory “Just a Closer Walk With Thee” Emily John
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN FAITH FRIENDS
A children’s space is provided at the front of the sanctuary.
ANTHEM "Little Mountain Church House" by Carl Jackson & Jim Rushing
Blended Spirit
SCRIPTURE and SERMON “A Life Lived in Gratefulness” Marc Well Nagel
Luke 19: 1-10
*HYMN OF RESPONSE "Blest Be the Tie That Binds"
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
What peace can go above?
We share our mutual woes
Our mutual burdens bear,
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.
With courage and with cheer
Ahead we'll walk the way
Moved by our friends beyond our fears
To work for God's new day.
Until we meet again
We'll have each other near
In prayer and thought we'll hold our friends
To us who are so dear.
*BENEDICTION Please join hands with the persons next to you for the benediction and response.
RESPONSE Sung “Amen”
THOUGHT FOR THE JOURNEY HOME
"I long to live in the present moment. I want to stop trying to control the hours so that new paths of inspiration are free to unfold within me. I want to remember that I have the potential to be a blessing in the lives of those with whom I live and work. Take my scattered thoughts, my fragmented moments. Breathe into them and draw them into your centered heart. Open my eyes that I may see the grace that waits for me in every moment. You are the Source of every moment's blessing. Teach me to live awake. Anoint the moments of my day. May this prayer come true in my life." —Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses
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Participants in today’s service:
Front Door Welcomer is Liz Heuser.
Greeters are Jeff and Ruth Klepfer.
Liturgist is Carol Allis.
Kids Corner volunteer is Kathy Whatley.
Ushers are Kathy and Peter Whatley.
Sound Engineer is Chuck Heuser.
Deacon and coffee host for the month of February is Janet Kramer.
St. Luke is a joyful, inclusive and compassionate community on a spiritual journey,
seeking to do justice, make peace, act mercifully, and to walk humbly with God.
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