Morning Worship at Plymouth Church | Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost | October 17, 2021 | 9 A.M.

Let us know you're here! https://bit.ly/PlymouthOnline ONLINE BULLETIN: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/worshi... ONLINE GIVING: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/give/ ==== WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS LeAnn Stubbs +CALL TO WORSHIP | Taken from Psalm 118:24 & 51:15 Leader: Today is the day that God has made. People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it! Leader: O Lord, open our lips. All: And our mouths shall proclaim your praise! +GATHERING SONG | From this Bright Hour | Mark A. Miller | All are invited to sing. +OPENING PRAYER | Unison Let us pray: God of the universe, thank you: for love poured out on us, for grace freely given to us, for this time and this place where all are welcome. As we gather to worship together, may your Spirit renew us and shape us into a people who know you and love you. Merciful God, forgive us for doing the things we should not have done, and for not doing the things we should have done. Move us to seek your face in the face of our neighbor. Help us to speak truth to power, to dismantle systems of oppression, and to live into new life abundantly. In your name we pray, Amen. +ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE +THE LORD’S PRAYER | Setting by Eric Wyse | All are invited to sing. PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD CHILDREN’S ANTHEM | Bless You | Anthony Kouri Williams K-2 Choir Bless You! Is not only for ah-choo, ‘cause we all need blessing, too. We can bless the food we eat. We can bless the friends we greet. We can bless the things we do. Bless you! We can bless the pets we have. We can bless our moms and dads. We can bless teachers, too. Bless you! When we show we’re thankful for the ones we love and celebrate our blessings, We can live as one. STORY FOR ALL AGES Jack Mahoney +HYMN 57 | I Sing the Mighty Power of God | ELLACOMBE We sing while the children return to their parents. CALL TO PRAYER The Spirit of God be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. PASTORAL PRAYER | Begins with silent prayer. After each petition, please respond: God, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. ANTHEM | Be Still | John Bell Matins Choir | Caroline Ramsey, Soprano.| Ada Fender, flute Be still and know, know that I am God. INTRODUCTION OF SENIOR PASTOR CANDIDATE Caroline Valentine PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Let us pray. Loving God, open our hearts to hear what your Spirit is saying. Meet us here, and make us new. Through Christ we pray. Amen. SCRIPTURE LESSON | Mark 10:35-45 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.” 36And he said to them, “What is it you want me to do for you?” 37And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.” 38 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?” 39 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; 40 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.” 41When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42 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. 43But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. 45 For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.” SERMON Jared Wortman RESPONSE CALL TO SHARING | To give online, use the included QR code in the sidebar. Please sign and pass the red friendship pads. Green half sheets are available to communicate care concerns & prayer requests to the staff. Place the sheets in the offering plates. OFFERTORY ANTHEM | Lord, I Want to Be a Christian | Kathy C. Bowen Matins Choir Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, Lord, in my heart. Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, Lord, in my heart. Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, Lord, in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, Lord, in my heart. —Spiritual +DOXOLOGY | LASST UNS ERFREUEN | All are invited to sing. SENDING FORTH +BENEDICTION +SUNG BENEDICTION | May the Lord Be Always With You | Ben Allaway | All sing: CLOSING VOLUNTARY | Processional for a Joyful Day | Dale Wood Carl Gravander, organist