Morning Worship at Plymouth Church | Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost | September 18, 2022 | 11 A.M.

Let us know you're here! https://bit.ly/Plymouth-Online ONLINE BULLETIN: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/worshi... PRAYER & CARE REQUEST: https://bit.ly/PlymouthPrayerCare ONLINE GIVING: https://www.plymouthchurch.com/give/ === GATHERING “No matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey, you are always welcome here!” OPENING VOLUNTARY | Sweet Sixteenths: Concert Rag for Organ | William Albright Sohee Lee, organist +WELCOME & CALL TO WORSHIP | Taken from Psalm 118:24 & 51:15 Jack Mahoney 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! INTRADA |Alleluia | Based on LAUDA ANIMA Chancel Choir Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King! Alleluia! Praise the high eternal One! +HYMN 19 | Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven | lauda anima +OPENING PRAYER God of Abundance, We give thanks for your extravagant love that teaches us not to dwell in fear of scarcity, but to live richly toward you and our neighbors, offering love and care to those we meet. We confess that we have failed to be faithful to you. We have not loved you with our whole heart. We have not loved our neighbor as ourselves. In your compassion, forgive us for the things we have done, and the things we have left undone. As we gather to worship together, renew us and shape us into a people who know you and love you. In your name we pray, Amen. +ASSURANCE OF GOD’S LOVE | SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love: The Peace of Christ be with you. And also with you. +SUNG RESPONSE | O God We Hear Your Call | plymouth | Janet Davis PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD SCRIPTURE LESSON | Mark 10:17-22 Rushing Kimball (11) STORY FOR ALL AGES Rushing Kimball SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Introduction Covenant of the Parents & Sponsors Covenant of the Congregation We promise our love, support, and care for the child about to be baptized, as we seek together to grow in love of God and neighbor. We pray for grace and faith to be God’s beloved community to all of our children and to one another. Prayer over the Water Presentation of the Candidate Baptism of Rosalie Jane Scanlon, Kait and Erick Scanlon Presentation of the Child & Song of Welcome (Text by Rev. Faith Ferré) ANNOUNCEMENTS | “Growing in love of God and neighbor” Jack Mahoney Please sign and pass the red friendship pads. Green half sheets are available to communicate care concerns & prayer requests to the staff. ANTHEM | Pilgrim Song| Ryan Murphy Chancel Choir My brethren I have found a land that doth abound with fruit as sweet as honey; The more I eat, I find, the more I am inclined to shout and sing hosanna. My soul doth long to go where I may fully know the glory of my Savior; And as I pass along I’ll sing the Christian song, I’m going to live forever. Perhaps you think me wild, or simple as a child; I am a child of glory; I am born from above, my soul is filled with love; I love to tell the story. My soul doth long to go where I may fully know the glory of my Savior; And as I pass along I’ll sing the Christian song, I’m going to live forever. My soul now sits and sings and practices its wings and contemplates the hour When the messenger shall say, ‘Come, quit this house of clay and with bright angels tower.’ My soul doth long to go where I may fully know the glory of my Savior; And as I pass along, I’ll sing the Christian song, I’m going to live forever. —Traditional American CALL TO PRAYER LeAnn Stubbs 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. THE LORD’S PRAYER | Using debts SERMON Jared Wortman MOMENT OF REFLECTION RESPONSE CALL TO SHARING LeAnn Stubbs OFFERTORY ANTHEM | Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee | Paul Halley Chancel Choir Jesu, the very thought of thee with sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far thy face to see, and in thy presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame, nor can the memory find A sweeter sound than Jesus’ name, the saviour of mankind. O hope of every contrite heart, O joy of all the meek, To those who ask how kind thou art, how good to those who seek. But what to those who find? Ah! This Nor tongue nor pen can show; The love of Jesus, what it is none but his loved ones know. Jesu, our only joy be thou, as thou our prize wilt be; In thee be all our glory now, and through eternity. —Twelfth cent. Latin, trans. Edward Caswell +DOXOLOGY | lasst uns erfreuen | All are invited to sing. +PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING SENDING FORTH +HYMN 404 | Love Divine, All Loves Excelling | beecher +BENEDICTION +SUNG BENEDICTION | May the Lord Be Always With You | Ben Allaway CLOSING VOLUNTARY | God of Grace | Paul Manz (cwm rhondda) Sohee Lee, organist