Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Labor Day Sunday
September 2, 2007                                                                                                           10:00 a.m.

GATHERING

WELCOME, REGISTRATION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

MINISTRY MOMENT                                                                       Prayer Retreat, Gina Dawson

PRELUDE                                        Sheep May Safely Graze                                          J. S. Bach

*CALL TO WORSHIP

L:  Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.

P:  Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

L:  It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil;

L: for God gives sleep to his beloved.

*HYMN                                        Christ for the World We Sing                            Hymnal No. 568

*COLLECT

L:  The Lord be with you. P:     And also with you. L:   Let us pray.

ALL: O God, you have bound us together in this life. Give us grace to understand how our lives depend on the courage, the industry, the honesty, and the integrity of all who labor. May we be mindful of their needs, grateful for their faithfulness, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE

 PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear what you have to say to us today. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT LESSON     Proverbs 25:1-7                                                      O T page 607

ANTHEM                                         Pie Jesu (Blessed Jesus)                                    Gabriel Faure
                                                                Billy Kuhn, soloist

 GOSPEL LESSON                                  Luke:14:1, 7-14                                             N T page 77

 MEDITATION                                   “Kingdom Etiquette”                       Rev. Kathryn Woodrow

 *HYMN                                          God Will Take Care of You                             Hymnal No. 130

 CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION

 INVITATION, CONFESSION, AND PARDON                                               Hymnal, page 7 - 8

 THE PEACE

 THE GREAT THANKSGIVING                                                                      Hymnal, page 15-16

 THE LORD’S PRAYER                                                                                      Hymnal, page 895

 GIVING THE BREAD AND CUP

During Communion we will sing the following hymns:

618, 620, 623, 629, and 641 (twice).

Offering plates for your tithes and gifts are available

as you come forward to receive Communion.

 PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

 SENDING FORTH

 *HYMN                                          Blest Be the Tie That Binds                             Hymnal No. 557

 *BENEDICTION 

 *BENEDICTION RESPONSE          Grant Us Thy Peace

Grant us thy peace upon our homeward way.

With thee began, with thee shall end the day.

Guard thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame.

That in this house have called upon thy name. Amen.

 POSTLUDE                                                  Fantasia                                                       J. S. Bach

*Please stand as you are able.

Beginning September 9, 2007

 8:15 am - Morning Prayer in the Parlor

(a brief service for early risers. Please note the change in format and location.)

 9:15 am - Worship in the Sanctuary

                  Sunday School for all ages

                  Nursery care available

10:45 am - Worship in the Sanctuary

                  Nursery care available

WELCOME GUESTS:  Thank you for joining us for worship today. Please ask an usher for a brochure on Faith UMC, call the office, 301-881-1881, e-mail Office@FaithWorksHere.com, or visit www.FaithWorksHere.com, for more information.