KIRK’S LOG
Stardate:
Focus Scripture –
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to God, all the
earth.
Worship God with gladness; come into
God’s presence with singing.
Know that the Sovereign is God. It is God that made us,
and we are God’s; we are God’s people, and
the sheep of God’s pasture.
Enter God’s gates with thanksgiving, and
enter God’s courts with praise.
Give thanks to God, and bless God’s name.
For God is good; God’s steadfast love
endures forever,
and God’s faithfulness to all generations.
Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter
Team:
Lay Reader: Mendy Brown
Music: Marilyn Levine,
Director Gwen Lewis,
Mercy Martinez-Nunnally
Kate Sauer, Organ;
Dorenda Morse, piano Hospitality: Thanksgiving Lunch
Adult Ed: Richard Mitchell, Floyd Coppage Lock
Up: John Davis
Those for Whom We Pray
Our members: Stephanie Bisson, Bill Eberhardt, Charles
Hill, Anis Johnson, Dr. C.A. Kennedy, Jeri Smith, Hillary
Straba, and Lizzie Straba;
Our homebound members
and friends:
Fran Doty (Amy Homicz’s mother) and Fred Luft (Bobbi Luft’s husband);
Our
extended family: Sharon Bode (friend of COGS), Linda Coen
(friend of Ann Meierkord), Emma Elliott (Bob &
Pat Rosenak’s great-granddaughter), Michelle
Feng (Patrick Xavier's cousin), Stephen Halsted
(former COGS pastor), Roger Hogeboom (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s nephew), Justin Zel Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s
son-in-law, serving in the Police Department), Amy Mueller (daughter of Susan
Olson-Phillips & Det Phillips), Dave
Myers (former pastor’s wife Sue Altenbernd-Myers’
husband), Olivia Prisco (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s
granddaughter), Linda Robbins (friend of COGS), Peter Smith (Linc Nagle’s brother),
Julie Timm & family (Ann Brotman’s
sister), Neil Weaver (Nancy Barfield's friend),
Terry Wenk (Nancy Barfield's friend), for others for whom we have been
praying, and for those whose names are known by you and God.
Announcements
Flowers on the
Communion Table – have been given by
Marcie Summerlin, in loving memory of Martha Bolton, Marcie’s Mom.
Thanksgiving
Lunch and Celebration of our Stewardship, TODAY – Right after our “blow-out”
Thanksgiving worship service, please join us for our delicious – and free –
annual Thanksgiving lunch. (To help
cover food costs, there will be a basket for voluntary donations.)
Book
Groupies – The next gathering
will be tomorrow,
Nov. 19,
STAFF
newsletter deadline – this Wednesday, Nov.
21.
Youth Group – Speak-Out
will meet next Sunday, November 25, from
New
Member Service
INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS
QUESTIONS OF THE CONGREGATION:
One: We
who are the members of the Church of the Good Shepherd are committed to
building up the body of Christ, which is the church.
All: We remember
Paul’s words to the church at
One: There are many
different gifts, but always the same Spirit.
All: There are many
different ways of serving, but always the same Lord.
One: There are many different forms of activity, but in everybody it
is the same God who is at work in them all.
All: We each have a
part to play and a contribution to make to the common good.
One: Each of us has
been given unique gifts: some have the gift of teaching,
All: Some of
administration, some of music, some of caregiving, some of outreach,
One: Some of
discernment, some of prophecy, some of evangelism,
All: Some of prayer
and worship, and some of the stewardship of resources.
One: Let us welcome
one another’s gifts joyfully,
All: Help carry one
another’s burdens with compassion,
One: Pray for one
another with open hearts,
All: Deal with our
conflicts in a healthy and straightforward manner,
One: Keep
communication open, honest, and gentle,
All: And work for
the common good of God’s people.
One: Let us
celebrate our diversity and quiet our temptations toward divisiveness.
All: Let us affirm
our mutual purpose to be the Body of Christ and treat one another with the
respect, understanding, acceptance, and affirmation that are the birthright of
every child of God.
NEW MEMBER RESPONSES
UNISON PRAYER
O God of Hospitality, we praise you for the opportunity to
welcome new members among us today.
We thank you for their life stories, their faith journeys, their diversity of gifts.
May we who have been here a while be zealous in our
willingness to listen and to learn.
Make us open to revised visions and new perspectives, we
pray.
Help
us to provide a nurturing environment for these new friends
as we invite them into our church and into our lives.
Enable us to take time for one another as we establish a
shared faith and a common history.
Bless us all, O God, as we worship together and seek to be
your servants in a needy world.
Amen.
HYMN OF WELCOME AND RIGHT HAND OF FRIENDSHIP
“I
Am One Voice”
(Solo) I am one voice
and I am singing, I am one voice and I am singing,
I am one voice and I am singing; I am not alone.
(Two voices)
We are two voices, we are singing… we are not alone.
(Congregation rise and join in singing) We are God’s people, we are singing… we are not alone.
This
is our story, we’ll keep singing… we are not alone.
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