Tongues, Lips: Power and Accountability

September 25, 2022
Pastor Jacob Lee
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Be Lifted Up
Ross Anderson
© 2001 Lorenz Publishing Company
Used with Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420

Leader: Come and worship!
People: We will praise the One between, within, and over.
Leader: Trust in the One who co-creates the was, the now, and the will-be.
People: Our hope is in the One who creates expansive love calling us to do the same.
Leader: Follow the One who never breaks covenant.
People: We follow the One whose extravagant love calls us
to co-create justice for the oppressed,
feed the hungry, unlock prisons,
and welcome strangers, orphans, and widows.
Leader: Praise the One whose justice is grace-full and inclusive.
People: We praise the Spirit that spans the ages. Amen!

Written by Tim Graves and posted on LiturgyBits.

Opening Hymn — #100 “God, Whose Love Is Reigning O’er Us” (v. 1, 2, 5)

1. God, whose love is reigning o’er us,
source of all, the ending true;
hear the universal chorus
raised in joyful praise to you:
Alleluia, Alleluia, worship ancient, worship new.

2. Word of God from nature bringing
springtime green and autumn gold;
mountain streams like children singing,
ocean waves like thunder bold:
Alleluia, Alleluia, as creation’s tale is told.

5. Lift we then our human voices
in the songs that faith would bring;
live we then in human choices
lives that, like our music, sing:
Alleluia, Alleluia, joined in love our praises ring!

God, Whose Love Is Reigning O’er Us
John Goss | William Boyd Grove
Words: © 1980 William Boyd Grove
Music: Public Domain
Used by Permission.

Joys and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer, Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. Amen.

For those who are called and able, gifts and tithes can still be made through online giving, by mailing them in, and by dropping them off to the office through the secure mail slot to the left of the double door entry to the church hallway.

Offertory – P.A.L.A. Singers

Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore
Cesáreo Gabaráin
© 1979, 1987 Oregon Catholic Press
Used by Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420

Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)
Louis Bourgeois | Thomas Ken
© Public Domain

Offertory Prayer

God of justice and mercy, we come to worship you this day as ones who, on the great balance scale of your creation, are more like the rich man in the Gospel story than we are Lazarus. The parable Jesus tells reminds us that the chasm between rich and poor is hard to cross in the life to come, but not so for us this day, as we strive to see God’s kingdom at work in our world. As we offer gifts today, may we do so striving to be those blessed to be a blessing. In Christ’s holy name, we pray. Amen.

(Luke 16:19-31)

Scripture Reading — 1 Peter 3:8-12 (NRSV)

8 Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. 9 Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing. 10 For
“Those who desire life
and desire to see good days,
let them keep their tongues from evil
and their lips from speaking deceit;
11 let them turn away from evil and do good;
let them seek peace and pursue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Response
The Word of the Lord:
Thanks be to God.

Congregational Choral Anthem — #298 “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (v. 1, 3, 4)

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross (Hamburg)
Isaac Watts | Lowell Mason
Public Domain

Sermon — Rev. Jacob Lee
“Tongues, Lips: Power and Accountability”

Closing Hymn — #396 “O Jesus, I Have Promised” (v. 1, 3, 4)

1. O Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end;
be thou forever near me,
my Master and my friend.
I shall not fear the battle
if thou art by my side,
nor wander from the pathway
if thou wilt be my guide.

3. O let me hear thee speaking
in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion,
the murmurs of self-will.
O speak to reassure me,
to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen,
thou guardian of my soul.

4. O Jesus, thou hast promised
to all who follow thee
that where thou art in glory
there shall thy servant be.
And Jesus, I have promised
to serve thee to the end;
O give me grace to follow,
my Master and my Friend.

O Jesus, I Have Promised
John E Bode | Arthur H Mann
Public Domain

Benediction

Postlude – Hani

Voluntary VIII Largo and Vivace
John Stanley
Public Domain