Senior Pastor

Bishop of Oklahoma Council Oak District Superintendent

19th Sunday after Pentecost

ORDER OF WORSHIP

GATHERING IN PRAISE AND PRAYER

WELCOME AND EXPLANATION: The Reverend David Wiggs

GREETING: The Reverend David Wiggs Minister: Praise the Lord!

Minister: Lord, remember us when you show mercy,

Minister: The Lord be with you.

Minister: Let us pray.

OPENING PRAYER (in unison)

(Please rise in body or spirit, as you are able.)

*OPENING HYMN: #417 “O For a Heart to Praise My God”

(Please be seated.) PASTORAL PRAYER: The Reverend EvaMarie Campbell THE LORD’S PRAYER: #895 CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE: #393 “Spirit of the Living God”

(in unison)

PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE

*ANTHEM: “Elegy” by Edward Elgar Douglas Perry, cellist, Ginny LeDoux, pianist

THE GOSPEL: Matthew 22: 1-14, page 24 The Reverend EvaMarie Campbell Minister: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

(Please rise; during the Psalter, the congregation will sing the verses in bold responsively to ST. PETER.)

PSALTER: Psalm 106: 1-6, 19-23 Your endless love, your mighty acts Surpass what words can tell;

Our rebel forebears rarely grasped Your mercy or your might;

Before a golden calf they bowed – An idol in your place!

But when they spurned the promised land, You made your anger plain:

Yet those whom once you sold in wrath, In mercy you restored;

AFFIRMATION OF FAITH: #881 “The Apostles’ Creed”

Minister: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare:

*HYMN: #398 “Jesus Calls Us” (Please be seated.) ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR GIVING The Reverend David Wiggs

*ANTHEM: “Once to Every Man and Nation” by David Stanley York

The Chancel Choir, Dr. Joel Panciera, director “Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood for the good or evil side. By the light of burning martyrs, Jesus’ bleeding feet I track, toiling up new cavalries ever with the cross that turns not back. Though the cause of evil prosper, yet ’tis truth alone is strong. Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. Yet the scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown, standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own. Amen.” (Text: James Russell Lowell)

THE HEBREW LECTION: Exodus 32: 1-14, page 78

Minister: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

SERMON:

The Reverend David Wiggs

SENDING FORTH

(Please rise.) *CLOSING HYMN: #586 “Let My People Seek Their Freedom” BENEDICTION POSTLUDE: “Fugue in C Sharp Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach Ginny LeDoux, organist

*Portions of the service which are previously recorded.

SERMON OUTLINE

Series: A Mighty Long Legacy, Part 2 of 4

Have you ever been _____ for something? Moses was _________! In their anxiety and panic, the people go to ______. …they want a leader and a god that they can ____. …a new set of rules to live by…respecting and ___________ God. God appears to be ready to end this covenant relationship as a response to the ___________ transgression. The chapter begins with Jesus talking about _______. …prayer…fasting…Jesus returns to giving as compared to hoarding…discerning, before going back to giving. Matthew 6:___ Which have the people chosen to ______, gold or God? It is a mighty long legacy…will last _________. And the LORD changed his _____… (v. 14) …that God changed his mind, is also the _____ _____ part of this passage. …God as steadfast love and kindness, coupled with justice and _______. Even when Moses thinks God has turned against the people, Moses ______ in relationship…with God. “Stay connected to me. As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; stay ____________ to my love.”

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Rev. David Wiggs Rev. EvaMarie Campbell, Rev. Jen Logsdon-Kellogg,

Rev. Sara Pugh Montgomery, Rev. Amy Venable Angelyn Dale; Belynda Clanton

Dr. Joel Panciera; Dr. Susan Panciera Jose Luis Hernandez

Paula Gradney-Garner Philip Boone; Alicia Urban

Caitlin Dryke; Cliff Duncan Anntonette Nelson; Sheri Nellis