Front Royal Presbyterian Church

All Saints' Sunday

November 03, 2024, 10:30 am

Liturgist - Lee Bowen

Bell Ringer for All Saints - Donna Jordon

Pastor Jaci Smith Patman

Prelude       On Eagle's Wings            Jan Michael Joncas/Marilyn Biery

Welcome and Announcements

Opening Prayer & Gathering                                                        Give Peace

Give peace to every heart. (2X) Give peace,... Lord. (2X)

Call to Worship

We gather to worship with the cloud of the faithful,

to praise God with the saints of generations past.

Let us worship the One who weeps with us, laughs with us,

and offers us a promise of life everlasting.

Reading of the Saints

Prayer for the Saints

Opening Hymn #526 For All the Saints

(please remain standing through the Gloria Patri)

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession (from The Book of Common Worship)

Eternal God, in every age you have raised up men and women to live and die in faith. We confess that we are indifferent to your will. You call us to proclaim your name, but we are silent. You call us to do what is just, but we remain idle. You call us to live faithfully, but we are afraid. In your mercy, forgive us. Give us courage to follow in your way - joining with those from ages past who have served you with faith, hope, and love - that we, too, may inherit the kingdom you promised in Jesus Christ.

Assurance of Pardon

One: The psalmist assures us, “As far as the east is from the west, so far God removes our transgressions from us.” In the name of Jesus Christ, I declare to you, our sins are forgiven.

All: Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 

Gloria Patri

Children’s Sermon

Prayers of the People & The Lord’s Prayer

Hymn #527 Near to the Heart of God

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Anthem    Saints Bound for Heaven

Peter Cartwright/Trad. American/J King & W Walker/Howard Helvey

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Sermon   What Are Your Priorities?

Affirmation of Faith (Adapted from the Confession of 1967, 9.10)

The risen Christ is the Savior of all people. Those joined to him by faith are set right with God and commissioned to serve as God’s reconciling community. Christ is head of this community, the church, which began with the apostles and continues through all generations.

Call to Offering

Offertory                     Deep River        Spiritual/Wilbur Held

Doxology

Prayer of Dedication

Closing Hymn #2283 For All the Saints

Benediction

Postlude          For All the Saints          

Ralph Vaughan Williams/ Michael Burkhardt