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    Sep 27, 2020

    Unhurried Enough to Care

    Unhurried Enough to Care

    Passage: Luke 10:25-37

    Speaker: Rev. Jennifer Eschliman, Pastor

    How do we love our neighbors in this hurry-up world?
    Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
    September 27, 2020 - 10 am
     
    Watch the service as you follow along
     
    Opening Worship “Come to the Cross”
    Leeland Mooring | Matt Bronleewe | Michael W. Smith
     
    Welcome
               
    Call to Worship
    We are called to love the Lord our God
    We are called to love with all our heart and soul
    We are called to love the Lord our God
    We are called to love with all our mind and strength
    We are called to love the Lord our God
    And we are called to love our neighbor as ourselves
     
    Come, let us love our God in this time of worship,
    so that we might become the people God calls us to be.                                                             
    Opening Praise “Live Like That”
    Ben Glover | Ben McDonald | David Frey
     
    Verse 1
    Sometimes I think, What will people say of me
    When I'm only just a memory
    When I'm home where my soul belongs
    Was I love when no one else would show up
    Was I Jesus to the least of us
    Was my worship more than just a song
     
    Chorus
    I wanna live like that and give it all I have
    So that everything I say and do points to You
    If love is who I am then this is where I'll stand
    Recklessly abandoned never holding back
    I wanna live like that, I wanna live like that
     
    Verse 2
    Am I proof that You are who You say You are
    That grace can really change a heart
    Do I live like Your love is true
    People pass and even if they don't know my name
    Is there evidence that I've been changed
    When they see me do they see You
     
    Chorus
    I wanna live like that and give it all I have
    So that everything I say and do points to You
    If love is who I am then this is where I'll stand
    Recklessly abandoned never holding back
    I wanna live like that, I wanna live like that
     
    Bridge
    I wanna show the world the love You gave for me
    (I wanna live like that)
    I'm longing for the world to know
    The glory of the King
     
    Chorus
    I wanna live like that and give it all I have
    So that everything I say and do points to You
    If love is who I am then this is where I'll stand
    Recklessly abandoned never holding back
    I wanna live like that, I wanna live like that
     
    Ending
    I wanna live like that
     
    Opening Prayer (unison)
    Holy God, we come together to worship - a people who desire to love you with all our hearts, souls and might, and who want to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Yet there are so many other things in our lives that clamor for our attention, that our devotion is often half-hearted and the needs of our neighbors escape our notice. Teach us your ways, Lord, so that we might embrace the things that truly matter and our hearts might beat more in rhythm with yours. We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ. Amen.       
     
    Proclamation and Response
     
    Scripture Reading: Luke 10:25-37
    25 Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” 27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”
     
    29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ 36 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” 37 He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
     
    Leader: This is the Word of God.
    All: Thanks be to God!
                                                                             
    Message Unhurried Enough to Care          
    Pastor Jen Eschliman
     
    Joys and Concerns
          Prayers of the People
          The 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, and the power, and the glory,
          forever. Amen.
         
    Prayer of Thanksgiving for Offerings
     
    Sending Forth
     
    Closing Song “Hold Us Together”
    Matt Maher | Steve Wilson
     
    Verse 1
    It don't have a job, don't pay your bills
    Won't buy you a home in Beverly Hills
    Won't fix your life, In five easy steps
    Ain't the law of the land or the government
    But it's all you need
     
    Chorus         
    Love will hold us together
    Make us a shelter to weather the storm
    And I'll be my brother’s keeper
    So the whole world will know that we're not alone
     
    Verse 2  
    It's waiting for you, knockin' at your door
    In the moment of truth when your heart hits the floor
    And you’re on your knees
     
    Chorus         
    Love will hold us together
    Make us a shelter to weather the storm
    And I'll be my brother’s keeper
    So the whole world will know that we're not alone
     
    Bridge (x2) 
    This is the first day of the rest of your life
    This is the first day of the rest of your life
    'Cause even in the dark you can still see the light
    It's gonna be alright, It’s gonna be alright
     
    Chorus         
    Love will hold us together
    Make us a shelter to weather the storm
    And I'll be my brother’s keeper
    So the whole world will know that we're not alone
     
    Announcements
         
    Benediction
     
    The scripture reading is from the Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version, Copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission.
     
    Song Credits:
    “Come to the Cross”
    Leeland Mooring | Matt Bronleewe | Michael W. Smith
     
    CCLI Song # 4820219
    © 2006 Meaux Mercy (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing); Smittyfly Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
    Woodland Creatures Need Music Too (Admin. by Net More, Inc.); Curb Word Music (Admin. by WC Music Corp.)
    CCLI License # 1011499
     
    “Live Like That”
    Ben Glover | Ben McDonald | David Frey
     
    CCLI Song # 6221421
    © 2011 9t One Songs (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing); Ariose Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
    Curb Dayspring Music (Admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.)
    CCLI License # 1011499
     
    “Hold Us Together”
    Matt Maher | Steve Wilson
     
    CCLI Song # 5553657
    © Meaux Mercy (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing); Skyline Apartments (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
    spiritandsong.com (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing); Thankyou Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing)
    CCLI License # 1011499