Weekly Bulletin Oct. 15, 2023

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF TOULON

 Laity Sunday -  October 15, 2023                    

(*indicates to stand if able)

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING PRAYER

CALL TO WORSHIP

*OPENING HYMN                 “Here I Am, Lord”                 No. 541

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A LITANY TO HONOR LAITY (responsive)

Leader:  From the beginning, God entered into covenant with the human family with Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah, Moses, Deborah, Ruth, and Jeremiah.

Congregation:  Through baptism, Jesus Christ calls us into the covenant and makes us ministers of Christ’s righteousness.

Leader:  Christian ministry is Christ’s work of outreaching love. It demonstrates a common life of gratitude and devotion, witness and service, celebration and discipleship.

Congregation:  All Christians are called to Christ’s service in the world, to the glory of God and for human fulfillment.

Leader:  The Church, as the community of the new covenant, participates in Christ’s ministry of grace.

Congregation:  It stretches out to human needs wherever service may convey God’s love and ours.

Leader:  In our ministry of service is this ultimate concern.

JOYS AND CONCERNS

WORSHIPING THROUGH PRAYER

Prayers for the People

The Lord’s Prayer       

*GLORIA PATRI     No. 558

*SHARING SIGNS OF PEACE

SPECIAL MUSIC        

YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERMON                                    Jessie Richards        

WORSHIPING THROUGH GIVING                          

OFFERING

*DOXOLOGY     No. 563

*OFFERING PRAYER

*HYMN OF PREPARATION                                                   No.  526

                                    “We Come As Guests Invited”      

SCRIPTURE READING – Matthew 22:  1-14

SERMON        “The Dinner is Ready”                      Rev. Ed Jones                        

TIME OF QUIETNESS and PRAYER

*CLOSING HYMN                                                                  No. 22

“Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee”

 *BENEDICTION

  POSTLUDE

Prayer Requests:

Please pass along your prayer requests to a member of the Deacons; Pam Sprout, Mary Hawk, or Janet Wilkinson

·        Ed and Marie Smith

·        Jane Heaton

·        Judy Beamer

·        Heather West-Kimberlin (Michelle’s sister)

·        Nancy Wilson

·        Donna Boardman

·        Sandy Langdon

Jane Heaton

2345 N. Seminary St

Galesburg, IL   61401

Sandy Langdon                                 John Cover

PO Box 147                                       1920 Willow Knolls Rd., #305

Toulon, IL   61483                            Peoria, IL   61614

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, 6:30 – Choir Practice

Oct. 15, 11:30 – Quarterly Reports

Oct. 22, 11:30 - Congo Café & Sunday School

Oct. 28, 8 am – Parsonage Yard Clean-Up

Oct. 31, 5:00-7:00 pm – Trunk or Treat