November 19th, 2023
We welcome you to this service of worship on the Lord’s Day.
Welcome & Announcements
The Call to Worship:
L: How shall we enter the house of the Lord?
P: With songs of great praise and rejoicing!
L: How shall we prepare ourselves to receive the blessings?
P: With hearts, minds, and spirits that are open.
L: Come, let us worship the Lord and bow down.
P: Let us offer our praise to God who has redeemed us. AMEN.
Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Prayer of Adoration & Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Worship Song: I Love You, Lord
Children’s Time ~ Rick Penner
Solo ~ Debbie Margueratt
Scripture Reading: Matthew 25:14-30 ~ Graeme Kennedy
Sermon: “Do Not Bury Your Gifts”
Hymn: Take My Life, and Let it be Consecrated #637
Offering (Please click here to see how you can give your offering)
Doxology:
Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!
Prayer of Dedication
The 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 debts,
as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen
Hymn: To God be the Glory #350
Benediction
Choral Amen: Amen, Amen, A—men
GO NOW IN PEACE
Go now in peace. Never be afraid.
God will go with you each hour of every day.
Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true.
Know He will guide you in all you do.
Go now in love, and show you believe.
Reach out to others so all the world can see.
God will be there watching from above.
Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.
Langley Presbyterian Church Announcements
Advent Study – Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Advent meditations, “God is in the Manger), will be using the Presbyterians Read study guide, “Reflections at Advent on Bonhoeffer’s Meditations”, with the Rev. Dr. Patricia Dutcher-Walls. Advent study will take place on Thursdays, Nov 30, Dec 7, Dec 14, and Dec 21, at 10:30 a.m. – noon. The sessions will be available in person at Trinity Edmonds (Gordon) and online. Details, for needed material and registration, are posted on the Community Boards.
Food Bank Donations – The wheelbarrow for food donations is at the back of the Sanctuary. We are collecting non-perishable food items for local families in need. Norma Leith has kindly volunteered to deliver your donations to the Langley Food Bank.
We Couldn’t do it Without You! Thank you so much, volunteers, for your assistance. We appreciate our volunteers’ efforts in helping to make Sunday Service successful! Our thanks to Betty, Patricia, Don, and Gary & Nancy.
We would also like to thank the Worship Team for their time and effort, and for leading us in lifting our voices in song, and in the worship of the Lord.
| Scripture Reading | Refreshment | Collection Plate | PowerPoint | |
| November 19 | G. Kennedy | P & T Fowler | P. Bankes | B. Weerts |
| November 26 | A. Strudwick | N & J Leith | Volunteer Needed | Volunteer Needed |
Dates to Note:
November 19th – Legacy Giving Sunday
November 19th – 26th – Restorative Justice Week – PCC Resouces: https://presbyterian.ca/justice/social-action/crime-and-restorative-justice/
OUR MISSION
“To Glorify and enjoy God.”
OUR PURPOSE
“To make the light of Jesus Christ shine upon our community.”