Watchword for the Week

O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praiseyour name; for you have done wonderful things. (Isaiah 25:1) (Moravian Daily Texts 2014)

ORGAN PRELUDE

WELCOME and CALL to WORSHIP

(verses from Psalm 106)

Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good. Praise the LORD! His love is eternal.

Who can tell all the great things he has done? Who can praise him enough?

Happy are those who obey his commands. Happy are those who always do what is right.

Remember me, LORD, when you help your people; include me when you save them.

Let me see the prosperity of your people: May I share the joy of those who belong to you.

Give thanks to the LORD, because he is good. Praise the LORD! His love is eternal.

Hymn 157 * Sing of the Lord’s goodness

People’s Choice Hymns are marked with an asterisk (*)

PRAYER of APPROACH

We rejoice, O God, our King, that you invite us, your Kingdom people, to celebrate with you and, through our lives, to play our part in establishing your reign of justice, love, and peace. We rejoice that you extend an open invitation to your Kingdom banquet, calling saint and sinner, good and bad alike, to come into your presence; to follow your guiding and to live in your way. And so it is we come at your inviting, bringing with us the worries of our days; our concerns for those we love; the burdens of our wrongdoings.

God, to whom alone we owe allegiance, we have not loved you as you deserve or served our neighbours as you have commanded.

In mind and heart we have been impure. In word and deed we have been unkind.

In negligence and ignorance we have failed to act with righteousness and to work for peace and justice.

Forgive our sins and so fill our thoughts with what is true and honourable, just and pure, pleasing and commendable, excellent and praiseworthy, that our words and actions may be worthy of our calling, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn 493 * It’s me, it’s me, O Lord

WORDS of ASSURANCE

Our royal God continues to invite us to his feast, and is happy to fill his banquet hall with all manner of people. His love is eternal, his mercy unfailing, and he welcomes his children with open, forgiving arms. Thanks be to God! Amen.

Hymn 65 * Jubilate, everybody! [repeated ad lib.]

CHILDREN’S TIME

SHARING GOD’S PEACE

(Children may leave for Kids’ Church in the halls next door)

SCRIPTURE READINGS

Exodus 32:1-14 OT p. 89

St. Matthew 22:1-14 NT p. 32

People may stand for the Gospel reading.

The word of God: Thanks be to God!

Hymn 555 * Amazing grace!

SERMON Rev. Dr. George Melel

(Pastor, Indian Congregation, Krefeld)

Hymn 129 The Lord is King! Lift up your voice!

(Offerings are gathered and brought forward)

(Hymn of the Month, October 2014)

DEDICATION PRAYER

God, whose overflowing grace has blessed

us all our days, we give ourselves again to

you. Use us for your kingdom’s sake and

grant us that peace, beyond our

understanding, which guards our hearts and

minds in Jesus Christ our Lord. We ask it in

his name. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (see notices overleaf)

PRAYERS for OTHERS (Hymn 805 *)

Your kingdom come:

Your will be done on earth, O Lord. ♫

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 and ever. Amen.

Hymn 198 * Let us build a house

BLESSING and Threefold Amen (No. 819)

ORGAN POSTLUDE

Today’s guest preacher Dr. George Melel (centre) is

founder of the Diviya Jyothi Mission (DMI) and has

been its European Director since 1996. George is

Senior Pastor of the Indian congregation in Krefeld

and a Board Member of the IKK (International Church

Convention in Rhineland and Westphalia).