November 24, 2019 | allsaintspca.org | 208.658.0670

Harvest in Provence - Vincent van Gogh, 1888

One of the most evident and characteristic traits of a Christian community ought to be that of thanks-giving. We cannot breathe without receiving mul-tiple gifts from our Father, and so we should not breathe without thankfulness.

When we thank the Father, we do not thank him simply for things which appear good to us; we thank him for what he gives. In the book of Ephe-sians, Paul mentions that we are to be ‘giving thanks always for all things.’ Giving thanks involves much more than simply “not verbalizing our com-plaints.” It means thanking God expressly for what-ever he gives.

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Sunday Schedule9:00 Christian Formation10:00 Worship

Welcome to worship at All Saints! We are really glad to have you with us for worship today. Whether you have been a Christian for many years, are trying to sort out what the Christian faith is all about, or are just here as a favor to your friend, we’re happy to have you.

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ORDER OF WORSHIPNovember 24, 2019 | Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

All Saints is a worshipping community in Meridian, Idaho, rooted in the belief that the historic Christian gospel is true, compelling, and transformative. Our vision is to make and deploy mature and equipped followers of Christ for the sake of family, city, and global transformation.

Call to Worship

The LORD cares for the land and waters it; making it rich and fertile.The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for he has ordered it so.He drenches the plowed ground with rain; melting the clods and leveling the ridges.He softens the earth with showers and blesses its crops.He crowns the year with his bounty, and even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.The grasslands of the desert become a lush pasture; the hills are clothed with gladness.The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain;they shout for joy and sing. (So do we.)

Give thanks to the LORD for he is good, his lovingkindness endures forever!

Psalm 65:9-13

Gratitude operates at sev-eral levels: a) thanksgiv-ing and praise to God; b) a response to others for who they are and what they have given to us; c) a posture for all of life.

Psalm 65 is a thanksgiv-ing; the specific occasion is a fruitful harvest (vv. 9–13); or perhaps the psalm is celebrating the Feast of Weeks (Pente-cost). The harvest is set in the context of God’s faith-fulness to his covenant promises (Ps. 65:1–8).

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Opening Prayer

Gracious God, we praise you for the continuous cycle of seedtime and harvest and the order of nature. We bless you for the beauty of autumn and its generous yield. We thank you that you are mindful of us and supply our needs. Accept our thanksgiving and our praise for the cycle of life and for all the joys of living. And ever and always we will give thanks in all circumstances because Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. Amen.

Scripture

When you have entered the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheri-tance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God.

Then you shall declare before the LORD your God: “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. So the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, LORD, have given me.” Place the basket before the LORD your God and bow down before him. Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given to you and your household.

Deuteronomy 26:1-11

This law commands a reg-ular offering of firstfruits of the harvest, season by season. It acknowledges the goodness of the land promised by God and his faithfulness in keeping his promise.

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Confession of Sin

Our Father, you who have made mankind in your image and have given us the task to have dominion over other creatures; you have also given us the duty to cultivate the earth that it might yield riches to supply our needs: we thank you for the blessing of labor whereby we are made both workers and stewards:

Thank you, Good Lord.

By selfishness and wayward practices, by ignorance and greed, by idle-ness and oppression, the curse of the Garden has spread through the world; we have wasted and misused your gifts, and the joy of mankind in work has departed from many. For whatever our part in these sins, we ask your forgiveness, Heavenly Father:

Father, forgive us.

From pride and greed, from the misuse of our bodies and minds; from the hard heart which disregards the need of a fellow servant, and from the dishonest labor which withholds the fullness of promised service; from laziness, and self-indulgence, and inhumanity:

Good Lord, deliver us.

(You are invited to confess your sins silently.)

Confession

Since we are created in God’s image, we are to be fruitful, or creative. This is often called the “creation mandate” or “cultural mandate.” God brought into being a flawless creation, an ideal plat-form, and then created humanity to continue the creation project. “God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth’ ” (Gen. 1:28a).

God could have created everything imaginable and filled the earth himself. But he chose to create humanity to work alongside him to actualize the universe’s potential, to participate in God’s own work. It is remarkable that God trusts us to carry out this amazing task of building on the good earth he has given us. Through our work God brings forth food and drink, products and services, knowledge and beauty, organizations and communities, growth and health, and praise and glory to himself.

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Assurance of Pardon

Christian, what do you believe?

I believe in Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father, who was con-ceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended into hell. And on the third day he rose again from the dead.

For you Jesus Christ came into the world.For you he lived and showed God’s love.For you he suffered the darkness of Calvary and cried at the last, ‘It is finished.’For you he triumphed over death and rose to new life.For you he reigns at God’s right hand.All this he did for you. —Adapted from the Church of Scotland Baptismal Liturgy

Christ, what else do you believe?

I believe Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead.

Just as Jesus taught: ““The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

Matthew 13:24-30

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Offering

All Saints depends upon the generosity of God’s people. If you would like to give online, we now have a method for doing so. Text GIVE to 208-591-8044 and follow the instructions that are texted in reply. Or visit our website: allsaintspca.org/give.

Passing of the Peace

As recipients of God’s grace, we gladly receive peace from him. In response to his grace, we also extend that grace to one another with a handshake or a hug. Traditionally, Christians have greeted one another during this time in the service with the phrase, “The peace of Christ be with you.”

Prayers for the Church and World

Offering

The offering is a way for members and friends of All Saints to support the church’s mission and ministry. If you are our guest today, please feel under no compulsion to give. Please let us know you’ve joined us today, as well as any comments or prayer requests, by placing the tear-off sheet at the back of the bulletin in the offering plate.

Sermon

Then King David said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the LORD God. 2 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities. 3 Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy tem-ple: 4 three thousand talents of gold (gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings, 5 for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate himself today to the LORD?”

6 Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king’s work gave willingly. 7 They gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze and a hundred thousand talents of iron. 8 Any who had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the temple of the LORD in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

1 Chronicles 29:1-25

The Life of David: Fabled, Faulted, and Foreshadowing

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10 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to ever-lasting. 11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all. 12 Wealth and honor come from you; you are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. 13 Now, our God, we give you thanks, and praise your glorious name.

14 “But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as gen-erously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15 We are aliens and strangers in your sight, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 O LORD our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided for building you a tem-ple for your Holy Name, it comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you. 18 O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep this desire in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 19 And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion to keep your commands, requirements and decrees and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided.”

20 Then David said to the whole assembly, “Praise the LORD your God.” So they all praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed low and fell prostrate before the LORD and the king.

21 The next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 22 They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day. Then they ac-knowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the LORD to be ruler and Zadok to be priest. 23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him. 24 All the officers and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their submission to King Solomon. 25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor such as no king over Israel ever had before.

“David and Solomon: Weak Leaders and the Genesis of Generosity”Rev. Brad Chaney

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The Lord’s Supper

The Lord’s Supper, also called the Eucharist or Communion, is the family meal of Christians. We invite all baptized followers of Jesus Christ who acknowledge their sins against God and their neighbors, and confess their need for the grace of Christ to partake of this meal. If you are a Christian and haven’t been baptized, please talk with one of our pastors. We would be honored to baptize you.

The Lord be with you.And with your spirit.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Almighty and merciful God, from whom comes all that is good, we praise you for all your mercies: for your goodness that has created us, your grace that has sustained us, your wisdom that has challenged us, your patience that has borne with us, and your love that has redeemed us. Help us to love you and all your children and to be thankful for all your gifts, by serving you and delighting to do your will.

You are holy, O God of majesty, and blessed is Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. You sent him into this world to satisfy the longings of your people for a Savior, to bring freedom to the captives of sin, and to establish justice for the oppressed. He came among us as one of us, taking the lot of the poor, sharing human suffering. We rejoice that in his death and rising again, you set before us the sure promise of new life, the certain hope of a heavenly home where we will sit at table with Christ our host.

Communion

Wine is available in the inner two circles; grape juice is available in the outer ring. Gluten-free wafers are available in a basket on the back table.

We hold the bread and wine until everyone has been served in order to eat and drink together.

We ask that you dispense with your cups by the back door following the service.

Just as the climax of all history will be the Wedding Supper of the Lamb, we conclude our worship in the presence of God by feasting. The Spirit takes the common elements of bread and wine and feeds us spiritually with the body and blood of Jesus, for our nourishment and growth in grace, and so strengthens us to be sent out into the world as God’s agents of his generous hospitality.

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Announcements

Benediction

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. And may the God of peace sanctify you completely, and may you be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, 23-24

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