Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

September 6, 2026            10:45am

 

Work and Rest

 

GATHERING

Prelude

Welcome

Centering Music                   When the Roll is Called Up Yonder        arr. Labenske

Call to Worship                                                                                                                         

Leader:     From the rush and hurry of the week, from fields, offices, classrooms, kitchens, and quiet rooms,

People:    We come together into God’s Sabbath presence.

Leader:     We bring the work of our hands and minds: the labor that brings us joy, the tasks that weary us, and the quiet, unseen work of caring for family, church, and neighbor.

People:    God has made everything beautiful in its time.

Leader:     We bring our retired years, our volunteer hours, our seeking for meaningful labor, and our seasons of waiting.

People:    To find satisfaction in our toil is a gift from God.

Leader:     Let us set aside our anxieties and lay down our striving.

People:    Come, let us worship the God who blesses our work, our rest, and our common life.

Hymn                                        Come Away from Rush and Hurry (vs 1, 2, 1)      VT 9

Prayer

HEARING GOD’S WORD

Scripture                                  Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

Children’s Time                     The Night Job                                                               Hesse

Hymn                                        God Bless the Work                                                  VT 528

Sermon                                    What is Work?

Hymn                                        Great is Thy Faithfulness                                        VT 419

Communion                           Eat This Bread                                                            VT 476

                                                    Be at Rest                                                                     VT 532

RESPONDING

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering               When We All Get to Heaven                              arr. Line

Joys and Concerns

After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayer.”

Announcements

Hymn                                        Sent Forth by God’s Blessing                                 VT 812

Benediction

Postlude                                  Sent Forth by God’s Blessing

 

Worship Leader: Debbie Baergen                                     Preacher: Rachel Siemens

Children’s Time: Rachel Siemens                                     Reader: Lawrence Stauffer

Pianist: Gabrielle Lizotte                                    Joys and Concerns: Rachel Siemens

Ushers: John Woollard, Colin Neufeldt