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22nd Sunday after Pentecost
Today’s service will be held indoors in the sanctuary. This will be an in-person service and also live streamed at this link. Join us!
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Gathering Music Polly Dunford
Welcome and Announcements Barb Barham
Call to Worship — (Inspired by Psalm 104)
One: Today we gather to worship, with all our hopes, weariness, joys, and concerns swirling within us. We gather to worship One who both ascends above our condition and descends to meet us in the midst of them.
Many: Bless the Holy One, O my soul. O Creator, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
One: We are humbled and grateful that the Majestic God knows our names and seeks our presence.
Many: Bless the Holy One, O my soul. O Creator, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
One: We raise our spirits as one body, strengthening, fortifying, and encouraging one another as we honor The Holy One’s glorious and precious name.
Many: Bless the Holy One, O my soul. O Creator, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.
Opening Hymn “Bless the Lord, My Soul and Being! (Psalm 104)” Hymnal #34
1) Bless the Lord, my soul and being! Lord my God, you have such might.
Cloaked with honor, grand and glorious, you are clothed with purest light.
Stretching out the heavens like tent cloth, you are chambered on the deep.
Riding on the wings of windstorm, flame and fire your bidding keep.
2) Lord, you laid the earth’s foundation that it would be always sound.
By the word of your commanding, you set forth each ocean’s bound.
Springs gush forth at your own bidding, giving drink to every field.
Bird and beast and all your creatures in that coolness find thirst healed.
3) Grass you cause to grow for cattle, plants for us to cultivate.
Food you bring forth from our labor, wine for joy and bread for plate.
Trees you give the birds for shelter, mountain rock and cave for beast.
Sun and moon both mark the seasons; in their light we work and feast.
4) Lord, how great are all your workings; wisdom marks them through and through.
All the earth is your possession; great and small belong to you.
Food you give in each due season; at your hand come all good things.
By your Spirit you create us; Lord, your breath renewal brings.
5) May your glory reign forever. Lord, rejoice in all you make!
As you look on your creation, mountains smoke, foundations shake.
May these words and thoughts be pleasing, for in you my joy is found.
Bless the Lord, my soul and being! With this song let praise abound.
Scripture Lesson Mark 10:35-45
Sermon “Just the Right Size” Dr. Keith Ray
Thoughts to ponder: Dorothy Day was a woman who had great compassion for others.
She was active in the mid-1900s in New York City and started something called The Catholic Worker Movement, a movement that sought to reach out to the city’s poor.
She was concerned for the least of people, even to the point where some in the government called her too radical. She had an active file with the FBI. How did she get to be so radical? Let’s talk about it together.
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Closing Hymn and Offertory “Together We Serve” Hymnal #767
1) Together we serve, united by love,
inviting God’s world to the glorious feast.
We work and we pray through sorrow and joy,
extending God’s love to the last and the least.
2) We seek to become a beacon of hope,
a lamp for the heart and a light for the feet.
We learn, year by year, to let love shine through
until we see Christ in each person we meet.
3) We welcome the scarred, the wealthy, the poor,
the busy, the lonely, and all who need care.
We offer a home to those who will come,
our hands quick to help, our hearts ready to dare.
4) Together, by grace, we witness and work,
remembering Jesus, in whom we grow strong.
Together we serve in Spirit and truth,
remembering love is the strength of our song.
Benediction
Discussion
Shalom (“May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)
Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.
Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom.
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Calendar of Service -
October 27 - Service at South Main Chapel and Mercy Center
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Hurricane Helene Relief News:
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We continue to collect underwear items for Undie Sunday to be delivered to South Main when we take lunch on October 27.
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You can go to scvotes.gov to look at a sample ballot. Early voting is from October 21-November 2 from 8:30 - 6:00 and the general election is on November 5 from 7am-7pm.
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Don’t miss the upcoming performances of The Rocky Horror Show at Market Theatre October 18 – November 2.
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The Imani Milele Choir from Uganda will be performing at Presbyterian College on November 13 at 7 pm. Learn more at https://www.campfellowship.org/imani2024
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Please join Presbyterian Earth Care (PEC) for this unique monthly opportunity for community and meaningful Bible study! The study will run for 75 minutes each session. Dates: Oct. 27th, Nov. 24th, Dec. 22nd, Jan. 26th, Feb. 23rd, Mar. 23rd, Apr. 28th, May 26th all at 7 pm. Study Leaders: Rev. M. Courtenay Willcox and Rev. Lucy Youngblood. For more info and Zoom link: https://presbyearthcare.org/bible-study-pw-2024-2025/
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Sarah Shumpert, AIM Board member, shares this update about the AIM Food Pantry: given the increased need in the community, AIM has increased the number of food boxes distributed to 55 per day (this is up from around 35 per day prior to COVID). The increase in distribution means that the pantry empties much faster than it used to. Please keep that in mind as you bring in food items. Also, the pantry is completely out of peanut butter and they would love to restock this item!
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Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families Support Group meets each Thursday from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church, 1501 Sandy Springs Rd., Sandy Springs, SC. This is a 12-formatted program.
For more information, call 864-844-7137. Please share this with anyone who may benefit from this group.
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Bible Study meets on Monday’s at 6:30 pm through Zoom and has begun the study of the book of Deuteronomy. Contact Cynthia Warner at cynthiakwarner@mac.com or Dave Johnson at ampaw2t@gmail.com
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You may have noticed the new glass “tip jar” on the piano at church that serendipitously came about when someone didn’t claim a flower vase. Feel free to drop in a dollar or five when you like the music during the service. Dave and Polly will donate the “tips” to a cause related to music, such as bringing music to schools.
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If you would like to donate to the family of Eric Childs, who was tragically killed in a car accident, please use this link: https://gofund.me/6340eb47. Eric’s wife Jessicka Spearman heads the PFLAG group that meets at NACCP.
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Women’s clothing is needed for women coming out of incarceration. Good, gently used items please. All sizes.
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Doug Booth encourages everyone to volunteer at PAWS – there is something for everyone, from socializing with the dogs on-site to taking a dog to lunch to hosting weekend visits. There are many dogs at the facility who crave human interaction. Additionally, don’t forget to bring in any donations of blankets to the church.
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Karen highlighted that the Prayer Tree has been moved into the sanctuary. If you have a prayer request to add to the tree, write it on one of the provided tags and hang it on a branch.
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Joanne reminds us all to keep up the food donations for AIM (Anderson Interfaith Ministries)! Bring your non-perishable items to the church. This is an on-going need that can easily become part of everyone’s shopping routine.
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Are you interested in becoming a member of NACCP? Would you like to make this community your spiritual home? Please contact Keith at keithdray@gmail.com or at 864-508-1530.
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Remember in prayer: Steve Hallowell; Gloria Bennett and her family; Michael Little’s friend Becky; Shea Marsden; Linda McFall; Glennie Burns; Mary Alice Mundy; Latha and Cheryl Semones; Immigrant families; Victims of all violence, oppression, and injustice; People of Ukraine; People of Israel and Palestine.
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