All Saints’ Harvest Thanksgiving 11.10.09

Greeting
God is good
all the time.

All the time
God is good.

Hymn: 
Who made the twinkling stars?
The twinkling stars, the twinkling stars
Who made the twinkling stars?
Our father God.

Who made the wavy corn?
The wavy corn, the wavy corn
Who made the wavy corn?
Our father God.

Who made the rolling sea?
The rolling sea, the rolling sea
Who made the rolling sea?
Our father God.

Who made both you and me?
Both you and me, both you and me
Who made both you and me?
Our father God.

Bible Reading 1: Joel 2:21-27

Talk part 1

Canticle
Refrain:O sing hallelujah
and praise God for evermore!
Glory to God above!
Heavens declare his love;
praise him, you angels,
praise him all you high and heavenly host.
Worship him, sun and moon;
stars, complement their tune:
grounded in God's good purpose
let his grace become your boast. R

Glory to God below
let depths of ocean show;
lightning and hail, snow,
wind and cloud perform at his command!
Let every mountain range,
forest and grove and grange,
creatures of earth and air and sea
praise God in every land. R

'Glory to God!' now sing
commoner, queen and king;
women and men of every age
unite to praise the Lord.
Worship God's holy name
and let your lives proclaim
God's saving power extends to those
who love and serve his word. R

Anthem: All things bright and beautiful

Bible Reading 2: Matthew 6: 6-10

Sentence of Scripture
Rejoice in the Lord always
and again I say, 'Rejoice'. cf Philippians 4.4

Confession
We confess to you
our lack of care for the world you have given us.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

We confess to you
our selfishness in not sharing the earth's bounty fairly.
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.

We confess to you
Our failure to protect resources for others.
Lord, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Talk part 2

Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.

All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown.
First the blade and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take His harvest home;From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away,
Giving angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast;
But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come, bring Thy final harvest home;
Gather Thou Thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified, in Thy garner to abide;
Come, with all Thine angels come, raise the glorious harvest home.

Let the praises of God ring out
He is the source of our life

A Let all creation rejoice in God;
B sing the glory of his name.

A Come and see the work of God,
B how wonderful he is to all people.

A He turned the sea into dry land,
B so his people went through the water on foot.

A There we rejoiced in him.
B In his might he rules for ever.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
Let the praises of God ring out.
He is the source of our life.
cf Psalm 66.4-8

Talk part 3

Affirmation of Faith
Do you believe and trust in God the Father,
source of all being and life,
the one for whom we exist?
We believe and trust in him.

Do you believe and trust in God the Son,
who took our human nature,