Worship at Gloria Dei
Opening Prayer
Psalm 84[1]
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.
3 Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars, O Lord of hosts,
my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house,
ever singing your praise! Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is
in you,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
6 As they go through the Valley of Baca
they make it a place of springs;
the early rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
each one appears before God in Zion.
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear
my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 Behold our shield, O God;
look on the face of your anointed!
10 For a day in your courts is
better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is a sun
and shield;
the Lord bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does he withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,
blessed is the one who trusts in you!
Participating in Public Worship
1. Prayer
a.
For the Holy Spirit’s Word
i. In
yourself
ii. In
your fellow worshippers
b.
For Pastor
c.
For the Organist
d.
For those who prepare the bulletin
e.
For Bob and the Children
2. Preparation
a.
For Confession and Absolution
b.
To Hear the Word
c.
To Receive the Sacrament
Serving in the Service
1. Hospitality
a.
Greeters
2. Fellowship
3. Helping in some other specific roles …
Altar Care
1. Scheduled a year out.
2. Participants generally do set up and clean up 2 consecutive weekends per year.
3. Sets up Communion.
4. Picks up the flowers.
5. Altar clean up.
6. More …
7. If you are interested contact Cindy Emch.
Counters
1. Count and record the offerings
a.
This is done Sunday after late service OR
b.
Early in the week
2. If you are interested contact Dave Lutz.
Audio/Visual
1. Arrives 15 minutes before the service.
2. At early service this entails:
a.
Making sure the equipment is all on.
b.
Running the live-feed
c.
Making sure the sound levels are okay in the
room
d.
Muting/unmuting microphones as needed.
e.
Advancing the PowerPoint slides during Communion
distribution.
f.
Rarely, showing videos in the presentation.
3. At late service this entails:
a.
Taking care of the sound levels.
b.
Muting/unmuting as needed.
c.
Sometimes advancing PowerPoint slides during and
after Communion.
d.
Rarely, showing videos in the presentation.
4. If you are interested contact Jeremy Russell.
Worship Coordinator
1. Arrives 15-20 minutes before the service.
2. Contacts the other participants in the service on Saturday and checks to see if everyone is there before the service Sunday morning.
3. Helps to make sure everything is set up before the early service. (These are normally all done before the coordinator arrives.)
a.
Windows open.
b.
Lights turned on.
c.
Doors open.
4. Lights the Christ Candle 10-15 minutes before the service.
a.
This is new!
5. Communes pastor, acolyte, and assisting minister.
6. Remains at the altar during Communion to refill the chalice, exchange trays, and generally help if needed.
7. Steps in to fill a role if someone does not show up, or if no one is here to perform a task.
8. Helps to shut down after the late service.
a.
Windows closed.
b.
Lights turned off.
c.
Soundboard off.
d.
Video camera off.
e.
Doors locked.
9. Occasionally helps with baptism.
a.
Gets the water in the ewer.
b.
Pours it into the font during the Romans 6
Prayer.
c.
Lights the Baptismal Candle from the Christ
Candle – usually hands it to the father of the baptized.
Assisting Minister
1. Arrive 10-15 minutes before the service.
2. Prepares by reading the prayers aloud beforehand, which are emailed out on Friday.
3. Receives the offering plates and places them behind the altar.
4. Reads the Prayers of the Church.
5. Helps to distribute the Lord’s Supper.
6. Where to stand?
Usher
1. Arrives 15-20 minutes before the service.
2. Opens windows – weather permitting.
3. Turns on the fans – including the exhaust fan behind the altar.
4. Distributes bulletins.
5. Helps direct people to seats if wanted.
6. Directs people to areas they are looking for – nursery, restrooms.
7. Counts the number of people in attendance.
a.
Sometime after the service has begun.
b.
Fills out the information on the Usher’s
Checklist – located on the shelf of the credenza on the pulpit side by the
sanctuary doors.
c.
Returns the checklist to the Office
Administrator’s desk.
8. Takes the offering forward to the Assisting Minister.
9. Ushers people forward for Communion.
a.
Reminds the pastor if there is someone who needs
to be communed in the pew.
10. Occasionally helps to set up chairs for overflow.
11. Generally friendly and helpful – especially for guests.
12. After worship, goes through to straighten up.
a.
Remove left behind bulletins.
b.
Collect lost items for lost-and-found.
c.
Straighten papers and hymnals in pews.
d.
Closes windows.
Reader
1. Arrives 5-10 minutes before the service.
2. Prepares by practicing the reading beforehand.
a. They are in the previous week’s announcement sheet.
b.
They are emailed out on Friday.
c.
We use the English Standard Version in our
services.
3. Contacts Pastor (or someone knowledgeable) if needing help with pronouncing words in the reading.
4. Comes forward during the Hymn of Praise.
5. Reads the first two readings from the Lectern.
a.
You can take your bulletin OR
b.
The readings are printed in a larger font at the
Lectern.
Closing Prayer
The Psalms of Ascent
Psalm 122
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
2 Our feet have been standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem—built as a city
that is bound firmly together,
4 to which the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
as was decreed for Israel,
to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 There thrones for judgment were set,
the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
“May they be secure who love you!
7 Peace be within your walls
and security within your towers!”
8 For my brothers and companions' sake
I will say, “Peace be within you!”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our
God,
I will seek your good.
Verse of the Week - Hebrews 13:9 (ESV)
“9 Do
not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the
heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited
those devoted to them.”
[1]
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright
© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a
publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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