4616 Gharrett St
Missoula, MT 59803
Pastor Justin Cloute
cloutejr@hotmail.com
(406) 543-8222
August 30, 2015
Pentecost 14
WELCOME to everyone, especially our guests and visitors. We are happy that you
are here to worship with us and pray that the Lord bless you through his Word. If
you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask one of the greeters (or anyone
else that looks like they know what’s going on).
 Follow the signs in the back of the entryway for the restrooms.
 There is a small nursery room in the back of the church and busy Bible bags
for the kids.
 Please sign the friendship register as it is passed during the offering. If you
are a first time visitor we would appreciate an email or phone number, so we
can follow up on your visit.
We pray that you are blessed in your worship with us today!
Today’s Focus:
We can be committed, because He has been committed
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SERVICE OF MORNING PRAISE
PLEASE STAND
OPENING HYMN
Speak, O Lord
Hymn 735 (see insert)
L: sung by Congregational leader
C: sung by congregation
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COME, OH, COME, LET US SING TO THE LORD
Venite
All sing refrain:
Choir: You are a great and a wondrous God, cupping in your hands all the
depths of earth. You made the hills and the mountains high, you
made the seas and the dry land….
All: Refrain
Choir: Come, let us worship and bowing low, kneel before the One who has
made us all. You are the God whom we call our own, we are the flock
that you shepherd….
All: Refrain
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THE WORD OF GOD
THE FIRST LESSON……………………………………………………………Hebrews 11:24-28
Moses looked like a fool to the world when he neglected his Egyptian upbringing for a more difficult life. But
he knew the promises of God and held fast to them. We can do the same as we commit ourselves to following
God and his Word.
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By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of
Pharaoh’s daughter. 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God
rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He regarded disgrace for the
sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was
looking ahead to his reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger;
he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover
and the application of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch
the firstborn of Israel.
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PSALM OF THE DAY
All: Sing REFRAIN
PSALM 63
Choir/cantor sings verses:
1. O God, you are my God; for you I long; for you my soul is thirsting.
My body pines for you like a dry weary land without water
So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and glory.
All: REFRAIN
2. For your love is better than life, my lips will speak your praise.
So I will bless you all my life, in your name I will lift up my hands
My soul shall be filled as with a banquet, my mouth shall praise you with joy
All: REFRAIN
3. On my bed I remember you. On you I muse through the night,
for you have been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice.
My soul clings to you; your right hand holds me fast.
All: REFRAIN
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THE GOSPEL LESSON……………………………………………..……………John 6:53-54,60-69
Often our own reason rejects what Jesus has to say as too difficult or impossible. But that’s when we need to
remember that when it comes to our salvation, our opinion doesn’t matter. All that matters is that Jesus has
the words of eternal life, and we have nowhere to go but to him.
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Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the
Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh
and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
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On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who
can accept it?”
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Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them,
“Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he
was before! 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have
spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who
do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not
believe and who would betray him. 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you
that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”
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From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed
him.
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“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
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Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the
words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy
One of God.”
HYMN OF THE DAY
Renew Me, O Eternal Light
Hymn 471
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THE SERMON TEXT………………………………………………………...Joshua 24:1,2a,14-18
24 Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the
elders, leaders, judges and officials of Israel, and they presented themselves before
God.
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Joshua said to all the people,
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“Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the
gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve
the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for
yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served
beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.
But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
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Then the people answered, “Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve
other gods! 17 It was the Lord our God himself who brought us and our parents up
out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our
eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through
which we traveled. 18 And the Lord drove out before us all the nations, including
the Amorites, who lived in the land. We too will serve the Lord, because he is our
God.”
SERMON
We too will serve the Lord, because he is our God!
(Joshua 24)
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HYMN
Holy God, We Praise Your Name – Te Deum
Hymn 278
OFFERING & FRIENDSHIP REGISTER
Our offerings are given in thanks for God’s great love for us and help support Gospel
ministry in our congregation and around the world.
During the offering we ask that you please sign our friendship register. If you are first
time visitor, we would ask that you please leave an email or phone number, so we can
follow up on your visit.
After the offering we will continue by singing our prayers.
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SPECIAL PRAYERS
If you ever have special prayer requests please contact Pastor or Vicar, so we can
include them in our prayers
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen
PRAYER FOR GRACE
L (chants):
O Lord, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God,
you have brought us safely to this new day. Defend us with
your mighty power, and grant that this day we neither fall
into sin nor run into any kind of danger; and in all we do
direct us to what is right in your sight,
through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.
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THE BLESSING
CLOSING HYMN
May the Grace of Christ our Savior
Hymn 326
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