This Sunday’s Worship: November 7
(Sunday, November 7 At 11 AM, All Souls Sunday, Hybrid Worship: In-Person and Live-Streamed On Zoom)
Scripture:
Hebrews 11:29-34,12:1-2 and Genesis 28:10-17
Hymns:
Here in This Place
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
For All the Saints
Sermon Preview:
Sermon : "Choosing Our Ancestors" by Rev. Mark Harper
“After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying: Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on thethrone, and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 7:9-10
We will celebrate Communion this Sunday. Celebrating the sacrament on Zoom creates a challenge. If you are worshiping from home, we recommend that you prepare your own elements for communion – a cup of juice or wine; a piece of bread. We may trust that the holy mystery of the Living Christ among us which we affirm in Communion is great enough to transcend the limitations of our distance from one another in a Zoom meeting in this hybrid form of worship.
Today we are celebrating All Saints Sunday, giving thanks for the great cloud of witnesses of all the faithful who have gone before us and who continue to give us courage on our own journeys of discipleship. In keeping with TPPC tradition, a table will be available under one balcony in the sanctuary for displaying photos or other mementos of loved ones who have “joined the saints in light,” as one prayer puts it.
In addition this year we are inviting you to share the names of family members or friends who have died in the last year. Since so many of us now are connected to someone who has suffered a loss due to COVID-19 we especially encourage you to share those names, along with any others from your extended circles. These names will be read in that day’s worship service.
Hybrid Worship Continues This Sunday
We continue to live-stream our worship with the primary focus on delivering a complete service for people participating on Zoom.
Our services now originate from the Sanctuary. People are welcome to come to church for worship, but no one should feel obligated to be personally present.
We respectfully ask that all those who have yet to be vaccinated including children wear masks in the church for their own health. For those who wish to join in singing, we respectfully ask that you put on masks during singing.
About Online Worship
We will gather by ZOOM (feed available starting about 10:45 AM).
Directions on how to connect and participate in virtual worship will be sent via a group.io e-mail. If you are unfamiliar with ZOOM we recommend you read up a little before the service. We will set an informal and experimental mood, ask forgiveness as we stumble along our way in a new medium. It will be fun.
We will set an informal and experimental mood, ask forgiveness as we stumble along our way in a new medium. It will be fun.
For more information on TPPC's coronavirus response, access the TPCC Coronavirus Update page.
