Greetings, and welcome to ‘the Saint’ a podcast for Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in Taylors, SC.
I am the Rev. AJ Ochart, pastor at Saint Andrews.
Today’s episode is a podcast version of our worship service from October 20th, 2024, the Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost. Some of the elements of the worship service have been edited out for a better listening experience. If you would like to watch the full version of this service, you can do so on our YouTube channel, the link is below. You are, of course, welcome to join us for worship this and every Sunday at 10:30 AM Eastern in-person or on YouTube.
I welcome you to enter into a worshipful state wherever you may be, let us worship God.
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* The guest preacher was the Rev. Dr. Buz Wilcoxon, He is the inaugural Marianne & E.G. Lassiter Chaplain & Dean of Spiritual Life at Presbyterian College.
* Kenneth Jones is our Director of Music
* and Millie Shiflett is our Accompanist
* The Introit was from “Come Sing, O Church in Joy” Text by Brian Dill and Music by John Darwall.
* Kellen Jones led the call to Worship, Invocation, and prayer of confession.
* The Prayer of Confession was written by Joan S. Gray. Joan S. Gray was the first woman ordained by Atlanta Presbytery (PCUS) in 1978. She has served as pastor of many churches in Atlanta, GA, taught at Columbia Theological Seminary, and was elected Moderator of the 217th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 2006. She has published books on church leadership, including the one from which this prayer is adapted, Sailboat Church: Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice.)
* The song of Confession is written by our own Kenneth Jones and the Assurance of Pardon song was “Give Thanks” by Henry Smith.
* Our transitional hymn was “Know That God is Good” (Mungu ni mwema) and comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, arranged by Edo Bumba
* The Musical Special was “Be Thou My Vision” Arranged by Skip Stradtman, and performed by the Chancel Choir
* The Prayer of Illumination was written by William Plumer Jacobs, who was pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton, SC. He founded Thornwell Orphanage for children who lost their parents in the Civil War and then founded Presbyterian College to provide a college education for those children.)
* Our scripture was Genesis 12:1-8 and came from the New Revised Standard Version, Copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission, all rights reserved.
* Our Affirmation of Faith came from Joseph M. Gettys, who was as Presbyterian minister who served as professor of religion and academic dean at Presbyterian College from 1956-1974. He was the interim pastor of 37 churches and the founding pastor of two churches. He was the author of numerous Bible studies and books about the Presbyterian Church, including a summary of the Westminster Standards, from which this affirmation of faith is drawn.
* The Prayers of the People was led by Dana Tate
* The Benediction Song was “Now Go In Joy” a Caribbean Folk Melody arranged by Jorge Lockward
Thanks for joining us, and we will see you next time on ‘the Saint’
Beginning 00:00:00
Introit 00:00:57
Call to Worship 00:01:35
Prayer of Confession 00:02:40
Transitional Hymn 00:07:02
Musical Special 00:07:47
Greetings from Presbyterian College 00:11:45
Prayer for Illumination 00:18:40
Scripture 00:14:28
Sermon 00:16:45
Affirmation of Faith 00:31:25
Hymn 00:33:00
Prayers of the People 00:35:27
Benediction 00:38:56
Benediction Song 00:39:43
