MISSIONARY SUNDAY
(MISSION WORK AT HOME)

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Lark N. Ball, Guest Lectionary Liturgist
White Rock Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA

Worship Planning Notes

The month of October (or any month) can be established by the congregation as one in which the focus will be on local missions. The church bulletin can include an emphasis page that provides a list of homeless shelters, senior citizen homes, and nursing homes with their addresses, phone numbers, and contact persons. Information on “Habitat for Humanity” and other service-oriented organizations can also be included. The aim is to motivate members to move beyond intentions to actively demonstrate the love of Christ. Your music and arts ministry can play a central role in providing music and other forms of worship at a variety of  venues.

The congregation can contribute toward the goal of having the church complete a certain number of hours for the month spent volunteering in various capacities, such as having each auxiliary spend 30 hours during Missionary Month at Home volunteering for the organizations you list and doing things such as serving food, tutoring children, cleaning homes of the elderly, etc.

1. Invocation or Litany
(a) Invocation

Almighty, merciful, and everlasting God, the light of the world, have compassion, we pray, upon those who are in need. And as you did by the preaching of your apostles, cause the light of your gospel to shine throughout the world. We thank you for the privilege of prayer; and may our prayers be consistent with the prayer that you taught us. Please enable us to allow our will to be lost in yours.

Please forgive us for continuously failing to show love and compassion to those near us. Help us to know that if we are going to be blessed we must bless, if we are going to be loved we must love, and if we are going to be lifted we must lift. Keep us mindful of the widows and orphans, the hungering and homeless, the lame and the blind. O Lord God, there is none like you in all heaven or on earth. Please hear our prayers for people everywhere; take pity on our supplications. Let your Holy Spirit ever be in us that we may be pure and holy in your sight as we live out the Christian duties assigned to us until at last we come to the place you have prepared for all who have loved and kept your commandments. In the name of he who said, “Behold, I come quickly.” Amen.

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) God Leads Us Along. By G. A. Young. Tune, (God Leads Us) by G. A. Young

(b) I Love to Tell the Story. By A. Katherine Hankey. Tune, (Hankey) by William G. Fischer

(c) God Will Take Care of You. By C. D. Martin. Tune, (God Cares) by W. S. Martin

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs  
(a) Surely God Is Able. By W. Herbert Brewster. Arr. by Virginia Davis

(b) Savior Lead Me. By Frank M. Davis. Arr. by Robert Wooten, Sr.

(c) There Is a Balm in Gilead. Arr. by Raymond Wise

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) Koinonia. By V. Michael McKay

(b) Here I Am, Lord. By Dan Schutte. Arr. by Michael Pope

(c) Kumbaya. Arr. by Kurt Carr

5. Liturgical Dance Music
(a) Healing. By Richard Smallwood

(b) For Every Mountain. By Kurt Carr

6. Anthems
(a) Lord, Make Me an Instrument. By M. Roger Holland

(b) My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs. By John Carter

(c) Try Jesus (He Satisfies). Arr. by Nathan Carter

7. Modern Songs (Songs Written after 1989)
(a) He’s Able. By Richard Smallwood

(b) My Help (Cometh from the Lord). By Jackie Gouche Farris

(c) He Will Supply. By Kirk Franklin

8. Song or Instrumental for the Offertory Period
(a) I Can Go to God in Prayer. By Albertina Walker

(b) Use Me. By M. Roger Holland

(c) The Potter’s House. By V. Michael McKay

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer                                        
(a) Does Jesus Care? By Frank E. Graeff. Tune, (My Savior Cares) by J. Lincoln Hall

(b) What a Friend We Have in Jesus. By Joseph M. Scriven. Tune, (Annie Lowery) Arr.
by Valeria Foster

(c) I Am Praying for You. By S. O’Malley Cluff. Tune, (I Am Praying for You) by Ira D. Sankey

10. Sermonic Selection                                                                     
(a) Hiding Place Medley. By Jim Hammerly. Arr. by Carol Cymbala

(b) Give Me a Clean Heart. By Margaret Douroux

(c) If Jesus Goes with Me. By C. Austin Miles. Tune, (If Jesus Goes) by C. Austin Miles

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental                                                          
(a) Come Unto Jesus. By Robert Fryson

(b) He Knows Just What I Need. By Robert Fryson

(c) Come Ye Disconsolate. By Thomas Mason. Tune, (Consolator) by Samuel Webbe

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental                                                                                                
(a) I Am His Child. By Moses Hogan

(b) If I Can Help Somebody. By Alma Bazel Androzzo

(c) Where He Leads Me. By E. W. Blandy. Tune, (Norris) by John S. Norris

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed

1. Invocation or Litany
(a) Invocation. By James L. Ball, Pastor Emeritus of the Timothy Baptist Church, Baltimore, Maryland, and paraphrased for inclusion in this lectionary unit. Used with permission.