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SINGLES' SUNDAY

MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Nolan Williams, Jr., Lectionary Team Liturgist; Kenneth Mosley, Assistant Liturgist; J. Anthony Plenty, Assistant Liturgist; Marlon E. Jones, Contributor, Pastor of Worship, Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Worship Planning Notes

Today’s service praises God and honors those who are single. Be sure to advertise this service via the Facebook pages of  your members and tweet about it. See today’s cultural resource unit for additional ideas to accompany today’s worship service. Additionally, be sure not to portray singlehood as a state of incompleteness during today’s service at any point.

1. Call to Worship, Centering Prayer, and Litany

Call to Worship
We gather today to worship our Creator and to celebrate life. We celebrate the life God has given us to give selflessly to others, and to spread the message of the Creator’s love to those around us. This we do, solely to give honor and glory to God. Amen.

Centering Prayer
O God, our lives are fearfully and wonderfully made. We are an integral part of your marvelous works. This we know because you have chosen to redeem us and to dwell within our hearts. We are your people, your temples. We are your children. Today, we celebrate each breath you’ve given us, for each breath holds the potential for us to fulfill our life’s assignment. In each breath is an opportunity to share the message of your peace, your joy, and your unending love. And though we often move briskly through our lives with endless lists of chores, social dates, and work assignments, we pledge to keep your work, your purpose for our living, your gospel of peace at the top of our personal commitments. You have preeminent priority. You are our ultimate reason for living. We thank you for being our ultimate fulfillment. In your loving name, we humbly pray. AMEN.

Litany

Leader:	With family embrace, we recognize those among us who are single.
People:	We affirm that those who are single were created in the image of God and are complete as the Apostle Paul was complete and the businesswoman Lydia was complete.
Leader:	Encountering and channeling the love of God is the supreme experience one can have, in this earthly life and beyond.
People:	Oh, how grateful we are for the assurance of God’s love, and the confidence it gives us to fully live!
Leader::	Joyfully, we serve God—through paths of clarity and paths of doubt, through times with company and times of solitude—with full confidence that our paths and our times are ordered by the Lord.
People:	Our lives are directed, our footsteps are purposed, and our destinations are secured: all for the glory of the one who created us.
All:	We trust God’s ways, knowing that the faithfulness of God prevails and that complete fulfillment can only be found in a relationship with the Creator.

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Blessed Assurance. By Fanny J. Crosby. Tune, (ASSURANCE), by Phoebe P. Knapp

(b) The Solid Rock. By Edward Mote. Tune, (SOLID ROCK), by William B. Bradbury

(c) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (HERE AM I), by Nolan Williams, Jr.

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I Got a Key. Arr. by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

(b) Don’t Let Nobody Turn You ‘Round. Arr. by Nolan Williams, Jr.

(c) You Won’t Find a Man. By Nathan Carter

(d) Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus. Arr. by Andraé Crouch

(e) How Great Is Our God. By Chris Tomlin

(f) I Give Myself Away. By Sam Hinn and William McDowell

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) I Live to Worship You. By Judith Christie McAllister, Christina McAllister, and Michael McAllister

(b) Jesus, Lover of My Soul (with Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by J. S. Bach). Traditional. Arr.
by Richard Smallwood

(c) Use Me. By Dewitt Jones and Ron Kenoly

5. Liturgical Dance Music
(a) Here Is Our Praise. By Freda Battle

(b) Incredible God, Incredible Praise. By J. J. Hairston and Deon Kipping

(c) Stand. By Donnie McClurkin

6. Anthems
(a) Here I Am, Lord. By Craig Courtney

(b) Lord, Here Am I. By John Ness Beck

(c) Consecration. By John Ness Beck

7. Modern Songs
(a) As Long as There’s You. By Donnie McClurkin. Sing only the chorus of this song.

(b) I’ll Trust You. By Richard Smallwood

(c) Have Your Way. By Joe Pace

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) Souled Out. By Estee Bullock and Nate McNair

(b) Running Over. By Joe Pace II

(c) You Deserve My Worship. By Alvin Darling

(d) Favor of God. By David Frazier

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Troops Prayer. By Percy Gray, Jr.

(b) Hear My Prayer. By William Murphy III

(c) In the Garden. By C. Austin Miles. Tune, (GARDEN), by C. Austin Miles

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) He Will Supply. By Kirk Franklin

(b) I Live to Worship You. By Karen Zellers

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Choose You This Day. By Tonya Armstrong and Thomas Bannister

(b) Ready, Willing, Able, By Chester D. T. Baldwin

(c) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. By Maurette Brown-Clark

(d) Falling in Love with Jesus. By Jonathan Butler

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) May the Lord God Be with You. By Terry Baker and Simeon Baker

(b) Have Your Way. By Thomas O. Chisolm, Joseph Pace II, and William Runyan

(c) Available to You. By Carlis Moody, Jr.

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed

1. Call to Worship, Centering Prayer, and Litany
By Nolan Williams, Jr., Lectionary Team Liturgist, and Kenneth Mosley

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Blessed Assurance. By Fanny J. Crosby. Tune, (ASSURANCE), by Phoebe P. Knapp
Location:





(b) The Solid Rock. By Edward Mote. Tune, (SOLID ROCK), by William B. Bradbury
Location:




(c) Here Am I. By Nolan Williams, Jr. Tune, (HERE AM I), by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Location:

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) I Got a Key. Arr. by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Location:

(b) Don’t Let Nobody Turn You ‘Round. Arr. by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Location:

(c) You Won’t Find a Man. By Nathan Carter
Location:

(d) Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus. By Andraé Crouch
Location:

(e) How Great Is Our God. By Chris Tomlin
Location:

(f) I Give Myself Away. By Sam Hinn and William McDowell
Location:

4. Gospel Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams
(a) I Live to Worship You. By Judith Christie McAllister, Christina McAllister, and Michael McAllister
Location:

(b) Jesus, Lover of My Soul (with Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by J. S. Bach). Traditional. Arr.by Richard Smallwood
Location:

(c) Use Me. By Dewitt Jones and Ron Kenoly
Location:

5. Liturgical Dance Music
(a) Here Is Our Praise. By Freda Battle
Location:

(b) Incredible God, Incredible Praise. By J. J. Hairston and Deon Kipping
Location:

(c) Stand. By Donnie McClurkin
Location:

6. Anthems
(a) Here I Am, Lord. By Craig Courtney
Location:

(b) Lord, Here Am I. By John Ness Beck
Location:

(c) Consecration. By John Ness Beck
Location:

7. Modern Songs
(a) As Long as There’s You. By Donnie McClurkin. Sing only the chorus of this song.
Location:

(b) I’ll Trust You. By Richard Smallwood
Location:

(c) Have Your Way. By Joe Pace
Location:

8. Offertory Song or Instrumental
(a) Souled Out. By Estee Bullock and Nate McNair
Location:

(b) Running Over. By Joe Pace II
Location:

(c) You Deserve My Worship. By Alvin Darling
Location:

(d) Favor of God. By David Frazier
Location:

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) Troops Prayer. By Percy Gray, Jr.
Location:

(b) Hear My Prayer. By William Murphy III
Location:

(c) In the Garden. By C. Austin Miles. Tune, (GARDEN), by C. Austin Miles
Location:

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) He Will Supply. By Kirk Franklin
Location:

(b) I Live to Worship You. By Karen Zellers
Location:

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Choose You This Day. By Tonya Armstrong and Thomas Bannister
Location:

(b) Ready, Willing, Able. By Chester D. T. Baldwin
Location:

(c) I Have Decided to Follow Jesus. By Maurette Brown-Clark
Location:

(d) Falling in Love with Jesus. By Jonathan Butler
Location:

12. Benediction Song or Instrumental
(a) May the Lord God Be with You. By Terry Baker and Simeon Baker
Location:

(b) Have Your Way. By Thomas O. Chisolm, Joseph Pace II, and William Runyan
Location:

(c) Available to You. By Carlis Moody, Jr.
Location:

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