We’ll celebrate communion this Sunday as we conclude our series on “When It Feels Like God Is Not Enough.” You can find all the words we’ll be using in worship below or download a copy here.

PRELUDE – All Who Are Thirsty

CALL TO WORSHIP – Psalm 147

Praise the Lord!

How good it is to sing praises to our God;

   for he is gracious, and a song of praise is fitting.

The Lord builds up Jerusalem;

   he gathers the outcasts of Israel.

He heals the broken-hearted,

   and binds up their wounds.

He determines the number of the stars;

   he gives to all of them their names.

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;

   his understanding is beyond measure.

The Lord lifts up the downtrodden;

   he casts the wicked to the ground.

Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;

   make melody to our God on the lyre.

He covers the heavens with clouds,

   prepares rain for the earth,

   makes grass grow on the hills.

He gives to the animals their food,

   and to the young ravens when they cry.

His delight is not in the strength of the horse,

   nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner;

but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,

   in those who hope in his steadfast love.

SONG – How Firm a Foundation  #427

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Most High and Holy God, we stand on the foundation of your Word. That’s easy to do when life is stable and we have all that we need. But, it’s much harder to do when the world around us is insecure and our way of life feels threatened. We confess that sometimes we put our faith in the things of this world rather than the promises of Christ. We confess that we are not so comfortable allowing our faith to take us to uncomfortable places or connect with uncomfortable people. We know that our witness suffers because we avoid deep waters and fiery trials. So, send your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, to help us, and to cause us to stand. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.

SONG – Jesus We Are Here  #520

WORDS OF ASSURANCE

Therefore do not worry saying, “What will we eat?” or “What will we drink?” or “What will we wear?” For it is the nations who strive after all these things; and indeed your heavenly father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well. Brothers and sisters, believe this good news and live in its peace.

ANTHEM – Give Me Oil In My Lamp

SCRIPTURE – I Kings 17

              Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.’ The word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘Go from here and turn eastwards, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.’ So he went and did according to the word of the Lord; he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the wadi. But after a while the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

              Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, ‘Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.’ So he set out and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the town, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called to her and said, ‘Bring me a little water in a vessel, so that I may drink.’ As she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, ‘Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.’ But she said, ‘As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.’ Elijah said to her, ‘Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said; but first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord the God of Israel: The jar of meal will not be emptied and the jug of oil will not fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days. The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.

              After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, ‘What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!’ But he said to her, ‘Give me your son.’ He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the Lord, ‘O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?’ Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the Lord, ‘O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.’ The Lord listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived. Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, ‘See, your son is alive.’ So the woman said to Elijah, ‘Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.’

SERMON

SONG – Behold the Lamb  #840

CELEBRATION OF THE LORD’S SUPPER – All Who Are Thirsty

OFFERTORY – Days of Elijah (Brian & Nicholai Chase)

BENEDICTION

SONG – This Little Light of Mine  #930