BETHEL COLLEGE MENNONITE CHURCH
September 24, 2023
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost
 
Prelude— Sarabande from French Suite No 5 (J. S. Bach)
Adagio from Sonata no. 60, Hob XVI/50  (Franz Joseph Haydn)—Meghann Rogers
 
Christ Candle Lighting
 
Call to Worship and Prayer—Jim Robb
 
*Hymn—Holy Spirit, Come With Power—VT 57
 
Children’s Conversation—Esther Kreider Each
 
Scripture Reading—Jonah 3:10-4:1—Elaine Schurr
 
*Hymn—God, Give Me Time—VT 144
 
Scripture Reading—Matthew 20:1-16
 
Sermon—The First Shall Be Last—Nathan Koontz
 
*Hymn—Rain Down— VT 703
 
Prayers of God’s People
 
*Hymn— Sing Praise to God Who Reigns— VT 101
People with September birthdays come forward for a blessing, please bring a hymnal
 
*Benediction
 
Postlude—Christ, Be All Around Me (Voices Together No. 848)—Meghann Rogers
 
 
* You are invited to stand
VT = Voices Together
Keyboard- Meghann Rogers
Audio visual— John Thiesen