One: As the rains pour from heaven, soaking the earth that it may produce good things….
All: So God pours God’s love upon us, that we, too, may produce goodness and peace.
One: We have been blessed with many gifts and talents.
All: God desires that we use these gifts and talents for healing, peace, and hope.
One: Come, let us worship and celebrate the mighty love and power of God.
All: Praise be to God who has blessed us in so many ways.

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in Heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever. Amen!

COMMUNION
The table is set. Come with your doubts, come with your hopes, come with your inadequacies and with your strengths. Come, for this is a table where all are invited and all are welcome.

Elders: Tadd Huff and Elizabeth McElhanon

Deacons: Dennis Higdon and Jeanie Morgan

DOXOLOGY
(Tune: “All Creatures”)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow:
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Sunday, October 20
Choir practice at 9AM| Sunday school at 10AM | Worship at 11:00AM

Monday, October 21 | Education Team at 6:30PM

Thursday, October 24 | Apple Trip

Saturday, October 26 | Prayer Garden Workday at 8:00AM 

Sunday, October 27 | Choir Practice at 9AM | Sunday School at 10 am | Worship at 11:00AM | Trunk or Treat 4:30 – 6 pm

TRUNK OR TREAT IS COMING!
On Sunday, October 27, we will host our annual Trunk or Treat celebration for the community. We need lots of volunteers to make this event successful. If you would like to volunteer your trunk, sign up in the gathering space or contact Rev. Diane. If you would like to donate candy, please bring all donations to the church by Sunday morning, October 27. Please help us spread the word, and please pray for the success of this year’s Trunk or Treat! We had more than 100 kids (and their families) at Trunk or Treat last year; let’s make this year’s event even bigger! Thanks for your help and support.

DONATIONS FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have devastated parts of Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and western North Carolina over the past few weeks. If you want to help with hurricane recovery, donations to Week of Compassion will help with both immediate and long-term recovery. Click here to donate online. Designate your gift for Hurricane 2024 to ensure that it helps with hurricane recovery. Learn more about Week of Compassion’s relief work in the areas affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton on the Week of Compassion website.

WEEKLY CALL TO PRAYER FOR OUR CHURCH
As LFCC moves forward to spread the Good News, all of us are needed to participate in intentional prayer for our congregation. Each Monday at 6 pm, you are encouraged to pause for a few minutes to pray for God’s guidance as we continue the work of discerning God’s path for our church. You can pray wherever you are, in whatever way feels most comfortable for you. If you are not able to pause and pray Mondays at 6 pm, please choose a different time to set aside for intentional prayer for LFCC. We need all of our prayers to guide our church forward.

Mark 10: 35 – 45 (NRSV)

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’

When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’