McPhail Weblog Nov 21, 2021

McPhail Baptist Church

Tom Thomson, First Snow in Autumn, 1916

Prelude: “I Love To Tell The Story”

Hymn: “You Servants Of God”

A Prayer of Confession

O God of peace, we turn aside from an unquiet world, seeking rest for our spirits and light for our thoughts. We bring our work to be sanctified, our wounds to be healed, our sins to be forgiven, our hopes to be renewed and our better selves to be quickened.

O Thou, in whom there is harmony, draw us to thyself and silence the discords of our sometimes troubled lives. Thou who art one in all, and in whom all are one, take us out of the loneliness of self, and fill us with the fullness of thy truth and love.

Thou whose greatness is beyond our highest praise, lift us above our common littleness and our daily imperfections. Send us visions of the love that is in Thee and of the good that is in us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

(Adapted from St. Augustine)

Special Music: "Abide With Me"

Piano/Organ Duet

Scripture Text: 2 Timothy 4:9-18, 21

9 Do your best to come to me soon, 10 for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful in my ministry. 12 I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. 13 When you come, bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas, also the books, and above all the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds. 15 You also must beware of him, for he strongly opposed our message.

16 At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me. May it not be counted against them! 17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. 21 Do your best to come before winter.

Hymn: “Lavish Love, Abundant Beauty”