Friday, June 14, 2024

Worship Service - June 16, 2024

                                 Elkton United Methodist Church
                                   Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
                                          Sunday, June 16, 2024
                                                    10:00 a.m.

GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE............................... “FATHER’S DAY TRIBUTE”1.................... ARR. BY RUTH SCHRAM

INTROIT.......................... “O HOW HE LOVES YOU AND ME”1.......................... CHANCEL CHOIR

OPENING

TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER

RESPONSE #2164 (TFWS)............................................................................................. “SANCTUARY”
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true.  With thanksgiving, 
I’ll be a living sanctuary for you.

**CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader:      We believe God will save us in times of trouble.

People:     We believe.  Help our unbelief.

Leader:      We know that God has saved us in the past, tending and helping us along

                  the way.
People:     We know what God has done for us.  Help us when we forget.

Leader:      We call on God’s power when we feel powerless to respond, believing and

                  knowing that God will save.

People:     We believe and we know that God will answer when we call.

Leader:      God, open our hearts today to encounter your love that acts with us and

                  through us to bring flourishing to all of your creation.

All:            We come today to enter the dance of the Trinity, who is all-powerful to

                  save.  AMEN.

**HYMN #710 (UMH).................................................................................... “FAITH OF OUR FATHERS”

CALL TO CONFESSION

We long to live as God’s people, yet in the very depths of our lives, we know how we have 

hurt those around us, through words and actions, as well as from indifference.  But God hears 

us when we call, and answers with the grace we need.  Let us pray together, as we confess our 

sins to our God…


PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON)

Triune God, we confess that we don’t always like the way your power works. We blame 

you for all that goes wrong in the world, and yet we forget that you empower us to resist 

evil.  We want you to help us in exactly the way we ask, and yet we forget that we are not 

the authors of our own salvation.  We say we desire for your kingdom to come, and yet, 

we forget to listen to your voice calling us to work for the flourishing of our neighbors.

Forgive us, Holy Trinity, and free us to cooperate with you in the work of salvation for

ourselves, our community, and all of creation.  AMEN.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

WORDS OF PARDON AND ASSURANCE

Leader:      God’s love is not logical and understandable.  For God forgives those we

                  never would and welcomes those we would continue to ignore.

People:     This is the One who has mercy on everyone, pouring grace and joy into

                  everyone.  Thanks be to God, we are forgiven!  AMEN.


NEW TESTAMENT LESSON, 2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-17 (PAGE 181)
Leader:   This is the Word of God for the people of God!
People:  Thanks be to God!

MUSICAL OFFERING................. “THIS IS THE DAY!”1........................................ CHANCEL CHOIR

**GOSPEL LESSON, MARK 4:26-34 (PAGE 38)
Leader:   This is the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ!
People:  Thanks be to God!

**RESPONSE #2119 (TFWS)................................................... “WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS”

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is 

love. There is comfort in life’s darkest hour; there is light and life, there is help and 

power in the Spirit, in the Spirit of the Lord.

SERMON.................................... “CHANGING SEASONS” ............................... REV. ERIC WARNER

**RESPONSE #141 (UMH)................................................ “CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER”

PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD'S PRAYER (IN UNISON)

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.


RESPONSE #2215 (TFWS)....................................................................................... “CARES CHORUS”

I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that 

I don't know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.

CALL TO OFFERING

OFFERTORY........................ “THE KING OF LOVE AND GRACE”1................. MEN’S ENSEMBLE

**DOXOLOGY #95 (UMH)........................... “PRAISE GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Amen.

OFFERTORY PRAYER

**HYMN #2282 (TFWS).................................................................................................. “I’LL FLY AWAY”

**CHORAL BENEDICTION... “THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU”1......... CHANCEL CHOIR

**CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken.

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us together in love. 

POSTLUDE................................. “FESTIVE TRUMPET TUNE”1........................... DAVID GERMAIN

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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able

UMH: United Methodist Hymnal (red cover)
TFWS: The Faith We Sing (black cover)
W&S:  Worship & Song (green cover)

1Public Music performance provided for and reported to CCLI Licensing
Copyright License:  #1824650/Recording License:  CSPL148932

  

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