GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: We gather today knowing there are people
in our world who are surrounded
by violence and conflict on
every side.
People: Our work of
peace begins with prayer.
Leader: We
gather today knowing there are people in our community who feel lost,
alone,
abandoned, and forgotten.
People: Our
work of love begins with prayer.
Leader: We gather today knowing there are people
in this place, this neighborhood,
this world that we all share
who experience overwhelming grief, despair,
and sorrow.
People: Our work of hope begins with prayer.
Leader: We gather not to look away from the world
but to witness the needs of our
neighbors through the lens of
God's love.
All: May we be a people who pray and, out
of our praying, do the work of
bringing peace, love, and hope
to all we encounter. AMEN.
**HYMN #170 (UMH).................................................................................................... “O
HOW I LOVE JESUS”
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS & CELEBRATION OF HOLY BAPTISM
The proof of God’s amazing love is this: While we were yet sinners Christ died
for us. Because we have faith in him, we approach God’s throne of grace with
assurance. In faith and penitence, let us confess our sin before God and one another…
O God of compassion, if you kept a record of our sins, who could stand? We come
before you with our brokenness and our wounds for all to see. We bring our anger,
our bitterness, our unwholesome talk, and our deceitfulness. We try to do good, but
sometimes fail. We choose to do evil, and sometimes succeed. Keep your promise to
forgive us when we confess to you completely. Without you, we have no hope. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: If we confess our sins, God is faithful
and will forgive us. ..... God provides
freely, in the bread of heaven, all the mercy we need for life everlasting.
People: Thanks be to God, we are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING.......................... “AMAZING
GRACE”1................................................ JOY!
COMBO
**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..................................................
“EAT TO LIVE” .......................................... REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #2062 (TFWS).............................................................................. “THE
LILY OF THE VALLEY”
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL 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.
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
OLD RUGGED CROSS”1..................................... JOY!
COMBO
**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 #347 (UMH)................................................................................................................... “SPIRIT
SONG”
Beloved, may God’s grace open your hearts to recognize the needs of your neighbors; may
God’s mercy fill your prayers, and may God’s peace empower you to share the goodness and
blessing you receive from God with all. AMEN!
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................................ “JUST
A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE”1.......... ARR.
BY ANDY CLARK
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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