GREETING
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE......................................... “EVER FAITHFUL, EVER NEAR”1............... BY FRANKLIN RITTER
INTROIT............................................... “BLESS
HIS HOLY NAME”1.............................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME
OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Beloved,
in a world that sometimes criticizes women who lead in the
workplace
and at the same time demeans women who stay home to tend
their
families, God’s uncommon wisdom calls to us:
People: Recognize the leadership of women!
Leader: In a world where some churches still deny
and repress the gifts, graces,
and callings of women in
ministry, God’s uncommon wisdom calls to us:
People: Nurture the leadership of women!
Leader: In boardrooms, family meetings, town
councils, pulpits, and church
committees, women lead us with
their voices, their actions, their wisdom,
and their strength. And so,
God’s uncommon wisdom calls to us:
People: Respect the leadership of women!
Leader: For
too long, women who lead among us have been unnamed,
underappreciated,
and even exploited as free labor. May we listen and act,
then,
as God’s uncommon wisdom calls to us:
All: Support
the leadership of women! Thanks be to God. AMEN.
**HYMN #145 (UMH)............................................................................................. “MORNING
HAS BROKEN”
We all make mistakes, many of them. We hurt ourselves, we hurt others, we hurt God with
our words and deeds, with our silence and inaction. Let us confess to God our sins, trusting
in the One who blesses us with mercy…
O God, we live our lives as best we can—dealing with difficult relationships and
situations, putting failures and disappointments behind us, and moving into each
new day with as much energy, goodwill, and optimism as we can muster. But here,
right now, we seldom have the right answers, we seldom seek your uncommon wisdom
in our lives, we just move blindly ahead. Forgive us for not asking for your insight.
Fill us with your wisdom, that we may live lives of
goodness and peace. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF
CONFESSION
Leader: When
we come before God in humility and honesty, God draws near to
us
with grace and renewed blessings.
People: Thanks
be to God, we are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL
OFFERING............................... “I
SURRENDER ALL”1................................. CHANCEL
CHOIR
**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.....................
“A GOOD LIFE PART 3: A GOOD COMMUNITY” ............. REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #433 (UMH)........................................................ “ALL
WHO LOVE AND SERVE YOUR CITY”
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......................................... “BE
THOU MY VISION”1................................ PAUL
HUMPHREY
**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
#2153 (TFWS)................................................................. “I’M
GONNA LIVE SO GOD CAN USE ME”
**CHORAL
BENEDICTION....... “LORD, LET US
NOW DEPART IN PEACE”1............... CHANCEL
CHOIR
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...................................... “REJOICE, THE LORD IS KING”1............... ARR. BY ADAM MASON
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**Indicates the congregation should stand
if able
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