GREETING
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE................................ “SINCE
JESUS CAME INTO MY HEART”1......... ARR.
BY MARK HAYES
INTROIT.................................................... “WORSHIP
THE LORD”1............................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME
OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: Welcome,
Beloved! Why have you gathered today?
People: We have come to worship God, who is the
maker of us all!
Leader: What do you seek from God, our Creator?
People: We seek God’s wisdom to guide us and show
us how to live.
Leader: Are you ready to follow when God’s wisdom
leads down unexpected paths?
People: We will trust, and we will follow wherever
God’s wisdom leads us.
Leader: Well
then, Beloved of God, what are you waiting for?
All: Come!
Let us worship and seek God’s uncommon
wisdom together!
AMEN.
**HYMN #158 (UMH)........................................................................... “COME,
CHRISTIANS, JOIN TO SING”
CELEBRATION OF HOLY
BAPTISM, RICHARD EVERETT FUNKE (PAGE 5 OF BULLETIN)
So many choices, and we choose poorly; so many paths to take, and we make wrong turns;
so much good we could do, and we sometimes do harm. Let us confess our sins to our
God, who is
our help and hope. Let us pray…
Gracious God, we come before you today knowing that we often fall short of your call
to love one another well. We allow ourselves to be blinded by wealth and power. We
ignore those around us who suffer injustice, poverty, and rejection. We tune out the
cries of the poor and those on the edges of our communities. Help us to see your great
generosity, hear your word of mercy, and feel your great love for all who need your
redemptive grace. Strengthen us to reach out in service to those who are in need. Make
us aware of those outside our own communities, that we may see them as your precious
children and serve them in humility and joy. May we continue to grow in grace as we
learn how to serve you in the name of the great Servant, Jesus Christ. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF
CONFESSION
Leader: Say
it. Shout it. Sing it!
Our God comes with justice, not judgment; with
hope,
not a heavy hand; with grace, not grudges. This is the good news of
God’s
love!
People: We
will not be afraid to tell anyone, and everyone, of our God who is
rich
in mercy, who sets us free, who watches over us. Thanks be to
God,
we are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING......................... “LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE”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 1: A GOOD NAME” ....... REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #2152 (TFWS)..................................................................... “CHANGE
MY HEART, O GOD” X 2
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............................................... “MEDITATION”1.............................................. DANIEL
LIGHT
**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
#601 (UMH).................................................................................................. “THY
WORD IS A LAMP”
**CHORAL
BENEDICTION........................... “GO
OUT IN SONG”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..................................................... “SHINE
ON US”1.................. ARR.
BY MICHAEL W. SMITH
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**Indicates the congregation should stand
if able
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