GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE................................................... “HE
LEADETH ME”1.......................... ARR.
BY JASON PAYNE
INTROIT............................................ “WORSHIP
GOD WITH MUSIC”1......................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With
thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary
for you.
Leader: Children of God, take a deep breath. Breathe in the goodness of
God’s blessings all around
you.
People: God’s blessings
are enough for all that we need.
Leader: Think
of all the things our society calls abundance. Ever-growing
bank
accounts, possessions galore, status and notoriety—what are
these
things compared to God’s abundance?
People: God’s
blessings are enough for all that we need.
Leader: God’s blessings encourage us to help the poor, the downtrodden,
and those whose labor is not
enough to thrive.
People: God’s blessings are enough for all that we
need.
Leader: How, then, will you offer yourself up to
God? Will you be like the
Pharisees or the widow?
All:
We will give as people who
trust in God’s provision, because God’s
blessings are more than enough
for all that we need. AMEN!
**HYMN #87 (UMH).......................................................................................... “WHAT
GIFT CAN WE BRING”
We bring our flawed lives to God, not so much
to be made perfect, but to be
whole. Let us confess our sins to God,
trusting the One who builds joy from
our despair…
God of bountiful blessings: our
self-focus causes us to imagine how poor
we are. We are convinced we don't have enough:
enough honor,
enough respect,
enough recognition,
enough to live on.
And so, in our poverty, we cannot trust
you, we cannot see the emptiness
of others, we cannot help but cling to
more than we need. Forgive us,
God of us all. Tell us we can be more loving; whisper to us
of how we
can be more compassionate; teach us how
we can be more generous;
sing to us of how we can serve others -
all in the name of Jesus Christ,
our Lord and Savior. AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: The good news is that we are made whole;
not by our efforts, not
by any work we have done, not
by any word of ours.
People: Out of the riches of grace, God pours
forgiveness into our lives,
giving us all we need in Jesus
Christ, so we might live in hope
and joy. Thanks be to God! We are forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING................. “HOW CAN I KEEP FROM
SINGING?”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.........................................
“WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE” ....................... REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #557 (UMH)......................................................................... “BLEST
BE THE TIE THAT BINDS”
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.
PRESENTING
OUR PLEDGES TO THE LORD
CALL
TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY
**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 #2036 (TFWS)............................................................................................................. “GIVE
THANKS”
**CHORAL BENEDICTION..................... “A CLOSING PRAYER”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........................................ “PRAISE
HIM! PRAISE HIM”1......... ARR. BY MARY MCDONALD
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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