GATHERING
(<><Stand as you are able)
Prelude (Carrying in the Light of Christ)
Welcome /Announcements
Birthdays/Anniversaries
Sing Praises (
#123 UMH El Shaddai (2x)
#21 PCB I Love You Lord (2x)
#2 PCB Shine Jesus Shine
<><Expressions of Friendship (Noisy Offering WB)
<><Call to Worship
Leader: The Lord is great! God is holy and righteous and loves justice.
People: Let everyone praise God!
Leader: God does not overlook wrongdoing but is always ready to forgive.
People: We give thanks for God’s everlasting mercy.
Leader: Because of God’s deep love for us, we are called to be covenant people.
People: Let us respond in faith and gratitude!
Leader: God has chosen us and entrusted us to bear witness to the gospel.
People: We join God’s labor of love to the world!
Leader: We are called to imitate Jesus and live as he lived.
People: Our hope is in Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
All: We serve a living God! Let us proclaim the holiness and righteousness of God with faithfulness and joy!
<><Hymn #73UMH “O, Worship the King”
Sharing in Prayer
Joys: We give you thanks, O God
Concerns: Hear our prayers, O God
As community let us be in an attitude of silent prayer
Pastoral Prayer/Lord’s Prayer
Prayer Response:#394 “Something Beautiful”
Something beautiful, something good; all my confusion he understood; all I had to offer him was brokenness and strife, but he made something beautiful of my life.
Special Music
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
Conversation with the Children
Scripture: Psalm 99
<><Hymn #369 UMH “Blessed Assurance”
Scripture: I Thessalonians 1: 1-10
Today’s Word: “Virtue Storehouse”
Offering
Sharing our gifts with God
<>< Doxology/Prayer of Dedication
<><Hymn #585 UMH “This Little Light of Mine”
<>< Benediction
<><Going Forth #558 (refrain) “We Are the Church”
I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together! All who follow Jesus, all around the world! Yes, we’re the church together!