Order of Worship November 15th, 2020
24th Sunday after Pentecost 

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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am.
Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music. 

Prelude: “Entrusted”……………by Gregory Dixon
 
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Greetings…………………………………Pastor Juan 
 
Opening Prayer…………………………Diane Corbin                                             
 
Opening Hymn: “God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens” #150
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words: Catherine Cameron ©1967 Hope Publishing
Music: William Moore, 1825
 
“1. God, who stretched the spangled heavens,
infinite in time and place,
flung the suns in burning radiance
through the silent fields of space,
we, your children, in your likeness,
share inventive powers with you.
Great Creator, still creating,
show us what we yet may do.
 
2. Proudly rise our modern cities,
stately buildings row on row;
yet their windows, blank, unfeeling,
stare on canyoned streets below,
where the lonely drift unnoticed
in the city’s ebb and flow,
lost to purpose and to meaning,
scarcely caring where they go.
 
3. We have ventured worlds undreamed of
since the childhood of our race;
known the ecstasy of winging
through untravelled realms of space;
probed the secrets of the atom,
yielding unimagined power,
facing us with life’s destruction
or our most triumphant hour.
 
4. As each far horizon beckons,
may it challenge us anew,
children of creative purpose,
serving others, honoring you.
May our dreams prove rich with promise,
each endeavor well begun.
Great Creator, give us guidance till our goals and yours are one.”
 
Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11………..…Diane Corbin
 
Prayers of the People: Please comment with your prayer concerns and especially offer up those things that cause your soul to be in a place of deep lament this day.
 
After each prayer read:
Leader: Lord in your mercy
All: Hear our prayers
Concluding Prayer of the People………………………Pastor Juan
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Lord, Be Glorified” #2150
The Faith We Sing
Words & Music: Bob Kilpatrick
© 1978, 1986 Prism Tree Music, assigned 1998 to The Lorenz Corp.
 
“1. In our lives, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In our lives Lord, be glorified today.
 
2. In our homes, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In our homes, Lord, be glorified today.
 
3. In your church, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In your church, Lord, be glorified today.
 
4. In your world, Lord, be glorified, be glorified.
In your world, Lord, be glorified today.”
 
Gospel Reading: Matthew 25:14-30 .….Diane Corbin
 
Sermon:………………………………….…..Pastor Juan       
 
Giving of our tithes and offerings……….Diane Corbin
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Offertory Solo………………………………………………Kellen Moss
“How Great You Are”
Words and Music by P. Posthuma, copyright 2006, 2011 P. Posthuma
 
Offertory Response: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” # 95
The United Methodist Hymnal 
OLD 100th
Public Domain
 
“Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise God above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.”
         
Prayer after receiving…………………………………….Pastor Juan
 
Closing Hymn: “I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me” #2153
The Faith We Sing
Words & Music: African American spiritual
Arrangement © Estate of Wendell Whalum
 
“1. I’m gonna live so (live so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna live so (live so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
2. I’m gonna work so (work so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna work so (work so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
3. I’m gonna pray so (pray so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna pray so (pray so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
4. I’m gonna sing so (sing so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
I’m gonna sing so (sing so) God can use me anywhere, Lord, anytime! (anytime!)
 
Announcements……………………….Lorri Bingham
(Special Video Announcement from AFUMC Missions Chair, Juliet Kallon)
 
Dismissal with blessing…………………………………..Pastor Juan                                     
 
Postlude…………………………………Gregory Dixon


 
 
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