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For He Had Great Possessions  Watts, George Frederick 1817-1904

©Order of Worship October 10, 2021
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
&
Hispanic Heritage Month

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Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.

Prelude: “Cuando El Pobre”, words and music by J. A. Olivar and Miguel Manzano © 1971 Ediciones Paulinas…Greg D.
 
Greetings……………………………………Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer: …………………………………..Freda B.
 
Opening Hymn:  “Lord, You Have Come to the Lakeshore”
“Tú Has Venido a la Orilla” #344 UMH
Words & Music by Cesareo Gabarain; translated by Gertrude C. Suppe, George Lockwood, and Raquel Gutierrez-Achon 1987; harmony by Skinner Chavez-Melo 1987
© 1979 Ediciones Paulinas; translation © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House; harmony © 1987 Skinner Chavez-Melo
 
1. Lord, you have come to the lakeshore looking
neither for wealthy or wise ones;
you only asked me to follow humbly.
O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,
and while smiling have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
 
1. Tú has venido a la orilla, no has buscado ni
a sabios ni a ricos,
tan sólo quieres que yo te siga.
Señor, me has mirado a los ojos
y sonriendo has dicho mi nombre;
En la arena he dejado mi barca;
junto a ti buscaré otro mar.
 
2. You know so well my possessions;
my boat carries no gold and no weapons;
you will find there my nets and labor.
O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,
and while smiling have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
 
2. Tú sabes bien lo que tengo:
en mi barca no hay oro ni espadas,
tan sólo redes y mi trabajo.
Señor, me has mirado a los ojos
y sonriendo has dicho mi nombre;
En la arena he dejado mi barca;
junto a ti buscaré otro mar.”
 
3. You need my hands, full of caring
through my labors to give others rest,
and constant love that keeps on loving.
O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,
and while smiling have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
 
3. Tú necesitas mis manos,
mi cansancio que a otros descanse,
amor que quiera seguir amando.
Señor, me has mirado a los ojos
y sonriendo has dicho mi nombre;
En la arena he dejado mi barca;
junto a ti buscaré otro mar.”
 
4. You, who have fished other oceans,
ever longed for by souls who are waiting,
my loving friend, as thus you call me. 
O Lord, with your eyes you have searched me,
and while smiling have spoken my name;
now my boat’s left on the shoreline behind me;
by your side I will seek other seas.
 
4. Tú, pescador de otros mares,
ansia eterna de almas que esperan,
amigo bueno, que así me llamas.
Señor, me has mirado a los ojos
y sonriendo has dicho mi nombre;
En la arena he dejado mi barca;
junto a ti buscaré otro mar.”

Affirmation of Faith:  A Statement of Faith of The United Church Of Canada  #883 UMH                             
 
We are not alone, we live in God’s world.
We believe in God: who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God’s presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Dear Jesus, in Whose Life I See”
#468 UMH
Words: John Hunter, 1889 Music: Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1774
Adapt. from Metrical Psalter, 1855
 
1.Dear Jesus, in whose life I see all that I
would, but fail to be, let thy clear light forever
shine, to shame and guide this life of mine.
 
2.Though what I dream and what I do in my weak
days are always two, help me, oppressed by things
undone, O thou whose deeds and dreams were one!
 
Gospel Lesson: Mark 10: 17-31…..………………….Freda B.
 
¹⁷ As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸ Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. ¹⁹ You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰ He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” ²¹ Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” ²² When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
²³ Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” ²⁴ And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” ²⁶ They were greatly astounded and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷ Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”
²⁸ Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹ Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, ³⁰ who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. ³¹ But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
Sermon:…………..……………..……..…Pastor Steven
 
Anthem: “Come With Thanksgiving”, arr. By Lloyd Larson (ASCAP) © 2003 by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.…..……………………………………….flute, Mark B.
 
Offertory Response:  The Doxology #95 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him,
all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly
host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.
 
Prayer after receiving………………………Pastor Steven
 
Prayers of The People…………………….….Beverly B.
 
Closing Hymn: “Trust and Obey”  #467 UMH
Words: John H. Sammis, 1887
Music: Daniel B. Towner 1887
 
1. When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
 
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
 
2. Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.
 
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
 
3. But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
 
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
 
4. Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
 
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”
 
 
Benediction: “The Lord Bless and Keep You”, by John Rutter © 1981 Oxford University Press……….Marcel P.
 
Dismissal with Blessing…….……..……Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: “Camina, Pueblo de Dios”, words and music by Cesareo Gabarain © 1979 Ediciones Paulinas .…….Greg D.

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