Sunday September 3rd Worship Service In Person and Online

(Image: “Light for Others” Stained Glass, ca 1900.

St. Mary’s, Melton Mowbray, United Kingdom)

©Order of Worship for Sunday September 03, 2023
14th Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Communion

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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am

Prelude…………….“Communion Song”……………Greg D.
Music: Barry McGuire © 1977 Sparrow Song/Shaunda Music/World
Artist Music Co., Inc.
 
Coming of the Light:………………………………………Evan G.
 
Greetings:……………………………………………….Elizabeth B.
Opening Prayer:…………………………………….……..……Kelly G.
Let us read responsively
 
Our heavenly Father,
        we your humble children invoke your blessing on us.
We adore you, whose name is love,
        whose nature is compassion, whose presence is joy,
        whose Word is truth, whose Spirit is goodness,
        whose holiness is beauty, whose will is peace,
        whose service is perfect freedom,
        and in knowledge of whom stands our eternal life.
Unto you be all honor and all glory;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen
       
Opening Hymns:….“Come Away with Me” #2202 TFWS
Words: Mary Nelson Keithahn Music: John D. Horman
© 1997 Abingdon Press, admin. By The Copyright. Co.
 
1. Come away with me to a quiet place,
apart from the world with its frantic pace,
to pray, reflect, and seek God’s grace.
Come away with me. Come away.
 
2. Come and pray with me on a gentle sea,
on top of a hill in the Galilee,
in gardens like Gethsemane.
Come away with me.  Come away.
 
3. Come today with thoughts of the countless
ways that God’s steadfast love blesses all
our days, and join with me in silent praise.
Come away with me.  Come away.
 
4. Come and say, in the words whispered from
your soul, the feelings and actions you can’t
control.  Your spirit needs to be made whole.
Come away with me.  Come away.
 
5. Come away with me to a quiet place,
to God’s loving arms waiting to embrace
all those who come in hope of grace.
Come away with me.  Come away.
 
“In His Time” #2203 TFWS
Words and Music: Diane Ball © 1978 Maranatha! Music,
Admin. By The Copyright Co.
 
1. In his time, in his time; he makes all things
beautiful in his time.  Lord, please show me every
day as you’re teaching me your way, that you do
just what you say in your time.
 
2. In your time, in your time: you make all things
beautiful in your time. Lord, my life to you I bring;
may each song I have to sing be to you a lovely
thing in your time.
 
Psalter:…………….Psalm 16:1-8……………….Kelly G.
Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and mind.
For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in faithfulness to you.
I do not sit with the worthless, nor do I consort with hypocrites;
I hate the company of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar, O LORD,
singing aloud a song of thanksgiving, and telling all your wondrous deeds.
O LORD, I love the house in which you dwell, and the place where your glory abides.
 
Gloria Patri:     “Glory Be to the Father” #71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
 
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.

Announcements:……………………………………………Lorri B.
 
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Offertory: …“What the World Needs Now is Love”….Greg D.
Words and Music: B. Bacharach © 1965, Blue Seas Music, Inc.
and Casa David 
 
Offertory Response:  “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #95
The United Methodist Hymnal 
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674
Music attributed 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 Tim
 
Prayers of the People:……………………………….Pastor Tim
 
Epistle Lesson:…….…..…Romans 12:9-21……..Kelly G.
 
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good;
love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor.  Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord.  Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer.  Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers.
 
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.  Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
 
Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
 
No, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.”  Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
 
Hymn of Preparation:…..“Make Us One” #2224 TFWS
Words: Carol Cymbala Music: Carol Cymbala
© 1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music ℅
Integrated Copyright Group
 
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy
Spirit, make us one.  Let your love flow so
the world will know we are one in you.
 
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy
Spirit, make us one.  Let your love flow so
the world will know we are one in you.
 
Sermon:…………………………………………….Pastor Tim
 
Holy Communion:…………………………………Pastor Tim
 
Communion Hymn:..“You Feed Us, Gentle Savior” #3169 W&S
Words: Steve Garnaas-Holmes Music: Hal H. Hopson
© 2009 Steve Garnaas-Holmes © 1983 Hope Publishing Company
 
1. You feed us, gentle Savior, the bread that makes us whole,
the wine of your compassion poured out into our soul.
The food of your own presence, your Spirit, strong, within,
The grace that heals us deeply and overcomes our sin.
 
2. You bind us, gentle Savior, and weave us into one,
one flesh and blood made holy, the Body of your Son.
We gather here in hunger, one hunger, all the same;
and with one grace you bless us together in his name.

3. You call us, gentle Savior, and send us in your name.
You teach and heal and show us how we can do the same.
So, strength-ened by your Spirit and nourished by your grace,
we go to be your presence in love, in every place.
 
Closing Hymn:“There’s a Spirit of Love in This Place” #3148 W&S
Words and Music: Mark A. Miller © 2003 Abingdon Press,
Admin. by The Copyright Company
 
1.There’s a spirit of love in this place, there’s a
spirit of love in this place.  You can’t see it, but it’s
there just as precious as the air.  There’s a spirit of
love in this place. O alleluia, sing alleluia! We bless
your holy name.  O alleluia, sing alleluia! There’s a
spirit of love in this place.
 
2.There’s the presence of peace in this room, there’s
the presence of peace in this room. In god’s tenderness
is found peace that passes human bounds. There’s the
presence of peace in this room.  O alleluia, sing alleluia!
We bless your holy name. O alleluia, sing alleluia! There’s
a spirit of love in this place.
 
Dismissal with Blessing: ……..………………Pastor Tim
 
Postlude:……………“Make Us One” …………………Greg D.
Words: Carol Cymbala Music: Carol Cymbala
© 1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music ℅
Integrated Copyright Group

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