(Image: “Haz Justicia” -Do Justice, T-shirt slogan, Honduras, 2007
Prelude……………………“”……………………………………Greg D.
Coming of the Light:
Greetings:………………………………………………………..Lorri B.
Announcements:……………………………………………….Lorri B.
Call to Worship:………………………………………………….Ian D.
Come, now is the time to worship.
Come, now is the time to give your heart.
Come, just as you are to worship.
Come, just as you are before your God. Come.
(Brian Doerksen)
Opening Prayer:………………………………………………….Ian D.
Litany for Laity Sunday
From the beginning, God entered into covenant with the human family:
with Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Sarah,
Moses, Deborah, Ruth, and Jeremiah.
Through baptism, Jesus Christ calls us into the covenant
and makes us ministers of Christ’s righteousness.
All Christian ministry is Christ’s work of outreaching love.
It demonstrates a common life of gratitude and devotion,
witness and service, celebration and discipleship.
All Christians are called to Christ’s servanthood in the world, to the glory of God and for human fulfillment.
The Church, as the community of the new covenant, participates in Christ’s ministry of grace.
It stretches out to human needs wherever service may convey God’s love and ours.
In our ministry of servanthood is this ultimate concern:
that all may be renewed in the image of their Creator,
and that all Christians are called to minister
in deeds and words that heal and free. Amen. (BOD 101-107
Opening Hymns:….“It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord” #352 UMH
Words and Music: Afro-American Spiritual Arr. © 1989 UM Publishing House
Refrain:
It’s me it’s me, O Lord, standing in the
need of prayer. It’s me (it’s me), it’s
me, Lord, standing in the need of prayer.
1. Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s
me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.
Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s
me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.
Refrain:
It’s me it’s me, O Lord, standing in the
need of prayer. It’s me (it’s me), it’s
me, Lord, standing in the need of prayer.
2. Not the preacher, not the deacon,
3. Not my father, not my mother,
“Seek Ye First” #405 UMH
Words and Music: Karn Laffery, 1972 © 1972 Marantha! Music
1. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his
righteousness, and all these things shall be
Added unto you. Allelu, Alleluia!
2. Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek and
Ye shall find; knock, and the door shall be
Opened unto you. Allelu, Alleluia!
Passing of the Peace:………………………………………….Lusi R.
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
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.
Giving of our tithes and offerings…………………………Lorri B.
Offertory:…………….“This Is The Day”………………..Kids ROC
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #94 UMH
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer After Receiving:……………………………………….Lorri B.
The Prayers of the People:…………………………………..Lusi R.
The Lord’s Prayer:
Anthem: ……………”You Say:……………….………………Jackie J.
Gospel Lesson: …………Luke 18:1-8………..…………….Ian D.
Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'”
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?
I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Hymn of Preparation:“Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying” #2193 TFWS
Words and Music: Ken Medema © 1973 Hope Publishing Co.
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to your children praying, send us
love, send us power, send us grace.
Message: ………………………..………Aaron B./ Freda B. /Rob A.
Response to the Word:
Closing Hymn: “We Are the Church” #558 UMH
Words and Music: Richard K. Avery, Donald S. Marsh, 1972
© 1972 Hope Publishing Co.
Refrain:
I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, all around the World! Ye, we’re the church together!
1. The church is not a building, the church is not a steeple,
the church is not a resting place, the church is a people.
Refrain:
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!
2. We’re many kinds of people, with many kinds of faces,
all colors and all ages, too, from all times and places.
Refrain:
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!
3. Sometimes the church is marching, sometimes it’s
bravely burning,
Sometimes it’s riding, sometimes hiding, always learning.
Refrain:
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!
4. And when the people gather, there’s singing and there’s praying,
there’s laughing and there’s crying sometimes, all of it saying:
Refrain:
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!
5. At Pentecost some people received the Holy Spirit
and told the Good News through the world to all who would
hear it.
Refrain:
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!
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………………….Pastor Liz
Postlude:………………………………………………………..Greg D.