This Sunday only, Services will be live at 8:30am. Our live Service will be available for viewing afterward.
Order of Worship September 20th, 2020, 16th Sunday After Pentecost
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This Sunday, The worship video will be available live at 8:30 am.
Text for hymns are found below each hymn. Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.
Prelude: “Rain Down Bread”…………..…………Gregory Dixon
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Greetings & Opening Prayer……………………………Pastor Juan
Opening Hymn: “Lead On, O Cloud of Presence” #2234
The Faith We Sing
Words by Ruth Duck (Exodus 13: 21-22)
Music by Henry T. Smart
© 1992 GIA Publications, Inc.
“1. Lead on, O cloud of Presence, the exodus is come,
in wilderness and desert our tribe shall make its home.
Our slavery left behind us, new hopes within us grow.
We seek the land of promise where milk and honey flow.
2. Lead on, O fiery Pillar, we follow yet with fears,
but we shall come rejoicing though joy be born of tears.
We are not lost, though wandering, for by your light we come,
and we are still God’s people. The journey is our home.
3. Lead on, O God of freedom, and guide us on our way,
and help us trust the promise through struggle and delay.
We pray our sons and daughters may journey to that land
where justice dwells with mercy, and love is law’s demand.”
Epistle Reading: Phillipians 1:21-30…………………….Lori Drum
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.
Hymn of Preparation: “All Who Hunger” #2126
The Faith We Sing
Words by Sylvia G. Dunstan
Music by William Moore
© 1991 GIA Publications, Inc.
“1. All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread.
Come from wilderness and wandering.
Here, in truth, we will be fed.
You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
2. All who hunger, never strangers; seeker, be a welcome guest.
Come from restlessness and roaming.
Here, in joy, we keep the feast.
We that once were lost and scattered in communion’s love have stood.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
3. All who hunger, sing together; Jesus Christ is living bread.
Come from loneliness and longing.
Here, in peace, we have been led.
Blest are those who from this table live their lives in gratitude.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.”
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 16:2-15……………..Lori Drum
Sermon:”God Listens”……………………………………Pastor Juan
Giving of our tithes and offerings…………………Lorri Bingham
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Offertory Solo: “El Shaddai” by Michael Card and John Thompson. © 1981, 1982. Whole Armor Publishing Company……………………………Lori Drum
Offertory Hymn: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #94
The United Methodist Hymnal
Adapted © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674, adapted by Gilbert Vieira, 1978
Music: Geistliche Kirchengesange, 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…………………………………Pastor Juan
Closing Hymn: “God Almighty, We Are Waiting” #3047
Worship & Song
Words by Ann Bell Worley © 2005 Hope Publishing Company
Music by Roland Prichard, harmony from The English Hymnal, 1906
1. “God Almighty, we are waiting for a Savior to appear.
Meet us in our desert journey; give a sign that you are near:
burning bushes, parted waters, food aplenty in the wild.
As we look for signs and wonders, help us see you in a child.
2. God Incarnate, we are waiting for the feast day of your birth.
Looking back and looking forward to the Christ’s return to earth.
Help us to proclaim the gospel, ‘til the world is reconciled.
Let us set your holy table for each woman, man, and child.
3. God the Spirit, we are waiting for your presence here and now.
Humbled by our sinful weakness,
at your mercy we will bow.
Search our hearts and make us ready, speak in language strong and mild,
help each one of us, your people, to receive you like a child.”
Announcements………………………………………….Lorri Bingham
Dismissal with blessing…………………….Pastor Juan
Postlude……………………………………………………Gregory Dixon
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