Sunday August 25th Worship Service

(Image: “Woven Bird, Tree, Flower Motif” Morris, William 1834-1896

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY United States)

©Order of Worship for Sunday August 25, 2024

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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

Prelude:.………“Turn Your Radio On”………..Greg/Daniel
 
Coming of the Light:………………………………………..
 
Greetings:……………………………….……Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer: ………………………..………Phillip J.
 
Opening Hymns:“Days of Elijah”   #3186 W&S
Words and Music: Robin Mark
© 1996 Song Solutions Daybreak, UK admin. In America
By Integrity’s Hosanna Music (ASCAP)
 
1. These are the days of Elijah,
declaring the Word of the Lord.
And these are the days of your servant, Moses;
righteousness being restored.
And though these are days of great trials,
of famine and darkness and sword,
still we are the voice in the desert crying,
‘Prepare ye the way of the Lord.’
 
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
 
2. These are the days of Ezekiel,
The dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of your servant, David;
rebuilding the temple of praise.
And these are days of the harvest; 
the fields are as white in the world.
And we are your laborers in your vineyard
declaring the Word of the Lord.
 
Behold he comes riding on the clouds,
shining like the sun at the trumpet call.
So lift your voice, it’s the year of Jubilee.
And out of Zion’s hill salvation comes.
 
“All My Days”  #3011 W&S
Words: Laurie Zelman Music: Mark A. Miller © 2003 Abingdon Press
 
1. You know my words before they’re said. You
know my need and I am fed.  You
give me life.  You know my ways, my
strength, my path, for all by days, my
strength, my path, for all my days.
 
2. If I should fly beyond the dawn, the
darkness will not overcome.  If
I lie down in deepest night, still
you are there, my Lord, my light, still
you are there, my Lord, my light.
 
3. Our every thought, each word we say, the
whole of time, the present day, are
held within your mighty hand, too
wonderful to comprehend, too
wonderful to comprehend!
 
4. O mend my heart and free my voice. From
sin released, I will rejoice.  O
search me, Lord, my spirit cries, and
let my song of praise arise, and
let my song of praise arise!
 
Responsive Reading: ……..Psalm 84 #804 UMH….…Phillip J.
How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!
My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
O LORD of hosts, my Ruler and my God. Even the sparrow finds a home and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young.
Blessed are those who live in your house, ever singing your praise!
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
As they go through the valley of tears, they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools.
They go from strength to strength; the God of gods will be seen in Zion.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob!  Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed.
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor.
No good thing does the LORD withhold from those who walk uprightly.  O LORD of hosts, blessed are those who trust in you!   Amen.
Passing of the Peace:……………………………Pastor Steven
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.

Announcements:………………………………………….Lorri B.
 
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Offertory:…….“He’s Got the Whole World
in His Hands”……………………..Greg/Daniel
Trad. Spiritual Arr. Brent Edstrom © 2014 Hal Leonard
 
Offertory Response: “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #95 UMH
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 Steven
 
Prayers of the People:………………………….Pastor Steven
 
Anthem: …….“Christ Has Broken Down the Wall”……..Choir
Words and Music: Mark A. Miller © 2011 Choristers Guild.
 
Gospel Lesson:…………….John 6:56-69…………Phillip J.
The bread of eternal life
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.  Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me.  This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” He said these things while he was teaching in a synagogue at Capernaum.
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you?  Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?  It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.  But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not believe and who was the one who would betray him.And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.”
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.  We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

Hymn of Preparation:“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.
 
Sermon: …………“What Will You Do?”…………..Pastor Steven

Closing Hymn: “What a Mighty God We Serve” #3016 W&S
Traditional African folk song Copyright: Arr. © 2011 Jackson Henry
 
What a mighty God we serve.
What a mighty God we serve.
Angels bow before you,
heaven and earth adore you.
What a mighty God we serve.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………Pastor Steven
Postlude:……………………………………………………Greg D.

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