Wednesday with the Wesleys

Rev. Samuel Annesley

Daniel Defoe, the writer best known for Robinson Crusoe, was a parishioner and friend of the well-known and respected Puritan minister Samuel Annesley (Susanna Wesley's father). Upon Annesley’s death, he penned these lovely words—

The sacred bow he so divinely drew,

That every shot both hit and overthrew;

His native candour and familiar style,

Which do so often his hearers' hours beguile,

Charmed us with godliness, and while he spake,

We loved the doctrine for the speaker's sake.

Scripture lessons for August 16

Cornfield west of Glenville

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “Amazing Grace,” #378, chosen by Donna Delger.

Our scripture lessons come to us from John 3:16-21 and Ephesians 2:1-9.

Rainy Sunday in Glenville

The Lord is present in our worship

Mike, Bob, and Sid keep the meeting moving along

We were actually having a lot of fun this morning!

Joys:
+Rita W. was blessed to see Karnella S. with her family at the fair this week.
+Shelley G. shares that her granddaughter is safely in her new dwelling in Colorado.
+Sid T. gives thanks for the fun time he had volunteering at the Haunted House at the fair.
+Kraig S. feels blessed to having woken up seven days in a row!
+Bob & Gloria S. are happy have had time to spend with family this week at Gull Lake.
+Pastor Charles is happy to share that he received two blue and one white ribbon at the fair in the Fine Arts department.
+Pastor Charles gives thanks to the veterans who volunteered at the Veteran's Building at the county fair. A special shout-out to Sid T. and Bob & Gloria S.!

+We give thanks for Renea H. offering beautiful music, for Kraig S. as usher, for Korla S. providing Ad Board refreshments, and Shelley G. being today's scripture reader.

Concerns:
+Continued prayers for Dale S.
+Pastor Charles asked for prayers for Belinda A. who is under the weather.
+Belinda A. asks for prayers for the family of Judy C. during this tender time.

Bulletin for August 9

"Give praise to God’s Holy name! 

Let the hearts rejoice of all those seeking the Lord!”   

 – Psalm 105:3 (CEB)

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship

Sisters and brothers, let us rejoice in the vision of John: I saw a new heaven and a new earth! The old heaven and the old earth and the sea had disappeared. Then I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, beautiful as a bride adorned for her husband. A great voice thundered from heaven: “See, God is making God’s home with mortals! God will live with them. They will be God’s people. God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain. All of this – gone forever.

*Hymn: “How Firm a Foundation," #529

*Prayer (by Dan Schifeling and posted on the WorshipCalls blog)

“Everything was created through Him and for Him. He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together.” Colossians 1:16b-17

This is Your garden, Creator God a thing of beauty beyond understanding, a poem that is being written not in words, but in colors, wind’s whisper, soaring bird, snowdrop’s petal, gentle rain, sunlight’s warmth. This is Your garden, Creator God, a thing of beauty beyond understanding. Amen.

*Gloria Patri:  #70    

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer                                              

*Doxology: #95                                             

*Offering Prayer

First Lesson: Genesis 2:4b-15  

This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

 Hymn: “I Come to the Garden Alone," #314 (chosen by Karnella Schwierjohann)

Second Lesson: Isaiah 61:1-11                                            

This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon: “What grows in your garden?"

*Hymn: “Only Trust Him," #337

*Benediction

*Choral Amen

Postlude Music

 

“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”

*Please rise in body or in spirit.

Wednesday with the Wesleys

John Wesley leaning on his mother's grave

Do not condemn or think harshly of those who cannot see just as you see, or who judge it their duty to contradict you, whether in a great thing or a small. I fear some of us have thought harshly of others merely because they contradicted what we affirmed. All this tends to division; and by everything of this kind we are teaching them an evil lesson against ourselves.

- John Wesley (A Longing for Holiness)

Scripture lessons for August 9

We will continue the summer worship series next Sunday with “I Come to the Garden Alone,” #314, chosen by Karnella Schwierjohann.

Our scripture lessons will come from Genesis 2:1-15 and Isaiah 6:1-11.

August is underway in Glenville

Flowers (on left) from Judy Carroll's service

Korla is today's reader

Joys

+Belinda is back in worship after last week's wonderful Mission u experience.

+Nancy & Roy B. had a wonderful family gathering for Roy's birthday!

+Sandy D. is proud of Jaxon, her grandson, who is off on a mission trip in Denver, Colorado.

+Bob S. told the morning's joke in Sid's absence.

+Pastor Charles is thankful for the assistance provided by Kraig & Korla S. in getting a portable ac installed for Dale's cats.

Concerns

+Continued prayers for Dale S. 

+Nancy B. asks for prayers for her sister who is in the hospital in Iowa.

+Pastor Charles had some health issues following the Chamber of Commerce golf outing