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| Kraig S. is today's reader |
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| Renea H. offers music each week |
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| It's Sid T.'s birthday week! |
+ We thank God for
the gift of laughter in church. (Thanks, Sid T., for sharing a joke with us!)
+ We celebrate Sid
T.’s birthday this week.
+ Praise God for
the Tim and Dawn K.'s grandson Max being in worship with us today.
+ Praise God for
happy reunions with family and friends.
+ Praise God for
traveling mercies last week.
+ Praise God for a
successful women’s retreat in Bloomington last week.
+ Praise God for
the local Disabled American Veterans’ (DAV) ongoing recycling program to
transfer @ 32,000 pounds/month of usable equipment/things to folks in need.
+ Praise God for last
week’s wonderful musical tribute to Viet Nam veterans.
+ Praise God for
the joyful opportunity to attend the Vienna Boys Choir concert at the Paramount Theater
in Austin on Thursday, November 19th.
+Praise
God for the faithful service of our beloved pianist, Renae H. and for Kraig S.
who served as usher today.
Concerns
+ Praying for Dawn K.’s
successful surgery this week.
+ Praying for all who
are dealing with medical challenges: Craig R., Judy C., Karnella S., and Nancy H.
+ Praying for the family
and friends of all who have recently died.
+ Praying for all who
are impacted directly and indirectly by conflict in the world.
+ Praying for peace.
Prelude Music
Welcome & Announcements
*Call to Worship (Joanna Harader and posted on Spacious Faith)
Holy One, dwell within us. Whisper in our ears; Glimmer in our vision; Write upon our hearts. We wait with open ears, open eyes, open hearts. Amen
*Hymn: “In the Cross of Christ I Glory," #295
*Call to Confession: Beloved, God responds quickly to the choices we make. Our actions have consequences in our relationships with one another and God: Whether we want it to or not, our choices and deeds influence God’s responses and actions. Repent, turn away from evil, believe in the Good News, and do what is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.
Prayer of Confession: We thank You, Lord, for making us in Your divine image. We are also deeply grateful that You are like a potter, shaping and molding us like clay on a spinning wheel. Hear our confession of sin and wrongdoing. Transform us with Your grace. Like the psalmist who sought cleansing and pardon, we ask You to “create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.” Amen.
- Posted on the website of the First Christian Church of Decatur, Georgia.
*Gloria Patri: #70
*Passing the Peace of Christ
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
*Doxology: #95
*Offering Prayer
First Lesson: Psalm 116:1-2, 2-19
Hymn: “Just as I Am, Without One Plea,"#357 - Chosen by Shelley Gulbrandson
Epistle Lesson: Romans 5:1-8
Sermon: “Showing love at the right time”
*Hymn: “Open My Eyes That I May See," #454
*Benediction
*Choral Amen
Postlude Music
“The worship is ended; let the service begin.”
*Please rise in body or in spirit.
The constitution of The United Methodist Church calls the annual conference “the basic body in the church” (Paragraph 34, Article II).
Note that definition. It is the basic body in the church. A “body” is an assembly of people. It’s not an assembly only of “those people out there.” It’s at least some people, lay and clergy, from your own local church gathering with laypeople and clergy from every other local church within the bounds of your conference, along with additional officers and laity from the local churches to equal the total clergy membership of the conference. United Methodists make decisions by bringing people together to confer and decide together, that is, "to conference." These decisions do not get made by people who do not know us. They are made by people we know and have sent, all working together as one body.
Read more at this link.
- John Wesley (The Nature of Enthusiasm)
