October 2 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

 

Adult class welcomes the Rev. Ashley Murphy

The choir shares their gifts

World Communion Sunday with Rev. Murphy

Celebration Sunday @ St. Paul's

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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Welcome... Rev. Ashley Murphy

Prelude... Lorie Courier / “Sheep Safely Graze”

*Call to Worship... Tim Cook

Children of God, welcome! Welcome to this place of love and grace.

Welcome to this place of hope and perseverance. God invites all of us to be a part of the beloved community.

God invites all of us to share in the Good News: We are welcome, just as we are. We areloved, just as we are.

In gratitude for all of this, let us worship God! Amen!

*Hymn... “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” (UMH #694)

Prayer of Confession... Tim Cook

Lord Jesus Christ, we remember with gratitude those people who generously sowed the seeds of faith in our lives. Above all. we recognize how you have blessed our lives with the gift of the Holy Spirit so that our faith has miraculously and mysteriously grown. We confess the times we fail to involve ourselves in planting any seeds of faith in the lives of others; the times when our personal agendas become more   important than yours; the times when we have denied others the opportunity to expand their faith through our lack of interest or involvement; the times when our lives become so entangled with the values of the world that we forget what you have said and done and    promised. Lord Jesus Christ, we know that when we become disconnected from you, our lives become parched and unfruitful and our faith becomes stunted and dry. Bless and renew our lives, we pray, so that we remain connected to you at all times and in all places, strengthening our faith to expand and, growing strongly and vigorously, to bear the fruit of your mercy, your love, your undying life. Amen.

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer... Rev. Murphy

Gospel Lesson: Luke 13:18-19; Matthew 13:31-32; Mark 4:30-32... Tim Cook

Choral Anthem... “We Gather at Your Table, Lord,” arranged by Walter Ehret

Sermon... Rev. Murphy / “Seeds of Faith. Seeds of Change.”

Communion / The Lord’s Prayer (UMH #12)

*Offering/Doxology (UMH #95)

*Closing Hymn... “Hymn of Promise” (UMH #707)

*Words for the Journey... Rev. Murphy

Postlude... Lorie Courier / “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”