Today’s Meditation Verse: "Love should be shown without pretending. Hate evil and hold on to what is good.” —Romans 12:9
Welcome...Rev. Janeen Hill
Prelude...Hyeji Park / “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart,” by Frederick Cook Atkinson
*Call to Worship (Inspired by Romans 12:2, John 17:14-19)...Amy Abshire
We are called to be people of faith in the midst of the world, And so, we mix our worship and our work, our faith and our life. We gather here as people who live in the world and yet, We gather as people who have been called to see the world from a different viewpoint. God has called us together; God has called us to be part of a community. God challenges us to consider questions of priority as we engage with the world. In this time together, May God open our hearts, minds, and eyes, Allowing us to see deeper, helping us to live in the world while still offering a challenge to the ways of the world. We pray in Jesus’s name. Amen.
—posted by Worship Offerings, http://worshipofferings.blogspot.ca/
*Hymn...“We Gather Together” (UMH #131)
A Blessing for Workers and All Seeking Work...Amy Abshire
Blessed are You, ever-creating God, for in Your image, our lives are made; in Your glory, we offer all the work of our hearts and hands and minds. Blessed are You, O God, now and forever! Blessed are you whose work is repaid, for by your work and by the payment you receive, your lives and the lives of others around you and around the world are blessed. We thank God for you day by day. Blessed are you whose work is unpaid, who offer what you can to enrich the lives of others, through time, talents, skill, strength, and love. We praise God for your generous labor! Blessed are you who seek work but have not found it, or whose work now is not yet what it may be, yet still you seek, that your gifts may be shared more fully. We praise God for your diligent seeking and pray you may soon find! Yours is the glory in their labors. Yours be the glory in all our lives, in Jesus’s name. Amen.
—Prayer from The UMC General Board of Discipleship, 2015
Community prayer requests, concerns, celebrations, and Pastoral Prayer...Rev. Janeen Hill
Old Testament Lesson: Exodus 1:8-11; 1:15-20; 2:1-10...Amy Abshire
Special Music...Hyeji Park / “People Need the Lord,” by Phill McHugh and Greg Nelson
New Testament Lesson: Matthew 16:13-20...Rev. Janeen Hill
This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Sermon...Rev. Janeen Hill / “A Question of Identity”
Communion / The Lord’s Prayer (See insert)...Rev. Janeen Hill
*Hymn...“I Have Decided to Follow Jesus” (TFWS #2129)—We will sing verses 1-3 and then repeat verse 1.
*Words for the Journey...Rev. Janeen Hill
Postlude...Hyeji Park / “Come into His Presence,” by Lynn Baird
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