June 2 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Welcome to St. Paul's UMC!

Flowers from Dennis & Marcia Hult's 65th anniversary

Fellowship fun!!

Let's celebrate!

Second Sunday after Pentecost 

(link to today's service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell on everyone who heard the word.” —Acts 10:44

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Louise Cook / “The Heart of God” by Janet Rand

*Call to Worship (Psalm 139:1-4)...Ben Glancy

Leader: LORD, you have examined me. You know me. People: You know when I sit down and when I stand up. Even from far away, You comprehend my plans. Leader: You study my traveling and resting. You are thoroughly familiar with all my ways. People: There isn’t a word on my tongue, LORD, that You don’t already know completely.

*Hymn...“This Little Light of Mine” (UMH #585)

Litany for an Ordinary Congregation...Ben Glancy

L: Holy God, we come together to worship, a people who would like to think that we love You with all our hearts and souls, with all our might, P: but there are so many other things in our lives that clamor for our attention that we often relegate You to Sundays and Wednesdays—and times when we want you to rescue us. 

L: Most of us really do want You to be the one in whom we live and move and have our being. We really do want to hear Your voice above all of the other voices in our lives. P: But we get bogged down in the daily routine. We forget who we are. We forget who You are. We forget what the church is supposed to be.

L: So here we are, standing before You today, with our human foibles and our short attention spans, asking that You would make yourself known to us, that you would help us to recognize the presence of the Holy, that You would continue to challenge us, inspire us, and make us into the people You want us to be. P: Amen.

—written by Katie Cook, posted on Simple Living Works

Epistle Lesson: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12...Ben Glancy

*Hymn...“Be Thou My Vison” (UMH #451)

Community prayer concerns and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer...Pastor Charles

Gospel Lesson: Mark 2:23-3:6...Pastor Charles

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “What is the cost of Sabbath?”

Communion / The Lord’s Prayer (UMH p.13)

*Hymn...“Open My Eyes, That I May See” (UMH #454)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Louise Cook / “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”