A Hymn for Labor Day

 

Summoned my labour to renew,

And glad to act my part,

Lord, in Thy name my work I do,

And with a single heart.

End of my every action Thou,

In all things Thee I see:

Accept my hallowed labour now,

I do it unto Thee.

Whate’er the Father views as Thine,

He views with gracious eyes;

Jesus, this mean oblation join

To Thy great sacrifice.

Stamped with all infinite desert,

Thy work He then shall own;

Well pleased with me, when mine Thou art,

And I His favoured son.

~ Charles Wesley

This week @ St. Paul's UMC

 

Monday: Labor Day

Tuesday: 

9:00 AM, Office Hours

Wednesday:

9:00 AM, Office Hours

9:00 AM, Wednesday Weeders 

10:00 AM, Zoom Fellowship

7:30 PM, Choir Practice

Thursday:

9:00 AM, Office Hours

11:45 AM, Ladies Lunch Bunch

Saturday:   

6:00 AM, BBKC Prayer Time

9:00 AM, Chair Yoga

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost:

8:45 AM, Study class

10:15 AM, Worship 

11:15 AM, Fellowship

12:30 AM, BBKC 

Scripture lessons for September 8

The scripture lesson for next week will come to us from James 2:1-17. Our worship service will be blessed with the return of the choir after its summer hiatus. 

Link to video by new Bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference

Bishop Kristin Stoneking has shared a video to introduce herself to the Mountain Sky Conference. She started September 1, 2024.

September 1 @ St. Paul's UMC: Prayers

Joys: 

+Steve Matthews is thankful that he doesn't need surgery. 

+Belinda Alkula celebrates that the yard/garage sale being held by the Bainbridges this weekend to raise funds for the Knight's closet, has already raised more than $1,000!

+Judy Waller lifted up Abby Lagemann in our prayers as she begins a new position at Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support in Dallas, Texas.

+Pastor Charles gives thanks for the wonderful workshop he attended in Nebraska, the chance to play golf in Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri, and for the time to meet with his sister in Missouri.

+We give thanks for this week's birthdays: Dave Bishop, Jackie Bishop, Abby Lagemann, and Claudia Mills. 

+We give thanks for those participating in today's worship service: Belinda Alkula (video), Pat Cleaveland (fellowship), Tim Cook (class), Kyle Dacon (piano), Rebecca Glancy (liturgist), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), Steve Matthews (greeter), and Sally Owen (flowers).

Concerns: 

+Sally Owen lifts up her son who is starting a new job.

+Kyle Dacon asked for prayers for his girlfriend whose father passed a year ago this week.

+We lift up in our prayers Jerry Cantril who died on Friday at BCH.

+Louise Cook requests our prayers for her sister, Marjorie who is dealing with the final stage of her journey.

+Belinda and Pastor Charles lift up their friend, Rev. Judy Clark, following the death of her husband, Leon, last Wednesday.

+We lift Pastor Janeen Hill as she deals with a health issue.

+We continue to pray for those in the midst of conflict in Haiti, Yemen, South Sudan, eastern Congo, Ukraine & Russia, Gaza & Israel, and wherever else God's people are in distress.

September 1 @ St. Paul's UMC: Announcements

+Ladies Lunch Bunch will meet on Thursday, September 5, at 11:45 a.m. at Murphy’s Tap House (585 S. McCaslin Blvd, Louisville). Please R.S.V.P. by September 3 to Sally Owen (srpowen@gmail.com / 303-909-0651).

+Breakfast Fellowship will meet on Saturday, September 14, at 8:00 a.m. at Le Peep (2525 Arapahoe Ave., next to McGuckin’s hardware). No reservations necessary. All are welcome!

+Jovanka Jones is offering chair yoga classes on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. 

+St. Paul’s fall food drive for EFAA will begin next Sunday, September 8, and continue through Sunday, September 29. The most recent list of their top needs can be found at www.efaa.org/donate/food-goods. 

+Choir practice resumes on Wednesday, September 4 @ 7:30 PM.

+Kathryn Witte, Conference Secretary to Global Ministries and interim Mission    Connector for the Western Jurisdiction, will wrap up St. Paul’s Learning and Mission Teams’ joint lecture series with a talk at St. Paul’s next Sunday at 4:30 p.m. As usual, the presentation will be followed by conversation and a light dinner. Kathryn‘s talk is titled “United Methodist Global Ministries 101: How Global Ministries Engages in Mission from Everywhere to Everywhere? “ Join us for an inspiring evening!

+Traditional mental health first aid tools can be helpful to some, but for those with historically marginalized identities, the same tools– such as calling 911 during a mental health crisis– can have a harmful result. Radical Mental Health First Aid helps us reduce the risk of harm caused to our neighbors by ourselves, our neighbors, by police, and even by well-meaning health care workers and professionals working in psychiatric fields and facilities. Facilitated by Oumou Sylla, Radical mental health invites you to join a movement that is radically reimagining how care is accessed and co-created. Join us for Radical Mental Health First Aid facilitated by Oumou Sylla on Thursday, September 19th @ 6:00 -8:30 PM via Zoom. Click here to register for Radical Mental Health First Aid. 

September 1 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

(link to today's service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the God of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” —James 1:17 (NRSV)

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Kyle Dacon

*Call to Worship (inspired by Matthew 11:29 & Revelation 21:5)...Rebecca Glancy

Leader: God said, “Six days you shall labor and do all your work...

People: But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord.”

Leader: Jesus said, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden...

People: And I will give you rest.”

Leader: We come in the name of the Spirit, resting from our labors.

People: Let us worship God this day!

—posted on the Presbytery of the Cascades website

*Hymn...“Shall We Gather at the River” (UMH #723)

The Work of Your Hands Litany...Rebecca Glancy

Blessed be the works of Your hands, O Holy One.

Blessed be these hands that have touched life.

Blessed be these hands that have nurtured creativity.

Blessed be these hands that have held pain.

Blessed be these hands that have embraced with passion.

Blessed be these hands that have tended gardens.

Blessed be these hands that have closed in anger.

Blessed be these hands that have planted new seeds.

Blessed be these hands that have cleaned, washed, mopped, scrubbed.

Blessed be these hands that are wrinkled and scarred from doing justice.

Blessed be these hands that have reached out and been received.

Blessed be these hands that hold the promise of the future.

Blessed be the works of Your hands, O Holy One.

—by Diann Neu, posted on Interfaith Worker Justice

Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 51:1-10...Rebecca Glancy

Hymn...“This Is the Spirit’s Entry Now” (UMH #608)

Community prayer concerns and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles

New Testament Lesson: Acts 16:6-15...Pastor Charles

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon..."Asked and answered"...Pastor Charles

*Hymn...“Baptized in Water” (TFWS #2248)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

*Response...“God Be With You Till We Meet Again” v. 1 and chorus (UMH #672)

Postlude...Kyle Dacon