Sunday Worship Service
October 16, 2022 – 10:30am
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
The actual worship service begins 15 minutes into the recordings.
WELCOME
Welcome! We are grateful that God has brought us together. If you are a first time visitor, please send Pastor Jinwoo an email at pastor@saint-matthews.org. We would love to stay in contact with you. Thank you.
OPENING SONG
Thy Word
OPENING PRAYER
† SONG Together
It Is Well With My Soul UM Hymnal (blue book) # 377
CHILDREN’S TIME WITH A MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES
ANTHEM
Ain’t That Good News
1 I got a crown up in-a that kingdom. Ain’t-a that good news!
2 I got a robe up in-a that kingdom. Ain’t-a that good news!
3 I got a Savior in-a that kingdom. Ain’t-a that good news!
Refrain:
I’m-a gonna lay down this world, gonna shoulder up-a my cross.
Gonna take it home-a to my Jesus. Ain’t-a that good news!
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of God
SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 50:15-21; Romans 8:28; 2 Corinthians 12:9
GOOD NEWS
In the Place of God or In God’s Place?
† SONG Together
Just a Closer Walk with Thee Faith We Sing (black book) # 2158
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: Let us give thanks to God for God’s gifts so generously given to us.
People: We give thanks to God and recognize that all things come from God.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to God for the blessings we are called to share.
People: We give thanks to God and decide to be a part of Your ministry for and through St. Matthew’s with all that we have and with all that we are.
All: We give thanks to God with our hearts and in our actions. Amen.
PRAYING TOGETHER
THE LORD’S PRAYER UM Hymnal (blue book) # 895
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT by the power of God
LIFE OF ST. MATTHEW’S COMMUNITY
† BLESSING AND SENDING
May the grace and peace of Christ be with you, my friends.
Go and share the love of God, love that never ends.
CLOSING SONG
Wounded World That Cries for Healing (v. 1 & 3) The Faith We sing (black book) # 2177
Wounded world that cries for healing. Here we hold each other’s pain.
Wounded systems, bruised and bleeding, bear the load, the scars of strain;
dollars ration out compassion, hard decisions rule the day,
Jesus of the healing Spirit, free us to another way!
Honor those whose loving spirit nurses hope, restores and heals,
towel and basin used in service, like the Christ who comes and kneels;
in the tending, in the mending, may we see the right and fair.
In our common quest for wholeness, heal each other by our care.