Sunday Worship Service
September 5, 2021
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
The actual worship service begins 15 minutes into the recordings.
WELCOME
OPENING SONG – We Shall Overcome (James Gutierrez and Jenny Zuk)
OPENING PRAYER
SONG – Be Still, My Soul (UM Hymnal, navy blue book, # 534)
MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES
ANTHEM – Blessed Be Your Name (Worship & Song, green hymnal, #3002) (James Gutierrez and Jenny Zuk)
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of God
Genesis 1:14-19
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day form the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights – the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. God also made the starts. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the fourth day.
GOOD NEWS – God’s Move from Night to Morning
We live in various seasons, the season of darkness and the season of light, the season of ignorance and the season of awareness, the season of mourning and the season of joy, and the season of despair and the season of hope… you name it. We live in various seasons in our life journey on earth. And yet, regardless of the season you are living now, there is always God’s move. God leads us from darkness to light, from ignorance to awareness, from mourning to joy, from despair to hope!
SONG – Now It Is Evening (Faith We Sing, black book, # 2187)
THE HOLY COMMUNION
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: God wants our love more than God wants our offerings; God cares about our hearts not the amounts of our offerings. (Hosea 6:6).
All: As we count all the blessings God has already given to us, we cheerfully give our offerings to God, the Provider, with grateful hearts. Amen! (2 Corinthians 9:7).
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER (UM Hymnal, navy blue book, # 895)
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT in the Power of God
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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 – Mourning Into Dancing (James Gutierrez and Jenny Zuk)