Worship Service
October 25, 2020
Note: The prelude begins 15 minutes into the video and the audio file
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
PRELUDE
WELCOME
OPENING PRAYER
We are grateful, O God, for this time which brings us together.
For the glories and blessings of this morning, thank you.
For the ways you are always working for good in the world, thank you.
Like the sun that is far away and yet close at hand to warm us,
So your Spirit is ever present and around us.
Come Creator into our lives once again.
We live and move and have our very being in you.
Open now the windows of our souls as we worship you. Amen.
(Portion of prayer from the United Methodist Clergywomen’s Consultation, 20th century)
SONG – Nearer, My God, to Thee UM Hymnal # 528
CHILDREN’S TIME
SONG – When I Look into Your Holiness
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of Jesus Christ
EXODUS 35:21-22, 29
21 All whose hearts were willing and whose spirits were moved
came and brought their sacred offerings to the LORD. They
brought all the materials needed for the Tabernacle, for the
performance of its rituals, and for the sacred garments. 22 Both
men and women came, all whose hearts were willing. They
brought to the LORD their offerings of gold—brooches, earrings,
rings from their fingers, and necklaces. They presented gold
objects of every kind as a special offering to the LORD.
29 All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to
the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through
Moses had commanded them to do.
2 CORINTHIANS 9:7
7 You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And
don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves
a person who gives cheerfully.”
STWEARDSHIP TESTIMONY
GOOD NEWS How Do You Respond to God’s “qorban, Come Near” Invitation?
SONG – Freely, Freely UM Hymnal # 389
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
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT in the Power of the Holy Spirit
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.