Sunday Worship Service
January 7, 2024 – 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
Waltz in G minor
OPENING PRAYER
† SONG – Together
Together We Serve – Faith We Sing (black book) #2175
CHILDREN’S TIME WITH A MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES
NEW MEMBER RECEPTION
All: We give thanks for all that God has already given you and we welcome you in Christian love. As members together with you in the body of Christ and in this congregation of The United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness, that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of God
SCRIPTURE READING
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
GOOD NEWS
What Makes Christian Faith Special?
† SONG – Together
One Bread, One Body – UM Hymnal (blue book) # 620
THE HOLY COMMUNION (The Communion bread is gluten, egg, and dairy-free)
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: Gracious God, we believe in You who know the shape and form of our weariness.
People: We believe in You who want joy and delight for us, not just survival and existence.
Pastor: We bring our joy and our weariness like two sides of the same coin, and we trust that You are already at work.
People: We believe in You who are not done dreaming for the world, who send hope in the form of people and change, movements and Spirit.
All: So we decide to participate in Your ministry in and through us with our prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness. Thanks be to God! Amen.
OFFERING (Let us count God’s blessings upon us while listening to the offertory.)
Anthem
PRAYING TOGETHER
THE LORD’S PRAYER – UM Hymnal (blue book) # 895
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
Fandango