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First United MethodistChurch
Welcome and Announcements
Organ Prelude
“Lord Be Glorified” ………………..…………………………….. Choral Introduction
Gathering .…..……………………………….………………………adapted from 438
L: Forth in your name, O Lord, I go, my daily labor to pursue.
P: Resolved to know you and only you in all I think, speak, or do.
L: The task your wisdom has assigned, O let me cheerfully fulfill.
P: In all your works your presence find, and prove your good and perfect will.
L: For you I joyfully employ whatever your bounteous grace has given.
P: I run my course with even joy and closely walk with you to heaven. AMEN.
“Take My Life, and let It Be”………………….……………………………………..399
Opening Prayer …………………………...…………………….….adapted from 403
Govern all by your wisdom, O Lord, so that my soul may always be serving you as you will, and not as I may choose. Do not punish me, I
beseech you, by granting that which I wish or ask, if it offends your love, which would always live in me. Let me die to myself, that I may serve you; let me live to you, for you are the true life. Amen.
Greeting One Another
Children’s Message
Choral Anthem
Concerns and Prayers – The Lord’s Prayer (Blue Hymnal Insert)
Offertory Sentence ...…...…………………………………….… 1Cor 10:31 (NRSV)
“Whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.”
Offering – Offertory – Doxology (Blue Hymnal Insert)
Prayer of Dedication………………………………………………………Lori Broschat
Part of our being true to you, Dear Lord, is trusting our resources and our fnances to you. Help us to be true through our giving and our service. May those who came before us lead our way. Amen.
“Be Thou My Vision”………………………………………...……………………….451
Responsive Prayer for Illumination:
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today.
Prepare our hearts, O God, to accept your Word. Silence in us any voice but your own, that, hearing, we may also obey your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Colossians 3:22-25……………………………………………… (The Message)
“And don’t just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your real Master, for God, confident that you’ll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you’re serving is Christ. The sullen servant who does shoddy work will be held responsible. Being a follower of Jesus doesn’t cover up bad work.”
“Keep Up the Good Work”………………………………………….… Pastor David
“Forth in Thy Name, O Lord” …………………………………………………..…438
Dismissal with Blessing
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” (vs.1) …………………………….………672
Going Forth – Organ Postlude
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