RESPONSE TO THE WORLD
OFFERING
We ask that you mail or drop off your gifts, offerings, and tithes. We thank you and may God bless each of you.
*Doxology # 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” *HYMN #402 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” *SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS #666 “Shalom to You”
Attendance and Financial Information – September 12, 2021
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
September 19, 2021 9:00 am
Also available by
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If you have an infant or child with you starting 9/26
(newborn to three years old), please feel free to use the staffed nursery at the end of the first hallway. ——————————————————————————————
Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“It is our responsibility,
as children to God,
to use relational power in a way
that will be both pleasing to God and transforming with each other.”
Worship –58
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Gethsemane United Methodist Church
PO Box 185 369 Allport Cutoff Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860 Parsonage Telephone: 814-345-6931 Daycare telephone: 814-345-3809 Church Email address: gumc.office@gmail.com Church Website: www.gethsemanechurch.org WiFi Password: Trustinchrist
Robert C. Linthicum
17th Sunday after Pentecost
September 19, 2021
Who my brothers and sisters are
*What the Bible says about the importance of practicing together.
(Fall Series)
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today.
OPENING PRAYER
“O God, make the door of this house wide enough
to receive all who need human love and fellowship, narrow enough to shut out envy, pride, and strife.
Make its threshold smooth enough
to be no stumbling-block to children, nor to straying feet, but rugged and strong enough to turn back evil’s power.
God, make the door of this house
the gateway to you eternal kingdom.”
SCRIPTURE READING Liturgist: Judy Larson James 3:13-18
L. The word of God for the people of God.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
Let us welcome the children: “Jesus Loves Me”. “Jesus loves me! This I know. For the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong; they are weak, but he is strong. Yes! Jesus loves me, Yes! Jesus loves me. Yes! Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so”.
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION (In unison after prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
SHARING LOVE & PEACE IN PLACE
“For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.”
P. Thanks be to God HYMN #369
“Blessed Assurance”
P. Thanks be to God
SERMON “Those who Care for God’s Children”
PRAISE AND WORSHIP SCRIPTURE READING
Chris Pfleegor
L. The Word of God for the people of God
Mark 9:30-37
(Matt 25:35 NLV)
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