RESPONSE TO THE WORLD
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
(Please pick up a prepackaged Communion pack, when you arrive. If worshiping at home, please have a drink and bread ready.)
OFFERING
*Doxology # 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
*HYMN #369 “Blessed Assurance”
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS #733 “Marching to Zion” (V3) ————————————————————————————————-
Attendance and Financial Information – April 24, 2022 Worship –
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
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
May 1, 2022 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“God is pleased when we are thoughtful and careful and attendant to the truth simply because truth is beautiful,
as is God’s law, which we seek to follow and to bring more fully into the world.”
Holy Clarity
Feel free to place your gifts, offerings, and tithes in the container in the aisle behind the last pew, as you enter.. We thank you and may God bless each of you.
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As sisters and brothers we rise up in hope
What the Bible says about the importance of practicing together. (Eastertide Series) (Indicates people standing, if able) ————————————————- PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today.
GREETING:
You have come from afar and waited long and are wearied. Let us sit side by side,
sharing the same bread drawn from the same source to quiet the same hunger that makes us weak.
Then standing together let us share the same spirit, the same thoughts that once again draw us together in friendship and unity and peace.
WORDS OF PARDON
L: Hear the good news: Christ died for us while we were
yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
P: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven! All: Glory to God. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING Liturgist: Barbara Crain Acts 9:1-6
L. The word of God for the people of God.
P. Thanks be to God
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*HYMN #378
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”.
JOYS AND CONCERNS
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.”
(Matt 25:35 NLV)
P. Thanks be to God
SERMON “Hope Involves Decisions”
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP SCRIPTURE READING
Chris Pfleegor
L. The Word of God for the people of God
John 21:9-19
” Amazing Grace”
