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
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.
*Doxology # 95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
*HYMN“Lord Prepare Me, to be a Sanctuary “ (Words on screen)
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS #347 ” Spirit Song”
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Gethsemane United Methodist Church
PO Box 185
369 Allport Cutoff
Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860
Pastor’s church office hours : Mon., Tues, & Wed. 9 – 12 am
Parsonage Telephone: 814-345-6931
Pastor Julia Cell: 814-883-8602
Daycare telephone: 814-345-3809
Church Email address: gumc.office@gmail.com
Church Website: www.gethsemanechurch.org
WiFi Password: Trustinchrist
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
November 6, 2022
9:00 am
Also available by
Streaming Facebook, or join us in your car
with the radio tuned to 94.1 FM.
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ,
as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“To be a Saint is not a privilege for the few,
but a vocation for everyone.”
Pope Francis
22th Sunday after Pentecost
November 6, 2022
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In our friendship, we are a people of Spirit
*What the Bible says about the experience of the Spirit.
(Pentecost Series)
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PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today.
CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader: Today you are invited to remember and celebrate all who follow Jesus.
People: Today we gather with the Great Cloud of Witnesses, remembering their commitment, love, and journey with Christ.
Leader: As we remember each life that “took up their cross and followed Christ, may we also be “re-membered.”
People: Let us be transformed by the Holy Spirit to be more like Christ.
Leader: May the God who created each generation create in us a new heart that exemplifies Christ in the current generation and future generations.
People: May new life rise from each of our hearts as we receive new life and joy, always remembering “The Joy of the Lord is our strength.”
OPENING PRAYER:
Holy God, we give you thanks for all the saints. As we worship you today, may we encounter your Holy Presence and experience your life-transforming grace. We ask this in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING Liturgist: Judy Larson
Ephesians 1:11-23
L. The word of God for the people of God.
P. Thanks be to God
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2 /(United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.)
*HYMN #711 “ For All the Saints“
(Words on screen)
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)
SCRIPTURE READING Reverend Julia Piper
Luke 6:20-31
L. The Word of God for the people of God
P. Thanks be to God
SERMON ” Remembering the Saints”
-Embracing the Legacy
