RESPONSE TO THE WORLD SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
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: What can I give him? Poor as I am, If I were a shepherd, I would give a lamb. If I were a wise man, I would do my part;
Yet what I can I give him: Give him my heart
*HYMN #431 “Let There Be Peace On Earth” (Words on screen)
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS #251 “Go Tell It On the Mountain” (chorus, verse 1, chorus)
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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
December 4, 2022 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
” Peace – It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”
–Author Unknown
2nd Sunday of Advent
December 4, 2022
In our friendship, we are a people of Spirit
*What the Bible says about the experience of the Spirit.
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today.
OPENING PRAYER:
Holy and Almighty God, thank you for the season of Advent. As we gather for worship, help us to become more aware of your peace that you bring us in our frenzied lives. Remind us that you are the one who calms our anxieties, fears, and chaos. Let us turn our hearts toward you and receive your peace. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
LIGHTING OF THE ADVENT CANDLE:
SCRIPTURE READING: Liturgist: Missy Maines Isaiah 11:1-10
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Let us welcome the children:
Away in a manger no crib for a bed; The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head; The stars in the bright sky
looked down where He lay; The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay
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 Matthew 3:1-12
L. The Word of God for the people of God
P. Thanks be to God
SERMON A Charlie Brown Reflection: “Seeking Peace”
L. The word of God for the people of God.
P. Thanks be to God
216 ” Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming”
1 /CCLI#1492484
2 /(United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.)
*HYMN
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