GREETING AND SHARING GOD’S PEACE
Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.
WORSHIP TEAM:
SCRIPTURE READING Julia Piper
Mark 1:1-8
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God
MESSAGE: “BeingPresent: Peace” RESPONSE TO THE WORD
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
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.
“Being Present: Peace””
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
December 10, 2023 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“ Don’t let people pull you into their storm. Pull them into your peace.” –Kimberly Jones
*HYMN ” I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day “
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
( on screen )
CLOSING CHORUS “Shalom to You ” ( on screen) ————————————————————————————————-
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Gethsemane United Methodist Church
PO Box 185 369 Allport Cutoff Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860 Pastor’schurchofficehours: Mon.,Tues,&Wed. 9-12am
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
2 nd Sunday of Advent
December 10, 2023
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING and ANNOUNCEMENTS GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
We are excited that you are worshiping with Gethsemane today. CALL TO WORSHIP:2
Reader: We unwrap a present on this second Sunday of Advent with great anticipation for the gift that God will reveal.
People: We open our hearts as we open the gift!
Reader: The promise of Peace is the Divine Gift we receive. People: And what will we do with it?
Reader: The gift of Christ’s peace reminds us that we can have serenity
even in the midst of non-peaceful situations.
Peace is not simply the absence of conflict.
Peace is an ever-present gift that we can open at any time
when we stop, breathe, and trust that we are never alone.
And the gift of peace we can give is to be present for those who feel alone.
A member of the Advent family lights the candle here.
People: We light this Candle of Peace as a sign that we will be Present with Peace in the world.
Sing chorus:
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2 /CCLI#15041408 (United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.) McFee, Marcia. The Gift of Being Present. Worship Design Studio. 2023
[congregation joins singers in this repeat of the song]
What can I give Him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb; If I were a Wise [One], I would do my part; Yet what can I give Him: I will give my heart
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*HYMN #431 “Let There Be Peace on Earth” ( on screen) SCRIPTURE READING: Judy Larson
Isaiah 40: 1-11
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God
JOYS AND CONCERNS “I Cast All My Cares Upon You”
I cast all my cares upon you.
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet. And anytime that I don’t know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE “Jesus Loves Me”
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)
