RESPONSE TO THE WORD
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
OFFERING: Feelfreetoplaceyourgifts,offerings,andtithesinthe container in the aisle behind the last pew, as you enter. We thank you and may God bless each of you.
*HYMN #159 “Lift High the Cross” (on screen) *SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS: “The Blessing” .
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December Expenses $38,043.81
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
PO Box 185 369 Allport Cutoff Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860 Pastor’schurchofficehours: Mon.,Tues,&Wed. 9am-12pm
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
” Difficult Conversations”
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
February 25, 2024 9:00am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“Listening well is one of the most powerful skills you can bring to a dicult conversation.”
― Douglas Stone, Difficult Conversations:
How to Discuss What Matters Most
2nd Sunday in Lent
February 25, 2024
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:
Leader: What kind of Messiah is Jesus?
People: He is the Messiah who teaches that he will lose his life and who calls us to lose our lives in order to save our lives. Leader: How does it feel to follow a Messiah whose teachings and call are so hard and uncomfortable?
People: Some feel fear and anger, while others feel uncertain and anxious, and still others feel resolute and ready to follow.
Leader: Lenten travelers, we are not alone in our feelings about following Jesus as our Messiah. It is a hard road. The blessing is that we do not travel it alone.
People: Thanks be to God that we share this journey with Jesus and one another as we lose our lives for the sake of the gospel to save our lives through Jesus, our Messiah. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING
Amber Gisewhite
Genesis 17: 1 – 7
*OPENING HYMN
“Father I Adore You”
(page 2038 in the Faith We Sing)
(on screen)
L. The word of God for the people of God.
P. Thanks be to God
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE “Jesus Loves Me”
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.
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION (In unison after prayer)
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, o n 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)
GREETING AND SHARING GOD’S PEACE
Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.
SCRIPTURE READING Pastor Julia Piper
Mark 8:31-38
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God.
MESSAGE: ” Difficult Conversations”
