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 #707 “Hymn of Promise” (on screen) *SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSINGCHORUS: “MaytheRoadRiseUptoMeetYou”–IrishBlessing May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be at your back.
May the sunshine warm upon your face.
May the rain fall softly on your fields, and until we meet again, may youkeepsafeinthegentle,lovingarmsofGod. (Repeat)
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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
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
March 17, 2024 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
” When we come to Christ, we’re no longer the most important person in the world to us; Christ is.
Instead of living only for ourselves, we have a higher goal: to live for Jesus.”
–Billy Graham
5 th Sunday of Lent
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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 at Gethsemane today.
CALL TO WORSHIP: (congregation reads the bold)
This is the Lenten journey—to learn to love God and love our
neighbors just as Jesus showed us.
Our journey teaches us to lose our lives to God as we find and follow Christ in our service to others.
Come, let us worship God who caravans with us on this road to the cross.
Come, let us Worship! Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING
Missy Maines
*OPENING HYMN #338 ________________________________________________
1 /CCLI#1492484
2 /CCLI#15041408 (United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.) Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock,
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, 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)
GREETING AND SHARING GOD’S PEACE
Sharing Joy by greeting each other from where you are seated.
PRAISE TEAM
SCRIPTURE READING Pastor Julia Piper
John 12:20-33
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God
MESSAGE: ” Letting Go “
“Where He Leads Me” (on screen)
(vs. 1 & 4)”
P. Thanks be to God
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
“Jesus Loves Me”
“I Cast All My Cares Upon You”
Jeremiah 31:31-34
L. The word of God for the people of God.
Discipleship Ministries, October 2023. Adapted 03/11/24
