HOLY COMMUNION
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 # 261 “Lord of the Dance” ( on screen) *SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS #347 ” Spirit Song” (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
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
June 2, 2024 9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
“A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.”
Henry Ward Beecher
2nd Sunday after Pentecost
June 2, 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 at Gethsemane today.
SCRIPTURE READING Dana Bean
1 Samuel 3:1-20
L. The word of God for the people of God.
OPENING PRAYER (in unison):
(on screen)
“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, 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.
SCRIPTURE READING Julia Piper
Mark 2:23-3:6
L. The word of God for the people of God. P. Thanks be to God
MESSAGE: “Sabbath Rhythms”
Holy and Gracious God, we come to worship you on this day you have set aside for us. On this Sabbath Day, help us to find our connectionwithyou,eachother,andourselves. Aswespendtime
in this sacred space, may we be renewed and transformed by your Holy Spirit. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.
OPENING HYMN:
77
” How Great Thou Art” (on screen)
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2 /CCLI#15041408 (United Methodist Book of Worship 1965, ALT.) Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal Truths”, p.251
P. Thanks be to God
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
“Jesus Loves Me”
