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
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA”The storm is the test, the sunshine is the reward. Storms strengthen you more than sunshine. Count your trials, not your triumphs.” www.goodreads.com
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
May 18, 2025
9:00 am
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ,
as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
GETHSEMANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
May 18, 2025
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP: (Psalm 148) (Congregation reads the bold)
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord from the heavens.
Praise God from the heights!
Praise the Lord, you angels.
Sing praise, you heavenly host!
Praise the Lord, O sun and moon.
Join in song, O shining stars!
Praise the Lord, snow and rain.
Blow loud, wind and storm!
Praise the Lord, O trees.
Dance with joy, O birds!
Praise the Lord, women and men.
Rejoice, children and rulers!
Praise the Lord, weak and strong.
Sing for joy, timid and bold!
Praise the Lord, mothers and aunts.
Give praise, grandfathers and cousins!
Let all creation praise God’s name!
Praise the Lord!
OPENING SONG: Heavenly Sunshine” (Sing chorus three times) :
Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine!
Flooding my soul with glory divine!
Heavenly sunshine, heavenly sunshine!
Hallelujah, Jesus is mine!
EPISTLE READING: Acts 14:21-27 Steve Bell
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE “Jesus Loves Me” (on screen)
SONG OF PRAYER: “Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying” (on screen”
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.
EPISTLE READING: Revelation 21:1-5a
MESSAGE: “Moving from Trials to Triumph”
HOLY COMMUNION
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
OFFERING: Feel free to place your gifts, offerings, and tithes in the
container in the aisle behind the last pew. We thank you and may God bless each of you.
CLOSING SONG “There’s Within My Heart A Melody” #380
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
CLOSING CHORUS “Spirit Song” #347
