Gethsemane United
Methodist Church
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
“Whenever God restores something, He restores it to a place greater than it was before“— Bill Johnson
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
June 22, 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
June 22, 2025
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
GATHERING PRAISE SONG
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP: (Congregation reads the bold print)
We often feel as if we are wandering through our lives,
searching for something we cannot name.
We come today to listen for hope, to pray for strength,
and to experience God’s love.
Speak to us of faith, hope, and love, O Lord.
As the deer longs for flowing water in the wilderness,
we long to drink deeply of God’s promise for us.
Knowing God is here, we join together on our journey.
Lead us to your still waters, O Lord.
Imprisoned by rules of our own making,
we come to remember and claim our faith.
Assured by the vision of Christ,
whose sacrifice leads us to heaven,
we come in fellowship with one another.
Clothe us in the love of Christ, O Lord.
With shouts of praise and songs of thanksgiving,
we come to celebrate the God of hope,
the Spirit of peace, and the Christ of redeeming love.
We come to pray.
We come to sing.
We come to worship and praise.
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OPENING SONG: “As the Deer” #2025 (see screen) (Faith We Sing)
OLD TESTAMENT: 1 Kings 19:1-15a Courtney Carns
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.
PRAISE TEAM
NEW TESTAMENT: Luke 8:26-39
MESSAGE: “The Power of Restoration”
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 HYMN: “There is a Balm in Gilead” # 375
*SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
BENEDICTION: Spirit Song #347
