Gethsemane United
Methodist Church
PO Box 185
369 Allport Cutoff
Allport, PA 16821
Church Office Telephone: 814-345-6860
Church Office Hours: Mon-Fri. 9 am – 12 pm
Pastor’s office hours: Mon., Tues, & Wed. 9 am- 12 pm
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
If you would like to sponsor the bulletin in honor/memory of someone or some event, the cost is $20. Please call church office 814-345-6860 with the information for the bulletin.
If you would like to purchase flowers for the altar for Sunday morning worship, there is a sign-up sheet on bulletin board by sanctuary entrance. Then please call church office 814-345-6860 and give the information for the bulletin.
Gethsemane United Methodist Church
May 10, 2026
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Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ,
as we gather for
Praise, Prayer, Word and Worship!
GETHSEMANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
May 10, 2026
PREPARATION AND PRAISE
GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING PRAYER: (in unison)
Gracious God, thank You for being the Cornerstone of our lives and for ‘preparing a place’ where we belong. Today, we thank You for family, friends, and mentors who helped build our faith, block by block.
As we worship, shape us into ‘living stones’—fitted together by Your love and nurtured by Your grace—to build a home that lasts forever. Through Jesus Christ, our Foundation and our Way, Amen.”
*OPENING CHORUS: “Faith of Our Mothers” (see insert)
EPISTLE LESSON: 1 Peter 2:2–10
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE: “Jesus Loves Me”
SONG OF PRAYER: “Lord Listen to Your Children Praying” # 2193
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
GOSPEL LESSON: John 14:1-14
MESSAGE: A Home Built to Last
HOLY COMMUNION-“Lord Prepare Me, to Be a Sanctuary”
#2164 In The Faith We Sing (sing during Holy Communion)
OFFERING AND TRADITIONAL DOXOLOGY
*CLOSING HYMN: “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds” #557
SENDING FORTH WITH BLESSING
*BENEDICTION SONG: “Spirit Song” #347
*Please stand if comfortable. Thank you.
