WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT
"ON A MISSION FROM GOD" MATTHEW 13:24-30, 36-43
SUNDAY • JULY 19, 2020 11:00AM LIVE STREAM
WELCOME! Welcome to Centenary United Methodist Church. Thank you for worshiping with us today! We are grateful for your presence and invite you to participate in our worship, program and ministry life here at Centenary. We hope the worship will inspire and comfort you as we hear God’s message proclaimed. During this time, now more than ever, may the grace and love of Christ surround you.
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OUR MISSION “The mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”
PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP PREACHING
The Reverend Dr. P. Glenn Kinken III
LITURGISTS
The Reverend Susannah Pittman The Reverend Bret Cogan
MUSIC
Jonathan Emmons, organ Martha Bassett, mezzo-soprano Jacob Patrick, tenor
THE CHANCEL FLOWERS
The Chancel flowers are given in honor of and in loving memory of Frances Ann Wall Pollock by her mother.
Musical texts are printed with permission. One License A-707342
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COVER PHOTO: Easter Sunday Morning at Centenary 2020 by Doug Peninger
LET US WORSHIP Seventh Sunday after Pentecost • 11:00 am • July 19, 2020
THE COMMUNITY GATHERS VOLUNTARY
I Will Arise and Go to Jesus — arr. Mark Hayes
GREETING INTROIT
Now I Walk in Beauty — NAVAJO BLESSING Now I walk in beauty. Beauty is before me. Beauty is behind me, above and below me.
CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 (In Unison)
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
HYMN
(found on page six)
#97 For the Fruits of This Creation — AR HYD Y NOS
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
After each prayer, the leader may conclude: Lord, in your mercy. All may respond: Hear our prayer. 3
THE LORD'S 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
WE HEAR THE WORD PROCLAIMED CANTICLE
The Plow — Sarah Howell-Miller Pain cuts like a plow into the ground, the ground of your being, the earth of your heart. Watch the soil turn, churning and hurting, preparing for new life to start. Why dig so deep? Why make me bleed? I've grown attached to this grass and these weeds. One day, I'm told, a garden will grow, but all that I'm doing is kicking up stones. So furrow the ground and furrow your brow. Nobody promised that you'd never fall. Wipe off the sweat. Take a deep breath now, and leave yourself spaces for awe. Look for the birds eating the worms, dug up and brought to the surface, in turn two seeds are sown. Just one will grow. What will take root or die, nobody knows. No, don't look behind, nose to the grind, eyes straight ahead, just keep doing your part. Once you complete the tilling and weeding, the barrenness might break your heart. But listen in close. Still there's a pulse, the heartbeat of mystery that cannot be known. This desolate dirt, the lungs of the earth are sighing in labor and groaning for birth.
SCRIPTURE Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’ “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. “The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’ “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.” He answered, “The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. “As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear. (NIV) This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
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SERMON
"On a Mission from God"
WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT INVITATION TO OFFERING OFFERTORY
All Good Gifts — Stephen Schwartz We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land but it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand. He sends us snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain, the breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain. All good gifts around us are sent from Heaven above so thank the Lord, oh thank the Lord for all his love. We thank thee then, O Father, for all things bright and good, the seedtime and the harvest, our life our health our food. No gifts have we to offer for all thy love imparts but that which thou desirest, our humble thankful hearts! I really wanna thank you Lord.
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Almighty God, giver of every good and perfect gift, teach us to render to you all that we have and all that we are, that we may praise you, not with our lips only, but with our whole lives, turning the duties, the sorrows, and the joys of all our days into a living sacrifice to you; through our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
WE GO AS GOD'S PEOPLE INTO THE WORLD HYMN
(found on page seven) BENEDICTION
VOLUNTARY
#694 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come — ST. GEORGE'S WINDSOR May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. Amen. Festive Trumpet Tune — David German
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In Memoriam Willis Jackson (Jack) Grant III July 2, 2020 The ministers and members of Centenary Church extend their deepest sympathy to the bereaved family and pray they may know the comfort and peace of our Heavenly Father.
FOR THE RECORD July 7 - July 13, 2020 Worship Attendance
Contributions
11:00 am Live Stream Roots Revival
605 132
Total
737
Virtual Sunday School (Includes Adult Formation & Youth)
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Offering Special Gifts Centenary Fund Capital Campaign
$40,857 6,000 500 15,900
Total
$63,257
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