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Princeton United Methodist Church We are a diverse faith community, engaged in enlivening spiritually thirsty people to joyfully respond to God’s love and grow as disciples of Christ, so that together we may experience the fullness of life.
NOVEMBER 13, 2022 TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
LAITY SUNDAY NOVEMBER 20 At Princeton UMC, we believe that we are all engaged in enlivening spiritually thirsty people: laity and clergy alike! Thus we celebrate the leadership of our laity next Sunday with Laity Sunday. This will be a worship service fully led by our lay people, from speakers to musicians! HELP US FINISH 2022 STRONG! TODAY Give a year-end gift and if you did make a pledge for this year (2022), please fulfill that pledge. This will help us continue to feed and be fed and help us live into our mission of being a diverse faith community, engaged in enlivening spiritually thirsty people to joyfully respond to God’s love and grow as disciples of Christ, so that together we may experience the fullness of life. Thank you for partnering with PUMC! NOV. 30, DEC. 7 & 14 | 7:30 PM CALLING ALL SINGERS If you love singing Christmas carols, please consider joining the chancel choir for our annual Christmas concert. Rehearsals are on Nov. 30, Dec. 7, and 14 at 7:30 pm in the music room. Please contact Hyosang at hyosang@princetonumc.org for more info.
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS BY JEN NORTON
THE CHURCH GATHERS Pre-Service Music
Improvisations #3
Amy Beach
Call to Worship Psalm 100 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all of you, from every land. Serve the Lord with gladness and come before God's presence with singing! Know that the Lord is God; it is God who has made us, and not we ourselves. We are God's people, and the sheep of God's pasture. Enter into God's gates with thanksgiving! And into God's courts with praise. Be thankful unto God and bless God's name! For the Lord is good and God's mercy is everlasting. And God's truth endures to all generations! Hymn
From All That Dwells Below the Skies
UMH #101
adapted from Thom Shuman Prayer of Confession When we offer our prayers of confession, God takes them from us and fills our hearts with such an abundance of mercy, we cannot hold it all. Please join me as we pray together, saying, God, we are aware that at times we are empty. We too often fill our souls with things that do not satisfy. We are careful to follow the prescriptions our doctors give us, yet pay little heed to your hopes for us. We puff our chests out over what good people we are, yet do not notice how our pride trips those who seek to follow Jesus. Forgive us, Holy One, and be gracious to us: astound us with your words, so we may learn your ways; nourish us with your mercy, so we may be filled with life; enter our empty souls, till they overflow with praise. silence for prayer
Words of Assurance Of all of the astounding work and word of God, this may be most wonderful: God is gracious and merciful to us. God calls us beloved. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen.
TO HEAR THE WORD AND REFLECT
Music Ministry Ask, Seek, Knock Nancy Raabe Children's Time Where Children Belong TFWS #2233 Scripture Reading Deuteronomy 5:1-21 This is the Word of Life. Thanks be to God. Sermon Rev. Jenny Smith Walz
TO RESPOND IN FAITH
Reception of New Members Hymn I Am Thine, O Lord Prayers of the People
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, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Offertory
SHARING IN WORSHIP TODAY Acolytes - Andrew & Raphael Aryeetey, Jr. Liturgists - Emelia Timpo, Rick Engel Reader - Anna Griffiths Musicians - Julia Hanna, Children's Choir, Chancel Choir Ushers - Ida Cahill, Bhanu Prakash, Vasanth Victor, Bright Rajaratnam, Tom Sandford, Ed Febinger
In memory of Austin and Judy Doren
A New Commandment
Hymn
Doxology
Thomas Tallis UMH #94
Prayer of Thanksgiving
AND SCATTERS TO BE IN THE WORLD
Hymn Benediction Postlude
TODAY'S FLOWERS ARE GIVEN BY PHIL AND CINDY DOREN
UMH #45 UMH #419
Lord, I Want to be a Christian
Divertissement from Niñerías Series 2
UMH #402
Joaquín Turina
PRAYER CONCERNS
Donald Jones, Ian Griffiths, Larry Curtis, Barbara Johnson, and their families; Louis, Sheila, Samantha, Lula, and others who are hurt or seriously ill.
HAVE PRAYER CONCERNS?
For our Prayer Chain, call Mary Lib Stewart at 609-632-1973 or contact Yvonne Macdonald at yvonnee.mac@verizon.net. Email Pastor Jae Hong at jae@princetonumc.org when you or a family member is in the hospital or in need of a pastoral call.