WELCOME TO
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.
JULY 24, 2022 SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
SCAN TO GIVE OR TEXT YOUR GIFT AMOUNT TO 609-554-1128
SCAN TO CONNECT WITH US OR TEXT 'PUMC' TO 609-542-2192
ANNOUNCEMENTS PRINCETON UMC IS IN NEED OF ALTAR FLOWERS
AUG–DEC
Please consider placing flowers on the altar for a memorial or to honor someone special. Arrangements are $40. For more information, please contact Pamela Nugent, flower coordinator, at 609-771-0189 or poodleluvs@aol.com. CHANGE IN PUMC GOVERNANCE Q&A SESSIONS
TODAY & TUESDAY
This week there will be two information sessions about a proposed change in governance structure for PUMC. One will be a hybrid session at 11:30 am today. The second is a Zoom session at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, July 26. Please see this week's Happenings email or contact Tyler at tyler@princetonumc.org for the Zoom links.
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THE LORD'S PRAYER BY HEQI
THE CHURCH GATHERS
Pre-Service Music Prelude from Prelude and Caprice for Piano Walker Call to Worship Steve Garnaas-Holmes God of love, we ask you to teach us to pray. You show us your grace, and our wonder is our prayer to you. Christ, your love gives us joy. Let our gratitude be prayer to you. Holy Spirit, you fill us with your power. Let our lives be our prayer to you. And let this, our worship, bring you praise. Hymn Jesus Es Mi Rey Soberano (Spanish & English; v. 1 & 2) UMH #180 Prayer of Confession We are invited to pray: For hope, for healing, for mercy. We pray to the one who seeks to make us whole; whose will is to bring us to the fullness of life. Join me as we pray, saying, God, we confess we have not lived the lives of your beloved children. We have not held your holy presence at the center of our lives. We have followed the whims of want, chasing after much that does not satisfy. We have starved ourselves of your grace; We struggle to trust that we ourselves are forgiven, which leads to our struggle with forgiving others. Heal us, forgive us, and restore us to your kingdom. silence for prayer Words of Assurance
adapted from Thom Shuman & Steve Garnaas-Holmes Here is the good news, my friends: Christ came searching for us, calling us by name, leading us into God's kingdom. In Christ, we who are lost are found; we who are weary are restored to new life. In the name of Jesus Christ we are forgiven! In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen.
Music Ministry
"Song" opus 35, no. 23
Children's Time
Where Children Belong
Reinhold Glière TFWS #2233
Scripture Reading Luke 11: 1–13 This is the Word of Life. Thanks be to God. Sermon
Rev. Jenny Smith Walz
TO RESPOND IN FAITH Hymn
O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee
UMH #430
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
Andante espressivo from 4 Lieders for Piano
Hymn
Doxology
Hensel UMH #94
Prayer of Thanksgiving
AND SCATTERS TO BE IN THE WORLD Hymn
The Lily of the Valley
TFWS #2062
Scherzino from Cinq Pièces Brèves
Moszkowski
Benediction Postlude
PRAYER CONCERNS
SHARING IN WORSHIP TODAY Acolyte - Elizabeth Wong Liturgists - LaVerna Albury, Jae Hong Reader - Alex DiStase Musicians - Melissa Bohl, Julia Hanna Ushers - Jose Alcantara, Jim Frisbee, Ulanda Frisbee, Douglas Fullman
TO HEAR THE WORD AND REFLECT
TODAY'S FLOWERS ARE GIVEN IN LOVING MEMORY OF beloved Dad, Milton C. Dickson by Pam and Gene Nugent
Donald Jones, The People of Ukraine, Victims of Gun Violence, The Family of Joan Klaas, The Born Family, Mernel and Mary Jane, Laxman Lawrence, Suzanne, Grady, Sylvia Couvertier, Carl Pate, Jennifer, Anatalia, Vicki
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.