PUMC 2.4.24

FEBRUARY 4, 2024 FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY

Over Time We Come Together | Cassie Leatham

THE CHURCH GATHERS Pre-Service Music

Spring Intermezzo from Four Seasonal Sketches King

Call to Worship

God has made all things new! We are grateful . . . with our heads, with our hearts, with our souls, and with our hands and feet!

God’s kingdom is right here - just beneath our feet! We are grateful . . . with our heads, with our hearts, with our souls, and with our hands and feet!

God is welcoming us, all the time, at every moment, into God’s open arms! We are grateful . . . with our heads, with our hearts, with our souls, and with our hands and feet!

Let us worship God together . . . with our heads, with our hearts, with our souls, and with our hands and feet!

Hymn

This is a Day of New Beginnings

UMH #383 vs 1,2,4,5

Prayer of Confession

adapted from Steven Garnaas - Holmes Gentle God, your love for us is perfect. But we confess that our love is small and feeble; we withhold it from you and from others. Cleanse us so that your love flows through . . . our heads, our hearts, our souls, and our hands and feet!

Forgive us, restore us, and fill us again with your Spirit. Recreate . . . our heads, our hearts, our souls, and our hands and feet!

So that we will love more perfectly in the Spirit of Christ! silence for prayer

Words of Assurance

We find our home in the God who always welcomes us home. God’s love pours out and fills . . . our heads, our hearts, our souls, and our hands and feet!

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

Blessed Be the Lord

Timothy Shaw

Children's Time

Where Children Belong

TFWS #2233

SHARING IN WORSHIP TODAY Acolytes - Ajube Hagan, Amissah Hagan Liturgists - Edwin Jenkins, Douglas Fullman Reader - Pearl Assan Musicians - Children’s Choir, Chancel Choir, Julia Hanna Ushers - Bob Nuse, Lou Davelman, Paul Manulik, Charles Bass

TODAY'S FLOWERS ARE GIVEN

with hope that there will be peace on earth

Scripture Reading 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 This is the Word of Life. Thanks be to God. Sermon

Reconciled in Christ

Rev. Allie Rosner Bass

TO RESPOND IN FAITH Prayers of the People Offertory

When You Break the Bread

Holy Communion

Ruth Elaine Schram UMH #13

The Lord's Prayer Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kin-dom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for yours is the kin-dom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

Prayer After Receiving

AND SCATTERS TO BE IN THE WORLD Hymn

As a Fire is Meant for Burning

FWS #2237

Benediction Postlude

Capricietto in G

Suk

PRAYER CONCERNS

Prayers for Ukraine and Russia, as well as Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon.

Prayers for their leaders to come to peaceful resolutions.

Prayers for Mark Stewart’s daughter Sarah in hospital in Edinburgh Scotland and Beth Stewart’s husband Chris just out of hospital In South but still seriously sick.

Prayers for Jiseob and Hyelim Yoon and their mother on death of their Grand mother Jeung-Soo Moon.

Prayers for Gary having surgery soon and others having surgery or experiencing sickness.

HAVE PRAYER CONCERNS?

For our Prayer Chain, call Yvonne Macdonald at 609-577-8369 or email her at yvonnee.mac@verizon.net. Email Pastor Tayler Necoechea at tayler@princetonumc.org when you or a family member is in the hospital or in need of a pastoral call.

During our season of Epiphany, our sermon series is called “Rooted.” During this time, we will be studying how life-giving and revitalizing going back to our roots can be, even when life around us and community seem to be withering or dying.

This week we focus on Reconciliation. Though reconciling relationships isn’t an easy journey, it is our duty.

The Apostle Paul tells us that we are ambassadors of God who has entrusted the ministry of reconciliation to us.

Through our acts of love, forgiveness, justice, and reconciliation, we reveal the glory and hope of God!

While studying our roots, we easily can understand the metaphor of a tree. This tree in particular is a hearty tree from the desert called a Mesquite. The roots of a mesquite tree run deep beneath the surface to reach the water table far below. Even if a tree has withered and died, it is nearly impossible to kill off. The roots will send new shoots, and life will begin to blossom once again.

As we remember the hardships of the last few years, we can envision our roots, like a mesquite’s. Despite having what feels like a spiritual drought, we are reaching for the living waters of the Holy Spirit and revitalizing our communities through finding our roots again.

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.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS FEB 7

EASTER FOCUS GROUP

Pastor Jenny is holding a focus group to explore and enhance the worship experience for the Easter season on Wednesday evening, Feb. 7, at 7 pm. The Easter worship series is called "Go Tell it on the Mountain." Please contact Tyler at tyler@princetonumc.org to lend your voice to the worship series.

ASH WEDNESDAY VOLUNTEERS If you are looking for ways to contribute to service, please consider becoming a volunteer during our Ash Wednesday service. For more information, contact Tyler at tyler@princetonumc.org

UPCOMING DURING LENT We will be diving into Lent on Ash Wednesday, February 14. Our upcoming service series is titled “Learning to Die.” Please be looking at the Happenings or keep an eye out for a lenten webpage for information on all the going-ons and opportunities during the seasons of Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. For more information on our weekly newsletter, “The Happenings,” please email Abby at abby@princetonumc.org.

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