SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Jubilee | by Lauren Wright Pitman
THECHURCHGATHERS
Pre-ServiceMusic SonatainDK478 Scarlatti
CalltoWorship adaptedfromFeastingontheWordWorshipCompanion
LetusofferspiritualsacrificesacceptabletoGod,throughJesusChrist ourrisenLord
Amen!ThanksbetoGod.
Hymn MotheringGod,YouGaveMeBirth FWS#2050
PrayerofConfession
adaptedfromFeastingontheWordWorshipCompanion
AlmightyGod,yourwordoffersfreedomfromsin,butweconfessthatwe havenotobeyedyourword.
Wehaveharboredmalicetowardourenemies;wehavebeendeceitful inourrelationships;wehavebeeninsincereinourcommitments; throughgossipwehaveslanderedourfriends.
Forgiveusoursinsandleadustogenuinerepentance.Helpyour childrenlongforyourpure,spiritualmilkthatwemaygrowintothejoy ofsalvationthroughJesusChrist.Amen.
WordsofAssurance
silence for prayer
BelovedsiblingsinChrist,onceyouwerenotapeople,butnowyouare God’speople;onceyouhadnotreceivedmercy,butnowyouhave receivedmercy.
InthenameofJesusChrist,weareforgiven!ThanksbetoGod! Alleluia!Amen.
TOHEARTHEWORDANDREFLECT
MusicMinistry ManyGifts,OneSpirit M.L.Lightfoot
Children'sTime WhereChildrenBelong TFWS#2233
ScriptureReading Acts4:1-13 ThisistheWordofLife ThanksbetoGod.
Acolyte - Sequoah Hadley, Edie Potts
Liturgists - Anna Griffiths, Raphael Aryeetey
Reader - Karen Longo-Baldwin
Musicians- Joan Nuse, Julia Hanna
Ushers - Tim Ewer, Edwin Francisco, Francia Francisco, Ian Griffiths
INTHANKSGIVINGFORALL YOURBLESSINGS
Sermon
Rev.JennySmithWalz
TORESPONDINFAITH
Hymn
PrayersofthePeople
TheLord'sPrayer
TheGiftofLove
UMH#408
OurFather,whoartinheaven,hallowedbeyourname.Yourkingdom come;yourwillbedoneonearthasitisinheaven.Giveusthisdayour dailybread;andforgiveusourtrespassesasweforgivethosewho trespassagainstus.Andleadusnotintotemptation,butdeliverusfrom evil.Foryoursisthekingdom,thepower,andthegloryforever.Amen.
Offertory
SonatainDK534
Hymn Doxology
PrayerofThanksgiving
Scarlatti
UMH#94
ANDSCATTERSTOBEINTHEWORLD
Hymn
Benediction
Postlude
WeareMarching
FWS#2235b
SonatainDK430
PRAYERCONCERNS
Scarlatti
Prayersforthesick,hospitalized,lonely,homelessanddepressed, andforallwhocareforthem.
PrayersespeciallyforDavidPotts,Sr,andMichael PrayersfortheHaitianAmericanCommunityinSpringfield,Ohio.Maywebe remindedofourobligationtoloveallofGod’schildren. PrayersforpeopleofIsrael,Palestine,UkraineandRussiaandallotherplaces inwar Prayfortheirleaderstocometopeacefulresolutions Prayersforourleadersduringthiscontentiouselectionseason.Maythosein electedofficeengageinconstructiverhetoricthatseekstobridge,ratherthan exacerbate,ourpartisandivides
HAVEPRAYERCONCERNS?
ForourPrayerChain,callYvonneMacdonaldat609-577-8369 oremailheratyvonneemac@verizonnet EmailPastorTaylerNecoecheaat tayler@princetonumc.orgwhenyouorafamilymemberisinthehospitalorinneed ofapastoralcall.
Weareadiversefaithcommunity, engagedinenliveningspirituallythirstypeople tojoyfullyrespondtoGod’slove andgrowasdisciplesofChrist, sothattogetherwemayexperiencethefullnessoflife
ANNOUNCEMENTS
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