UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE ORDER FOR WORSHIP

 

November 20, 2005                                                                                                         The last Sunday after Pentecost

9:25 a.m. o’clock                                                                                                                               Liturgical Color:  White

Keep silence, friend, for some have come to cast their care on God today, and some to praise from thankful hearts; and some ‘Thy Kingdom come’ to pray.  Keep silence, let Him speak anew to every heart – perhaps to you.

 (The asterisk (*) designates when the congregation will please stand.
Worshipers who find standing difficult are invited to remain seated. 
Bold print is read or sung by the congregation.
Worshipers are encouraged to turn off their cell phones while they are in the sanctuary. )

 

 

  THE WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

(You are invited to sign and pass the Ritual of Friendship pads.
When it reaches the end of the pew, please pass it back so that all may note those worshiping today.
Cards are available in the pew for those desiring to request prayer or praise
for specific needs, concerns and joys.  Please place the card in the offering plate during the offering.)

 THE PRELUDE                                                                                             Chamber Ensemble
         ”Give Thanks/Now Thank We All Our God”                                                       Stan Pethel

 

THE CALL TO WORSHIP
          Leader:   Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ!
         All:          We have come to experience God’s grace in our worship and in our lives! 

*THE CHIMES AND SERVICE OF LIGHT

*THE PROCESSIONAL HYMN                                                                                     Hymn No. 694

         “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”

* THE CALL TO PRAYER

           Leader:   The Lord be with you.
           All:          And also with you.  
           Leader:   Let us listen, now, to the great thanksgiving psalm of prayer and praise: 

Psalm 118

           Moments of Silent Prayer

All are invited to spend these moments in silent prayers of thanksgiving, seated at your pew.) 

            The Pastoral Prayer

            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.

 

 

  THE SCRIPTURE                                                                                                Jeremiah 31:7-14

          Leader:  This is the Word of our Lord!

           All:        Thanks be to God!

 

THE ANTHEM OF THANKSGIVING AND HYMN OF PRAISE                                          Altar Choir                            

(The congregation will be invited to sing Hymn #131 as directed)

         “We Gather Together”                                                                                    John Ness Beck

 

Fear not, O land, rejoice and be glad;

be not afraid, ye beasts of the field,

for the pastures shall be green, the trees shall bear fruit,

and the fig and the vine yield their harvest.

People of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God,

Who gives you good food, and send down the rain.

The threshing floors shall be heaped with grain, the wine vats shall overflow,

And you shall eat, you shall eat your fill, and praise the name of the Lord your God,

And you shall know that I am present, that I and no other an the Lord your God.

 

Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice and be glad!

(The congregation joins the Altar Choir in singing Hymn #131)

 

  THE PROCLAMATION                                                                              Pastor Stephen Beutler

THAT’S  SO  GOD!

 

 

 

  RESPONDING TO GOD IN OFFERING OUR GIFTS AND OURSELVES

                     (If you are visiting this morning, you are our guest.  If Grace U.M. Church is your home, remember that

                     the biblical expectation is that you will give your tithe to your church.  May we all remember that giving to

                     God in response to His great love is the most celebrative moment of corporate worship. Today’s loose

                     coin offering is dedicated to Nesting Dove.)

           The Giving of our Tithes and Offering

           The Offertory                                                                                

                  “We Gather Together”                                                                               Howard Helvey                             

                 *The Doxology and Prayer of Dedication                                                      Hymn No. 95

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen.

 

*THE HYMN                                                                                                                         Hymn No. 102

         “Now Thank We All Our God”    

         “Thank you, Lord”                                             

Thank you, Lord, for saving my soul.

Thank you, Lord, for making me whole.

Thank you, Lord, for giving to me,

Thy great salvation so rich and free.

 

*THE CHIMES AND SERVICE OF LIGHT

(The acolytes carry a flame from the altar at the close of the service

as a symbol that we must carry the message of God’s grace

out from this sanctuary into the world.)

*THE BENEDICTION  

           Now, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God the Father be with you; and may the Holy

           Spirit come upon you and disturb you and trouble you, and set before you an impossible task and dare you to

           do it; until in your desperation you fall on your knees and tarry until He fills you with His power, which alone will

           enable you to do it, and then…but only then, may the Lord grant you His peace!  Amen.

 

*THE BENEDICTION RESPONSE                                                                                     Altar Choir

         “…let the Redeemer’s name be sung, through every land by every tongue.”        Watts/Hatton

 

*THE POSTLUDE                                                                                                  

         “Toccata”                                                                                                            Johann Speth

 

Grace United Methodist Church

Stephen A. Beutler          Grace Marie Ransom          Rob Ransom

 

Oscar Ramos, Hispanic Ministry of North Indiana Conference

Jeff Newton, Kokomo Urban Outreach Ministries

 

Barbara Hobbs and Jack Elleman, Pianist/Organist                       

Jacque Hunt, Chamber Ensemble                       Pam Lyon, Altar Choir Director

Arlene Buell, Director of Handbell Choirs

 

Debbra Long, Volunteer Parish Nurse              Phill Montgomery, Counselor

Cindy Lovegrove, Office Manager

 

Our Greeters today are Pam & Tom Prather.

The ‘Ask Me’ Greeters this morning are Bruce Clark and Jerry Hodges.

Our ‘Little Lambs’ Nursery caregivers this morning are Becky & Charlie Reed.

The Children’s Church leaders, today, are Steve & Debbra Long 

The  flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of Dixie & Harlo Westlin.