Worship Service October 27, 2024

Order of Service

Call to Worship                                                                     Rev. Cindy Lunsford/All

With our lips and with our hearts:
we bless God in every moment of our lives.
With our ears and with our hearts:
we will hear the cries of our sisters and brothers,
in every painful moment, in every broken place.
With every gift and with our hearts:
we will serve God and all of God’s children,
    with every moment of our lives.

Come, let us receive the love of the tolerant Creator who recognizes

    our faith and blesses us with a healing Spirit.

http://lectionaryliturgies.blogspot.com/2015/10/liturgy-wcommunion-for-october-25-2015.html

Lectionary Worship Aids, Series V, Cycle B, p. 185

Response to the Call                 Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior                    UMH 351

Welcome, Greeting, Service Introduction                          Rev. Cindy Lunsford/All

Life of the Church                                                Rev. Cindy Lunsford (see bulletin)

Mission Moment

 Opening Prayer                                                              Rev. Warren Lunsford                                                          

Today, again, O God

   we come in assurance and hope.

We come because of your promise to save, for all time,

     All those who come to you

       through Jesus Christ.

We thank you for Christ’s intercession on our behalf.

We are here

     because we believe in the communion of saints,

     because we believe in the forgiveness of sins,

     because we believe in the resurrection of life here and here-after.

Strengthen this assurance and hope today,

     for it is through Christ we pray.  Amen

Invocations and Benedictions for the Revised Common Lectionary, p. 96

Affirmation of Faith                                                           Sheri King/All                                                          

                A Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church       UMH 884

We believe in the one God, creator and sustainer of all things, Father of all nations, the source of all goodness and beauty, all truth and love.

We believe in Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, our teacher, example and Redeemer, the Savior of the world.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, God present with us for guidance, for comfort, and for strength.

We believe in the forgiveness of sins, in the life of love and prayer, and in grace equal to every need.

We believe in the Word of God contained in the Old and New Testaments as the sufficient rule both of faith and of practice.

We believe in the church, those who are united in the living Lord for the purpose of worship and service.

We believe in the reign of God as the divine will realized in human society, and in the family of God, where we are all brothers and sisters.

We believe in the final triumph of righteousness and in the life everlasting. Amen.

Gloria Patri                                                                                                       UMH 71

Hymn of Praise           God Will Take Care of You                                       UMH 130

OFFERING OF OURSELVES

Pastoral Prayer & Lord’s Prayer                                        Rev. Cindy Lunsford/All

          ….Holy Teacher, help us see our calling clearly.

http://www.stephenmfearing.com/liturgy/proper25-b?rq=proper%2025

Worship with Our Tithes & Offerings                            Cynthia Black instrumental

              Dedication & Offertory                                                     Rev. Warren Lunsford

             Doxology                                                                             UMH 095 

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

Centering Song:                       Rescue by Lauren Daigle                       Anna Bradley

PROCLAMATION

Prayer of Illumination                                                        Rev. Warren Lunsford/All

God of All Wisdom,

open our eyes that we may see clearly
         the wisdom of the Word that is before us.
May our new sight lead us to get up and follow you. Amen.

Responsive Psalm                   Psalm 34  (UMH 769-770)                          Gina Elrod

Scripture                                    Mark 10:46-52                           Rev. Cindy Lunsford

Message                                     Focus in Faith.                           Rev. Cindy Lunsford

GOING FORTH WITH CHRIST

Closing Hymn                                Just As I Am                                             UMH 357

Commissioning & Benediction                                                    Rev. Cindy Lunsford

Depart to Serve, caring for others, as we truly serve God

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