Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

10:15 AM Worship                Tenth Sunday after Pentecost                       21 August 2011

 

GATHERING

   The Heavenly Dove                                                                                                 S. Landon

 

GREETING AND WELCOME                                                                                                

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP

   People of God, worship the living God today!

   Remember that out of nothing God created the heavens and earth.

   Remember that God raised Jesus

   from the powerlessness of death

   to the power of his right hand.

   Remember that not even the gates of hell

   can stand against God’s purposes.

   Behold your God, who reigns now and forever!

  

*HYMN  FWS 2060

   God the Sculptor of the Mountains                                                              Jennings-Houston

 

*PRAYER  in unison

   Almighty God,

   you have given us grace at this time

      with one accord to make our common supplication to you;

   and you have promised through your well-beloved Son

      that when two or three are gathered together in his name,

      you will be in the midst of them.

   Fulfill now, O Lord, our desires and petitions

      as may be best for us;

      granting us in this world knowledge of your truth,

      and in the age to come life everlasting.  Amen.

 

SPECIAL MUSIC

 

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

 

SCRIPTURE READING

   Romans 12:1-8

 

   The Word of the Lord.

   Thanks be to God.

 

SERMON

   What Is the Will of God?

 

HYMN  UMH 114

   Many Gifts, One Spirit                                                                                               Katherine

 

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS

 

PASTORAL PRAYER

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER  in unison

    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 PEACE

 

OFFERING

   Dear Christians, One and All Rejoice                                                             M. Weckmann

 

*DOXOLOGY  UMH 95

 

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN  UMH 413

   A Charge to Keep I Have                                                                                           Boylston

 

*BENEDICTION                                                                                                                       

 

May the love of the Father enfold us,

the wisdom of the Son enlighten us,

the fire of the Spirit kindle us;

and may the blessing of the Lord God

come down upon us and remain with us always.

 

*GOING FORTH

   Acclamation of Praise                                                                                        T. Birchwood

 

*Those who are able are invited to stand.