Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

                                    August 26, 2012

 

“A Christian cannot have a personal conversion experience without experiencing

                            at the same time a change in social attitude.”

                                                                                                                -  William Sloane Coffin

 

*Those who are able are invited to stand

 

Gathering                                      “Contemplation”                                        G. Richolson

 

Greeting and Welcome

 

*Call to Worship:

Leader: God has great things in store for us.

People: We come with excitement for all God offers us.

Leader: God invites us to the greatest adventure of our lives.

People: We are eager for what God will reveal to us.

Leader: We are called to become the very children of God.

People: We will answer God's call and press forward.

Leader: God invites us to perfection and holiness.

People: That is our goal. We will go there with God.

 

*Hymn                                       “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”                                             #110

*Opening Prayer

 

*Passing the Peace

 

Scripture                                     1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43

Children’s Sermon

 

Scripture                                               Ephesians 6:10-20                                     

Sermon                                                  BE STRONG                        Rev. Kelly J. Smith

 

Sharing Our Joys and Concerns

Prayer Hymn                                      “Surely the Presence of the Lord” (x2)                     #328

Silent Prayer / Pastoral Prayer

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.

 

Offering our Gifts and Tithes

Offertory                                                      “Air”                                           L.V. Beethoven

*Doxology    

                                                         Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.

                                                            Praise God, all creatures here below.

                                                            Praise God above, ye heavenly host.

                                                      Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.  Amen.

*Offering Prayer

We offer our gifts and ourselves to you, the perfect One, who calls us and all

creation to wholeness and completeness. May our offerings and our lives be part

 of your great plan. Amen.      

 

*Hymn                                     “Standing on the Promises”                                         #374

*Benediction

*Final Chorus                       “Standing on the Promises” (refrain only)                      #374

 

Postlude                                               “Song of Joy”                                               L.E. Stairs

 

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Please keep these folks in your prayers…

Shirley (Mary Kilgour’s sister)- biopsy came back positive

Bob Holscher- prostate cancer

Jean Smith- colon cancer

Elaine- medical concerns

Joe Weimer (friend of Kerri Whitfield’s)- heart surgery

Dawn (Barb Thaw’s friend)- health concerns

Kim and Nick Slobodnyak- continued recovery

Janice Houck- cancer

Jack Winkopp-recovering

Eileen Gardner-loss of her mother

Carol Heidkamp-fractured elbows

 

Ongoing Concerns…

Alice Wetzel;  Dixie Arndt (Cancer);  Bill;  Ella Mae (Parkinson’s disease);

Paul Gaviglia(lung cancer);  Melissa Morris;  Julius Gibson (Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma);

 Tracy (leg injury); Babies Luke and Kyler (cardiac defects);  Sharon Coyn (leg issues);

 Harriet Fuller;  Tina Whitehead (work for human dignity);  Peace and Justice in Palestine and Israel;

Buck Cunningham;  Our Military and their families;  Ed White;

Rev. Austin Hornyak; Norma Wood;  Liz Kilkenny;  Karen Hartz

 

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Alice Wetzel, Betty Willey, Vivian Behm, Margaret Craig, Marge Schillinger, Lynn Kittner, Mary Gardner, Stephen Koesel