Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

11:00 AM Worship Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 11 September 2011

GATHERING

Adagio W.A. Mozart

GREETING AND WELCOME

*INTROIT

You Are My All in All D. Jernigan

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods?

Who is like you, majestic in holiness,

terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders?

You stretched out your right hand,

the earth swallowed them.

In your steadfast love,

you have led the people whom you have redeemed;

you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode.

Sing to the Lord, who has triumphed gloriously;

the horse and its rider the Lord has thrown into the sea.

*HYMN

We Seek You Here, As Well, O God Maryton

We seek you here, as well, O God

when wrath and vengeance rend our skies,

when buildings fall and dreams collapse

before our disbelieving eyes.

We search within our anguished hearts

and yearn to find you there as well:

the One who bore and bears our pains,

each day descending into hell.

We seek your empty cross, O God,

your present love with all who grieve,

your risen triumph over death.

Through darkness, help us yet believe. M.L. Bringle

LITANY FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11

Response: In your sure hope, O God, bring healing to the world.

PRAYER in unison

O God of all peoples, nations and creeds:

you have created us and rejoiced in the goodness of creation,

and have wept with us when have experienced death, loss and grief.
Send your healing presence into the world

and endow all people, leaders, groups and nations

with your vision of unity and peace;

so that we and all people may move on from the wounds of the past

and seek to live in harmony with one another;

to the end that the goodness of your creation

may be restored, enhanced and sustained for the common good of all.
Through mercies of your love and grace,

and in your sure hope, O God,

bring healing to the world. Amen.

ANTHEM

Song of Gentleness D. Wagner

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST READING

Exodus 14:19-31

SECOND READING

Matthew 18:21-35

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

SERMON

In the Wilderness: My Strength, My Might, My Salvation

HYMN UMH 315

Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain St. Kevin

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

Meditation on “Dunlap’s Creek” S. Scott

*DOXOLOGY UMH 95

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

*HYMN FWS 2234

Lead On, O Cloud of Presence Lancashire

*BENEDICTION

*GOING FORTH

Postlude on “Hanover” arr. T. Birchwood

*Those who are able are invited to stand.