Mifflin
Avenue United Methodist Church
11:00
AM Worship Fifteenth Sunday
after Pentecost 25 September 2011
GATHERING
Following
Thee J.
Southbridge
GREETING AND
WELCOME
*INTROIT
You Are
My All in All D.
Jernigan
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Sing aloud to God our strength;
shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
I
hear a voice I had not known:
“I relieved your shoulder of the burden;
your
hands were freed from the basket.
In
distress you called, and I rescued you;
I
answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the
waters of Meribah.
Hear,
O my people, while I admonish you;
O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
I
am the Lord your God,
who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Open your mouth wide and
I will fill it.
I
would feed you with the finest of wheat,
and with honey from the rock I would satisfy
you.”
*HYMN UMH 87
What
Gift Can We Bring Anniversary
Song
PRAYER in unison
O gracious and holy God,
give
us diligence to seek you,
wisdom
to perceive you,
and
patience to wait for you.
Grant us, O God,
a
mind to meditate on you,
eyes
to behold you,
ears
to listen for your Word,
a
heart to love you,
and
a life to proclaim you,
through
the power of the spirit
of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.
ANTHEM
There’s a Spirit of Love in This Place M.
Miller
PRAYER FOR
ILLUMINATION
FIRST READING
Exodus 17:1-7
SECOND READING
Matthew 21:23-32
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be
to God.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
SERMON
In
the Wilderness: Suing God
HYMN UMH 130
God Will Take Care of You Martin
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
Suite
in D H.
Purcell
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING
*HYMN
Lord,
Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing Regent Square
Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing;
fill our hearts with
joy and peace;
let us each, thy
love possessing,
triumph in redeeming
grace.
O refresh us, O refresh us,
traveling through
this wilderness.
Thanks we give and adoration
for thy gospel’s
joyful sound.
May the fruits of thy salvation
in our hearts and
lives abound;
ever faithful, ever
faithful
to the truth may we
be found.
*BENEDICTION
*GOING FORTH
A Psalm
of Trust D.
Paxton
*Those who are able are invited to stand.