Mifflin
Avenue United Methodist Church
11:00
AM Worship Seventeenth
Sunday after Pentecost 9 October 2011
GATHERING
Morning
Song C.
Nordman D. Zipoli
GREETING AND
WELCOME
*INTROIT
God
Leads Us Along G.
Young
*CALL TO WORSHIP
As a shepherd seeks a lost sheep,
so God seeks and saves the lost.
Like a
woman who searches for a lost coin until it is found,
so God rejoices over one soul restored to
wholeness.
As a
father receives a returning wayward son,
so God welcomes us, and lets the past be the
past.
Therefore
let us praise God in thanksgiving that we are received.
Let us receive and welcome and rejoice over
one another
in the name of Jesus
Christ.
*HYMN UMH 66
Praise,
My Soul, the King of Heaven Lauda Anima
PRAYER in unison
God of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses,
you
stayed the hand of your wrath
when
we fell into idolatry and discord;
and
when we forgot our deliverance,
your
love for us remained unchanging.
Transform us and our world
into
a place of justice, love, and peace.
Welcome us to your wedding
feast
where
all are invited to be gathered in. Amen.
ANTHEM
Come to Me All Ye That Labour J.
Roff
PRAYER FOR
ILLUMINATION
FIRST READING
Exodus 32:1-14
SECOND READING
Matthew 22:1-14
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be
to God.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
SERMON
In
the Wilderness: Changing and Unchanging
HYMN UMH 121
There’s a Wideness in
God’s Mercy Wellesley
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
Sarabande G.F.
Handel
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING
*HYMN UMH 606
Come, Let Us Use the Grace Divine Kingsfold
*BENEDICTION
*GOING FORTH
Fantasia
on Kingsfold D.
Paxton
*Those who are able are invited to stand.