Mifflin
Avenue United Methodist Church
11:00
AM Worship Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost 23 October 2011
GATHERING
Consolation F.
Liszt
GREETING AND
WELCOME
*INTROIT
Grateful
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Hallelujah!
Servants
of God, praise,
praise the name of the Lord.
Bless the Lord’s name now and always.
Praise the Lord’s name here
and in every place
from
east to west.
*HYMN UMH 410
I Want
a Principle Within Gerald
PRAYER in unison
Almighty God,
your
Son has shown us how to love one another.
May our love for you
overflow
into joyous service
and
be a healing witness to our neighbors
through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
ANTHEM
Prayer D.
Guion
PRAYER FOR
ILLUMINATION
FIRST READING
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
SECOND READING
Matthew
22:34-46
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be
to God.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
SERMON
What Do You Think of the Messiah?
HYMN UMH 402
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian I Want to Be a Christian
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
O My
Soul Be Glad and Joyful
G. Bohm
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF
THANKSGIVING
*HYMN UMH 408
The
Gift of Love Gift of Love
*BENEDICTION
*GOING FORTH
Jubilation J.
Denton
*Those who are able are invited to stand.