Mifflin Avenue United Methodit Church

September 8, 2013

*Those that are able are invited to stand

Gathering “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship” F. Ritter

Welcome and Announcements

Entering into worship

*Invocation

We are excited to be here, O unexpected God. Our week has been full of the

mundane and predictable. But you are predictable only in your love and grace.

So crash in among us and do something decidedly not mundane; break through

our walls; stir things up; bring things down; raise things up; turn things upside

down, and we will rejoice at your mighty presence among us. Amen.

*Hymn “Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart” #161

*Opening Prayer

*Greeting One Another in Christian Love

A Time of prayer

Joys and Concerns

Prayer Hymn “We Walk by Faith” #2196

in The Faith We Sing

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.

Entering Into the word

Scripture Philemon 1-25

Sermon

Sharing our blessings

Offering our Gifts and Tithes

Offertory “Dundee” D. Paxton

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*Doxology “Bless Thou the Gifts” #587

*Offering Prayer

God who calls us and sends us:

As we offer our gifts this morning, remind us that what we place in the plate is only the

beginning of what you ask from us. You've asked for our hearts, our passion for the work

of compassion, love, and grace. You rely on our talents and abilities to advance your Kingdom

here on Earth. We long, like the servant Paul wrote about, to be useful to you. Help us to have

the confidence in ourselves that you have in us, and help us to be listening when you call.

In Christ's holy name, we pray. Amen.

Taking the Word to the World

*Hymn “Help Us Accept Each Other” #560

*Benediction

Postlude “Hanover” W. Croft

Prayer Requests

People in Syria

Our Nation and Leaders

Nicole Slobodnyak – upcoming knee surgery

Dallas, (Eddie’s brother) Employer of Metamorphosis salon-fire

ONGOING PRAYER REQUESTS

Ed White -strength; Lily -chemo; Anna Bell - recovering from stroke; Jessica (Pastor Kelly’s cousin)-colorectal cancer;

Steve (friend of Gail) - pancreatic cancer; Flo (cousin of Jean McQuade) - lung cancer;

Steve (John McQuade co-worker) -prostate cancer; Julie(friend of Ruth)-heart disorder;

Mike(Tammy’s friend)-non Hodgkin’s lymphoma; Mary Ellen(Sharon’s sister)- cancer;

Sydney-diagnosed with Leukemia Tina Whitehead and her work for human dignity;

Buck Cunningham(friend of Keri)-colon cancer; Our military and their families

Home Bound/Assisted Living

Alice Wetzel, Marge Schillinger, Betty Willey, Stephen Koesel, Vivian Behm, Richard James,

Ken Thompson, Harriet Fuller, Nancy Radovic, Norma Wood, Bea Crawford