Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church
November 24, 2013
*Those
that are able are invited to stand
Gathering
Welcome and Announcements
Entering
into worship
*Call to Worship
One: Give thanks to God,
All:
For God's creation is amazing.
One: The sun warms our day,
All:
The moon lights our nighttime way.
One: The earth is filled with bounty,
All: A
cornucopia of plenty.
One: Give thanks to God,
All:
For God's love is everlasting;
One: A constant source of comfort,
All: A
companion in hard times.
One: God is my strength and song,
All: So
my heart is filled with praise.
*Hymn “We Gather Together” #131
in The United Methodist
Hymnal
*Opening Prayer
Celebrating God’s Children
Children’s Sermon
Barbara Thaw
A time of
prayer
Joys and Concerns
(You
are invited to share your prayer concerns with the congregation by writing
them on the Prayer Request cards in the pews
and placing them in the offering plate.)
Hymn “What a Friend We Have in
Jesus” #526
in The United Methodist
Hymnal
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 The
Word
Scripture
Psalm 50
Message
The Only Gift We Can Give to God Rev. Dr. David Morse
Sharing
our blessings
Offering our Gifts and Tithes
Offertory
To give
electronically from your mobile device visit donate.mifflinave.org
*Doxology “Bless Thou the Gifts” #587
in The United Methodist
Hymnal
*Offering Prayer
Generous
God, we are reminded that your desire is to share with us the inheritance you
desire for your children, but so often we have
chased after other things. You offer us the
potential for joy and contentment; but far too
often, we have not listened to your word but
rather to the messages the world sends about
where joy and contentment may be found.
Touch
our hearts as we give this morning. May we realize those things that really provide
for a happy and full
life, and may we give our gifts with generous hearts and with
confidence in you. We pray in Christ's holy name.
Amen.
Taking the Word to the World
*Hymn “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” #694
in the United Methodist
Hymnal
*Benediction
*Hymn “I
Am Thine, O Lord” (refrain only) #419
Draw me nearer, nearer
blessed Lord, to the cross where thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer,
blessed Lord, to thy precious, bleeding side.
Postlude
PRAYER CONCERNS
Steve (friend of Gail) - pancreatic cancer,
moved to rehab; and his wife, Cindy
Ed White - keeps falling, continued strength
and healing
Eli (great nephew of Judy) - having seizures
People of the Philippians - disaster relief
and recovery
Buck Cunningham
(friend of Keri)- having surgery for broke arm after
fall
ONGOING PRAYER REQUESTS
Jim Alfieri(Eli Alfieri)-hearing disease; Larra
Antonucci (friend of Ginnie
White);
Jennifer and Tom (Ginnie’s Granddaughter) -living in Kenya; Veronica
Greenberg-recovering from surgery;
Ashleigh (friend
of Barb’s)-recovering from fall; Baby Gavin-brain tumor and mom Ashley-cysts;
Sister and father
of Jill Franke (Jen Alfieri); Aimee (Jen Alfieri’s
cousin);
Ngozi Osuaguiv (Akudo’s
mom) continued healing; Mary Ellen (Sharon’s sister) - recovering from thyroid
surgery;
Lily -chemo; Anna
Bell - recovering from stroke; 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; 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