*Those that are able are invited to stand
Welcome and Announcements
- Gathering into worship -
Introit
“Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” Choir
Kids Introit “Come! Come! Everybody
Worship!” TFWS #2271
*Human Relations Sunday Litany
One:
The weeping in Ramah (Matthew 2:18) has been loud, and nothing will
comfort
the cries of mothers whose children will never come home.
All: Oh God, hear our cries and send
healing, change and unity to your
land.
One:
Innocent blood cries out from the soil for lives taken because of the
color
of their skin, their gender, and cultural differences.
All: Oh God, hear our cries and send
healing, change and unity to our land.
One:
We have marched, sung, and run,
We
have prayed, watched, and waited for a change to come.
All: We have buried loved ones, leaders
slain in their prime; and our
families have suffered for the hatred
that has plagued our land.
One: We've seen our dreams delayed and
fade with the passing of time, hoping, praying that a brighter future would
come for our children and grandchildren.
We
listened to "I have a dream" speeches; we chanted
with the crowd "Yes, we can!"
We
believed in a new day when we too would be seen, treated as accepted, protected as
American.
All: AND, God has heard our cries and
is sending healing, change and
unity to our land.
One: We stand together, Black, White, Jews,
Gentiles, Muslims, churched and
Unchurched
- together we watch the dream become a reality as we put aside our
differences
and hold hands.
All: God has heard our cries and is
sending healing, change, and unity to
our land.
One:
Yes, we celebrate this day our unity in God. Our differences serve as a
reminder
of how precious each of us is in the human tapestry of life and
that
the future holds great things for the next generation.
Yes, God has heard our cries. Yes,
healing, change, and unity are sweeping
the land!
*Hymn “Beloved
Child, Beloved Community” to the tune of #145
*Prayer
-
Meditation on God’s word -
Children’s Sermon
Scripture
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
*Hymn “Many Gifts, One
Spirit” UMH #114
Message Gifted For Others
Rev. Kelly J Smith
-
Sharing our blessings –
Offering our Gifts and
Tithes
Offering of Music “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” Gordon Young
*Doxology “Bless
Thou the Gifts” UMH #587
Bless thou the gifts our hands have
brought;
bless thou the work our hearts have
planned.
Ours is the faith, the will, the thought;
the rest, O God, is in thy hand.
*Prayer of Thanksgiving
-
Taking the Word to the World -
*Hymn
“Forward Through the Ages” UMH #555
*Benediction
*Hymn
“Forward
Through the Ages” (refrain only) UMH #555
Forward
through the Ages, in unbroken line,
move
the faithful spirits at the call divine.
Postlude
TODAY is HUMAN
RELATIONS SUNDAY.
One of six churchwide Special Sundays with offerings,
Human Relations Day calls us to extend a helping hand to those in crisis
so they can overcome formidable obstacles.
The offering supports community developers, united voluntary services and
youth offender rehabilitation programs.
www.mifflinave.org
412-731-2511
905
Mifflin Ave
Pastor:
Rev. Kelly Smith
214-202-9291