*Those that are able are invited to stand
- Gathering into worship -
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Introit
“Where
Charity and Love Prevail.” Choir
*Opening Chorus “Come!
Come! Everybody Worship!” (verses 1-3)
TFWS #2271
*Call to Worship
One:
Friends, we gather this day to celebrate life –
All: The life we have been given by God,
One:
The life we share with one another in community,
All: The life that Jesus gives in abundance.
One:
Let us be grateful for the joy of life,
All: And let us worship God.
*Hymn “Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life”
UMH #164
*Opening Prayer
*Greeting One Another in Christian Love
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Meditation on God’s word -
Children’s Sermon
Scripture
Luke 6:27-38
Message Anais
Hussian
Hymn “Pass It On” UMH
#572
Silent Prayer/Pastoral
Prayer/Lord’s Prayer
-
Sharing our blessings –
Invitation to Give
Offering of Music
*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
Lord of
Love and Compassion: How easy the road of discipleship would be if all you
asked from us were the gifts we bring to your altar. How convenient would it be
if we could write a check or swipe a card and leave here to live like so many
do, focused exclusively on our own wants, needs, and passions? Remind us again,
as we present our tithes and offerings, that the real challenge of discipleship
comes when we leave this place, as you send us into the world to respond in
radical love to those who would judge us, hurt us, and threaten us. We pray
this in the name of Jesus, who loved and forgave, even as he was tortured and
nailed to a cross. Amen.
-
Taking the Word to the World -
*Hymn “Freely, Freely” UMH #389
*Benediction
*Hymn “Freely,
Freely” (Refrain) UMH #389
He
said “Freely, freely you have received, freely, freely give.
Go
in my name and because you believe, other will know that I live.
Postlude
www.mifflinave.org
412-731-2511
905
Mifflin Ave
Pastor:
Rev. Kelly Smith
214-202-9291
February 24, 2019