Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

September 22, 2013

*Those that are able are invited to stand

Gathering

Welcome and Announcements

(You are invited to share your Joys and Prayer Concerns with the congregation by writing them on the

Prayer Request cards in the pews and placing them in the offering plate.)

Entering into worship

Introit “We Want to Sing” Choir

*Call to Worship

One: When God created the universe,

Many: God was planning our future.

One: When the breath of God swept over the dark waters,

Many: God was thinking about us.

One: When God separated the light from the darkness and the sea from dry land,

Many: God was setting the stage for the rest of our lives.

One: When God breathed into humanity the breath of life,

Many: God was already preparing our pathways.

One: When God created living beings to swim in the oceans, fly above the earth

and creep upon the land, we were on God's mind.

Many: We have always been on God's mind.

Today we turn our hearts and our minds to worship God.

*Hymn “We Believe in One True God” #85

*Opening Prayer

Welcoming God’s Children

Scripture Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Children’s Sermon

A Time of prayer

Hymn “There Is a Balm in Gilead” #375

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.

Anthem “Day By Day” Choir

Entering Into the word

Scripture 1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sermon

Sharing our blessings

Offering our Gifts and Tithes

Offertory

*Doxology “Bless Thou the Gifts” #587

*Offering Prayer

God of all creation- we live in need of your mercy and your grace. We give our gifts

in praise of your goodness, but we know there is so much that we have held back.

We go forth in the world to do good and extend your love and compassion, but we

know there are places we will avoid and people we will overlook. Help us to see in

Christ, our mediator, the way to love you and all your children more fully.

We pray in Christ's holy name. Amen.

Taking the Word to the World

*Hymn “This Is My Song” #437

*Benediction

*Hymn “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” (refrain only) #368

On Christ the solid rock I stand,

all other ground is sinking sand;

all other ground is sinking sand.

Postlude

Have a blessed week!

PRAYER REQUEST

Sam Newbury (friend of Judy Arthurs) - cancer

Colorado Flood Victims

Javier (friends of Judy Arthurs) - recovering from heart attack

Ngozi Osuaguiv (Akudo’s mom) - continued healing, return to work, and financial hardship while living on disability post surgery

Aimee (Jen Alfieri’s cousin)

Sister and father of Jill Franke (Jen Alfieri)

Bob Delaney (father of one of Ginnie White’s colleagues)

ONGOING PRAYER REQUESTS

Mary Ellen (Sharon’s sister) - recovering from thyroid surgery; Ed White- recovering from hip surgery;

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