Mifflin Avenue United Methodist Church

11:00 AM Worship Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost 30 October 2011

GATHERING

Prelude on “Beach Spring” D. Paxton

GREETING AND WELCOME

*INTROIT

Grateful

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Praise the Lord, O my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits.

Praise the Lord, you his angels,

you mighty ones who do his bidding,

who obey his word.

Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts,

you his servants who do his will.

Praise the Lord, all his works

everywhere in his dominion.

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

*HYMN FWS 2016

Glorify Thy Name Glorify Thy Name

PRAYER in unison

O God, our Guide and Guardian,

you have led us apart from the busy world into the quiet of your house.

Grant us grace to worship you in Spirit and in truth,

to the comfort of our souls

and the upbuilding of every good purpose and holy desire.

Enable us to do more perfectly the work to which you have called us,

that we may not fear the coming of night,

when we shall resign into your hands

the tasks which you have committed to us.

So may we worship you not with our lips at this hour,

but in word and deed all the days of our lives;

through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

ANTHEM

We Want to Sing R. Emerson

STEWARDSHIP MOMENT Kay Maxwell

A Step Up in Faith

“His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant; you have been trustworth

in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’”

~ Matthew 25:21

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE READING

Matthew 23:1-12

The Word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

SERMON

Not With Our Lips At This Hour

HYMN UMH 467

Trust and Obey Trust and Obey

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER in unison

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.

*THE PEACE

OFFERING

Andante in C M. Brosig

*DOXOLOGY UMH 95

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

*HYMN UMH 568

Christ for the World We Sing Italian Hymn

*BENEDICTION

*GOING FORTH

Prelude in G Minor J.S. Bach

*Those who are able are invited to stand.