THE CHURCH GATHERS Pre-Service Music
Eintritt from Waldscenen
Schumann
Call to Worship Give thanks to the Lord! Call upon God’s name! We are here to sing praises to God, to tell of God’s wonderful love. Glory to God! Let all of our hearts rejoice in God’s presence. We come with joy, seeking God’s loving presence. Together, we remember, we praise, we rejoice!
Hymn
Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
UMH #127
God of mystery, God of life and of death, trusting you is so difficult for us humans. We know you love us. We know you are merciful. We know you are gracious. We know that you are always with us. And yet, our actions don’t always match up with what we know. We find it much easier to trust ourselves or our institutions. We find it easier to believe that we must earn your love, than to believe you simply love us. We find it easier to believe what the world says about us than that you delight in us and call us beloved. We find it easier to avoid what we fear, rather than trusting that you are present therein. Forgive us and help us, holy one.
silence for prayer
If God is for us, who is against us? Nothing we can do can separate us from the love of God in Jesus. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God! Alleluia! Amen.
TO HEAR THE WORD AND REFLECT What Wonderous Love is This
SHARING IN WORSHIP TODAY Acolytes - Amissah Hagan, Carlin Markey Liturgists - Abu Ibrahim, Mickey Hamilton Reader - Connor Langdon Musicians - Handbell choir, Julia Hanna Ushers - Ralph Newhall, Rich Hadley, James Frisbee, Ulanda Frisbee
TFWS #2233
Scripture Readings Romans 8:31-39 This is the Word of Life. Thanks be to God. Rev. Jenny Smith Walz
TO RESPOND IN FAITH
God never forgets God’s promises; God’s covenant is everlasting, from generation to generation. Because of God’s faithful embrace, we are able to examine our hearts and our lives. We are free to speak the truth of what we discover within. We join our hearts and voices now as we confess.
Music Ministry
Where Children Belong
Sermon
Prayer of Confession
Words of Assurance
Children's Time
arr. Arnold Sherman
TODAY'S FLOWERS ARE GIVEN IN MEMORY OF LOVED ONES
BY CURTIS W. HILLEGAS
Hymn
He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought
UMH #128
Prayers of the People The Lord's Prayer Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come; your 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 yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen Offertory
Sonata in A K.208
Scarlatti
Hymn
Doxology
UMH #95
Prayer of Thanksgiving
AND SCATTERS TO BE IN THE WORLD Hymn
In the Cross of Christ I Glory
UMH #295
Presto from Toccata in G
Bach
Benediction Postlude
v 1-4
PRAYER CONCERNS Prayers for the lonely and depressed and all those facing prejudice and for those giving them aid. Prayers for the people of Israel. Palestine, Lebanon, Ukraine, Russia, and other countries experiencing the horrors of war. Prayers for their leaders to find peaceful solutions. Prayers for the people of Haiti, as the country experiences severe political turmoil. Prayers for Jane Wilson and those caring for her, and Melanie Cahill after surgery. Prayers for Eileen Francisco who had transplant surgery Wednesday evening.
HAVE PRAYER CONCERNS? For our Prayer Chain, call Yvonne Macdonald at 609-577-8369 or email her at yvonnee.mac@verizon.net. Email Pastor Tayler Necoechea at tayler@princetonumc.org when you or a family member is in the hospital or in need of a pastoral call.