This Sunday our service schedule will change. Each of the services are different. To meet the needs of the different audiences, we need to separate the livestream service from the in-person service. Since the livestream audience is accustomed to worshiping at 10 and before Covid we had a 11:00 service, we will restart the 11:00 inn person service. We will not have in person worshipers in the sanctuary at 10. We will begin letting people into the sanctuary at 10:45 for the 11:00 service. Hopefully, this will be our new normal service schedule.

8:30am Drive-In Worship, East Parking Lot

Join us for a Drive-In Worship Service in the East Parking Lot of CUMC.

You will be guided off of the University Entrance into a parking space. Please turn your radio to FM 88.1 and open your smart phone to our website or FaceBook page where you will find the Order of Service. Relax and enjoy this informal style of worship! Once the service concludes, you will be asked to exit out of the parking lot onto Copper. Please Note: No building/restroom access will be available!

10:00am Streaming Worship,

Found on Centraltolife.org, FaceBook, or YouTube

Join us for our On-Line Limited In-Person Worship Service.

Every Wednesday, Pastor Greg’s Bible Study takes place. The study will be on the Book of Acts.

Read Acts 11

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Join Pastor Kelly for the Educational Opportunities FootSteps of Paul Cruise, October 3-14th 2021 (Tour: GC21, Code C, ID 55108). You will arrive in Venice from Albuquerque on October 3rd, and then on to Katakolon, Santorini, Ephesus, Mykonos, Athens, and Corinth. A pre-tour to Florence and a post-tour to Venice is also available. Additional information and registration information can be found on centraltolife.org or www.EO.travel. http://www.eo.travelwithus.com/files/uploads/GC21_55108_Brooks_005_FINAL.pdf

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Contact Pastor Kelly with questions or scholarship information kellyb@centraltolife.org. 

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Call to Worship         

Leader: Praise the Lord!

People: God’s love is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Leader: Who can utter the might doings of the Lord?

People: Happy are those who do righteousness at all times.

Leader: Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people.

People: Help me, O God, when you deliver your children.

Leader: That I may see the prosperity of the ones you love.

People: That I may rejoice in the gladness of belonging to you.

Opening Hymn     Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing   

1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing,

tune my heart to sing thy grace;

streams of mercy, never ceasing,

call for songs of loudest praise.

Teach me some melodious sonnet,

sung by flaming tongues above.

Praise the mount I'm fixed upon it

mount of God's redeeming love.

3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor

daily I'm constrained to be!

Let thy goodness, like a fetter,

bind my wandering heart to thee:

prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,

prone to leave the God I love;

here's my heart, O take and seal it;

seal it for thy courts above.

Opening Prayer with Lord’s Prayer      

Scripture Reading   Exodus 32:1-14       

Solo      “It is Well With My Soul”     Spafford/Bliss

Closing Hymn    I’ve Got Peace Like a River 

I’ve got peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river

I’ve got peace like a river in my soul. (2x)

I’ve got joy like a fountain…

For at least the first few Sundays of our return to worship in our Sanctuary, those who stream or attend the service in person will notice one element missing: sung or spoken community responses. As Music Director, I would like to take this opportunity to both acknowledge the importance of congregational participation in worship and to explain why we will be starting off cautiously as we reenter sacred space.

There has been a great deal written and speculated about the possible role of aerosols in the spread of COVID-19. Unlike respiratory droplets which are generally accepted to fall to the ground within a short space, aerosols are smaller particles that can spread over larger distances and remain suspended in the air for longer periods. We produce these aerosols just by breathing, but we produce more through speaking or singing. The louder the collective noise, the more aerosols are produced, and these can tend to build up over time in indoor spaces. A single singer or speaker does not seem to pose a danger to others provided that they are positioned an adequate distance away, but there are lingering concerns about how much aerosol can be produced by multiple people singing or speaking at once. The science in this heretofore unexamined area is continuously evolving, and a number of first-of-their-kind studies are currently being done. Churches and Music Directors have been monitoring the progress of these studies for months and have chosen to respond in various ways. Many churches who have returned or plan to return to in-person worship are not allowing singing or spoken responses for the time being. Others are allowing a minimal amount of singing in masks. The good news is, these ongoing studies are very favorable to the practice of singing in masks and spaced a minimum of 6 feet apart to significantly reduce aerosol spread. Volume, not necessarily specific activity (singing vs. speaking) is emerging as the biggest factor in aerosol production. Suggestions for singing in groups also include keeping periods of singing down to 30 minutes, with outside being the safest venue and a large, well ventilated inside space with high ceilings as the next best. All of this information indicates that we should be able to quickly progress to singing short closing hymns at the end of our services. However, we all feel it best to err on the side of caution at the outset and introduce any congregational singing or responses after we have had a few weeks to assess our in-person worship practices, as well as to monitor the spread of the virus in our area.

So, for at least the first few weeks, expect the music in our services to be delivered by keyboard instruments, soloists, and video. Please be patient with us as we navigate this next chapter in our worship lives with everyone’s safety in mind.

Call to Worship       

Leader: Praise the Lord!

People: God’s love is good; God’s steadfast love endures forever.

Leader: Who can utter the might doings of the Lord?

People: Happy are those who do righteousness at all times.

Leader: Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people.

People: Help me, O God, when you deliver your children.

Leader: That I may see the prosperity of the ones you love.

People: That I may rejoice in the gladness of belonging to you.

Opening Hymn       Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (vs 1,2)    127 UMH

Prayer Response      “Dona Nobis Pacem”

Scripture Lesson: Exodus 32:1-14       

Anthem     “Guide My Feet”

Sermon   “Building Faithfulness on the Way to The Promised Land”  

Closing Hymn    Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (vs 1,3)   133 UMH 

Prelude        “Dona Nobis Pacem”

Scripture Lesson: Exodus 32:1-14

Anthem     “Guide My Feet”

Sermon “Building Faithfulness on the Way to The Promised Land”