In-Person Sunday Morning at 9:30 am
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Pre-Recorded Worship Service
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BOLD indicates congregational SPEAKING participation
* stand with your heart or with your posture
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GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
Thanksgiving Sunday
Prelude:
"Praise and Thanksgiving Be to God"
UMH #604
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
A Time to Make Connections
(in-person service only)
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Call to Worship
Liturgist: Friends, we gather together this morning to proclaim the ways in which God is working within our midst.
People: We have been blessed by God!
Liturgist: We gather together to give thanks for the ways in which God is working within our midst.
People: We are being blessed by God!
Liturgist: We gather together to open our eyes to the ways God is using us to work within our midst.
People: We will continue to be blessed by God!
Liturgist: Dear ones, God has given us so much and is very much alive, at work and still speaking among us. We are called to give back.
People: We are called to be good stewards; good stewards of our time, of our resources and of our money.
Liturgist: Let us give thanks to our God of blessings and affirm our commitment to the ministry God is calling us into.
People: Let us give thanks to God! Let us proclaim our faith in God! Let us worship God!
(Preaching in Pumps, Rev. Sarah Weaver)
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Opening Prayer
Abundant God, you made us in your image and breathed in us a spirit of generosity that is both gift and response. Move us, we pray, to give as we have received--abundantly, generously, and joyfully that our common ministry may ever bear witness to your unfailing grace. In the name of the Three in whom we are One, Amen.
Opening Hymn
"Come, Ye Thankful People, Come"
UMH #694 (vs. 1 & 2)
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Joys and Concerns (in-person service only)
Pastoral Prayer
Prayer Response
"Give Thanks"
TFWS #2036
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ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD
Scripture
1 Thessalonians 5:12-22
12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt 21 but test them all; hold on to what is good, 22 reject every kind of evil.
Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.
Message
“Thanksgiving for Everything”
Pastor Seok-Hwan
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Message in Music
“A Thanksgiving Garden”
Joseph Martin
Adult Choir (singing from our homes)
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Stewardship Witness:
ANNUAL PLEDGE for 2021
John Wilder
Stewardship Prayer Of Dedication
Receive these gifts, O God. We offer to you, O God, these gifts in humble thanks for the creating love you give to us. Receive these pledges, O God. We offer to you, O God, these pledges in unassuming thanks for the redeeming love you give to us. Receive these commitments, O God. We offer to you, O God, these commitments in grateful thanks for the sustaining love you give to us. Let us be surprised this year. May our eyes, our minds and our hearts be opened this year. May we be surprised in our lives, in our church and in our ministry together. Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God! Amen.
(Preaching in Pumps, Rev. Sarah Weaver)
*Closing Hymn
“Now Thank We All Our God”
UMH #102 (vs. 1 & 3)
The words for this hymn were written during a severe plague in Germany in 1636
by Martin Rinkart, the only surviving pastor in his town.
The Blessing and Sending Forth
Postlude
“Fugue on America the Beautiful”
John Knowles Paine
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Online Service
Video: Sharon Lipp
Liturgist: Pete Seymour
Adult Choir Singers
Jane Beatty, Mark Beatty, Morgan Bott, Beth Fowler, Bella Guilmartin, Larry Guilmartin, Claire Hall, Scott Hall, Ken Muzykewicz, Marilyn Seymour
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In Person Services
Liturgist: Pete Seymour
Usher: Nancy Keelan
Sound Board: Valarie Wilder
Projection: Sharon Lipp
Organist: Matt Cron
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Our Mission Statement
“God calls us to be disciples of Jesus, building community through service and fellowship and sharing the love of Christ with all.”
Our Openness Statement
“The United Methodist Church of Westford is an open and welcoming community of Christian Faith. Without any exceptions, we welcome anyone who seeks to love and to serve God.”
Please click here for “A Statement of Our Openness”.
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