GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
Prelude
"The Voice of God Is Calling"
UMH #436
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
A Time to Make Connections
Meditation Time
Introit
“Amazing Grace”
Bell Choir
arr. Sandra Eithun
Call to Worship
Liturgist: Children of God, we gather to worship, to sing and proclaim with joy the good works God is doing in our midst.
People: We gather to worship, as is our custom.
Liturgist: We also gather today to pray for our families, our community, and our world. To name the challenges that press in around us, to lament the suffering in our world, to declare our trust in God in the midst of hardship.
People: We gather to worship, as is our custom.
Liturgist: We, like those in Nazareth, gather to hear and receive the Word of God proclaimed among us. To encounter the life-giving message of God’s love redeems us to be bearers of love and freedom in this world.
People: We gather to worship, as is our custom.
Liturgist: Children of God, listen. Pay attention. Ready your hearts. God is here. Jesus has come among us. The Spirit brings the Word to life in our midst. Are you ready?
People: We gather to worship, as is our custom. Thanks be to God! Amen.
(Resource comes from umcdiscipleship.org)
Opening Prayer
God of Wisdom, we have come to sit at Jesus’ feet and listen to what he would teach us. With the heaven above and the earth below, we rejoice in the good news he brings: succor to the poor, release to the captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and freedom for the oppressed. Reveal the mystery of your precepts, that we might hear the music of the heavens - the whisper of the land and roar of the seas, the prayer of the caterpillar and song of the flea. Speak to us through the fullness of creation, we pray. Amen.
(Resource comes from The Abingdon Worship Annual 2025)
Opening Hymn
“Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
UMH #158
Message in Music
"Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace"
Bell Choir
arr. Kevin McChesney
Children's Time
Pastor Jinyong Choi
Joys and Concerns
Lord's Prayer
Prayer Response
“Jesus, Name above All Names”
TFWS #2071 (1 time)
based on Matthew 1:23 & Philippians 2:9
ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD
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