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In-person Worship*
Where? Our worship services are currently inside the sanctuary. Please use the sanctuary entrance that faces Stockley Gardens.
*COVID-19 Mitigation Plan
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When inside the building, everyone, whether vaccinated or not, must wear masks that are well-fitted. When outside, those who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear a mask, while everyone else must wear masks that are well-fitted.
- 6 feet of physical distancing must be maintained by everyone, except for those who are in the same household group. Hugs and handshakes are not allowed.
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All are required to stay home when sick, and we ask everyone to self-check in at each entrance with our health acknowledgement poster.
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Online Worship
- There are 3 different ways you can access our Facebook live service:
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Click here to go to our Facebook page, then scroll down until you see the video of worship,
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Or click here to go to our Facebook page, then click on “More” on the page menu, then click on “Live”,
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Or click here to go directly to our “Live” page.
- The link and video are viewable even if you don't have a Facebook account!
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Please complete a Connection Card or write your name in the comments so we know you are worshiping with us.
Streaming licenses: Ghent UMC is licensed to stream our FB Live worship services with permission under CCLI #20175590 and One License A-727358. All rights reserved.
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Connect with us: Please click here to let us know you are worshiping with us today. Also, if desired, you may give or update your contact information, make prayer requests, indicate ministry interests, and/or request more information about the church or Methodism.
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Gathering & Prelude: "Open Our Minds, Our Hearts, Our Doors" by John Thornburg / Mark Miller
Words and Music: One License #A-727358
Greeting & Announcements
Call to Worship Written by Kate Compston; posted on the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
- When nothing is right, when we are weary and lost, when clouds dull the sky,
- O God, help us to be still.
- When our cries are unheeded, when no effort bears fruit, when the sun sets,
- O God, help us to be still.
- When love is over, when hope is gone, when darkness covers the land,
- O God, help us to be still.
- In being still, we shall come to know that God is there, suffering alongside and with us, waiting to show us stepping-stones through the swirling waters, and to help us sing a new song.
- O God, help us to be still.
Opening Prayer from "Feasting on the Word."
Listening God, hear your church today as we bring our joys and our concerns, our thanksgivings and our demands. Fill us with the assurance that you truly hear our words and thoughts, our songs and our tears.
In the name of the one who always shows us the way, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Opening Hymn #452: "My Faith Looks Up to Thee;" Tune: Olivet; Words and Music: Public Domain
- My faith looks up to thee, thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away, O let me from this day be wholly thine!
- May thy rich grace impart strength to my fainting heart, my zeal inspire! As thou hast died for me, O may my love to thee pure, warm, and changeless be, a living fire!
- While life's dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be thou my guide; bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow's tears away, nor let me ever stray from thee aside.
- When ends life's transient dream, when death's cold, sullen stream shall o'er me roll; blest Savior, then in love, fear and distrust remove; O bear me safe above, a ransomed soul!
Anthem: "Open Our Minds, Our Hearts, Our Doors" by John Thornburg / Mark Miller
Words and Music: One License #A-727358
Children's Message
Sermon
Sermon Hymn #2137: "Would I Have Answered When You Called;" Tune: Kingsfold
Words and Music: One License #A-727358
- Would I have answered when you called, “Come, follow, follow me!”? Would I at once have left behind both work and family? Or would the old, familiar round have held me by its claim and kept the spark within my heart from bursting into flame?
- Would I have followed where you led through ancient Galilee, on roads unknown, by ways untried, beyond security? Or would I soon have hurried back where home and comfort drew, where truth you taught would not disturb the ordered world I knew?
- Would I have matched my step with yours when crowds cried, "Crucify!", when on a rocky hill I saw a cross against the sky? Or would I too have slipped away and left you there alone, a dying king with crown of thorns upon a terrible throne?
- O Christ, I cannot search my heart through all its tangled ways, nor can I with a certain mind my steadfastness appraise. I only pray that when you call, "Come follow, follow me!", you'll give me strength beyond my own to follow faithfully.
Affirmation of Faith UMH 883
We are not alone, we live in God's world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the Church: to celebrate God's presence, to live with respect in Creation, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God. Amen.
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord's Prayer
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, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Offering
Doxology #2081: "Thank You, Jesus, Amen;" Tune: Tino Tenda; Words and music: One License #A-727358
- Click here to view the sheet music.
- Words:
- Thank you, Jesus, amen! Thank you, Jesus, amen! Thank you, Jesus, amen! Alleluia, amen!
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Shona: Tino tenda Jesu. Tino tenda Jesu. Tino tenda Jesu. Hallelujah, amen!
- Phonetics: Tee-noe tayn-dah Yay-zoo.
Closing Hymn #2130, St. 1,3,5: "The Summons;" Tune: Kelvingrove; Words and Music: One License #A-727358
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Words:
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1. Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don't know and never be the same? Will you let my love be shown? Will you let my name be known, will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?
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3. Will you let the blinded see if I but call your name? Will you set the prisoners free and never be the same? Will you kiss the leper clean and do such as this unseen, and admit to what I mean in you and you in me?
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5. Lord your summons echoes true when you but call my name. Let me turn and follow you and never be the same. In Your company I'll go where Your love and footsteps show. Thus I'll move and live and grow in you and you in me.
Benediction
Postlude
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Daily Prayer Starter
Please set aside time each day to pray for 2-3 minutes. This week's prayer starter is:
"Merciful God, in the depths of our pain and sorrow and even anger, hear us when we cry out! For today my complaint is bitter about..."
For more information about Ghent United Methodist Church, please click here to visit our website.
"Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28
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