Central UMC_Friday Pulse, July 26, 2024

Our mission is to be a presence in Albuquerque,

where Jesus' unconditional Love is central to life.

for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, July 28, 2024

Our Central theme this Sunday in worship: Justifying Grace

Our Central reading is John 6:1-13

8:30 a.m. :: Chapel Worship Service

9:45 a.m. :: Sunday School Hour (CHECK THE MONITORS FOR CLASSES)

11:00 a.m. :: Sanctuary Worship Service

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SARANAM MOVE-IN VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

We are still accepting volunteers to help decorate an apartment for a new Saranam family. Work begins July 22, but you can adapt to your schedule. No experience is required. This is not just a service, but also a fun way to be of service to our community. Contact Vera, rvanolson@comcast.net for more info.

CHRIST IS CENTRAL TO LIFE

A Service of Song, Word, & Table

July 28, 2024

“To him that is justified or forgiven God ‘will not impute sin’ to his condemnation. He will not condemn him on that account either in this world or in that which is to come. His sins, all his past sins, in thought, word, and deed, ‘are covered’, are blotted out; shall not be remembered or mentioned against him, and more than if they had not been”

- John Wesley, from his sermon, Justification by Faith

* Please rise in body or spirit.

WELCOME

PRELUDE The Call Ralph Vaughan Williams Karah Ingraham, soprano; Dr. Karen Marrolli, alto

CALL TO WORSHIP

Children of God, you are welcome here. All of who you are—even your regrets and failings—is welcome here.

We come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God.

Many of us find it easy to recognize our goodness and difficult to notice our sins.

We come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God.

Others of us live under a shroud of guilt and shame, believing we can never be good enough to receive the fullness of God’s love.

We come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God.

However you enter this place, know this: you are loved, accepted, and called. May God’s love draw us to honest confession; God’s acceptance assures us of the work of grace in our lives, and God’s call compels us to live in grace.

We come to tell the truth about who we are in relationship with God who loves us, accepts us, and calls us. Amen.

* HYMN Praise to the Lord, the Almighty 139 UMH

VIDEO — WHY I AM A UNITED METHODIST CHRISTIAN

FIRST LESSON FROM THE HISTORIES 2 Kings 4:42-44

* SECOND LESSON FROM THE GOSPELS John 6:1-13

This is the Word of God for the People of God.

Thanks be to God!

MUSICAL RESPONSE I Then Shall Live Sibelius, arr. Lloyd Larson Karah Ingraham, soprano

MESSAGE

MUSICAL RESPONSE He Leadeth Me (vs 1) UMH 128

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE LORD’S PRAYER