September 29 Service

Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, September 29, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

*Praise Song
”Make Me a Channel of Your Peace”……..TFWS 2171

Prelude

*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved.
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.

*Call to Worship
Leader: We gather to pray.
All: We gather to praise.
Leader: May our prayers extend beyond ourselves.
All: May our praises rise to the heavens.
Leader: May our lives be salty with love.
All: May our prayers be reflective of peace.

*Gloria Patri……………………………………UMH 70

*Opening Prayer

*Hymn
”For the Healing of the Nations”……………. UMH 428

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
Pastor: ……..God of love and power,
All: Hear our prayer. (Repeated Several times)

Shalom Offering

The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves

*Doxology………………….…………………………..…UMH 95

*Prayer of Dedication

*Hymn
”O Jesus, I Have Promised”…………….UMH 396

Sharing of the Word

Old Testament Reading
Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:2-22……………………………..Page 390 & 391
*Gospel Reading
Mark 9:38-50……………………………………..…….Page 821

Message by Pastor Gary Peterson
“Short Term vs. Long Term”

Prayer

*Hymn
”He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought”…….UMH 128

Benediction

Postlude – Please be seated

Pianist – Julie Ash

Liturgist – Janice Anderson & Richard Lindell