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Claybanks United Methodist Church
September 20, 2020 10:30 a.m.

*Indicates to stand as you are able

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

Praise Song: “I Sing the Almighty Power of God” ​​​​​
Insert

Prelude

*Call to Worship
Leader: Stand firm, children of God.
All: We come to serve the Lord.
Leader: Stand firm, children of God.
All: We come to stand in unity and love.
Leader: Stand firm, children of God.
All: We come to live faithfully and fully in ​ Christ.

*Gloria Patri

Opening Prayer

Hymn: “God Will Take Care of You”
Insert
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Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn: “O Jesus, I Have Promised”
Insert
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Sharing the Word
​Old Testament Reading: Psalm 19
​*Gospel Reading: Matthew 20:1-16

Message: So Tell Me the Spiritual Outcome
​​​​Pastor Gary

Prayer

Hymn: “Lord Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing”
​​​​Insert

Benediction

Postlude

Calendar and Announcements

Sunday, September 20, 10:30am………………… Worship
Tuesday, September 22………………..First day of autumn!
Thursday, September 24……………….Newsletter deadline
Sunday, September 27, 10:30am……………Shalom Sunday
Sunday, October 4, ……………World Communion Sunday

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist: Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Edie Bogart
Ministers: All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
September 13, 2020 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Worship (weather permitting)

*Indicates to stand as you are able

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

Praise Song: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Prelude

*Call to Worship
​Leader: O Lord, majestic in holiness, who is ​like you?
All: In greatness of your majesty you ​overthrow your adversaries.
Leader: O Lord, awesome in splendor, who is ​like you?
All: Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in ​power, shattered the enemy.
Leader: Oh Lord, worker of wonders, who is ​like you?
All: Sing to the Lord, my strength and my ​might, you are my salvation.

*Gloria Patri
Opening Prayer

Hymn: “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy”
​(See insert and please stay seated)

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn: “Freely, Freely”
(see insert and please stay seated)

Sharing the Word
Old Testament Reading: Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21
*Gospel Reading: Matthew 18:21-35
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Message: Who Is Living in Chains? Pastor Gary

Prayer

Hymn: “Oh, How I Love Jesus”
​(see insert and please stay seated)

Benediction

Postlude

Calendar and Announcements
Tuesday, Sept.15, 5:00pm…………….Worship Design
Thursday, September 17, 1:00pm………………UMW
Sunday, Sept. 20, 10:30am…………….Indoor worship unless it’s nice weather! Stay tuned!
Sunday, Sept. 20, 4:00pm at the Shelby Rail Trail Park,
Shelby UMC Mortgage Burning ceremony. Megan Schihl will provide music!
Thursday, September 24…………..Newsletter deadline

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist: Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Edie Bogart
Ministers: All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
September 6, 2020 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Worship
*Indicates to stand as you are able

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

Praise Song: “Morning Has Broken”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Prelude

*Call to Worship
Leader: Praise the Lord!
All: Sing to the Lord a new song.
Leader: Let all God’s children rejoice.
All: Clap your hands and praise God with dancing.
Leader: Shout for joy and praise God with music.
All: Sing to the Lord a new song.
Leader: Let all God’s children rejoice.

*Gloria Patri

Opening Prayer

Recognition of Labor Day

Hymn: “Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands”
​(See insert and please stay seated)

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”
(see insert and please stay seated)

Sharing the Word
​Old Testament Reading: Psalm 148
​*Gospel Reading: Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
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Message: Your Heart Must Be God’s Heart

Holy Communion

Prayer

Hymn: “Take My Life, And Let It Be”
​(see insert and please stay seated)

Benediction

Postlude

Calendar and Announcements
Sunday, September 13, 10:30am…………Worship outdoors
Tuesday, Sept.15, 5:00pm……………Worship Design Mtg.
Thursday, September 17, 1:00pm………………UMW Mtg.
Sunday, September 20, 10:30…………… Worship indoors!
Thursday, September 24……………….Newsletter deadline

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist: Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Reba Peterson
Ministers: All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
August 30, 2020 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Worship
*Indicates to stand as you are able

Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

Praise Song: “Let There Be Peace on Earth”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Prelude

*Call to Worship
​Leader: Holy, holy, holy.
​All: Holy God is here.
​Leader: Holy, holy, holy.
​All: Love has called us here.
​Leader: Holy, holy, holy.
​All: We gather to worship our holy God.

Gloria Patri

Opening Prayer

Hymn: “Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty” ​(See insert and please stay seated)

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

Shalom Sunday Offering

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn: “Jesu, Jesu”
(see insert and please stay seated)

Sharing the Word
​Old Testament Reading: Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c
​Epistle Reading: Romans 12:9-21

Message: We Can Rise To Be Peacemakers

Prayer

Hymn: “Savior, Again To Thy Dear Name”
​(see insert and please stay seated)

Benediction

Postlude

Calendar and Announcements
Sunday, September 6, 10:30am………..Worship outdoors
and Communion Sunday, weather permitting
Monday, September 7……………………………Labor Day
Tuesday, Sept.15, 5pm…………………..Worship Design

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist: Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Art Grumm
Ministers: All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
August 23, 2020 10:30 a.m.
Outdoor Worship
*Indicates to stand as you are able

Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

Praise Song “Forward Through the Ages”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Prelude

*Call to Worship
​Leader: God is with us, giving that wondrous
​healing love to each one.
​All: Blessed be God who watches over us.
​Leader: Come, let us praise God with thankful
​hearts.
​All: Lord, we come to you in gratitude for ​all you do for us. AMEN

*Gloria Patri

Opening Prayer

Hymn “Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

Prayer of Dedication

Hymn “My Hope Is Built”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Sharing of the Word
​Old Testament Reading: Psalm 124
​*New Gospel Reading: Matthew 16:13-20

Message: Is Peter a Rock? Pastor Gary

Prayer

Hymn “The Church’s One Foundation”
(See insert and please stay seated)

Benediction

Postlude

Calendar and Announcements
Tuesday, August 25……………………Newsletter Deadline
Sunday, August 30, 10:30am…………Worship outdoors
and Shalom Sunday if we are still collecting change for this!

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist: Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Edie Bogart
Ministers: All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
February 23, 2020 10:30 a.m.
*Indicates to stand as you are able

Transfiguration Sunday

Welcome and Announcements

*Praise Song “I Love to Tell the Story” v. 1,5 UMH#156

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: ​Come, praise the Lord our God, and worship at God’s mountain.
All: ​For the Lord our God is holy, full of compassion and grace.
Leader: ​When God’s prophets cried out, God answered them, speaking in a pillar of cloud.
All: ​Let all God’s people sing praises to God’s great and awesome name.
Leader: ​Mighty God lover of justice, you establish equity throughout the earth.
All:​Let us worship God from the mountaintops. Let us praise God’s holy name.

*Gloria Patri UMH #70

Opening Prayer

*Hymn “O Worship the King” UMH #73

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

Children’s Time–
After prayers, sing the Children out – “Jesus Loves Me.” Children 5 and under are welcome to remain in worship or go to the nursery at this time.

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

*Doxology UMH #95

Prayer of Dedication

*Hymn “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” UMH#103

Sharing of the Word

Old Testament Reading: ​​Exodus 24:12-18​ page 62
*Gospel Reading: ​​​Matthew 17:1-9 ​page 798
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Message: What Moses, Elijah, and Jesus Have in Common
Pastor Gary

Prayer

*Hymn “Christ Whose Glory Fills the Sky” UMH#173

Benediction

Calendar and Announcements

Sunday, February 23, 2020
Sunday School 9:30 Youth 9:45
10:30 a.m. – Worship Shalom Sunday

Sunday, March 1, 2020
Sunday School 9:30 Youth 9:45
10:30 a.m. – Worship Communion

Sunday, March 8 Sunday, February 23, 2020
Sunday School 9:30 Youth 9:45
10:30 a.m. – Worship

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist​​​​: ​ Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist: Konnie Grant
Nursery: Liz Grossman
Ministers:​ All People As We Live the Good News

Claybanks United Methodist Church
October 27, 2019 10:30 a.m.
*Indicates to stand as you are able
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements

*Praise Song “I Sing the Almighty Power of God” v,1 UMH#152

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: ​The Spirit is here,
All:​​ Bringing vision and hope for our world.
Leader:​ Christ lifts us up,
All: ​​Welcoming us with loving arms.
Leader: ​God showers the earth,
All:​​ Nourishing all creation with grace.
Leader: ​Sense the Spirit moving within and among us.
All: ​​Feel Christ’s presence healing and blessing us.
Leader:​As we gather in worship this day,
All: ​​We receive the showering love of God.

*Gloria Patri UMH #70

Opening Prayer

*Hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” v.1-4 UMH #110

Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns

Children’s Time–
After prayers, sing the Children out – “Jesus Loves Me.” Children 5 and under are welcome to remain in worship or go to the nursery at this time.

The Offering of Our Gifts and Ourselves

*Doxology UMH #95

Prayer of Dedication

*Hymn “Open My Eyes That I May See” v.1-3 UMH# 454

Sharing of the Word

Old Testament Reading: ​​Joel 2:23-32 page 741
Second Reading: ​​​2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 page 968

Message: God Cares Pastor Gary

Words of Assurance

The Great Thanksgiving

Prayer

*Hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” UMH#

Benediction

Calendar and Announcements

Sunday, October 27, 2019
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Youth Sunday School
10:30 a.m. – Worship: Shalom Sunday, Communion Sunday
SPRC 2:00 p.m. Hart UMC

Sunday, November 3, 2019 Don’t forget to “fall back”. Turn your clocks back one hour.

Sunday, November 3, 2019
9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Youth Sunday School
10:30 a.m. – Worship: Edith Bogart

Saturday, November 9th New Era Christian Famous Homemade Apple Pies start at 7am Lynn Ramthun 231.557.2942

Email: glpeterson32@frontier.com
Office Telephone: 231-923-0573
Office email: ClaybanksUMC@gmail.com
Website: http://www.claybanksunitedmethodist.com

Pianist​​​​:​ Suzanne Bouchard
Liturgist: Mechelle Schneider
Nursery: Carol Adams
Ministers​: All People As We Live the Good News