Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
July 26, 2020 – Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
Leader: The word of God comes into our lives in many
ways.
People: God’s word comes to us, calling us to action
and to new life.
Leader: God’s word calls us now, here in our worship.
People: God’s
calling word invites us to service and ministry, to praise and thanksgiving.
All: We
worship the living God and offer our praises to the eternal One.
Opening Prayer
Old Testament Reading
– Genesis 29:15-28
Psalter – Psalm 105:
1-11 (UMH 828)
Hymn – “Holy,
Holy, Holy!” (UMH 64)
Epistle – Romans
8:26-39
Gospel – Matthew
13:31-33, 44-52
Sermon – "Good
News!” – Rev. Joe Watson
Affirmation of Faith
– The Apostles’ Creed (UMH 881)
Hymn – “Hymn
Be Thou My Vision” (UMH 451)
Benediction
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
July 19, 2020 – Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
In the midst of strife, God is with us!
Come, O Lord, and pour your word into our hearts.
In the anguish and grief of everyday living, God is with us!
Hear our cries, O Lord, and quiet our spirits!
Come, let us open our hearts and spirits to the Lord.
We come, with confidence and hope in the presence of God. Amen.
Opening Prayer
God of Jacob, who rested his head on a stone pillow and saw
visions of your angels, be with us this day. Give us a vision of your presence
in the midst of our strife. Give us courage and confidence that you are with
us, calling us to be your loving people in the world. For we ask these things
in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Hymn – “Morning
Has Broken” – UMH 145
Responsive Reading –
Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 – UMH 854
Old Testament Reading
– Genesis 28:10-19a
Hymn – “Spirit
of the Living God” – UMH 393
New Testament Reading
– Matthew 13:24-30
Sermon –Stuart
Crosby
Affirmation of Faith
– The Apostles’ Creed – UMH 881
Benediction
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
July 12, 2020 – Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call
to Worship
Life-Giving God, you have called us
to the fountain of new life, new vision, new hope, new fellowship with you and
with one another.
We come rejoicing! You kept your
promise.
Faithful God, you promised never to
leave or forsake us.
We come in victory! You kept your
promise.
All-Powerful, Sustaining God, you
promised to set us free from the law of sin and
death.
We come with hearts of thanksgiving
and our minds are stayed on you because you kept your promise. Hallelujah!
Opening Prayer – The Book of Common Prayer – UMH 705
Direct us, O Lord, in all our
doings, with your most gracious favor, and further us with your continual help,
that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in you, we may glorify your
holy name and finally, by your mercy, obtain everlasting life; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
Old Testament Reading – Isaiah 55:6-13
Hymn – “How Firm A Foundation” – UMH 529
New Testament Reading – Romans 8:26-32
Sermon – "How Should We Pray?"
Affirmation of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed – UMH 881
Hymn – “Trust and Obey” – UMH 467
Closing Benediction
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
July 5, 2020 –
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome
and Announcements
Call
to Worship
Leader: This
church opens wide its doors and bids you welcome to this time of worship.
Voice 1: We
welcome you to this place of prayer.
Voice 2: We
welcome you to this house of God.
Voice 3: We
welcome you to this sanctuary of transformation.
All: To
the God who makes all things possible, let us lift our voices in praise!
Opening
Prayer
New
every morning is your love, great God of light, and all day long you are
working for good in the world. Stir up in us desire to serve you, to live
peacefully with our neighbors, and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior,
Jesus Christ the Lord.
Old Testament Reading – Genesis
28:10-19a
Psalter Reading – Psalm
139 – UMH 854
Hymn – We Are
Climbing Jacob's Ladder – UMH 418
Epistle Reading – Romans 8:12-25
Gospel Reading – Matthew
13:24-30
Sermon – “God Wants a Relationship with You” – Rev. Joe Watson
Affirmation of
Faith
– UMH 881
Invitation – UMH 12
A Service of
Word and Table
Confession and
Pardon
– UMH 12
The Great
Thanksgiving
– UMH 13
The Lord’s Prayer
Giving the Bread
and Cup
Hymn – God Be with
You Till We Meet Again – UMH 672
Benediction
Friends, go into
this week with God’s word to Jacob – and to us – ringing in your ears: “I am
the LORD. Know that I am with you and will keep you wherever you go. I will not
leave you until I have done what I have promised to you.” By the power of God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, let us live into God’s word of presence and power
to us this week. Amen.
