Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC November
29, 2020 – First Sunday of Advent Prelude and Bringing in the Light Welcome and Announcements *Call to Worship The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. And also
with you. The risen Christ is with us. Praise the Lord! *Opening Prayer Almighty God, to you all hearts are
open, all desires known, and from you no
secrets are hidden. Cleanse the thoughts
of our hearts by the inspiration of
your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly
love you, and worthily magnify
your holy name, through Christ our
Lord. Amen. Hymn – Great Is Thy Faithfulness (UMH 140) Psalter Reading – Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (UMH 801) Old Testament Reading – Isaiah
64:1-9 Advent
Reading and Lighting of Advent Candle – Lynn
and Winston Skinner Offertory – O Come, O
Come, Immanuel
– Kevin Lefebvre Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Epistle Reading – 1 Corinthians
1:3-9 Hymn – I Know Whom I Have Believed (UMH 714) *Gospel Reading – Mark
13:24-37 Sermon – "This Place is a Mess" – Rev. Kory Trinrud *Affirmation of Faith (UMH 881) Hymn – To God Be the Glory (UMH 98) *Benediction Postlude |
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November 22, 2020 – Christ the King
Sunday Prelude Welcome
and Announcements *Call
to Worship L: Lord, we need a Savior. P: Where are the
superheroes? Where can we find Superman or Batman? Where are the Avengers or the X-men? L: Listen to the screams,
Lord, creation is broken! P: Not just floods and
earthquakes, but hunger and neglect. L: The arch-nemesis of
all things good wages war and pain. P: Lord, have
mercy! Where are the superheroes? *Opening Prayer Friends, find strength
in the Lord, he shares his power with you! Put on the Armor. Make a stand against
the enemy – apathy, hate, war, greed. Put on the
Armor. Put on the Armor of God. You are armed with
truth, justice, the good news of peace. Put on the Armor. Put on the Armor. Put on the Armor
of God. Amen. Hymn
– Spirit
of the Living God
(UMH 393) Epistle
Reading – Ephesians
1:15-23 Psalter
Reading – Psalm 100
(UMH 821) Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Offertory
– Amazing
Grace –
Jim
Kight and Winston Skinner *Gospel
Reading – Matthew
25:31-46 Hymn
– God
of Grace and God of Glory (UMH 577) Old
Testament Reading – Song of Solomon 8:6-7 Sermon
– “The
Gospel According to Batman” –
Winston Skinner *Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 883) Hymn
– Where
He Leads Me
(UMH 338) *Benediction Postlude |
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November
15, 2020 – Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Prelude Welcome and Announcements *Call to Worship L: Come!
Share the joy of the Lord! P: Delight
in God’s goodness! L: Praise
God who gives each person a special gift to be nurtured and shared. P: Lord,
we thank you for these gifts! L: Come,
let us worship God who entrusts us with so much. P:
Lord, make us worthy of your love and
trust in us. Amen! *Opening Prayer Awesome
God, you created the world and all that is in it. You blessed each element of
creation with your love. You called us from slavery into witness and service.
Be with us this day as we gather to worship. Clear our minds of all the
distractions which would draw us away from you. Open our hearts and spirits and
let your healing and empowering love flow in. For we offer this prayer in the
name of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN. Hymn – A
Charge to Keep I Have (UMH 413) Old Testament Reading – Judges
4:1-7 Psalter Reading – Psalm 76 (UMH 797) Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Offertory Epistle Reading – 1
Thessalonians 5:1-11 Hymn – Lord,
Have Mercy
(UMH
482) *Gospel Reading – Matthew
25:14-30 Sermon – “Enter
into the Joy”
– Rev. Kory Trinrud *Affirmation of Faith (UMH 881) Hymn – I
Know Whom I Have Believed
(UMH
714) *Benediction Postlude |
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November 8, 2020 – Twenty-Third
Sunday after Pentecost Prelude
– Rock of Ages Welcome
and Announcements *Call
to Worship We enter worship once again this day choosing to serve you, God,
and no other. With waiting hearts we come to worship. We enter as witnesses to one another to live out our baptism and
grow into the Body of Christ. With waiting hearts we come to worship We enter dependent on the Spirit to be with us in our thoughts
and feelings. With waiting hearts we come to worship. *Opening Prayer Creator God, we wait
for your presence. (Raise hands straight up from waist and over
the head.) Reconciling Christ, we wait for your presence. (Reach up and out with hands to the sides over
the head.) Comforting Spirit, we wait for your presence. (Move hands inward and fold over the chest.) Hymn
– Thy Word
Is a Lamp unto My Feet (UMH
601) Old
Testament Reading – Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 Psalter
Reading – Psalm 78:1-7 (UMH 799) Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Offertory
– Just as I Am Epistle
Reading – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Hymn
– Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
(UMH 127) Gospel
Reading – Matthew 25:1-13 Sermon
– “A Midnight Shout” – Rev. Kory Trinrud *Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881) Hymn
– My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
(UMH 368) *Benediction Postlude
– My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less |
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November 1, 2020 – All Saints Day Welcome
and Announcements *Call
to Worship We
have come to affirm our faith handed down through the generations. To worship the God of our mothers and fathers our sisters and
brothers. We
have come to remember God’s promises to us the living. To respond in thanksgiving to the mighty works of God in our
lives. We
have come to affirm our trust in the God of all futures, To whose name be blessing and honor, glory and power forever and
ever. Amen. *Opening Prayer We seek and find you in Creation, O God, in the world you have
made. Let us recognize you here in the beauty of this morning and in
its challenge; Risen One, lead us to act: so that all may drink from your
springs of the waters of life, Hymn
– Soon and Very Soon (UMH 706) Epistle
Reading – 1 John
3:1-3 Psalter
Reading – Psalm 34:1-14 (UMH 769) Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Offertory Gospel
Reading – Matthew 5:1-12 Sermon
Text – Revelation 7:9-17 Sermon
– “The Great Multitude” – Rev. Kory Trinrud *Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881) Communion
(UMH 12) Hymn
– Sing with All the Saints in Glory
(UMH 702) *Benediction *Please stand as
you are able. |
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