Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
September
27, 2020 – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Order of Worship
Welcome
and Announcements
*Call
to Worship
Leader:
Come, let us bow before
the holy One.
People:
Come, let us confess God's might.
Leader:
Come, let us feel God's
mercy.
People:
Come, let us live in God's light.
Leader: As God's people, we
lift our voices in praise.
People:
Glory to you, gracious and loving God!
*Opening
Prayer
Loving and merciful Lord,
by your word we are nourished,
by your hand we are fed.
Turn our hearts to you now,
as we lift our prayers to you.
Hymn
– “Come, We That Love the Lord”
(UMH 732)
Old
Testament Reading – Exodus 17:1-7
Psalter
Reading – Psalm 78:1-4 (UMH 799)
Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Offertory
– Rebecca Hafner-Camp
Epistle
Reading – Philippians 2:1-13
Hymn
– “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”
(UMH 348)
*Gospel
Reading – Matthew 21:23-32
Sermon
– “You Can’t Do That!” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
*Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn
– “Have Thine Own Way Lord” (UMH 382)
*Benediction
*Please stand as you are able.
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
September
20, 2020 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Order of Worship
Welcome
and Announcements
Call to
Worship
Leader:
Come near to the Lord.
People:
Lord, be with us this day.
Leader:
Lift your sorrows and
joys to the Lord.
People:
Lord, hear the cries of our hearts.
Leader: Come, rest in the love
and mercy of God.
People:
Bless us, O Lord, that we may be
blessings for others in your name. AMEN.
Opening
Prayer
Lord, who lifts us up, reside in our hearts
today. Help us to listen closely for your word to us. Remind us that you are
always with us, throughout all of our lives. Give us confidence in your
presence, so that we may go into your world ready to witness to your love
through our works and our deeds, for we pray these things in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
Hymn
– “Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus” (UMH 349)
Epistle
Reading – Philippians 1:21-30
Psalter
Reading – Psalm 105: 1-11 (UMH
828)
Pastoral
Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Gospel
Reading – Matthew 20:1-16
Hymn
– “Lift Every Voice and Sing” (UMH 519)
Old
Testament Reading – Jonah
3:10 – 4:11
Sermon
– Jonah – “Angry with God” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
Affirmation
of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn
– “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” (UMH 340)
Benediction
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
September
13, 2020 – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
Leader: Sing
praise to God who rescues us when we fall!
People: Sing praise to God who walks with us on all our journeys!
Leader: Even
though we fall, God lifts us and places us on paths of peace.
People: Even though we stray, God finds us and brings us back to lives of
hope.
Leader: Thanks
be to God, whose love is continually with us.
All: Praise
be to God, whose mercy is over us all. AMEN.
Opening Prayer
We sing and speak your praise, O
God, grateful for the many ways in which you have healed us. Keep our hearts,
our minds, and our spirits open to learn ways in which we can offer healing
love for others. For we ask this in Jesus’ Name. AMEN.
Old Testament Reading – Exodus 14:19-31
Psalter Reading – Psalm 114 (UMH 835)
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
Gospel Reading – Matthew 18:21-35
Hymn –
“Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” (UMH 402)
Epistle Reading – Romans 14:1-12
Sermon
– “Love – Thick or Thin” – Rev. Kory Trinrud
Affirmation of Faith (UMH 881)
Hymn –
“Crown Him with Many Crowns” (UMH 327)
Benediction
God, grant your servants the promise of everlasting life,
light to guide us on our way, and Your blessing to unite us in service.
Allen-Lee Memorial
UMC
September
6, 2020 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
Leader: We
are tapestries richly woven with the threads of your artistry and workmanship,
O Lord.
People: As clay in the potter's hand, as sculpture beneath an artist's
chisel, you are in us.
Leader: We
are grateful for this "grace-ful" process
through which your Spirit shapes and defines our yielding soulscape.
People: We celebrate the riches of your grace by seeking to embody a
community of believers deeply rooted in the Truth.
All: May
we bear fruit conceived within a holy womb.
Opening Prayer
God, we trust in your power, even as
it is often found in weakness; in your wisdom, even as it is expressed in
seeming foolishness; in your wholeness, even as it comes to us amid brokenness.
We do not ask this day for dazzling displays of strength, electric exercises of
intellectual prowess, or marvelous manifestations of miracles. We come simply
to worship you. Touch us this day, O Lord, sinners that we are, that we might
become your saints, your body, your children, your church. For this temple of
your Spirit is built not upon our own abilities, knowledge or restorative
skill, but upon you, in Jesus Christ. Amen.
Old Testament Reading – Exodus 12:1-14
Psalter Reading – Psalm 150 (UMH 862)
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s
Prayer
Epistle Reading – Romans 13:8-14
Hymn – “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
(UMH 89)
Gospel Reading – Matthew 18:15-20
Sermon – “Sacrament is an Institution that
Forms Us” – Rev. Joe Watson
Affirmation of Faith (UMH 889)
Invitation (UMH 12)
Confession and Pardon (UMH 12)
The Great Thanksgiving (UMH 13)
Giving the Bread and Cup
Hymn – “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus” (UMH
514)
Benediction
Let your lives witness to Christ's
love.
Let your words bring reconciliation.
Let your thoughts be of peace.
Let your touch bring healing.
Let your actions count for justice.
Be a sign of hope and a beacon of
joy.
Go and may God's blessing go with
you.