CHIMING OF THE HOUR                                                                                                              Pam McNeil, organ
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                       Pam Monterisi

PRELUDE                                                  Veni Sanctu Spiritu                                                   Pam McNeil, organ

CALL TO WORSHIP (umcdiscipleship) Rev. Gerald Davis
L: The name of the Lord is majestic!
P: The mountains tower and the seas roar in praise of God!
L: When we look at the heavens, we rejoice in God!
P: The moons, stars, planets, solar systems are a delight to us!
L: Come, let us shout our praise to God!
P: Lord, thank you for this awesome creation! AMEN.

GREETING Rev. Gerald Davis

OPENING PRAYER (umcdiscipleship) Rev. Gerald Davis
Spirit of Wisdom and Hope, we witness your glory in the heavens and hear your call to us. We
are sometimes overwhelmed by the thought of your compassionate care. Open our hearts this
day to hear and respond in joy to your call, that we may serve you faithfully all our days.
AMEN.

PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST                                                                                             Rev. Gerald Davis

You are members of God’s beloved community.  Greet one another with the peace of Christ.

As we pass the peace of Christ, greet one another in ways you feel are healthy and comfortable for you.

*HYMN                                        Holy, Holy, Holy                                                                                                         64

PSALTER                                                         Psalm 8 (UMH 743)                                                                 Pam Monterisi O Lord, our Lord,

    How majestic is your name in all the earth!

Your glory is chanted above the heavens by the mouth of babes and infants:

   You have set up a defense against your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at the heavens, the work of your fingers,

   The moon and the stars which you have established;

What are human beings that you are mindful of the  m,

   And mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them little less than God,

   And crowned them with glory and honor.

You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;

   You have put all things under their feet,

All sheep and oxen

   And also the beasts of the field.

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea;

   Whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,

   How majestic is your name in all the earth!

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH      A Modern Affirmation (UMH 885)                                                Pam Monterisi

Leader: Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare:

All: We believe in God the Father; infinite in wisdom, power, and love,

whose mercy is over all his works, and whose will is ever directed to his children’s good.

We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of man, the gift of the Father’s unfailing grace, the ground of our hope, and the promise of our deliverance from sin and death.

We believe in the Holy Spirit as the divine presence in our lives, whereby we are kept in perpetual remembrance of the truth of Christ, and find strength and help in time of need.

We believe that this faith should manifest itself in the service of love as set forth in the example of our blessed Lord, to the end that the kingdom of God may come upon the earth.          Amen.

GLORIA PATRI (UMH 70)                                                                                                         Congregation

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.  Amen. Amen.

CHILDREN’S MOMENT                                                                                                        Rev. Gerald Davis

We set aside this time for Children’s Moment when we have children with us.

PASTORAL PRAYER                                                                                                             Rev. Gerald Davis

                                                    THE LORD’S PRAYER (Trespass)                                   Rev. Gerald Davis

Our Father, who art in heaven

Hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come,

Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread;

And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

For thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

OFFERTORY PRAYER                                                                                                                                     Rev. Gerald Davis

OFFERTORY MUSIC                                Teach Your Children                                                              Kevin and Mark McCall,

                                                                                                                                                                                  Rev. Gerald Davis