Tryon United Methodist Church

11:00 A.M. Worship                                        Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost                         November 10, 2024

 

                                       Let the chiming of the hour be the signal for that reverent silence which is the beginning of worship                                                           

CHIMING OF THE HOUR                             Westminster Chimes                                                  Handbell Choir

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                                Pam Monterisi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 PRELUDE                               All Things Bright and Beautiful                                                        Handbell Choir   

                                                      

CALL TO WORSHIP (The Abingdon Book of Worship 2024)                                                     Rev. Lynnette Sills

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.

            Build us into a spiritual house, O God, and we will be a holy people.

Unless the Lord guards the city, the guards keep watch in vain.

           Guard our hearts and minds, that we may walk in your ways.

Unless the Lord is the center of our worship, our words and praise are in vain.

           Here and now, Holy One, may we taste eternity.

 

GREETING AND OPENING PRAYER (The Abingdon Book of Worship 2024)                    Rev. Lynnette Sills

God of infinite possibilities, when the world says, “No,” you say, “Yes!”. The world warns against marrying foreigners, but you transform honest love into a blessing for all people. The world lauds the industry of the rich, but you cherish the sacrifice of the poor. Build us into a household of love and guard the walls of our spirit, that we may remain strong in service to one another. Amen.

 

PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST (The Abingdon Worship Annual 2024)                                Rev. Lynnette Sills

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                                                                         Take My Life and Let It Be                                                          399                                                                          

*PSALTER READING                                                    Psalm 146 (UMH 858)                                          Pam Monterisi

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!

               I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being.

Put not your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.

          Their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.

Happy are those whose help is in the God of Jacob,

         Whose hope is in the Lord, their God,

Who made heaven and earth. The sea, and all that is in them;

        Who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.

The Lord sets the prisoners free;

        The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

        The Lord loves the righteous.

The Lord watches over the sojourners,

        And upholds the widow and the orphan; but the Lord brings the way of the wicked to ruin.

The Lord will reign for ever, your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.

        Praise the Lord.

 

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH       THE APOSTLES’ CREED (UMH 881)                                                 Pam Monterisi

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
       maker of heaven and earth;

 

And in Jesus Christ his only Son, our Lord;
      who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
        born of the Virgin Mary,
          suffered under Pontius Pilate,
          was crucified, dead, and buried;

      the third day he rose from the dead;
      he ascended into heaven,
           and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
      from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
      the holy catholic church,
      the communion of saints,
      the forgiveness of sins,
      the resurrection of the body,
      and the life everlasting. 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. Lynnette Sills

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

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER (Trespass)                                                        Rev. Lynnette Sills

 

PRAYER OF YEARNING (The Abingdon Worship Annual 2024)      

Holy Seer, we long to perceive ourselves as you see us. We yearn to look through your eyes and envision who you created us to be. Help us love ourselves, that we may truly love others. Help us to give freely from our bounty, that we may rejoice in the gifts of other, even when they seem small by comparison.

Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

 

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

                                             We pray these things and pray now the prayer you taught us to pray.

 

 

 

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.          

     

           PRAYER LIST 11/10/24

Pray for all who are dealing with devastation and loss after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.  Pray for all of the helpers who are working to restore power and provide clothing, shelter and assistance.

Continue to pray for the people of Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Haiti and all places experience conflicts and war. Pray for there to be peace and for war to cease. Pray for leaders to seek wisdom. Pray for an end to violence and bloodshed.  Pray for all people in all nations to seek and to be instruments of peace.  

Unspoken requests for our families and friends who may need prayer support, who are going through various life transitions, who have loved ones with physical or mental health issues, those in abusive relationships.

For those in need of treatment for depression/anxiety.

For those who grieve for loved ones who have passed.

Those who are in transition and contemplating lifestyle changes - moving, retiring, furthering their education.

Gratitude for the Comfort Shawl ladies who provide shawls for so many.

Prayers for families in domestic violence situations

Caregivers needing help caregiving and for all receiving health care treatment.

Caregivers of little children, adult children, parents and friends.

Pray for: Diane Aden & Family, Anna, Rockie Alexander, Judy Banks, Fred Beiers, Clara Biswas & Family, Davis Blackwelder, Sabine Boots, Bill Bowman, Sam Bowman, Terrye Broyhill, Brandon, Franz, Eloise and Aidan Call, Margaret Cannon, Rhonda Carpenter, The Cashion Family, Cathy, Liz Chase, Jimmy Chatman, Michelle Chromey, Claire, Beth Cochran, Betty Cochran, Breanna Cochran, Pat Cowan, Judy Cruse, Dona Jean Dacey, Mark Dacey, Gordon & Karen Davidson, Tristan D’Adamo, Tim & Cathy Dean, Tracie Dubek,  Kathleen Edberg & Jim Schrader, Sandra Forney,  Roy Greene & Family, Teresa Greene, Geneva Hargett, Jennifer & Percy Hargett, Ben Harvey, Leewyn Hatch, Debbie & Larry Hedgepath and family, Bobby Henson, Nancy Hiley, Charlotte Holly, Family of Charles Holly, Linda Hudgins, Bob Hudson, Hilda, Jason, Jane Jenkins, Charlie Jones, Julia and Chris, Juliet, Margaret Kell, Sarah Kim, Mike Kraft, Siri Larson, David Lawson, Sherrill Lawson, Family of Carol Lee, Sarah Lee, Sam Lilly and wife, Liz, Sandra Maier, Maria, Jan Markey, Dennis and Melony Martin, Melissa, Jerry Miller, Ashley Mould, Betty Neal, Bob & Jo Oliver, Adam Palmer, David Palmer, Salley Parker,Alice Payne, Carie Perez, Bob Reynolds, Luke Rimel, Cathy Ruth, Stephen Sacks, Family of Jay Sealy, Charleigh Self, Cindy Shouck, Bonnie Stewart, Family of Mary Aden Stuch, Richard Tendam, Family of Blayne Turner, Bill Vehorn, John Vines, Wade, George Wallace, Linda Waters, Wendy, Hal Wishon & Kim Wishon, Kairos Prison Ministry,

Ministry Missionaries:  The Wollin Family (our missionary partners in Albania)

Long Term Prayer Needs Mary Armitage, Donnie Andrews, Keith Andrews, Fred Beiers, Susan Bennett, John Bogwicz, Austin Bradley, Rick Campbell, Beth Cochran, Mary Count, Molly Forrester, Patty Gilleland and Mark Gilleland, Mary Glenn, Hazel Griffiths, Pat Hart, Mary Hartsoe, Noah Homan, Alice Logue, Nicole Meyers, Delinda Metcalf, Betty Milam, Christy O’Neill, June Palmer, Sherry Palmer, Erika Potter, Jim Steward, Annalise Strasel

UMC Armed Forces Prayer List: Ruairidh (Rory Coull), Landon Farley, James Henson Jr., Kevin Mott, Harrison Turnage

 

Bulletin Announcement Deadlines:  If you would like to have an announcement placed in the bulletin, please send it to Pam McNeil by Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. each week.  Bulletins are printed by 2:00 p.m. each Wednesday. Send to  tumc1@tryonumc.net or lrj.sills52@gmail.com    

 

OFFERTORY PRAYER (The Abingdon Worship Annual 2024)                                                        Rev. Lynnette Sills

Free our hearts, gracious God, that your great purposes may work through our love, as they did for Naomi and Ruth before us. Multiply our gifts, Holy One,  that all people may be built into a spiritual house, a house that no one can bring down. Amen.

 

OFFERTORY ANTHEM                                                         The Gift of Love                                                        Chancel Choir    

 

DOXOLOGY                                                                                                                                          94

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God all creatures here below;

Alleluia! Alleluia!           

Praise God the source of all our gifts!  Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!  Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

 

 

SCRIPTURE                         Mark 12:38-44 (New Revised Standard Version)                                      Pam Monterisi

 

38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will be punished most severely.”

41 Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.

43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”

 

 The word of God for the people of God.   Thanks be to God

 

MESSAGE                                                              Everything She Had                                        Rev. Lynnette Sills

 

*CLOSING HYMN                                        Blest Be the Tie That Binds                                                               557

 

*BENEDICTION (The Abingdon Worship Annual 2024)                                                            Rev. Lynnette Sills

May God build us into a spiritual house

              to be a shelter for those in need.

Become a fortress housing God’s Spirit.

              Touch the hearts of those we meet and heal the world.

              We go with God’s blessing.

              Let us go in peace.  Amen.

 

POSTLUDE                                                    Our Lord and King Adore                               Handbell Choir     

                     

Many thanks to Wanangwa Hartwell and the Handbell Choir for providing the music for
this morning’s worship service.

 

(Bulletin photo: The Widow's Mite: CANVAS ART 14x14" reproduction of

Kathy Peterson painting from book Girls Who Choose God)

 

 

 

 

 

Audio-visual team: (Lynn Montgomery and Bob Montgomery)

 

 

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