Sunday Worship
August 8, 2021
Eleventh Sunday in Pentecost
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Wherever we are in our spiritual journey,we intend to come into closer relationship with God and with each other. God's presence awakens our hearts, and informs our lives, so that we are grounded by divine grace.
Our church is a place where we practice living in faith, supporting each other so that with time we become the beloved community.
For when we awaken our soul, God is brought into the world.
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August 8, 2021
Sunday Worship
Eleventh Sunday in Pentecost Worship
Prelude
Musicians - Elle Wheeler
Welcome
Announcements
Passing the peace
Contemplative prayer - Submission
__William Cowper
Call to worship -
We stand in this holy place.
We seek the face of God.
We bow our hearts before our Maker, in the miracle of God’s grace.
Through this worship, may we be strengthened in our souls
With compassion through the Holy Spirit;
And may Christ dwell in our hearts through faith.
Let us be rooted and grounded in love—
The love of Christ that is so broad,
So long,
So high,
So deep
That it surpasses knowledge.
We come to worship this morning
That we be filled to the measure with all the fullness of God.
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Singing - Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah, #127, verses 1-3
1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more;
feed me till I want no more.
2. Open now the crystal fountain,
whence the healing stream doth flow;
let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong deliverer, strong deliverer,
be thou still my strength and shield;
be thou still my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside;
death of death and hell's destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises,
I will ever give to thee;
I will ever give to thee.
Unity prayer -
Creator God,
in praise and adoration our spirits dance before you today.
You have created this wondrous universe
and all the magnificent things within it.
You have blessed us with so much throughout our lives,
even to this day of praise and thanksgiving.
Let our spirits soar!
Let our hearts sing boldly of your wondrous love.
We celebrate your love and presence with us,
and it is with the blessing of Jesus, our friend and guide,
that we offer this prayer. Amen.
Reading - Daniel 3
For the word of God in scripture
For the word of God among us
For the word of God within us
All- Thanks be to God.
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Special Music
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Reading - Daniel 9
For the word of God in scripture
For the word of God among us
For the word of God within us
All- Thanks be to God.
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Special Music
Silence
Sermon - Prophets: Daniel
Time of prayer
Prayers
Joys and Concerns
Pastor’s prayer
Lord’s prayer
Offering
Doxology
Holy Communion
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Singing - One Bread, One Body, #620, verses 1-3
Refrain:
One bread, one body, one Lord of all;
one cup of blessing which we bless,
and we, though many throughout the earth,
we are one body in this one Lord.
1 Gentile or Jew, servant or free,
woman or man, no more.
Refrain
2 Many the gifts, many the works,
one in the Lord of all.
Refrain
3 Grain for the fields, scattered and grown,
gathered to one for all.
Refrain
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Benediction
Postlude
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Livestream is postponed for August 1 and will resume next week.
All St Helena United Methodist Church worship services for the next period of time will be livestreamed on YOUTUBE and recorded, then posted to both the YOUTUBE and Facebook church pages.
Our church YOUTUBE page address is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UC0OqmSmHjjcVRgrM_0U1FNA
Our church Facebook page address is:
https://www.facebook.com/st.helenaUMC
