Worship at St. Helena United Methodist Church

 Sunday Worship

October 17, 2021 

10 a.m.

21st Sunday in Pentecost

 

 

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.

 

October 17, 2021

Sunday Worship

10 a.m.

21st Sunday in Pentecost Worship

Prelude

 

Musicians - Napa Valley Duo

 Welcome 

 

Announcements

Contemplative Prayer - Constant Conversation 

                       __Rumi

Passing the peace 

Call to worship -

Come, my heart says, seek God’s face!

Your face, O Holy One, we seek

God saves us and lights our way. Why should we fear anyone?

God defends us and keeps us safe.

Why would we ever be afraid?

We come, O Holy One, asking for this:

Let us live in your house,

and see your beauty, and bring our questions, too.

In the shelter you provide, 

Let us learn all we can about you.

In this house of joy and praise,

Let us sing to God with all our hearts.

Come, my heart says, seek God’s face!

Your face, O Holy One, we seek.

 

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Singing - Welcome #3152, verses 1-3

Let’s walk together for a while and ask where we begin
To build a world where love can grow and hope can enter in.
To be the hands of healing and to plant the seeds of peace,

 

Refrain:
Singing welcome,
Welcome to this place.
You’re invited to come and know God’s grace.
All are welcome, the love of God to share,
‘Cause all of us are welcome here; all are welcome in this place.

 

Let’s talk together of a time when we will share a feast,
Where pride and power kneel to serve the lonely and the least,
And joy will set the table as we join our hands to pray,

Refrain

 

Let’s dream together of the day when earth and heaven are one,
A city built of love and light, the new Jerusalem,
Where our mourning turns to dancing, every creature lifts its voice!

Refrain

Crying welcome!

 

Unity prayer -

Lord, here I am. You told me to seek Your face: and so, I am seeking Your face. I don’t know what it means, but I ask You to reveal Yourself to me. I need to know You personally, face-to-face: the real You, not some image I already in my mind. So, here I am. Show me Yourself, for I need You. More than solutions, I need You. More than answers, more than guidance, more than blessing, more than anything, I need You. Just You. Here I am. Please, show me Yourself. Amen.

 

 

 

Reading -  Psalm 80:1-13

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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