ORDER OF WORSHIP Seven Respectable Sins

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1 March 8, 2015 First United Methodist Church of Portland ORDER OF WORSHIP Seven Respectable Sins

2 The Order of Worship Sunday, March 8, 2015 Third Sunday in Lent Seven Respectable Sins Congregational portions of prayers and responses are in bold type. To avoid disturbing other worshippers, please silence cell phones and pagers. Please stand, if standing is comfortable. For hymns, please stand at the beginning of the last line of the hymn introduction. Carillon Chorus Organ Prelude Lied from 24 Pieces Louis Vierne Jonas Nordwall, organist Organ Chimes Living & Growing in Faith Passing the Peace Allison Anderson, Lay Leader Introit Cantante Domino Becky Slagle Mayo (Sing to the Lord a New Song) The Sound Seekers Ronnee Edwards, conductor Marion Hollenberg, accompanist Call to Worship Allison Anderson, Lay Leader For God so loves the world The mountains, the seas, the birds, the bees, and the people. For God so loves the world Succeeding and failing, shining and hiding, getting and giving. For God so loves the world Enough to become one of us, enough to walk with us, enough to show us the Way. For God so loves the world Let us so love God in our worship and our lives! Hymn No. 145 Morning Has Broken A Conversation with Our Children Prayer and all God s children said, Amen. Rev. Jeremy Smith

3 Receiving New Members Dan and Bev Halperin First United Methodist Church is a welcoming, open community where there is always room for one more! Today it is our great pleasure to invite newcomers to officially join us. You have decided to join with this congregation of Portland s First Church, and to share with us a mindful spiritual journey. Just as early Christians were known as followers of The Way, we seek to be a faithful community moving through this life together. We ask you now these questions: Q: Will you join with us to follow the model of Jesus: to bring love and justice to all of God s creation; to love both the powerless and the powerful; and to seek to bring wholeness to all of humanity? A: I will. Q: Will you join with us and with the United Methodist Church, to explore questions of Christian faith through the Wesleyan perspective, combining personal holiness and social justice? A: I will. Q: Will you join with us in support of this community of faith through your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness, so that together we may grow stronger in expressing God s love for all creation? A: I will. To the Congregation Will you join with these persons - to learn from them and to learn with them, growing in the expression of our Christian faith, and affirming the presence of God s grace encompassing us all? A: We give thanks for you and we recognize you as our newest partners on the journey of faith. We will learn from you and learn with you. Together with you we will bring our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service and our witness to build up this community and to share God s love for all. Blessing May the God of all grace, who calls us into being with love, establish you now and continue to guide you on The Way of Jesus, the Way of God s love and hope. Amen.

4 Congregational Prayers Allison Anderson, Lay Leader Holy One, we know there are plenty of tables that need overturning in our lives. Beneath a mask of respectability, we hide our fears, our doubts, our addictions and our sins. Beneath a façade of self-sufficiency, we know the longing for love, the hunger for peace, the pain of isolation. What a relief it would be to have you upset it all, scatter it all, and free us all. What a relief it would be to have you, Jesus, pay us a visit this very day And help us radically rearrange the furniture of our lives. Moment of Silence Pastor s Prayer and the Lord s Prayer Choral Response Rev. Dick Storment Anthem My Shepherd Will Supply My Need Virgil Thomson The Chancel Choir Erick Lichte, conductor Introducing the Scripture Scripture John 2:13-22 Rev. Donna Pritchard Reflection Hymn No. 420 Great Big Stuff Rev. Donna M.L. Pritchard, preaching Breathe on Me, Breath of God Presenting Our Gifts Offertory Prayer Rev. Jeremy Smith Offertory Music Total Eclipse from Samson Oratorio G. F. Handel Jonathan Green, soloist Doxology and Presentations of Our Offerings From our ashen wilderness You O God still lead us home. In our journey, with us bless Paths of love, your faithfulness. text, Paul Nickell tune, Hymn No 192 Hymn No (The Faith We Sing) Grace Alone (Please be seated for the benediction, and choral response.)

5 Benediction Choral Response Postlude Marcia from Symphony No. 3 Charles Widor The altar flowers today are given to the glory of God and given by Nancy Townend in celebration of Virginia Townend s 95th birthday. The pulpit flowers today are given to the glory of God and given by Nancy Nordwall in memory of Chet Thomas. Ushers Chan Aaby, Judy Bomberger, Bob Fassiotto, David Edwards, Pete Klimecky, Greg Kirchem Greeters Coffee Hour The Chancel Choir and the Music Committee Lay Leaders Richard Allan, Allison Anderson, Paul Nickell Music Notes Introit Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord a New Song) by Becki Slagle Mayo Sing to the Lord a new song, sing to the Lord all the earth. Cantate Domino. Worship the Lord with music, worship the Lord with song. Cantate Domino. Cantata Domino, sing unto God! Serve the Lord with gladness, serve the Lord with praise. Cantate Domino. Anthem My Shepherd Will Supply My Need arr. by V. Thomson My Shepherd will supply my need, Jehovah is his Name. In pastures fresh he makes me feed beside the living stream. He brings my wandering spirit back when I forsake his ways. He leads me for his mercy s sake in paths of truth and grace. When I walk through the shades of death, thy presence is my stay. One word of thy supporting breath drives all my fears away. Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, doth still my table spread. My cup with blessings overflows, thine oil anoints my head. The sure provisions of my God attend me all my days, O may thy house be my abode and all my work be praise. There would I find a settled rest, while others go and come, No more a stranger or a guest, but like a child at home. Offertory Total Eclipse from Samson by George F. Handel Recitative O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Oh, worse than beggary, old age, or chains! My very soul in real darkness dwells! Aria Total eclipse! No sun, no moon. All dark amidst the blaze of noon! Oh, glorious light, no cheering ray to glad my eyes with welcome day. Total eclipse! No sun, no moon. All dark amidst the blaze of noon! Why thus depriv d Thy prime decree? Sun, moon, and stars are dark to me!

6 F IRST CHURCH March 8-14, 2015 Sunday, March 8 8:30 AM Commons AM, Collins Hall 9:00 AM When Spirit and Matter Meet, 110 9:00 AM Changing Christianity, 202 9:00 AM Church Child Care, Nursery 9:15 AM Church Library Open, Library 9:30 AM Confirmation Class, 125 9:30 AM High School Bible Study, Megan s Office 9:30 AM The Gathering, 204 9:30 AM Sound Seekers, 130 9:30 AM Cherubs, 206 & 209 9:30 AM Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary 10:00 AM Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Chapel 10:30 AM Sunday Worship, Sanctuary 10:45 AM Threes, :45 AM SS Pre Kindergarten, :45 AM SS Kindergarten, :45 AM SS 1 & 2 Grades, :45 AM SS 3 & 4 Grades, :45 AM SS 5 & 6 Grade, :30 AM Commons in Collins 11:45 AM P5 Robotics, :00 PM New Friends Lunch, Meet in Collins Hall 12:00 PM Genesis Ringers, 130 1:00 PM Lenten Book Study: Slow Church, 110 Monday, March 9 9:00 AM Tabitha Circle, :00 AM Church Library Volunteers, Library 6:30 PM SPRC, 110 7:00 PM Spiritual Direction, 136 Tuesday, March 10 11:00 AM Bridge, 202 6:30 PM Adult Ministries, Library 5:00 PM Lenten Supper, Collins Hall 6:15 PM Lent Madness, Fireside Room 7:00 PM Disciple Bible Study, Fireside Room 7:00 PM Sanctuary Bells, 202 7:30 PM Boy Scouts Troop 1,Gym Thursday, March 12 5:00 PM Ping Pong, Gym 6:00 PM jubellation, 202 6:30 PM Financial Peace University, 133 7:00 PM Chancel Choir Rehearsal, Sanctuary Saturday, March 14 10:00 AM Graceful Aging, Chapel WELCOME We extend a special welcome to our visitors. First United Methodist Church of Portland declares that we will be an advocate for peace in our local communities and world. As a Reconciling Congregation, members of this congregation have pledged to welcome and support all who want to worship with us, regardless of race, gender, class or sexual orientation. We encourage all of you to note your attendance on the enclosed Communication Card.

7 TODAY LOOKING AHEAD Join us for Coffee Hour following worship at the Commons in Collins Hall. Our hosts will be The Chancel Choir and Music Committee. Lent Madness: Who Will Win the Golden Halo? Our Lenten Suppers will continue each Wednesday night through March 25. 5:30 to 6:15 PM Lenten Supper Light supper in Collins Hall 6:15 to 6:55 PM Lenten Study Lent Madness in the Fireside Room Join us as we look at the lives of the saints and see who rises in the standings and who falls by the wayside (but not from grace!) Graceful Aging will be Saturday, March 14, at 10:30 am in the chapel. If you have questions, please contact Mark Ohlson at School Supplies are still needed for the UMCOR School Kits that will be assembled next Sunday in Collins Hall following worship as a part of our One Great Hour of Sharing Offering, which supports the ministry of UMCOR. Super Sunday is March 15 at 5:00 pm. This is a fun evening activity time for kids, while parents have dinner together at a restaurant of their choosing. Nursery is provided. Parenting for a New Age will gather on Saturday, March 21 at 5:30 pm for potluck at Rev. Donna s home in Beaverton. We will discuss the unique challenges of parenting kids in their 20s or 30s. First Church Travelers invite you to immerse into a true French experience. Sunday, March 22, gather in the Fireside Room at noon for a preview of: A Seine River Cruise: Paris & Highlights of Normandy on April 3-14, ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES Christianity in a Changing World is discussing A People s History of Christianity by Diana Butler Bass - two thousand years of Christian voices whose faith called for social justice and radical love. 9:00 AM/Room 202 The Gathering is a community of parents of school-age children. Rev. Jeremy leads us each week in a time of conversation and study. We meet at the same time as the children s choirs and youth Sunday school. 9:30 AM/Room 204 When Spirit and Matter Meet the five Sundays in March. Examine spirituality through the eyes of poets and artists. Taught by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Hurst, Art Historian and Spiritual Director. 9:00 AM/Room 110

8 CLERGY AND STAFF Senior Pastor The Reverend Donna Pritchard, Minister of Discipleship The Reverend Jeremy Smith, Minister of Pastoral Care The Reverend Dick Storment, Director of Children, Youth, & Family Ministries Megan Jones, Coordinator of Volunteers, Hospitality & Outreach Mark Ohlson, Church Administrator Liz Temple, Administrative Assistant David Jenkins, First United Methodist Church, 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland, Oregon Phone: 503/ Fax: 503/ Website: Copies of Sunday sermons are available in the church office. Bishop Bishop Grant Hagiya Columbia District Superintendent The Reverend Dr. Lowell Greathouse Goose Hollow Family Shelter Brandi Tuck, Executive Director 503/ Facilities Manager Dwight Dragoo, Manager of Communications & Marketing Kendall Martin, Nursery Staff (503/ ) ext. 216 Michelle Green, Emily Kunkel, Samantha Cerling, Patty Seward, Megan Scott, Tara Martin, Suzy Maurer Custodians (971/ ) Charles Siegfried, Wort Evinger, Michael Uriarte, Robert Ramirez, Dylan Croasdill MUSIC STAFF Executive Director of Music Kelly Qualls, Artistic Director of Music & Organist Jonas Nordwall, Chancel Choir Conductor Erick Lichte Chancel Choir Asst. Conductor Carol Young Chancel Choir Section Leaders Deborah Benke, soprano Megan Mattoon, alto Jason Sabino, tenor André Flynn, bass visit our website at: like us on Facebook: facebook.com/fumcpdx Sanctuary Bells Director Kris Sparks Children s Choir Directors Nancy Nordwall, Cherubs (pre-k-grade 2) Ronnee Edwards, Sound Seekers (grades 3-5) Karin McDonough, Genesis Ringers (grades 3-5) and jubellation (grade 6 - young adults)