Welcome to Albright United Methodist Church October 22, 2017 Rev. Steven Lamb Jeanne Meyers Pianist/Organist Donna Fosbrink Choir Leader
Bringing forth the Light Make Me a Servant
More Precious than Silver 2065 Lynn DeShazo (Ps. 16:2; 119:72; Prov. 3:13-15; 1 Pet. 2:7) Lord, you are more precious than silver. Lord, you are more costly than gold. 1980 Integrity s Hosanna! Music
Lord, you are more beautiful than diamonds, and nothing I desire compares with you.
More Precious than Silver 2065 Lynn DeShazo (Ps. 16:2; 119:72; Prov. 3:13-15; 1 Pet. 2:7) Lord, you are more precious than silver. Lord, you are more costly than gold. 1980 Integrity s Hosanna! Music
Lord, you are more beautiful than diamonds, and nothing I desire compares with you.
* Call to Worship L: Every good and perfect gid comes to us from God. P: Thanks be to God for the beauty and diversity of crea7on. L: Thanks be to God for our ancestors of faith. P: Thanks be to God for loving families and encouraging friends. L: Thanks be to God for meaningful work. P: Thanks be to God for the variety of talents within the body of Christ.
L: Thanks be to God for freedom of conscience, speech and worship. P: Thanks be to God for calling us to covenant rela7onships. All: With thankful hearts let us worship and praise the Lord our God!
* InvocaIon: Holy God, you are deserving of the very best we have to offer -- the devo7on of our hearts, the place of honor in our priori7es and the first fruits of our labors. We enter this place and space of worship, asking you to be in our midst, to speak your message of love and mercy, convic7on and challenge to us. We welcome your Spirit, knowing that in so doing, we abandon control and open ourselves in faith and trust to your purposes and plan, rather than our own.
Come, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer, we pray and may our worship be acceptable in your sight. Amen
1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mennon you in our prayers, constantly 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full convicnon; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for in spite of persecunon you received the word with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.
8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak about it. 9 For the people of those regions report about us what kind of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is coming.
Children s Coin Offering
Our Tithes and Offerings So I Send You
Our Tithes and Offerings Doxology and Prayer of DedicaIon
Praise PeIIons, Joys and Concerns
Lord, Be Glorified 2150 Bob Kilpatrick (John 15:8; 1 Cor. 6:20; 2 Cor. 9:13; 2 Thess. 1:11-20) 1. In our lives, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In our lives, Lord, be glorified today. 1978, 1986 Prism Tree Music, assigned 1998 to The Lorenz Corp.
In my life, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In my life, Lord, be glorified today..
2. In our homes, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In our homes, Lord, be glorified today.
3. In your church, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In your church, Lord, be glorified today.
4. In your world, Lord, be glorified, be glorified. In your world, Lord, be glorified today.
Praise Petitions, Joys and Concerns
A Servant s Heart
Matthew 28: 16-20 16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, age.
20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the
The Word of God for the people of God. Response: Thanks be to God. Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path ( twice)
The Seat Next to You
He Is Exalted 2070 Twila Paris (1 Chron. 29:11; Eph. 2:19-22) He is exalted, the King is exalted on high; I will praise him. He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise his name! 1985 Straightway Music / Mountain Spring Music
He is the Lord, forever his truth shall reign; heaven and earth rejoice in his holy name. He is exalted, the King is exalted on high.
He Is Exalted 2070 Twila Paris (1 Chron. 29:11; Eph. 2:19-22) He is exalted, the King is exalted on high; I will praise him. He is exalted, forever exalted and I will praise his name! 1985 Straightway Music / Mountain Spring Music
He is the Lord, forever his truth shall reign; heaven and earth rejoice in his holy name. He is exalted, the King is exalted on high.
BenedicIon