Prelude
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship-TFWS #2024 – “From the Rising of the Sun”
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of the Lord shall be praised.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of the Lord shall be praised.
So praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of the Lord shall be praised.
Opening Prayer (Unison) – O Lord our God, you are always more ready to bestow your good gifts on us than we are to seek them, and are willing to give more than we desire or deserve. Help us to seek that we may truly find and to ask that we may joyfully receive. Lead us to knock that the door of your mercy may be opened to us, through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Hymn UMH #152 (v. 1-3) – “I Sing the Almighty Power of God”
1st Reading – Exodus 17: 1-7 (NRSV)
Hymn UMH #620 (v. 1) – “One Bread, One Body”
2nd Reading – Matthew 21: 23-32 (NRSV)
Message – “It’s a Question of Authority; Whose Will You Follow?” – Rev. L. Bryan McClain
Communion (Musical Setting A, pg. 17)
Offertory / Doxology – UMH #95
Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn TFWS #2224 (X2 ) – “Make Us One”
Benediction
Postlude