Bulletin – February 6, 2011

HAVEN

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

597 Main St.  P. O. Box 186, Jerome, AZ 86331

February 6, 2011

GATHERING

GREETING

Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.

From everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE                                                                              Patty Bell

*PRAISE MUSIC:                “Seek Ye First”                         UMH 405

INVOCATION:

Lord, we are sinful people, living in a sinful world, suffering from our brokenness and separation from you. During this time of worship, we choose to disconnect ourselves from the ways and priorities of the world and to reconnect our focus back onto you. God, we invite you into this time of worship. We invite you into our lives. We pray that our lives will be made faithful in all things. Amen

PSALM 112:1-10                                                          PB, pg. 539 OT

HYMN:         “I Love To Tell The Story”                               UMH 156

PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD

PRAYER OF ILLUMINATION

Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit,

that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed,

we may hear with joy what you say to us today.

O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen.

EPISTLE LESSON:       1 Corinthians 1:1-12                         PB, pg. 156NT

GOSPEL LESSON:       Matthew 5:13-20                              PB, pg. 4NT

THE MESSAGE:                                                                     Pastor Vicki Lerdahl

*HYMN RESPONSE:        “Take My Life And Let It Be”       UMH 399

PRAYERS AND OFFERING

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE: Joys and Concerns

PASTORAL PRAYER

OFFERING PRAYER:

One way we express our faith is by how we use the resources that have been entrusted to us. God, through this act of worship—through the giving of the fruit of our labor—we declare our faith in your loving care. Lord, search our hearts, and if we are giving out of a sense of wrath, please help us root out this evil. Help us be faithful disciples in all aspects of our lives. Amen.

RECEIVING OUR OFFERING

* PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERING

“Open Our Eyes, Lord”                                              Renew 91

Open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus, to reach out and touch him, and say that we love him.  Open our ears, Lord, and help us to listen, open our eyes, Lord, we want to see Jesus.

COMMUNION AND SENDING FORTH

COFESSION AND PARDON                                                UMH 12

THE GREAT THANKSGIVING                                            UMH 13

THE LORD’S PRAYER                                                                   UMH 14

*CIRCLE SONG:          “Surely The Presence”                       UMH 328

Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place; I can feel His mighty power and His grace.  I can hear the brush of angel’s wings, I see glory on each face; surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.

*BLESSING

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