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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.
Informal Worship – 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship – 10:45 a.m.
November 18, 2007
Consecration Sunday
Theme: The Joy of Giving
WORSHIP PREPARATION THOUGHT: “Sometimes we hold on to our possessions because we fear we might run out – life seems scarce. But, when we believe that giving is the way to live, we will produce more in the future – life seems abundant.”
John Maxwell
PRE-SERVICE MUSIC AND GATHERING Praise Band
CALL OF CHURCH BELL
WELCOMING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Jack Rogers , Stewardship Chair
OPENING SONG “Here I Am to Worship” Praise Band
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: First God. God is the subject of life. God is foundational for living. If we don't have a sense of the primacy of God, we will never get it right, get life right, get our lives right.
People: Not God at the margins; not God as an option; not God on the weekends. God at center and circumference; God first and last: God, God, God.
Leader: In worship, we learn and practice giving our full attention in obedience and adoration to God.
People: We have come to worship our God!
*HYMN “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” Hymn #140
*OPENING PRAYER Pastor Joy Caschetta
*HYMN “The Summons” Faith #2130
PRAYER Prayer of John Chrysostom Page #412
THE LORD'S PRAYER
OFFERING OF PRAISE, THANKSGIVING, AND CELEBRATION
OFFERTORY “Working with Joy” Larry Nichols
*DOXOLOGY “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” Page #95
SPECIAL MUSIC “He Never Failed Me Yet” Robert Ray Paula Polfliet , Soloist
GOSPEL READING Mark 12:41-44
MESSAGE Tim Price
PREPARATION/PRESENTATION OF COMMITMENT CARDS
*HYMN “What Gifts Can We Bring” Hymn #87
*JOINING IN Chorus of “Here I am, Lord”
COMMUNITY AND SONG Sang as Community
“Here We are Lord, Is it us Lord? We have heard you calling in the night.
We will go Lord, if you lead us. We will hold your people in our hearts.”
*BLESSING OF THE MEAL
* Indicates those in the congregation who are able will please stand.
OUR WORSHIP LEADERS
Joy Caschetta , Pastor Richard Boyd, Diaconal Minister of Music
Tim Price, Consecration Speaker Janet Spencer, Organist
Ruth Neill and Mary Renfro, Greeters Joe Diliberto, Sound
Joyce Clem and Ann Zimmerlee , Flowers Dustin Brown and Spencer Phillips, Acolytes
Bill Ford, Visitation Person
Ushers: Vernon Snead, Captain; Frank C. Avry, Mike Bennett, Dean Brewer , Janet Eckert , Sy Korte, Rock Schaefer, and Jeff Thornton