Mill Plain UMCSunday January 22, 2023God’s Capacity for the New ScriptureIsaiah 9:1-4Matthew 4:12-23 SongsOpen the eyes of my heartThis is amazing graceLord Reign in meThe heart of worshipHow great is our GodForeverPass it on Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC January 22 2023 9:30 a.m. Prelude Announcements Song Open The Eyes Of My Heart Greeting Call to worship Worship Assistant: Behold, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth, says your God. People: If anyone is in Christ, there…
Mill Plain UMCSunday January 15,2023Servant Of LightScripture:Isaiah 49:1-7 Songs:Mighty To SaveThis little light of mineShine Jesus ShineWe Fall DownHow Great Is Our GodI can Only ImaginePass it On give.millplainumc.org Mill Plain UMC January 15 2023 930 am Prelude Count down Announcements Song Mighty to Save Greeting Call to worship Worship Assistant: It is too little a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob: People: I will give you as a light to the…
We’ve been looking at the promises people make when they join the United Methodist Church: to support the church with their prayers, their presence, their gifts, and their service. Today we’ll consider what it means to support the church with our service. As with gifts, service means different things for different people. The hope is that all members serve God in some way, including through the church’s ministries. Sometimes that may mean primary leadership of a committee, sometimes it means…
We’ve been reflecting on the promises we make when we join the church. Over the last two weeks we have reflected on offering our prayers and our presence. Today we come to the third thing we promise: our gifts. Particularly at this time of year, gifts bring to mind brightly wrapped packages, but of course we know that’s not what this means. Having just concluded our annual stewardship campaign, I think also of the gift of money. Certainly, we ask members of the church…
Last week I began to reflect on the promises people make when joining the United Methodist Church, to support the church with their prayers, their presence, their gifts, and their service. Today I want to consider the second of those: to support the church with our presence. There was a time when to be an active member of a church was generally understood that one would attend worship at least three Sundays our of four. Certainly, in those days it…