Mill Plain UMCSunday September 24 , 2023Expanding the TableScriptureExodus 19:20Matthew 5:17-30 MusicLove the LordYou’re Worthy of my PraiseBigger tableDear Lord Lead me day by dayLord I want to be a Christian Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC September 24, 2023 10 a.m. Praise Song Love the Lord Greeting Call to Worship Worship Assistant: You have heard that it was said: “Be nice to each other and take care of your own.” People: But I say to you, “love the unlovable and…
Mill Plain UMCSunday September 17 , 2023Salt and LightScriptureMatthew 5:13-16 MusicYou’re Worthy Of My PraiseIndescribableI Surrender AllBring Forth the KingdomThis Little Light of Mine Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC September 17, 2023 10 a.m. Praise Song You’re worthy of my praise Greeting Call to Worship Worship Assistant: You shall not omit from your offering the salt of the covenant with your God. People: We are the salt of the earth! Worship Assistant: With all your offerings you shall offer…
Mill Plain UMCSunday September 10 , 2023Blessed are youScriptureMatthew 5:1-12 MusicRooftopsLight the fire againBlessed be your nameHow great thou artBlest are they Give at MillplainUmc.org Mill Plain UMC September 10, 2023 10 a.m. Praise Song Rooftops Greeting Finance Moment Call to Worship Worship Assistant: Blessed are you! People: Rejoice and be glad! Worship Assistant: Blessed are you! Holy are you! People: Yours is the kin-dom of God. Opening Prayer Our God, you call us into a life which turns the…
I met Peggy when I was about ten years old. Peggy’s daughter and I were in Girl Scout’s together, so Peggy was to me just someone else’s Mom, not someone I, as a child, thought much about. Peggy continued in that role when I started to go to the youth group at Simpson United Methodist Church, in Pullman, WA, where that same daughter also attended. As the years passed and I became more active in the church I learned to…
Last fall a number of people from Mill Plain joined a congregational study of a book titled A Bigger Table; Building Messy, Authentic, and Hopeful Spiritual Community. I also preached on that theme for three weeks. To my delight, months later the image of a bigger table comes up in multiple ways. Sometimes it is as simple as a meeting with more people than can comfortably fit around the table that had been set up for it. Someone will comment,…