Mill Plain UMC, Activating the Spirit’s Gifts, January 23,2022
Live stream with pastor Sue Ostrom
Accompanied by worship assistant Wanda Scott
Accompanist Andrea Llafet
Mill Plain UMC 10 a.m.,
Sunday, January 23, 2022
Songs
Oh For A Thousand tongues to sing
God Who Stretched The Spangled Heavens
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
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Mill Plain UMC
Sunday January 23, 2022
Prelude
Welcome Announcements
Greeting
Worship Leader: For Zion’s sake, I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not rest.
People: No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.
Worship Leader: You shall be called by a new name!
People: No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord’, except by the Holy Spirit.
Worship Leader: For God delights in you!
Opening Prayer
Word of Life, we long for a thousand tongues to sing your praise, yet we stutter and stumble to express our love for you. We grow speechless in awe that you delight over us with song and call us your own. Even in our struggle to express ourselves, hear our joy in you and allow us to confess our faith that you are our Lord. In the name of Jesus our Savior we pray. Amen.
Song O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing #57
Young Disciples Moment
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s prayer
Offerings
Doxology
Scripture
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore, I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says “Let Jesus be cursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
Song: God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens
Message Activating the Spirit’s Gifts
Prayer Holy Spirit, you have granted each of us gifts to use for the common good. Save us from false humility that shirks from recognizing those gifts and fill us with the courage to claim those gifts and to use them for the glory of your name. Amen.
Song Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart #500
Benediction
In the power of the Holy Spirit, go forth from this place to proclaim to all the world that Jesus Christ is Lord! Amen.