Mill Plain UMC. Sunday August 14, 2022
Forgiveness , Persistent Forgiveness
Scripture: Hebrews 11:29-12:2
Songs
My Faith looks up to Thee #452
Blessed Assurance #369
Faith while trees are still in blossom #508
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Sunday August 14, 2022
Prelude
Greeting
Call to Worship
Worship Assistant: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
People: We walk by faith and not by sight.
Worship Assistant: We look to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who from the cross prayed for forgiveness for those who nailed him there.
People: By faith we claim God’s forgiveness and by faith we forgive others.
Worship Assistant: By faith we persevere though some place obstacles in our way.
People: By faith we claim God’s grace for us and for those who harm us.
Worship Assistant: By faith
People: By faith.
Opening Prayer
Lord, we pray not for tranquility, nor that our tribulations may cease.
We pray for thy spirit and thy love, that thou grant us strength and grace to overcome adversity.
Through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
(by Girolamo Savonarola, from The United Methodist Hymnal, Copyright 1989, by permission of The United Methodist Publishing House.)
SONG My Faith Looks Up to Thee, #452
Young Disciple’s Moment
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer
Presentation of Offerings
Doxology
Hebrews 11:29-12:2
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians attempted to do so they were drowned. By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had received the spies in peace.
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, in order to obtain a better resurrection. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned to death, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted, tormented— of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. Yet all these, though they were commended for their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Song Blessed Assurance #369
Sermon Rachel Byers
Prayer
Thou who art over us,
Thou who art one of us,
Thou who art:
Give me a pure heart, that I may see thee;
a humble heart, that I may hear thee;
a heart of love, that I may serve thee;
a heart of faith, that I may abide in thee.
(by Dag Hammerskjold, from The United Methodist Hymnal, copyright 1989, by permission of The United Methodist Publishing House.)
Song Faith, While Trees Are Still in Blossom #508
Benediction
The grace of Christ attend you.
The love of God surround you.
The Holy Spirit keep you.
Abound in hope and grow in love both now and forever.
Amen.
Closing Song Give Thanks
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