Mill Plain UMC
April 7, 2024
Spiritual Gifts: The Gift of Witnessing
Music
Light the Fire Again
Your Grace is Enough
Revelation Song
O Lord You’re Beautiful
We Fall Down
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Give Thanks
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Mill Plain UMC
April 7, 2024
10:00 am
Mill Plain UMC
April 7 ,2024
10 a.m.
Greeting Each Other 60 second timer
Praise Song Light the fire again
Greetings
Call to Worship
Worship Assistant: People of Vancouver, listen to what I have to say!
People: Jesus has risen from the dead.
Worship Assistant: People of Mill Plain, listen to what I have to say:
People: God has upended death and life triumphs. Alleluia!
Opening Prayer
Holy Spirit, you have swept into our lives and given us many gifts. Reveal to each of us the gift you have given to us. Activate them within us. Help us to use them for the common good, to witness to your love and grace in the world. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
Praise Songs Your Grace is enough Revelation Song
Young Disciples Moment
Silent Prayer
Pastoral Prayer
Offertory
Presentation of Offerings
Oh Lord Your Beautiful
Doxology How great is our God
“You that are Israelites, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through him among you, as you yourselves know— this man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised him up, having freed him from death, because it was impossible for him to be held in its power. For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken; therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh will live in hope. For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption. You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’ “Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne. Foreseeing this, David spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, saying, ‘He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh experience corruption.’ This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses.
I Corinthians 12:1-11
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.
Sermon Gifts of Witnessing
Communion
The Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
AND ALSO WITH YOU.
Lift up your hearts.
WE LIFT THEM UP TO THE LORD.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
IT IS RIGHT TO GIVE OUR THANKS AND PRAISE.
Pastor Sue prays ………….
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY LORD, GOD OF POWER AND MIGHT, HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF YOUR GLORY.
HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST.
BLESSED IS THE ONE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD.
HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST.
Lord’s Prayer
Breaking of the bread
Giving of the bread and cup
Song We Fall Down
Prayer after communion
Gracious God, you come to us in bread and cup. Grant that we may carry your love into the world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Song What a friend we have in Jesus.
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