Caldwell United Methodist Church

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November 18, 2007

Thanksgiving Service

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(Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad.)

PRELUDE:                             Lighting of the Candles

 

WORDS OF GREETING:      God is Good  -  All the time

All the time  -  God is Good

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & BIRTHDAYS

*MORNING GREETINGS:  Greet those around you with handshakes

                                             or hugs and words of greeting or joy.

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP

 

One:    Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the

            Peoples with equity and guide all the nations upon the

            Earth.

All:       Let all the peoples praise you, O God; let all the

            The peoples praise you.

One:    The earth has brought forth its increase; may God,

            Our own God, bless us.

All:       Let all the peoples praise you, O God; let all the

            Peoples praise you. Amen.

                         

*OPENING SONG:  “America The Beautiful” #696 in your Hymnal

 

CHILDREN’S MOMENTS:  (As children come forward sing 1st verse  “Jesus Loves Me” #191 and as they leave sing refrain.)

 

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER:    “Through It All”      

                                                        #507 in your Hymnal

 

 

 

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS

            Following each joy, please respond:

                        For These gifts, We thank you, God.

            Following each concern, please respond:

                        God, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.

 

SILENT PRAYER                                    

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER

              

SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS  (Loose change: Holiday Baskets)

 

*OFFERING RESPONSE   “Praise God from Whom All Blessings

                                              Flow”  # 95 in your Hymnal

 

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Lord of lords, Creator of all things, God of all things, God over all gods, God of sun and rain, you created the earth with a thought and us with your breath.  Lord, we brought in the harvest.  The rain watered the earth, the sun drew cassava and corn out of the clay.  Your mercy showered blessing after blessing over our country.  Creeks grew into rivers, swamps became lakes.  Healthy fat cows graze on the green sea of the savanna.  The rain smoothed out the clay walls.  The mosquitoes perished in the high waters.  Lord, the yam is fat like meat, the cassava melts on the tongue, oranges burst in their peels, dazzling and bright.  Lord, nature gives thanks, your creatures give thanks.  Your praise rises in us like the great river.  Lord of lords, Creator, Provider, we thank you in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

 

A READING FROM THE BIBLE:  John 6:25-35

 

ANTHEM: 

MESSAGE:   “Fool-Proof Bread Recipe”

 

*CLOSING SONG:  “Light of The World”

                                  #2204 in The Faith We Sing songbook

*WORDS OF PARTING

*PARTING SONG:   “Trees Of The Field” (Isaiah 55:12)

                               #2279 in The Faith We Sing songbook

 

 

 

8504 Caldwell Road, Mukwonago, WI  53149

(800) 570-4440

www.CaldwellUMC.org
CaldwellUMC@earthlink.net

Pastor Grace Baldridge’s Cell Phone  (262) 751-0955

Secretary’s Phone:  (262) 662-0264

 

Ministers                                                                                       All of us

Pastor                                                                      Rev. Grace Baldridge

Choir Director                                                     Deanna Shimko-Herman   

Greeters & Ushers this week                          Peter and Marianne Lukas

Reader this week                                                                     Steve Lohr

Nursery                                                               Lucia and Raquel Janke

Dates to Remember

 

November 19  Bible Study                                                 6:30 PM

 

      November 21  Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve

                               Service @ St. James UMC East Troy     7:00 PM

 

 

      November 23  Choir Rehearsal                                        5:30 PM

     

 

November 19-24 Pastor will be out of town.  Please call Pastor Sue Leih @ 262-642-7642 for any emergencies.

     

Volunteers for Next Sunday

 

Greeters & Ushers                                   Steve & Carol Lohr

Reader                                                     Bob Weeks                             

Nursery                                                    Nicole Craig

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John 6:25-35

25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, ‘Rabbi, when did you come here?’ 26Jesus answered them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.’ 28Then they said to him, ‘What must we do to perform the works of God?’ 29Jesus answered them, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.’ 30So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing? 31Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” ’ 32Then Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33For the bread of God is that which* comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ 34They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’

35 Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Points to Ponder

1-     What is “food that perishes?”

2-     What is “bread of life?”

3-     Why do you think the people followed Jesus after he performed the loaves and fishes miracle?

 

 

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