Caldwell United
Methodist Church
Bring Individuals to Christ Nurture spiritual growth
Invite others to discipleship
November 25, 2007
United
Methodist Student Day
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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: Come to Christ, that living stone, rejected
by the world, but in God’s sight chosen and precious.
All: We have responded to Christ’s call,
and seek to be built Into a spiritual house, a living reminder of God’s
presence On earth.
One: Once
we were no people, but now we are God’s people, called Out of the darkness into
God’s marvelous light. Therefore we Sing with the Church in all ages.
All: Blessed
be your name, O God, our Redeemer. By
your Mercy we have born anew to a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead. Amen.
*OPENING SONG:
“Gather Us In” #2236 in The
Faith We Sing
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
Thank you, Creator of the universe, for the people gathered
around us today. We give thanks for the
things of the earth that give us the means of life. Thank you for the plants, animals, and birds
that we use as food and medicine. Help
us to see our place among these gifts, not to squander them or think of them as
means for selfish gain. May we respect
the life of all you have made. May our
spirits be strengthened by using only what we need, and may we use our strength
to help those who need us. Amen.
A READING FROM THE BIBLE: Mark 12:38-44
ANTHEM: “The King of Who I Am” Goodman, Sykes
MESSAGE: “Beyond Expectation” Rev. Steve Polster
*CLOSING SONG: “In The
Lord I’ll Be Ever Thankful”
#2195 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 Steve
& Carol Lohr
Reader this week
Bob Weeks
Nursery
Nicole Craig
Dates to
Remember
November 25 Classical Christmas Concert 3:00 PM
November 26 SPRC Committee Meeting 7:00 PM
November 27 Worship Committee Meeting 6:30 PM
November 29 Choir Rehearsal 6:00 PM
Volunteers for Next Sunday
Greeters & Ushers Johnny &
Sheryl Hutchison
Reader
Johnny Hutchison
Nursery
Mark 12:38-44
Jesus Denounces the Scribes
As
he taught, he said, ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes,
and to be greeted with respect in the market-places, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places
of honor at banquets! They devour widows’
houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the
greater condemnation.’
The Widow’s Offering
He
sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money into the
treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins,
which are worth a penny. Then he called his disciples
and said to them, ‘Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all
those who are contributing to the treasury. For
all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty
has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.’
Points
to Ponder…
1. What is an expectation you have of yourself?
2. What is an expectation that you think God has of you?
3. What does it mean to go beyond an expectation?
4. Does God have expectations?
.
Daily
Prayer
Please use this guided prayer as a way to pray daily for
the whole world.
Together, let us pray
For the people of this congregation…
For those who suffer and those in trouble…
For the concerns of this local community…
For the world, it’s peoples, and it’s leaders…
For the Church universal – it’s leaders, it’s members, and
it’s mission…
In communion with the saints…Amen