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January 17, 2010

Baptism of Jesus – Human Relations Day

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(Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. Please tear the sheets out and place them in the offering plate after everyone in your pew has signed in)

PRELUDE “How Can We Name A Love” #111 in Your Hymnal

“Jesu, Jesu” # 432 in Your Hymnal

WORDS OF GREETING: God is Good – All the time

All the time- God is Good

SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including birthdays and

Anniversaries

Following each joy, please respond:

For These gifts, We thank you, God.

Following each concern, please respond:

God, in your mercy, Hear our prayer

CHILDREN’S MOMENTS

*MORNING GREETINGS: Greet those around you with handshakes

or hugs and words of greeting or joy.

*OPENING SONG : “Down by the Jordan” (see insert)

*CALL TO WORSHIP:

One: Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,

All: ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

One :Ascribe to the Lord the glory of God’s name,

All: worship the Lord in holy array.

One: The voice of the Lord is upon the water.

All: The God of glory thunders, the Lord upon many waters.

One: The voice of the Lord is powerful.

All: The voice of God is full of majesty.

Let us praise the name of the Lord!

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER: “Through It All” #507 in your Hymnal

SILENT PRAYER

PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER

SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS “Roof, Roof” (NPUMC Roof Fund)

*OFFERING RESPONSE: “Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures high and low; give thanks to God in love made known; Creator, Word and Spirit, One.

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

Living God, when the Spirit descended on Jesus at his baptism in Jordan’s water you revealed him as your own beloved Son. You anointed him with the Holy Spirit. Grant that all who are baptized into his name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior now and for ever. Amen.

A READING FROM THE BIBLE: Luke 3:15-17 & 21-22

ANTHEM: “Come Be Baptized” G. Alan Smith

MESSAGE: “Call me Al, or Jesus”

ANNOUNCEMENTS

*CLOSING SONG:: “We Are Called” #2172 in The Faith We Sing

*WORDS OF PARTING

*PARTING SONG “The Trees of the Field”

#2279 in The Faith We Sing

8504 Caldwell Road, Mukwonago, WI 53149

(800) 570-4440

www.CaldwellUMC.org
office@caldwellumc.org

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

Ministers All of us

Pastor Pastor Grace Baldridge

Choir Director Deanna Shimko-Herman

Greeters & Ushers Dixon family

Reader Jenny Hensgen

Dates to Remember

Jan. 17 Book Study: “The Shack” 6:30 PM

Jan. 21 Waterford Chamber of Commerce seminar 8-9:30 AM

to prepare for Home & Commerce Show

WACC seminar repeated 4-5:30 PM

Choir rehearsal 6:00 – 7:15 PM

Jan. 23 Conference Board of Lay Ministry 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

at Sun Prairie

Jan. 24 “Spiritual Gifts: Joy and Purpose for Life”

by Rev. Dan Dick, 1^st UMC, Waukesha 2:00 – 4:30 PM

Volunteers for next Sunday

Greeters Bob & Avis Weeks

Reader Lucia Janke

GIFTS TO SUPPORT UMCOR’s (United Methodist Committee on

Relief) HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS CAN BE MADE TO “HAITI

EMERGENCY, UMCOR ADVANCE #418325. CHECKS CAN BE

MADE TO CALDWELL UMC WITH ADVANCE #418325 HAITI

EMERGENCY ON THE MEMO LINE.

Luke 3:15-17 & 21-22

As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might

be the Messiah, John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”

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

“Down by the Jordan” words by Carolyn Winfrey Gillete

Down by the Jordan, a prophet named John was baptizing,

preaching a message the people found bold and surprising.

“God will forgive! Show that you’ll change how you live!

Surely God’s new day is rising!”

There by the river, the crowd came with great expectation:

“Are you God’s Chosen One, sent here to rescue our nation?”

“No!” John replied. He who is mightier than I judges and offers salvation.”

Jesus, you went to be baptized along with the others,

taking your place among sinners, God’s lost sons and daughters.

Then with great love, God’s spirit came as a dove!” Your work began in those waters.

Here is the Church, we are baptized and filled with God’s Spirit.

Freed and forgiven we’re welcomed with joy! Can you hear it?

This is God’s sign! This is how God says, “You’re mine!”

Let’s take the good news and share it!

Used with permission.