Caldwell United Methodist Church
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Invite others to discipleship
June 13, 2010 - 4th Sunday of
Pentecost
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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)
GATHERING SONGS: “Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth”
#2050 in The Faith We Sing
“Jesus, Name Above All Names” #2071 in The Faith
We Sing
WORDS
OF GREETING: God is Good – All the time
All the time – God is Good
SHARING
OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS: Including birthdays and
Following each joy, please
respond: anniversaries
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 HYMN: “O Worship the King” #73 in Your Hymnal
*CALL
TO WORSHIP:
One: Govern all by thy
wisdom, O Lord,
All: so that my soul may always be serving thee
as thou
dost will,
and not as I may choose.
One:
Do not punish me, I beseech thee, by granting that which
I wish or ask, if it offend thy love,
which would always live
in me.
All; Let me die to myself, that I may serve thee;
let me
live to thee,
who in thyself art the true life. Amen.
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER:
“Spirit of the Living God”
SILENT PRAYER #393 in Hymnal
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING GOD'S BLESSINGS:
All loose change goes to Palawan Orphanage
*OFFERING RESPONSE::
“Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow” #95 in Hymnal
*PRAYER
OF THANKSGIVING
Behold: the ripples
of fire buried deep in the dark, rich ground. We are here; we bring our memories and
legacy. We bring our bamboo and rice, our taro and palm. We bring our earth and ocean.
Behold; the rice shoots that burst out from the ground and reach toward
the sun. We are here; we bring our struggles and hopes. We bring our shovels, picks and irons. We bring
our broken hands and weeping hearts.
Behold: the golden flower that
blooms with all the beauty and power and fragrance of almighty God. We are not yet here; but we are coming. Help us, O God, to open our
minds; to open our hearts; to open
our spirits to the bright potential you have given us in each moment of life.
Luke 7:36-8:3
MESSAGE: “Fruits of the Spirit”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CLOSING
HYMN:: “There is A Wideness in God’s Mercy”
#121 in Your Hymnal
*WORDS OF PARTING
*PARTING
SONG: “Trees of the Field”
#2279 in Hymnal
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Pastor Grace
Baldridge’s Cell Phone
(262) 751-0955
Ministers
All of us
Pastor
Pastor
Grace Baldridge
Choir Director
Deanna Shimko-Herman
Greeters & Ushers Don
& Diane Herron
Reader Don
Herron
Dates
to Remember
TODAY –
COFFEE BEFORE & AFTER THE SERVICE
June 13 – 18
June 15 July Newsletter Deadline
June 17 Choir Rehearsal 6:30- 7:45
PM
June 27 Farewell Brunch for Pastor Grace 10:45 AM
BEGINNING
JULY 4th WORSHIP SERVICE WILL START AT
10:45 AM
Volunteers
for next Sunday
Greeters & Ushers Randy
& Jane Craig
Reader Jennie Sanchez
1 Kings 21:1-21a
Later
the following events took place; Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside
the
the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said,
“I will not give you my
ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on
his bed, turned away his face and
would not eat.
His
wife Jezebel came to him and said, “Why are you so depressed that you will not
eat?” He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said
to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for
money; or else if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it’; but he answered, ‘ I
will not give you my vineyard.’
His
wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you now govern
up, eat some food, and be cheerful; I will give you the
vineyard
of Naboth the the Jezreelite.”
So
she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal; she sent the letters to the
elders and the nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. She wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a
fast, and seat Naboth at the head of
the assembly; seat two scoundrels
opposite him, and have them bring a charge against him, saying, ‘you have cursed God and the king .’ Then take him
out, and stone him to
death.” The men of his city, the elders
and the nobles who lived in his
city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them.
Just as it was
written in the letters that she had sent to them, they proclaimed a fast and
seated Naboth at the head of the assembly. The two scoundrels came in and sat
opposite him; and the scoundrels
brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed
God and the king.” So they took him outside the city, and stoned
him to death. Then they
sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned;
he is dead.”
As
soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Go, take
possession of the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.” As soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab set out to go
down to the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
Then
the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “Go down to meet King Ahab of
in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take
possession. You shall say to him, “Thus
says the Lord: Have you killed, and
and also taken possession?” You
shall say to him, “Thus says the
Lord; In the place where dogs licked up the
blood of Naboth, dogs will also lick
up your blood.”
Ahab
said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He
answered. “I have found you.
Because you have sold yourself to
do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, I will bring disaster on you.
Luke 7:36-8:3
One
of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took
his place at the table. And a woman in the city, who was a sinner,
having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster
jar of ointment.
She
stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to bathe his feet with her tears and to dry them with
her hair. Then she continued kissing his feet and anointing
them with the ointment. Now when
the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “If this man
were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is
touching him—that she is a sinner.”
Jesus
spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Teacher,” he replied, “speak.” “A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed five hundred
denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he canceled the debts
for both of them. Now which of them will love him more?” Simon answered, “I suppose the one for whom he canceled the greater
debt.” And Jesus said to him< “You have judged rightly.” Then turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I
entered your house; you gave me no water for feet, but she has bathed my feet
with her tears and dried them with her hair.
You gave me no kiss, but from the
time I came in she has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has
anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore,
I tell you, her sins, which were many have been
forgiven;
Hence
she has shown great love. But the one to
whom little is forgiven, loves
little.” Then he said to her, “Your sins
are forgiven.”
But
those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, “Who is
this who even forgives sins?” And he
said to the woman, “Your faith has
saved you; go in peace.”
Soon
afterwards he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the
.
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