NOTE: Please sign the attendance sheet in the pew pad. After everyone in your
pew has signed in, please tear the sheet out
and place it in the
offering plate. Thank you!
GATHERING SONG
#2199 FWS “Stay with
Us”
WORDS OF GREETING
God is good — all the time.
All the time — God is good.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Come, people of God. Here is the door to life.
Bring all you are. God is waiting.
We stand at the door and knock. (Knock.)
Come, people of God. Here is the door to justice.
Leave behind all you do not need. God is waiting.
We stand at the door and knock. (Knock.)
Come, people of God. Here is the door to truth.
Behind it is a new way of living. God is waiting.
We stand at the door and knock. (Knock.)
Come, people of God. The door is opened for all.
Come in and worship. God is waiting.
*PRAYER OF INVOCATION
Teacher and Friend, whose doors are ever open to receive your children,
we want to learn from you today how to pray. We long to sense your answering
voice when we call. We are eager to receive a response to our earnest requests.
We want to persist in prayer amid all the competing distractions in life. Send
your Spirit to teach us today, we pray. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN #405 UMH “Seek Ye
First”
*PASSING OF THE PEACE Please introduce yourself
and extend the peace of Christ to those around you.
SCRIPTURE Luke 11:1-13 NRSV
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS
TIME OF PRAYER
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER #496 UMH
“Sweet Hour of Prayer”
JOYS AND CONCERNS
SILENT PRAYER
PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER
We remember, O God, that we are surrounded by prayer: in every deed
done, every word spoken, every grace felt, every act forgiven by others. We
open the door and we share a neighbor’s need. A path stretches and we share the
journey with a friend. A story is told and we gain a new perspective on
someone’s life. A tree is planted and the world breathes a little easier. A
meal is shared and hunger is appeased. These are the persistent prayers of your
people that we offer each day in deed, word, grace, and action as we pray with
Christ:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as
it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
TIME OF OFFERING
SHARING GOD’S BLESSINGS
All
loose change goes to Palawan Orphanage.
*OFFERING RESPONSE
#94 UMH “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
*OFFERTORY PRAYER
Holy God, whose name is before all names, we
worship you with our offerings. They represent our labor, our investment of
time and energy. We want them to be put to the best possible use to provide
bread for body and soul, that your people may be strengthened for faithful
discipleship. Bless and multiply our efforts, we pray. Amen.
MESSAGE Rev. David Werner
*CLOSING HYMN #2123 FWS “Loving
Spirit”
*BENEDICTION
The blessing of God is around us.
The blessing of God is among us.
The blessing of God binds us together.
The blessing of God strengthens us as one.
The blessing of God travels with us.
The blessing of God sticks by us.
We go in the persistent, generous, living love of
God
To bless the world in every deed. Amen.
And Amen.
*PARTING SONG #2184 FWS “Sent Out in Jesus’ Name”
An * in the service indicates to stand as able
Liturgical
resources drawn from: Gathered by Love by Lavon Bayler © 1994 by United Church Press; and
Seasons of the Spirit™ Congregational Life Pentecost 1 © 2009 by Seasons
of the Spirit.
Worship Leaders for Next Sunday:
Greeters and Ushers: Jane and Randy Craig
Reader: Don Herron
Sunday, July 25, 2010
10:45 a.m.
Worship Service
Your
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Rev. David Werner, Guest Preacher
July/August
Dates to Remember
Sun July 25
Rev. David Werner will be the guest preacher
9:00 AM worship outdoors @ Bethel
10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell
July
25-31 Pastor Joyce will be on a Motown Mission Adventure
Sat July 31 8:00 to 10:00 AM SHARE
9:00 to 10:00 AM UM
Men
Sun Aug 1
9:00 AM worship @
10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell
11:45
AM
Set-up for VBS
Aug. 2
through Aug. 6 Galactic Blast VBS from 9:30 AM to Noon
Thurs Aug 5
6:30 PM Trustees meeting
7:30 PM Finance Team meeting
Sun Aug 8
9:00 AM worship @
10:45 AM worship @ Caldwell with
VBS presentation
Mon Aug 9
6:30 to 8:00 PM UMW Evening Group
Tues Aug 10 Noon Mukwonago Clergy meeting
6:30 PM Administrative Council meeting
Fri Aug 12
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Rummage Sale @
Sat Aug 14
8:00 to 10:30 AM Food Pantry
Ready for Confirmation Class?
If you have LOTS of
questions – or you don’t even know where to begin to explore your faith in God
– you are ready to participate in Confirmation Class! During the school year the
class will engage in study, worship, service – and fieldtrips! While many
people are part of a Confirmation Class when they are in middle school,
sometimes there are younger or older people who feel the need to take part in
this experience. Talk to Pastor Joyce for more info. We’ll probably have people
from both
Join
the E-mail Prayer Ministry Team
If your spiritual gift
is prayer – use your gift every day to pray for the joys and concerns that are
raised up in worship and during the week at
e-mail to
BethelUMC@elknet.net, with subject “prayer group.”
Luke
11:1-13 New
Revised Standard Version
[Jesus] was praying in
a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When
you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And
forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do
not bring us to the time of trial.”
And he said to them, “Suppose one of
you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend
me three loaves of bread; for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing
to set before him.’ And he answers from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has
already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and
give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything
because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up
and give him whatever he needs.
“So I say to you, Ask, and it will
be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for
you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for
everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. Is there anyone among you who, if
your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? Or if the
child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know
how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Holding
in Prayer
Shut Ins: Mabel
Byron, Bill Spires
Joys: Celebrating birthdays: Grayson Dixon (July 27); Jerrod
Van Buren (July 28). Celebrating wedding anniversaries: Heather and Scott Frank
(July 27); Elouise and Larry Benner (July 31). With the Pughs
for a visit with their grandson from
Concerns: Pete Lukas’ friend Mike; Jane Craig’s father as the cut
from his fall continues to heal; Rev. Pat Lyon, and Deanna Shimko-Herman and
the Cambodian mission; people of Eagle; family of Rev. Bob Hays on the death of
his wife, Karen, on July 11; our troops overseas; all who are looking for work.
Our
District Superintendent, Rev. Jorge Mayorga Solis has called for a special
session of church conference to be held at Caldwell UMC on Sun., Aug. 1 at 11:45
AM. The sole purpose of this special conference is to take a written vote on
the Shared Ministry Strategic Plan and ministry model. All members of Caldwell
UMC who are present may vote and shall constitute a quorum. Rev. John Sumwalt
from
Special
conferences will also be held at St. James UMC and Bethel UMC the morning of
Aug. 1. That afternoon the presiding Elders will meet with Pastor Joyce and
Rev. Carrie Kreps Wegenast (new pastor at St. James UMC) to count the votes from
each conference and communicate the results
to our District Superintendent and the three churches. The majority of
members at each of the special conferences would need to vote in favor of
adoption for the plan to be implemented.
Countdown
to VBS!
silver space blankets bells,
beads, pipe cleaners
posters of space glow
in the dark paint
globes old
sheets
old CD’s small
cardboard boxes
duct tape shoe
boxes
white film canisters baking
soda
books about space vinegar
inflatable or other types of solar system models
computers (for playing games)
cardboard appliance boxes (4’ square or larger)
News
from
From
Sam Pritchett’s blog (http://cambodiasam.blogspot.com/):
I thought
I would write a quick summary of some of the highlights from 2010:
• Hot. It
barely rained, and even the locals were complaining about it.
• The
Kesararam Primary School PC was a huge success from last year, and they quickly
picked up on using Publisher to make certificates and signs.
• Khnar
Tmei had a smaller class this year because of schedules. Many of my regular
students now have jobs or are going to the University. Next year I might need
to go back to “Computer 101” and start teaching a younger set of kids.
• The
food here somehow is getting even better. The variety is increasing and the
focus on quality remains a top priority.
• Basic
infrastructure continues to improve. I took the new
• Significant
social and economic problems still remain. Many beggars,
orphans, and people struggling to keep up. I heard more than a few
stories of people having to borrow large sums of money for healthcare costs,
repairs, and other basic needs.
Should you find yourself with the travel bug to go somewhere
exotic, I can make sure you have a memorable time in
Emergency
Contact Information for This Week
While Pastor Joyce is on a mission trip to