Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost
August 16, 2020
FOOTPRINTS
Meeting 7 pm
HELD ON THE SEA BRIGHT PUBLIC BEACH
Bring chairs or blankets.
SUN SET SURF SERVICE – EVERY TUESDAY
HELD ON THE SEA BRIGHT PUBLIC BEACH
Service 7 p.m.
Nurture/Outreach – Barbara Smith 732-495-1672
1st UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF SEA BRIGHT
1104 OCEAN AVENUE
SEA BRIGHT, NEW JERSEY 07760
CHURCH OFFICE (732) 530-7003
E-mail: seabrightumc1@verizon.net
WEB: www.seabrightumc.org
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 9:30 AM
MERIDIAN MINISTRY IN SHREWSBURY
1ST SUNDAY– 2PM
WELCOME TO SEA BRIGHT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
WHERE JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!
PREPARATION FOR THE WORD
PRELUDE (A time to relax and enter the mindset of worship)
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Leader: Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations.
People: Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
Leader: From everlasting to everlasting you are God!
INTRODUCTION FWS 2160
“Into My Heart” (Verse 1)
HYMN OF INVOCATION UMH 121
“There’s A Wideness in God’s Mercy”
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Mark my teaching, O my people, listen to the words I am to speak. I will tell you a story with meaning, I will expound the riddle of things past, things that we have heard and known, and our parents have repeated to us
People: We will mark your teaching and listen to the words you speak. We will hear a story with meaning that we have heard and known, and our parents have repeated to us.
PRAYER OF INVOCATION
Self-revealing God, we have come to know more of you even in the contemplation of the stories we have heard before in our childhood. We come not only to hear your word but to seek the gifts of the Spirit to do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
HEARING OF THE WORD
FIRST READING Page 74
“Genesis 45:1-15”
HYMN OF PREPARATION UMH 367
“He Touched Me”
PSALM 133 UMH 850
SECOND READING Page 1759
“Romans 11:1-2, 29-32”
GOSPEL Page 1525
“Matthew 15:10-28”
MESSAGE
“Morning Message” Pastor Michael Turner
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
MOMENT OF SILENCE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
GLORIA PATRI UMH 70
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
PASSING OF THE PEACE
OFFERING OF SELF AND RESOURCES
HYMN OF DEDICATION UMH 383
“This is a Day of New Beginnings”
BENEDICTION AND SENDING FORTH FWS 2160
“Into My Heart” (Verse 2)
AS YOU ARE ABLE – PLEASE STAND TO PRAISE GOD