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Prelude                   In Christ Alone  (arr. Eithun)          Spirit Ringers  

Welcome and Announcements   please pass attendance pads

                  Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor

Announcement:           Missions       Sherri Brown 

Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer                      

Greeting Time  (You may stand up and greet those around you with a

fist bump.)

*Opening Hymn      Come, Christians, Join to Sing    UMH 158           

Vision Recitation      Hays First UMC--------

Mission Recitation at Hays First UMC we----                               

*Call to Worship                        Mary Meckenstock, liturgist

Leader:  Jesus calls the blessed to gather.

People: We come, longing for God’s kingdom.

Leader: God blesses the humble and the faithful.

People: We receive God’s grace with open hearts.

Leader: Christ speaks words of life and hope.

People: We listen and learn at His feet.

Leader:  Let us worship the Teacher of truth.

People: With gratitude and trust, we praise God.

Children’s Time                 Paityn Homan

Prayer Hymn      Open Our Eyes              FWS 2086

Prayers of the People          Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor             Lord’s Prayer     UMH 895

Scripture             John 1:29-42 (NIV)                           Mary Meckenstock

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of

 God, who takes away the sin of the world!  This is the one I meant when I said, 

‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’  I 

myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that 

he might be revealed to Israel.”

Then John gave this testimony:  I saw the Spirit come down from  heaven as a

 dove and remain on him.  And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent 

me to baptize with water told me, ‘ The man on whom you see the Spirit come 

down and remain in the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’  I have seen 

and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”  The next day John was there again 

with two of his disciples.  When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the 

Lamb of God!”

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.  Turning around,

 Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi” (Which means “Teacher”), “Where are you staying?”

“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him.  

It was about four in the afternoon.

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had 

said and who had followed Jesus.  The first thing Andrew did was to find his 

brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (That is, the Christ), 

And  he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John.  You will be called 

Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).

Sermon      What are You Looking For?                     Susan Murithi

Faithful Stewardship         2 Corinthians 9:7           Mary Meckenstock 

“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, 

not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Congregational Prayer:  “Loving Father, You ask us to give not

reluctantly or under pressure, but with joy in our hearts.  Allow

your Holy Spirit to shape our minds, Lord, that we may give cheer-

fully and willingly, knowing it delights You when we do.  Make

generosity a joy, not a duty.  Amen.”  

Offertory More Like the Master                     Charlotte Rathke

Doxology     Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow           UMH 95                   Offertory Prayer                  Susan Murithi              

Holy Communion                                                            

*Closing Hymn     Blest Are They  (Vs1-4)      FWS 2155                     

*Benediction                                                                      Susan Murithi  

*Postlude        Hymn of Joy                   Charlotte Rathke