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Prelude    When in the Music God is Glorified    Charlotte Rathke, organist  

Welcome & Announcements  please pass attendance pads

Children’s Ministry Update Jenna Brubaker

Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer             Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor

Greeting time (You may stand up and greet those around you with a hand     shake or an elbow bump)

*Opening Hymn        Come, Thou Almighty King                       UMH 61   

Vision Recitation                       Hays First UMC-----

Mission Recitation                                               at Hays First UMC we----

*Call to Worship         Mary Meckenstock Gribben, liturgist

Leader:  Come before the Lord, the King of glory.

People:  We stand before His throne in awe.

Leader:    He gathers all nations and peoples to Himself.

People:   We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.

Leader:   When we serve the hungry, the sick, and the stranger---

People:   We serve Christ Himself.

Leader:   Let us live as His faithful disciples.

People:     Let us worship Him in spirit and truth!

Children’s Time     Paityn Homan

Special Music                 Victory in Jesus (Bartlett)          

Chuck Ames, vocalist     Hannah Barrett, accompanist

Prayer Hymn     Lord, Speak to Me  (Vs 1 & 5)         UMH 463 Prayers of the People

Lord’s Prayer          UMH 895

Chancel Choir Trio   You Raise Me Up (arr. Emerson)      Hannah Barrett

     Caitlin Glassman, Raymond Brent, Meredith Cory

Scripture Reading       Matthew 25:31-46 (NIV)              Mary

When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will

Sit on his glorious throne.  All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.  He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.  Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.  For I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger, and you invited me in, I needed clothes, and you clothed me, I was sick, and you looked after me, I was in prison, and you came to visit me.”  Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothing you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and to visit you?   The King will reply, ”Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine you did for me.”  Then he will say to those on his left, “Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.  For I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger, and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes, and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.”  They also will answer, “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?”  He will reply, ”Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”  Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.  

Sermon                                                              Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor

Faithful Stewardship         2 Corinthians 9:7       Mary

“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.”

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

hearts. Allow your Holy Spirit to shape our minds, Lord, that may give

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

generosity a joy, not a duty.  Amen.”

Offertory                        There is a Redeemer               Charlotte                                                                   

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

*Closing Hymn       The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve  FWS 2241

*Benediction and Postlude