Prelude Improvisation on Diademata (Robert J. Hugh)
Michele Eiland, organist
Welcome and Announcements please fill out attendance pads located on
the inside aisle & pass it down. Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor
Silent Reflection and Opening Prayer
Greeting Time (You may stand up and welcome those around you with a
smile, a nod, a friendly wave, as a sign of peace.)
*Opening Hymn Blessed Assurance UMH 369
Sacrament of Baptism (10:45) Finley Hayden and Will Hayden presented by grandparents, Bill and Ronda Hayden.
*Call to Worship Mary Meckenstock
Leader: The Lord draws near to us.
People: We welcome God with open hearts.
Leader: God’s promises may seem impossible.
People: Nothing is too hard for the Lord.
Leader: God is faithful in every season.
People: We trust in God’s word.
Leader: Come, let us worship in faith.
People: We worship with hope and joy.
Children’s Time Mary Meckenstock
Prayer Hymn O Lord, Hear My Prayer FWS 2200
Prayers of the People Pastor Susan
Lord’s Prayer (words on the screen) UMH 895
Scripture Genesis 18:1-15 (NIV) Mary Meckenstock
The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was
sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Abraham looked up and
saw three men standing nearby…Then one of them said, “I will surely return to
you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son.”
Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him.
Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of
childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself and she thought, “After I am worn out
and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure? Then the Lord said to
Abraham, “ Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I
am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return to you at the
appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”
Sermon Susan Murithi, Senior Pastor
Setting the table while waiting for the promise
Faithful Stewardship Mary Meckenstock
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Offertory Arabesque (Lani Smith) Michele Eiland
Doxology Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow UMH 95 Offertory Prayer Mary Meckenstock
*Closing Hymn We Walk By Faith FWS 2196 *Benediction Susan Murithi Postlude Go Forth With Joy (David E. Wion)