Welcome to Community United Methodist Sunday Worship!
September 24, 2023
♫ Gathering Music
Welcome and Announcements
♫ Prelude Music
Opening Prayer
✟ ♫ Opening Hymn: Come, Sinners, To the Gospel #339
✟ Call to Worship:
L: Come! Now is the time to worship!
P: We come to worship God who provides!
L: When the Israelites wandered in the wilderness, God provided manna and quail.
P: God provides in unexpected ways.
L: Jesus tells a story of vineyard workers, some who work all day and some who work mere hours, yet the generous landowner paid all of them equally.
P: God provides in unexpected ways.
L: God does provide in unexpected ways, yet manna, quail, and grapes need gathering and harvesting.
P: We respond to God’s provision by gathering and harvesting all that God provides.
L: Come! Now is the time to worship!
P: We come to worship and partner with God who provides for the long haul!
♫ Hymn of Praise: Freely, Freely # 389
Small Things (Children’s Time)
♫ Hymn: Jesus Loves Me # 191
Sharing our Joys and Concerns
Congregational Sharing of Joys & Concerns
Pastoral Prayer and Silent Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
♫ Prayer Hymn: Spirit of the Living God # 393
Sharing Our Blessings with God
Offertory Prayer:
Dear God, may the offering we bring today be an act of praise. May it find its way to bring comfort to your children who have little or nothing; and when that happens, may it be joy for your eyes and ears. In Christ, we pray. Amen.
♫ Offertory Music
✟ ♫ Doxology: Praise God, From Whom … # 95
✟ Scripture Reading
Psalm 145:1-8 (p. 581)
Matthew 20:1-16 (p. 21-22)
The Word of God, For the people of God, and all Gods people said, Thanks be to God. A-men
Message: A Family Affair – Rev. Allan Wintersteen
♫ Closing Hymn: Glorious Things of Thee are . . . #731
✟ Blessing and Benediction✟ ♫ Going Forth: God Be With You # 672