WORSHIP SERVICES

Theme: Our calling

ORDER OF SERVICE

Centering chimes

Lighting of the solidarity lamp
–Symbolic of our Sister Church relationship with El Divino Redentor

Prelude – Sing praise to God

Call to Worship (#851 in Voices Together)

Jesus calls us

to praise and prayer,

to song and silence;

Jesus calls us to worship.

Jesus calls us 

to hearing and healing,

to service and solidarity;

Jesus calls us to love.

Jesus calls us

to advocacy and action,

to protest and provision;

Jesus calls us to justice.

We hear the call of Christ.

We worship together with joy.  

Green songbook #33 – Come, Holy Spirit, descend

Welcome & prayer

Virtual Passing the Peace (break-out groups)

Blue Hymnal #55 – Let’s sing unto the Lord

Children’s story
– Song “Let the children come to me”
– The Children’s Fall/Winter offering benefits Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) as it celebrates its centennial year in 2020. All households are invited to set out a basket and gather an offering weekly. Donations may be sent to the FMC office at any time or can be made online (select children’s offering in “To” box)

Scripture – Exodus 3:13-4:20

Sermon

Voices Together #545 – Here I am, Lord

Blessing for Leaders  (#968 in Voices Together)

May God, who calls you to this ministry, grant you grace, joy, and endurance.   

Amen.  

May Christ guide and empower you for service and leadership.  

Amen.

May the Holy Spirit fill you with the gifts you need.   

Amen.

May the One whose love unites us as the body of Christ strengthen us to live and proclaim the gospel together.  

Amen.

Congregational sharing & prayer

Meditative music – Song without Words by Mendelssohn
– In the absence of a weekly offering collection, reflect on how you are practicing and receiving generosity. Consider giving to First Mennonite Church by mailing a check, giving through your bank, or giving online.

Work of the church

Voices Together #810 – Go, my friends, in grace

Benediction

Prelude & Meditation – Pastor Deb
Worship Leader – Pastor Deb
Sermon & sharing – Pastor Michael
Hymns – Rafael Luquis
Children’s Storyteller – Marcia Nelson
Scripture – Karen McKenzie

Images of God

ORDER OF SERVICE

Centering chimes

Lighting of the solidarity lamp
–Symbolic of our Sister Church relationship with El Divino Redentor

Prelude – Pharaoh, Pharaoh

Call to Worship

We hear now the message of 1 John:

God is love; every one who loves is born of God and knows God.

God is light; in God is no darkness at all.

When we walk in the light, we have fellowship with one another.  

 

As we join together in worship this morning, 

we offer praise to God who called us out of darkness

into this wonderful light and this fellowship of love.

Voices Together #420 – God of the Bible

Welcome & prayer

Virtual Passing the Peace (break-out groups)

Voices Together #428 – Praise with joy the world’s Creator

Children’s story
– Song “Let the children come to me”
– The Children’s Fall/Winter offering benefits Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) as it celebrates its centennial year in 2020. All households are invited to set out a basket and gather an offering weekly. Donations may be sent to the FMC office at any time or can be made online (select children’s offering in “To” box)

Scripture – Exodus 3:1-14 & Hosea 13:4-8

Sermon – Images of God in Drag

Voices Together #134 – Bring many names

Congregational sharing & prayer

Meditative music 
– In the absence of a weekly offering collection, reflect on how you are practicing and receiving generosity. Consider giving to First Mennonite Church by mailing a check, giving through your bank, or giving online.

Work of the church

Voices Together #74 – O worship our God

Benediction

Prelude – Lincoln Morris & Allyson Polman
Meditation – Lesley Deem
Worship Leader & Sharing – Pastor Deb
Announcements – Pastor Michael
Hymns – Pastor Deb
Children’s Storyteller – Lesley Deem
Scripture – Martha Moore
Sermon – Matt Yoder

Building the Kingdom;
the World is
About to Turn

ORDER OF SERVICE

Centering chimes

Lighting of the solidarity lamp
–Symbolic of our Sister Church relationship with El Divino Redentor

Prelude – Holy (Santo)

Call to Worship (based on Psalm 65)

Happy are those drawn close to the Creator God:
those who dwell in the courts of divine justice,
who wake with joy in the morning of God’s hope,
who feast on the nourishment flowing from the good earth,
who rest at night safe in the protection of the Spirit.

Happy are those drawn close to the Creator God:

the Deliverer
who sets the mountains firmly in their resting place,
who wakes and sets the sun to shouts of joy,
who breathes the roiling seas to life
and plows the furrows of the earth with a hand
and sends the rain to water parched land
and weary people
and anxious spirits.

Happy is the good earth of the Creator God:

whose crown is the bounty of creation,
whose paths overflow with a rich harvest,
whose untilled meadows overflow with abundance,
whose hills are clothed with rejoicing,
whose fields are covered with a wild grace,
whose valleys are blanketed with sweet sustenance.

Let all the earth shout with joy!

Happy are those drawn close to the Creator God.

Voices Together #30 – Jesus calls us

Welcome & prayer

Virtual Passing the Peace (break-out groups)

Voices Together #209 – We dream of a turning

Children’s story
– Song “Let the children come to me”
– The Children’s Fall/Winter offering benefits Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) as it celebrates its centennial year in 2020. All households are invited to set out a basket and gather an offering weekly. Donations may be sent to the FMC office at any time or can be made online (select children’s offering in “To” box)

Scripture – Psalm 65:5-12, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31and Mark 1:14-20

Sermon

Voices Together #412 – My soul cries out

Congregational sharing & prayer

Meditative music – Angels Unaware
– In the absence of a weekly offering collection, reflect on how you are practicing and receiving generosity. Consider giving to First Mennonite Church by mailing a check, giving through your bank, or giving online.

Work of the church

Voices Together #809 – Sing a new world into being

Benediction

Prelude &Meditation – Kathy Springer
Worship Leader & Sharing – Pastor Michael
Hymns – Matt Yoder
Children’s Storyteller – Cindy Breeze
Scripture – Matt Klopfenstein
Sermon – Sarah Lake Rayburn