Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship –
Leader: Sing praises to God, O you saints, and give thanks to God’s holy name!
Cong: We exalt you, O God, for you have restored us to life!
Leader: We may cry through the night, but your joy comes with the morning.
Cong: You hear us, O God, and you are gracious in our distress.
Leader: You turn our mourning into dancing!
Cong: Our souls cannot be silent! O God, our Savior, we give thanks to you forever!
Opening Prayer (Unison) –
Almighty and all-loving God, through your Son Jesus Christ you have reconciled the world to yourself. Help us now to be reconciled with one another, that again we might dwell in the warmth of your love. Inspire us with your Holy Spirit to put aside the cloak of pride and put on Christ, that we might forgive and be forgiven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Psalter #846 (Psalm 124) w/ Response –
Response: When the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
L: If it had not been the Lord who was on our side- let Israel now say-
P: if it had not been the Lord was on our side, when foes rose up against us, then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
L: then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
P: then the raging waters would have gone over us.
L: Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth!
P: We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;
L: the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
P: Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
Response: When the storms of life are raging, stand by me.
Hymn – Good Ole Gospel Singing
Children’s Moment
1st Scripture Reading – James 5:13-20 NRSV
Hymn #577 UMH – God of Grace and God of Glory
2nd Scripture Reading – Mark 9:38-50 NRSV
Message – Guest Speakers from All God’s Children Camp – Maddox Johnson and Keisha Nicholson
Offertory / Doxology UMH #95
Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn – Open the Eyes of My Heart and The Lord’s Prayer
Benediction