Prelude
Welcome
Announcements
Call to Worship
L: This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
P: This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
L: The hour is coming, and now is when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him.
P: Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him, bless his name!
Opening Prayer (In Unison) – Teach us, good Lord, to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil and not to seek for rest; to labor and not to ask for any reward, except that of knowing that we do your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hymn FWS #2041 (2X)– “Thou Art Worthy”
Children’s Message
Special Music – “On Eagle’s Wings” (Chancel Choir)
Scripture Reading – Matthew 13: 20-30, 36-43 (NRSV)
Message – “How to Live as a Grain of Wheat in a Field of Weeds”
Affirmation of Faith – # 887
Gloria Patri – UMH #70 – “Glory Be to the Father”
Offertory / Doxology – UMH #95
Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn UMH #694 (v. 1,2,3) – “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”
Benediction
Postlude