August 25, 2024

Aug 23

Written By Heath Nettles

Fourteenth Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Aug. 25, 2024 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin

Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity

Prelude

On the Wind of Spirit Mark Hayes

Welcome

Rev. Kelly Dotson

Call to Worship

Whom do you seek here in this place?
We seek God, the Creator, who brought us to life.
Who has told you of God?
Jesus Christ, God’s Son, has shown us the love of God through his life.
Discipleship is difficult. Are you ready?
We want to be ready. Lord, strengthen and sustain us this day. AMEN.

Hymn

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty UMH# 64

A Reading from the Old Testament

Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18

Responsive Reading

Psalm 34:15-22 UMH p.770

Anthem

God, You Made This World a Garden Richard W. Gieseke

Concerns and Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer

UMH# 895

Hymn

Break Thou the Bread of Life UMH# 599

The Reading from the Gospels

John 6:56-69

Sermon

Should I stay or should I go? | Rev. Kelly Dotson

Affirmation of Faith

I believe in God, the giver of grain and bread,
and in Jesus Christ, the bread of life broken for us,
and in the Holy Spirit, God's nourishing power in every grain and loaf.

I believe that Christ is to be leaven in us,
so that we may offer the bread of life
to the hungers of every human heart. +

Response to the Tithes & Offerings

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow UMH# 94

Blessing of the Tithes & Offerings

Hymn

This Is the Feast of Victory UMH# 638
Please sing stanzas 1, 3, 4, and final antiphon

Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light

Postlude

Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus arr. James Koerts

Announcements & Opportunities for the Week

Jo Ann Croom