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Worship Materials and Bulletin August 15, 2021 Streaming License Number: 20160536 Copyright License: 2880734 Video License: 504308177 This Sunday morning at9:30, we will worship in person indoor in the sanctuary in accordance with our current COVID safety policy, and we will livestream the worship service to Facebook. You can access the livestreamed service at https://www.facebook.com/CrievewoodUMC/ Please share this bulletin with any members that you think might not see this email before Sunday. Thank you. Prayer List Ecumenical Prayer Cycle: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger Cumberland River District Prayer Cycle: South End UMC, Trinity UMC, and West End UMC Crievewood UMC: https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (a password is necessary) Crievewood PrayerMost gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children. Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service. In your holy name we pray. Amen.  Worship Order Words of Welcome: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin Centering Music: A Sacred Medley: Caleb Dinger, Piano Call to Worship adapted from West Side Story – Something’s Coming: Rev. John Hill Could it be, yes it could Something’s coming, something good If I can wait! Something’s coming, I don’t know what it is. But it is gonna be great! Will it be? Yes it will. Maybe just by holding still It’ll be there! Come on, something, come on in! Let us be open to the great things God is planning for us. Hymns: Blest Are They and Forgive Our Sins as We ForgiveBlest Are They Blest are they, the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of God. Blest are they, full of sorrow; they shall be consoled. Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you. Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God! Blest are they, the lowly ones; they shall inherit the earth. Blest are they who hunger and thirst; they shall have their fill. Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you. Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God! Blest are they who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs. Blest are they, the pure of heart; they shall see God! Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you. Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God! Blest are they who seek peace; they are the children of God. Blest are they, who suffer in faith; the glory of God is theirs. Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you. Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God! Blest are you who suffer hate, all because of me. Rejoice and be glad, yours is the kingdom. Shine for all to see. Rejoice and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you. Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God! Forgive Our Sins as We ForgiveVerse 1 “Forgive our sins as we forgive,” you taught us, Lord, to pray; but you alone can grant us grace to live the words we say.Verse 2 How can your pardon reach and bless the unforgiving heart that broods on wrongs and will not let old bitterness depart?Verse 3 In blazing light your cross reveals the truth we dimly knew: what trivial debts are owed to us, how great our debt to you!Verse 4 Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls, and bid resentment cease; then, bound to all in bonds of love, our lives will spread your peace. Opening Prayer: from Pax Christ: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin Blessed are You, Lord Jesus Christ. You crossed every border between Divinity and humanity to make your home with us. Help us to welcome you in newcomers, migrants and refugees. Blessed are You, God of all nations. You bless our land richly with goods of creation and with people made in your image. Help us to be good stewards and peacemakers, who live as your children. Blessed are You, Holy Spirit. You work in the hearts of all to bring about harmony and goodwill. Strengthen us to welcome those from other lands, cultures, religions, that we may live in human solidarity and in hope. God of all people, grant us vision to see your presence in our midst, especially in our immigrant sisters and brothers. Give us courage to open the door to our neighbors and grace to build a society of justice. Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-12: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Sermon: Bible on Broadway – West Side Story: Rev. John Hill Musical Reflection: Something’s Coming: Caleb Dinger, Instrumentalist Pastoral Prayer: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin The Lord’s Prayer Invitation to Offer Tithes and Gifts: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/GiveOffertory Anthem: Somewhere: Hailee Hunt-Hawkins, Vocalist, Caleb Dinger, Instrumentalist Prayer of Confession: Rev. John HillMerciful God, We confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have made idols of our desires, our perceived righteousness, and even our fears.We have failed to be an obedient church. We have failed to embrace one another as equally valued members of one body, of which Christ alone is the head.We have not done your will, we have broken your law… We have been lured into legalism and the confines of church polity, favoring human security over divine, radical grace.…we have rebelled against you love, believing that your favor is earned by faithfulness, rather than freely given to us and every sibling in Christ.…we have not loved our neighbors, when we valued certain voices, perspectives, and bodies above others.…and we have not heard the cry if the needy. when we overlooked the hungry, the poor, and the outcast; when we turned our back on the one who was lost; when we chose for ourselves who was welcome at your feast. Even when we fail to seek forgiveness, and have not yet forgiven one another, forgive us, we pray.Free us for joyful obedience, through Christ our redeemer. Amen. Silence for Personal Prayers of Confession Kyrie: Blessed Are the Merciful Words of Assurance * Hear the good news: Through the expansive, mysterious, divine gift of grace, made known in the person of Jesus Christ, we have been reconciled and restored to our Creator, and entrusted to bear this unimaginable love to the world. Through Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God. Amen. * This responsive prayer of confession was designed for the Opening Worship of the Cal-Pac Annual Conference in 2019. It is adapted from the prayer of confession found in the General Services in the United Methodist Hymnal. Closing Hymn: Make Me a Channel of Your PeaceMake Me a Channel of Your Peace Verse 1 Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord, and where there is doubt, true faith in you. Verse 2 Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is despair in life, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, only light, and where there’s sadness, ever joy. Verse 3 Oh, Master, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul. Verse 4 Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving of ourselves that we receive, and in dying that we’re born to eternal life. Benediction: Rev. John Hill |