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| Community Happens Here a place to belong a place to be loved a place to engage a place to serve a place to grow Worship Materials and Bulletin September 12, 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: Ghana and Nigeria Cumberland River District Prayer Cycle: Lebanon First UMC, Leeville UMC, Pickett-Rucker UMC Crievewood UMC: https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (a password is necessary) Sympathy is extended to Charlotte Swor on the loss of her stepson, Tom Swor, who died on September 5, 2021 after a long illness.  Worship Order Words of Welcome: Rev. John Hill Centering Music: With Thee There Is Forgiveness: Caleb Dinger, Piano Call to Worship: Rev. John Hill May God our Maker hear our praises on this day. Come, let us worship our Creator. May Jesus Christ extend to us a hand of love and grace. Come, let us worship our Redeemer. May the Holy Spirit join us in this place and inspire us. Come, let us worship our Sustainer. Hymns: Help Us Accept Each Other and Lord God, Your Love Has Called Us HereHelp Us Accept Each Other Verse 1 Help us accept each other as Christ accepted us; teach us as sister, brother, each person to embrace. Be present, Lord, among us, and bring us to believe we are ourselves accepted and meant to love and live. Verse 2 Teach us, O Lord, your lessons, as in our daily life we struggle to be human and search for hope and faith. Teach us to care for people, for all, not just for some, to love them as we find them, or as they may become. Verse 3 Let your acceptance change us, so that we may be moved in living situations to do the truth in love; to practice your acceptance, until we know by heart the table of forgiveness and laughter’s healing art. Verse 4 Lord, for today’s encounters with all who are in need, who hunger for acceptance, for righteousness and bread, we need new eyes for seeing, new hands for holding on; renew us with your Spirit; Lord, free us, make us one! Lord God, Your Love Has Called Us Here Verse 1 Lord God, your love has called us here, as we, by love, for love were made; your living likeness still we bear, though marred, dishonored, disobeyed; we come, with all our heart and mind, your call to hear, your love to find. Verse 2 We come with self-inflicted pains of broken trust and chosen wrong, half-free, half-bound by inner chains, by social forces swept along, by powers and systems close confined, yet seeking hope for human kind. Verse 3 Lord God, in Christ you call our name, then receive us as your own; not through some merit, right, or claim, but by your gracious love alone; we strain to glimpse your mercy seat, and find you kneeling at our feet. Verse 4 Then take the towel, and break the bread, and humble us, and call us friends; suffer and serve till all are fed, and show how grandly love intends to work till all creation sings, to fill all worlds, to crown all things. Verse 5 Lord God, in Christ you set us free your life to live, your joy to share; give us your Spirit’s liberty to turn from guilt and dull despair, and offer all that faith can do, while love is making all things new. Opening Prayer: Rev. John Hill God of all wisdom, you have revealed yourself to us through the Bible and have promised that all scripture is inspired by you – even the parts we ignore or overlook. Open our hearts and minds to the instruction and encouragement from these Little Letters that we may keep ourselves in the love of God and walk in the Truth. Amen. Scripture Reading: Philemon 1:1-25: Rev. John Hill Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. When I remember you in my prayers, I always thank my God because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you perceive all the good that we may do for Christ. I have indeed received much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother.For this reason, though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do your duty, yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel; but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced. Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. So if you consider me your partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say. One thing more—prepare a guest room for me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be restored to you. Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends greetings to you, and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Sermon: Little Letters – Philemon: Rev. John Hill Musical Reflection: The Love of God: Caleb Dinger, Instrumentalist Pastoral Prayer: Rev. John Hill The Lord’s Prayer Invitation to Offer Tithes and Gifts: Rev. John Hill https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/GiveOffertory Anthem: The Reconciliation Song: Hailee Hunt- Hawkins, Vocalist; Caleb Dinger, InstrumentalistThe Reconciliation Song Verse 1 Oh let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peace And let us be a holy nation Where pride and prejudice shall cease Let us speak the truth in love To the lost and least of these Let us serve the Lord in unity So others will believe Let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peaceVerse 2 Oh let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peace And let us build on one foundation ‘Til He comes and the wars of men shall cease Let us share the love of Jesus Without hypocrisy Let mercy and forgiveness Begin with you and me Let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peace Bridge Have we not one Father Have we not one faith Have we not one calling To become one holy race Oh let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peace Verse 3 And let us pray for restoration And seek the Lord together On our knees Let us keep our hearts from evil And cling to what is good Let us honor one another And love the brotherhood Let us be the generation Of reconciliation and peace Prayer of Confession: Rev. John Hill God of love, you have ordered the world and invited us to share in its goodness and beauty as a beloved community, but our pride, greed, selfishness, and apathy have kept us from flourishing. We have not followed your precepts. We have robbed others of their dignity and seen them as means to an end. We have put ourselves first and hurt one another. And we have abandoned you and your ways. Forgive us through your great mercy and empower us to walk as people of the light, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Silence for Personal Prayers of Confession Kyrie Words of Assurance * Hear the Good News: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. That proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Glory to God! Amen. Closing Hymn: They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our LoveThey’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love Verse 1 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, we are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, and we pray that all unity may one day be restored: Refrain And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love; yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Verse 2 We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand, we will walk with each other , we will walk hand in hand, and together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land: Refrain And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love; yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Verse 3 We will work with each other, we will work side by side, we will work with each other, we will work side by side, and we’ll guard human dignity and save human pride: Refrain And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love; yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Verse 4 All praise to the Father, from whom all things come, and all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son, and all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one: Refrain And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love; yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love. Recognition of Jan Bassett Benediction: Rev. John Hill  Golden Cross Sunday September 12 By the year 2030, the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference will include 600,000+ adults over the age of 65, a 24 percent increase from today’s population. Through your financial support, the Golden Cross Foundation is expanding older adult ministry throughout the conference, creating opportunities for spiritual fellowship and access to quality nutrition, healthcare, housing, and transportation for older adults in addition to retrofitting facilities for accessibility. We see a society in which older adults live successfully in the embrace of a loving community. This Golden Cross Sunday, join us in making this vision a reality. This Sunday we will take up a special offering for the Golden Cross Foundation to support ministry with older adults across our annual conference. We are especially delighted to receive the offering this year because Crievewood received a grant of $5,000 from the Golden Cross Foundation to help pay for our new audio/visual equipment in the sanctuary and for livestreaming. Receiving this offering is a way to pay that generosity forward to others. You can give through the church with an indication in the memo line of your check or on the offering envelope, or you can give directly to the Golden Cross Foundation at the address below. Golden Cross Foundation 304 South Perimeter Park Drive, Suite 9 Nashville, TN 37211 |
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