Gary Bement, Pastor
Bruce Lyttle, Eva Haynes, Worship Leaders
THE GATHERING
Opportunities for Service/Greeting..............................................................................Eva Haynes
Minute for Missions.........................................................................................................Jack Bales
Pentecost Offering
Prepare Our Hearts for Worship and Prelude
Call to Worship
Leader: The day of Pentecost has come, and we are together.
Will the works of God be known among us today?
People: We live in the valley of dry bones.
Around and within us is emptiness.
Leader: God comes to us as a gentle breath or violent wind.
Catch your breath, God's breath, and live.
People: There are stirrings deep within that gives us hope.
There is a Spirit linking us to one another.
Leader: The fires of love dispel life's shadows.
God's Spirit comes to give us new life.
People: Surely God is in this place!
May the glory of God be known among us today!
Morning Thought: "I have not departed from the commands of His lips;
I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread. Job 23:12
*Morning Worship.......................................................................................................Congregation
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Morning Prayer/Lord's Prayer.............................................................................................Minister
Acts of Stewardship/Tithes & Offering...................................................1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Pentecost Offering
Offertory
Doxology & Prayer of Thanksgiving......................................................................................#572
Children's Sermon.....................................................................................................Eva Haynes
(Children K - 5th leave for J.A.M. Session)
THE WORD
Prayer of Confession...........................................................................................................Minister
Assurance of Forgiveness.................................................................................................Minister
Scripture..............................................................................................................Matthew 15:21-39
Sermon....................................................................................................................................Minister
"At the Intersection of Faith and Sight" (part 2)
Faith tested - Faith rewarded Faith exercised - Faith rewarded
1. God calls every church to be a faith-based church instead of a
sight-bound church.
2. God calls the individual to trust Him for the future.
3. God calls us to prayer and to attempt that which only He can
do.
THE RESPONSE TO HIS WORD
*Hymn of Commitment.......................................................................................................#
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Benediction "There is Joy in Serving Jesus"
There is joy, joy, joy in serving Jesus
Joy that throbs within my heart.
Every moment, every hour, as I draw upon His power,
There is joy, joy, joy that never shall depart.
Postlude
*All who are able are invited to stand.
The Pastor and Sylvia and the staff at Bethel
wish all of our mother's a very blessed and happy
Mother's Day!
