WESTWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH



WESTWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCHNovember 22, 2020 __ 10:00 AMCHRIST THE KING sundayPRELUDE "A Gaelic Improvisation" Charles Callahan? WELCOMEOPENING OURSELVES TO WORSHIPOPENING PRAYERWe seek and find you in Creation, O God, in the world you have made and the people you have called. Your vulnerable, powerful Lamb is our shepherd and guide, leading us to share the shelter of your abundant life. Let us recognize you here in the beauty of this morning and in its challenge; may the Risen One, your Shepherd-Lamb, lead us to act for your justice and peace: so that all may drink from your springs of the waters of life, and find their tears of sorrow and pain wiped away. In the name of the Risen One we pray: Amen.SONG “Who You Say I Am” Wayne and Michael JonesCALL TO PRAYER “Above All Else”Haddonfield UMC ChoirPRAYERS OF THE PEOPLETHE LORD’S PRAYEROur Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory forever. Amen.MUSIC MINISTRY"Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"Trad. Arr. John F. Wilson: Bob Harley, trumpetTHANKSGIVING VIDEOGIVING OUR GIFTS (We can give online at our website: umc-, or we can mail our gifts in to the church office 105 Fairview Ave. Westwood, NJ 07675)OFFERTORY PRAYERGracious God, we look with gratitude upon everything in our lives as a gift from you. We offer all we can back to you in service to your beloved creation and all peoples in it. With great thanksgiving we commit to this spiritual journey of stewarding the resources and treasures that come into our care. Keep us ever mindful of the times when others have shared with us and the difference it made in our lives so that our giving connects us as human family in ever stronger ways. In the name of the one who gave it all, even his very life, for love and justice, Jesus the Christ. Amen.SCRIPTURE LESSONReader: At the heart of our relationship to money is living and giving with gratitude—whether the assets we have to give are monetary, or our own capital of time and energy for the sake of the human family. As a result of aligning our money practices with the courageous vision we see for ourselves and our impact on the world, we end our series by looking for the hope that has been cultivated and the possibility that we will transform fear to gratitude in the act of sharing. The end of the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a joyful celebration of community and generosity and George Bailey’s thankfulness is infectious. George’s brother, Harry, proclaims this:Voice of Harry Bailey: “A toast ... to my big brother George. The richest man in town!”Reader: And the angel, Clarence, who had earlier declared…Voice of Clarence: “You see, George, you really had a wonderful life…”Reader: … shows up in the inscription in a book left on the big pile of money given to George by his community to help bail him out of trouble…Voice of Clarence: “Remember, no [one] is a failure who has friends!”Reader: Indeed, Clarence the angel finally gets his wings in the end. As the whole community gathered in George’s house looks on, a bell rings, a sign that the reverberations of generosity were being felt in heaven as on earth. A reading from the Acts of the Apostles: Acts 4: 32-35This is a Word of God for the people of God.Thanks be to God.TODAY’S MESSAGE“Looking with Gratitude”Pastor WaynePLEDGES for 2021CLOSING SONG“Raise a Hallelujah”Performed by: Jake Stevens, Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser, Molly SkaggsBENEDICTIONPOSTLUDE "Fanfare, St. George's Windsor" ? Charles CallahanANNOUNCEMENTS ................
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