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September 7, 2008                    “17^th Sunday after Pentecost”                    8:45 am

 

“We are called to be an authentic and accessible community of God’s love.”

 

We welcome you to the celebration of good news and the fellowship of this congregation.

We hope that you will be both comforted and challenged by the Word of God for us today.

If you are worshipping here for the first time, we hope you will consider making this your church home.

 We welcome the diversity of all God’s children.

  

SILENT MEDITATION

Christians are called to be witnesses, not judges, not prosecutors nor defense lawyers. Just faithful, truthful witnesses.        –Unknown

 

 PRAISE!

 

 *WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

 (Please complete the registration card found in the bulletin and place in the offering.

Prayers and comments may be written on the back of the card.)

“I Will Delight (in the Law of the Lord)”

I will delight in the law of the Lord, I will meditate day and night.

Then, like a tree firmly planted, I’ll be grounded in Your Word. 

Blessed is the one who follows the way of the Lord; blessed is the one. (sing twice)

 

 

“Our God Is Faithful”

Our God is faithful and able to keep us holy, to walk us fully into the land;

He is a mighty warrior who rules in mercy, His name is worthy of all of our praise. 

The earth is the Lord’s and everything that’s in it; His Kingdom of love be decreed.

Let all of creation rise up and adore Him, and say with a shout, “We’re redeemed!”

  

*CALL TO WORSHIP  (based on 1 John 4:7, 16b)                                        

Leader:         Beloved, let us love one another,

People:        because love is from God.

Leader:         Whoever does not love does not know God.

People:        for God is love.

Leader:         God is love and those who abide in love abide in God,

People:        and God abides in them.

 

“How Excellent Your Name”

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent Your name is,

how excellent Your name in all the earth,

Your glory fills the heavens beyond the farthest star,

how excellent Your name in all the earth.

When I think about the heavens, the moon and all the stars,

I wonder what You ever saw in me, but You took me and You loved me

             and You’ve given me a crown, and now I’ll praise Your name eternally.

 

THE WORD FOR CHILDREN

 

PRAY!

 

SCRIPTURE LESSON   Romans 13:1-10 (NRSV)                                    -Debbie Edwards          

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities; for there is no authority except from God, and those authorities that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you wish to have no fear of the authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive its approval; for it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the servant of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience. For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, busy with this very thing. Pay to all what is due them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

 

Leader:     This is the Word of the Lord.

People:    Thanks be to God.

 

“Kyrie”

Kyrie, Kyrie, eleison (sing twice)

Christe, Christe eleison (sing twice)

Kyrie, Kyrie, eleison (sing twice)

  

OUR LORD’S PRAYER

  

“Kyrie”

Kyrie, Kyrie, eleison (sing twice)

Christe, Christe eleison (sing twice)

Kyrie, Kyrie, eleison (sing twice)

 

SCRIPTURE LESSON   Matthew 18:15-20 (The Message)                                     -Debbie Edwards          

“If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him—work it out between the two of you. If he listens, you’ve made a friend. If he won’t listen, take one or two others along so that the presence of witnesses will keep things honest, and try again. If he still won’t listen, tell the church. If he won’t listen to the church, you’ll have to start over from scratch, confront him with the need for repentance, and offer again God’s forgiving love. Take this most seriously: A yes on earth is yes in heaven; a no on earth is no in heaven. What you say to one another is eternal. I mean this. When two of you get together on anything at all on earth and make a prayer of it, my Father in heaven goes into action. And when two or three of you are together because of me, you can be sure that I’ll be there.”

 

            Leader:     This is the Word of the Lord.

            People:    Thanks be to God.

  

PROCLAIM!

 

SPECIAL MUSIC                                                                                      -Praise Disciples

 

THE MESSAGE                 “The Lord and the Law: I Subject”            -Rev. George Hooper

 

SERVE!

OFFERING OUR TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD                                                                                  

  

Offertory                                “Larghetto” (Arr. Jean Posquet)                           -Brenda Monce

 

*Doxology                     “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”                -UMH 94

 

SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

Please join in “A Service of Word and Table III” in the hymnal, pages 15-16. The United Methodist Church practices an open table for Holy Communion. You need not be a member of this or any church to come forward for the bread and cup. God’s grace is free to all.        

  

“Go Now in Peace”

Go now in peace, go now in peace,

may the love of God surround you everywhere,

everywhere,  you may go

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go now in peace, go now in peace,

may the love of God surround you everywhere,

everywhere,  you may go.

 

                                                                                “Open Hearts…Open Minds…Open Doors”

PARTNERS IN MINISTRY

Ministers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Members of the Congregation

Lay Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norm Corwin/Lynda Mounts

Pastor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. George Hooper

Minister of Music of Fine Arts/Facilities Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Frank Hallock

Music Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Mahin

Church Organist  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise Foss

Family Ministries Co-Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Lee/Juna Spitz

Church Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . Paula Amaro

Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Murray

Nursery Attendants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cindy Rivera/ Brenda Villalva/Laura Stockdale

Pastors Emeriti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Lanny Arrowsmith/Don Diegelman/Rev. Orlie White

Deaconess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zelle Hammond

Clergy from our congregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Bill Gordon (PAC-NW)/Rev. Laura Rockwell (OR-ID)

Seminary graduate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Jaime Kim   

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                                                                                                                               490 S. Melrose Dr.
                                                                                                                         Vista, California 92806
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