November 16, 2008                 “27th Sunday after Pentecost”                     10:30 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

        Things that are not eternal are already out-of-date.      -C.S. Lewis

 

 

GATHERING

 

PRELUDE                          “Come Ye Thankful People, Come” (Hegarty)        -Carol Graham

 

GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

 (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.)

 

INTROIT                          “Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart”(Kratzer)        -Anderson Bell Choir

 

*CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                             

Leader:         Come to worship and follow Jesus the Christ.

People:        We come seeking life eternal.

Leader:         To find life, you must first die.

People:        We come seeking to be comforted.

Leader:         To be comforted, you give comfort to others.

People:        We come seeking ivory palaces and golden streets.

Leader:         Here you will find the cross. Take it and live.

People:        We receive our cross to bear so that we may follow Jesus.

PRAYER AND PRAISE

                                                         

*HYMN OF PRAISE     “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”                    -UMH 66

 

UNISON PRAYER                                                                               

O God who is wiser than wisdom: Grant us the desire to seek your wisdom that we may discern what is the good and right way for us to live; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

 

PROCLAIMING THE WORD

 

SCRIPTURE LESSON  1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (NRSV)                                       -Rollin Grider

Now concerning the time and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; for those who sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, so that whether we are awake or sleep we may live with him. Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

 

Leader:     This is the Word of the Lord.

People:    Thanks be to God.

 

HYMN OF RECOGNITION     “O How I Love Jesus”                               –UMH 170

 

SCRIPTURE LESSON   Matthew 25:31-46 (The Message)                                    -Rollin Grider

When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to his right and goats to his left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what’s coming to you in this kingdom. It’s been ready for you since the world’s foundation. And here’s why: I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you stopped to visit, I was in prison and you came to me.’  Then those ‘sheep’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry and feed you thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in prison and come to you?’ Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.’  Then he will turn to the ‘goats,’ the ones on his left, and say, ‘Get out, worthless goats! You’re good for nothing but the fires of hell. And why? Because—I was hungry and you gave me no meal, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was homeless and you gave me no bed, I was shivering and you gave me no clothes, sick and in prison, and you never visited.’  Then those ‘goats’ are going to say, ‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or homeless or shivering or sickor in prison and didn’t help?’  He will answer them, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever you failed to do one of these things to someone who was being overlooked or ignored, that was me—you failed to do it to me.’ Then those ‘goats’ will be herded to their eternal doom, but the ‘sheep’ to their eternal reward.”

 

Leader:     This is the Word of the Lord.

People:    Thanks be to God.

 

 

ANTHEM                       “­­­­­­­O Worship the King” (Hopson)                   -Anderson Bell Choir

 

( Lenore Averell, Sara Baldwin, Sheri Blakeslee, Beth Brainerd Hallock, Jan Hughes, Rosalynn Kim, Lauri La Foe, Brenda Monce, Patrick O’Connor,

Carol Pence, Jim Pence and Danika Templeton)

 

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

 

THE MESSAGE                         “Chronos and Kairos”                       -Rev. George Hooper

                                              

 

RESPONSE TO THE WORD

 

OFFERING OUR TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD                                           

         

Offertory                                                   “Simple Gifts” (Held)                                               -Carol Graham

 

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

 

PASTORAL PRAYER

 

THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our 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.

 

GOING FORTH

 

*HYMN OF DEDICATION   “How Firm a Foundation”                             –UMH 529

                                                   

*BENEDICTION

 

POSTLUDE                   “O God Our Help in Ages Past” (J.S. Bach)              -Carol Graham

  

 

“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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                                                                                                             United Methodist Church of Vista
                                                                                                                               490 S. Melrose Dr.
                                                                                                                         Vista, California 92806
                                                                                                                           Phone (760) 726-0442                                                                                                                                   Church