Saturday, May 26, 2012

Ready to begin


getting ready
the church before the fire
before the flames of Pentecost
the Spirit descending
Gathered in one place
to replace the betrayer, Judas
Peter standing, the leader
ready to begin the church



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edited February 9, 2016
Consecrated – 2 – v2

May 26, 2012
Ready to Begin
May 25, 2012
Consecrated – 2
May 26, 2012
Yours in the first place
John 17:6-19 (The Message Bible)
John 17:11b-19
1 John 5:9-13 (NRSV)
Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 (NRSV)
Worship Theme: “The Church Prepares for Ministry in the World”
Call to Worship (Psalm 47:1, 6)
Unison Prayer (Abington Worship 2012)
Prayer of Dedication  (GBOD Psalm 1)
and sermon, “One, Two, Three . . . Go!”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
May 20, 2012
Seventh Sunday of Eastertide
Ascension Sunday
&
John 15:9-17 (Common English Bible)
Acts 10:44-48a (NRSV)
1 John 5:1-5 (NRSV)
Worship Theme: “That’s What You Call Love”
Call to Worship (Psalm 66:1-2, 4)
Unison Prayer (Worship Sourcebook ©2004)
as we all bowed our heads during the pastoral prayer
pastoral prayer
prayer before offering
Prayer of Dedication  (GBOD 2012, John 17:6-9)
Hymn, “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” (TFWS #2223)
(John 13:34-35; Ephesians 4:4-6)
and sermon, “I Wanna Know What Love Is”
(with nod to Foreigner, acknowledgement of division
at the 2012 United Methodist General Conference on the issue of
same-sex marriage and ordination of gay clergy,
and the announcement this week that President Obama
believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry)
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
May 13, 2012
Sixth Sunday of Eastertide
Mother’s Day
&
John 15:1-8 (Common English Bible)
Acts 8:26-40 (NRSV)
1 John 4:7-12 (NRSV)
Worship Theme: “Life in Christ”
Call to Worship
Unison Prayer
Prayer of Dedication  (Acts 8:26-40)
and sermon, “Piety and Production?”
by Pastor Ruth Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
May 6, 2012
Fifth Sunday of Eastertide


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