ORDER OF WORSHIP
EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Large print Hymnals, Bibles, bulletins, and hearing assistance aids are available in the Narthex. Nursery Care provided. *****Ushers will seat worshippers.
PRELUDE Meditation Rawlings
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES The Acolyte
RECOGNITION OF VISITORS/ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Please sign the registration pad. Visitors, please fill out the visitor cards)
*CALL TO WORSHIP (from the United Methodist Hymn Book #69)
L: Glorious God, source of joy and righteousness, enable us as redeemed
and forgiven children evermore to rejoice in singing your praises..
P: Grant that what we sing with our lips, we may believe in our hearts,
and what we believe in our hearts, we may practice in our lives;
L: So that being doers of the word, and not hearers only, we may receive
everlasting life.
P: Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*OPENING HYMN UMH#185
When Morning Gilds the Skies
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UNISON PRAYER
Gracious God, as I go about my daily life, keep my heart open to your
love, so that, faced with the many decisions I have to make, I will always
know what is right, and will have the courage to do what is right. Amen.
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ANTHEM Nearer, My God, to Thee Arr. Lewis Carey
Doug Ortega (Piano) and Geoff Kaiser (Tenor)
THE WORD FOR THE CHILD IN EACH OF US
PRESENTATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY Just as I Am Arr. Geoffrey Beaumont
*DOXOLOGY UMH#95
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PRAYER FOR THE PEOPLE/THE LORD’S PRAYER UMH#895
READINGS FROM SCRIPTURE
New Testament: Romans 2: 9-16, page 153 N. T.
*Gospel Lesson: John 16:1 – 15, page 110 N.T.
Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God!
HYMN OF PREPARATION UMH#410
I Want a Principle Within
SERMON Geoff Kaiser (Lay Speaker)
*INVITATIONAL HYMN UMH#348
Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
*DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
*HYMN OF DEPARTURE UMH#672
God Be with You till We Meet Again
THE ACOLYTE CARRIES THE FLAME INTO THE WORLD
POSTLUDE Praise and Thanksgiving Perry
(*Please stand with your heart.) (UMH: United Methodist Hymnal)
Participating in this morning’s services:
Acolyte – Michael Monkevich and Nicolas Zuppas
Lay Reader – Sylvia Craig
Ushers – Mala Prasad and Pearl Campbell
Coffee Hour – Hosted by the Davies-Venn and Vert families.
OUR CHRISTIAN OPPORTUNITIES:
Sunday, July 22 10:30am Worship Service
11:30am Coffee Hour
6:00pm Youth Group
Mon.-Fri., July 23 9:00am VBS
OFFICE HOURS
Pastor: Rev. J.W. Park, Monday thru Thursday, 9:30-12:30.
Please call before you come to see him. After office hours please leave a message on voice mail. In case of emergency call 410-599-7926.
Church Secretary: Liz Carrick, Tuesday thru Thursday, 9:00-12:00.
The church office will be closed incase of inclement weather.
Office phone number: 301-330-5433
Church email:
Church twitter account: fairhavenumc
Church web site: fairhavenumc.net
Church address: 12801 Darnestown Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20878
FAIRHAVEN
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Reverend J. W. Park, Pastor
Julia Outhwaite, Music Director
July 22, 2012