Monroe First United Methodist Church
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service, July 9th, 2017
5th Sunday in Pentecost
Our Vision: Follow One, Serve All, Share God’s Love
Mission Statement: To make disciples of Jesus Christ, to love the Lord, and to share his love with others through nurture, outreach, and witness.
Prelude (a time to quiet our voices and prepare ourselves for worship and for the children, or ushers, to light the candles)
*Please stand as you are able.
Read in unison words printed in bold type.
*Hymn of Praise: #601 Thy Word is a Lamp
Call to Worship
L: Come on in and find some rest!
P: We need that rest, for we are weary!
L: Come on in and discover peace!
P: We need peace, for our spirits are weighed down by troubles.
L: You have come to the right place! Our Lord is here, waiting for you.
P: Thanks be to God, who brings us rest and peace. AMEN.
Welcome and Opening Prayer
Video:
A Time for Children
The Lord’s Prayer
Children are invited to attend Children’s Church at this time
LOVING THE WIDER WORLD THROUGH OUR SHARING
(Please place prayer and connection cards in the offering plate)
Opportunities for Ministry
The Offering:
*Doxology Hymn #95
Prayers of the People
Pastor: “Lord in Your Mercy,”
Congregation response: “Hear Our Prayer.”
Pastoral Prayer
*Prayer Hymn: #526What a Friend
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
Scripture:Romans 7:14-25;Psalm 16:1-5
Sermon:What Shall I Do?
*Closing Hymn:#536 Precious Name
SENDING FORTH
Benediction:
Weary travelers, go now in peace with the love of Christ in your hearts. You are released from your burdens! Go with joy to serve God. AMEN.
Don’t forget to sign the “care letters” on the podium in the narthex.
Romans 7:14-25 (NRSV)
The Inner Conflict
14For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin. 15I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. 17But in fact it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it. 19For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. 20Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.
21So I find it to be a law that when I want to do what is good, evil lies close at hand. 22For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, 23but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. 24Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, with my mind I am a slave to the law of God, but with my flesh I am a slave to the law of sin.
Psalm 16:1-5 (NRSV)
Song of Trust and Security in God
A Miktam of David.
1Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
2I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
3As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,
in whom is all my delight.
4Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.
5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
First United Methodist Church
312 Harrison Street, Monroe, MI 48161
734-241-6070
E-mail address:
Jamele Perry
Sunday, July 9, 2017