WIEST MEMORIAL CHURCH
Serving Our Community
48 South King Street
Schoeneck, Pa 17578
www.wiestchurch.org
email:
Pastor Lyle: (Home) 610-777-2294 or (Cell) 610-507-2750
SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST June 26, 2016 The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror! -Joyce Meyer
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOMING/GREETING ONE ANOTHER
9 AM Praise & Worship
*Worship Music Let the River Flow
*Worship Music Good Good Father
*OPENING HYMN Jesus Calls Us (Verses 1, 3 & 5) # 398
Prayer to God
Call to Confession:
We cannot escape the judgment of God, for our Creator knows all our thoughts and words and deeds. Yet God is ever ready to hear the honest groping of our souls for integrity and true communion with the Source of our being. Let us confess all that divides us and keeps us from bearing good fruit.
Unison Prayer of Confession:
God, our Mother and Father, how often we have tried to escape your watchful eye. Whenever we measure ourselves by your intention for us we are found wanting. We have resisted change and growth. We have seen your suffering people- and passed them by. Your children cry out for mercy and compassion- and we harden our hearts and focus on more immediate concerns. We resent the intrusion of your word into the cozy arrangements we have made for our own benefit. Save us from ourselves, we pray. Amen.
Time of Silent Personal Confession
Assurance of Forgiveness
Celebration of the Written Word
THE FIRST LESSON 2 Kings 2 1-2, 6-14
THE LORD’S LITTLE PEOPLE
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Lois Wood
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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen
SHARING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
OFFERTORY INVITATION:
Life is a gift we have done nothing to deserve. The faith we have inherited has been won with the blood of saints and martyrs. People of faith have taken risks on our behalf. In gratitude we set aside a portion of our wealth to witness to God’s saving action among us. Let us give with joy.
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY #95
*OFFERTORY PRAYER
May our offerings witness to your presence among the poor, the oppressed, and all seekers after truth. Bless us through our giving, as we have been enriched by your generosity. We give thanks for our inheritance and the chance to pass it on to others. Amen.
Celebration of the Spoken Word
THE SECOND LESSON Psalm 77: 1-2, 11-20
MORNING MESSAGE Now and Then
Pastor Lyle
Response to the Word
*CLOSING HYMN Take Up Thy Cross (Verses 1, 2 & 4) #415
*THE BLESSING:
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The lessons from the common lectionary for today are: 2 Kings 2: 1-2, 6-14; Psalm 77: 1-2, 11-20; Galatians 5: 1, 13-25; Luke 9: 51-62.
The lessons from the common lectionary for Sunday, July 3rd are: 2 Kings 5:1-14; Psalm 30; Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16; Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
SUNDAY MORNING OFFERING
AMT NEEDED EACH WK $1,395
OFFERING June 19th $1,448.10
AMT OF OFFERING NEEDED TO DATE $34,870
AMT RECEIVED TO DATE… $33,751.10
SHORT $1119 YTD
LOAN BALANCE $11,250.46
Attendance - 38 Folks
What’s happening at Wiest?
Girl Scouts – 1st t & 3rd Thursdays
Bible Study – Tuesdays 9 AM
5 Day Club – July 25 – 29, 930 – 1100 AM
Community Meal – Thursday, July 28th – 5 PM
Newcomers and Guests….welcome to Wiest Church. We’re happy to have you here today! You are invited to join in the activities of this Christian fellowship. If you are a newcomer today or a guest, instead of giving an offering, please fill out a yellow “Welcome” slip found in the book racks on each row of seating and place it in the offering plate when it is passed. Members please use the white slips.
Rest Rooms…are on both floors. Facilities on this level are found thru the door at the front of the Worship center, go straight ahead then on your right. Rest rooms are also found downstairs. Nursery and Childcare…little ones are welcomed to stay in the worship service with parents.
Wiest Church… Serving Our Community
www.wiestchurch.org
Become a Member:
We are happy you have chosen to worship with us today. If you would like to learn more about us, please fill this out, tear off, and put in the offering plate today.
Name(s)______
Yes I would like to talk with Pastor Lyle about becoming a member of Wiest Church. Phone #______email:______
Sermon Notes and Questions:
1. When the Lord was going to take Elijah up to ______, he and Elisha were leaving Gilgal.
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2. Elisha ______to leave Elijah at both Gilgal and Bethel.
3. They travelled to the ______, with ____ prophets following them.
4. Elijah parted the waters of the Jordan with his ______.
5. Elisha asked Elijah that he be given ______Elijah’s spirit.
6. Elijah said it would be so, if Elisha saw him ______.
7. A fiery ______and fiery ______took Elijah to heaven in a windstorm.
8. Elisha cried out, ______that he had seen Elijah taken up.
9. He then picked up Elijah’s ______, and ______the water.
10. When the water parted, it proved Elisha’s ______as a prophet.