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Come join Bennett's Chapel United Methodist Church, a congregation dedicated to making disciples for the transformation of the world. Experience a community rooted in God's wisdom, seeking understanding and righteousness. Engage in worship, prayer, and reflection on the lectionary scriptures. Let the words of your heart be guided by God's love and wisdom. Find peace and blessings in the fellowship of like-minded believers. Depart with renewed spirits, carrying God's love into the world. All Things New - Fruitful & Multiplying!"
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“All Things New – Fruitful & Multiplying”A Congregation that is making disciples for the transformation of the world Bennett’s Chapel United Methodist Church
Bennett’s Chapel UMC PreludeGreeting Welcome
Change my heart oh God, Make it ever true Change my heart oh God, May I be like You (Repeat)You are the potter, I am the clay, Mold me and make me, This is what I pray Change my heart oh God, Make it ever true , Change my heart oh God, May I be like You. Change my heart of god
L: Who is wise and understanding among us?P: Those who seek wisdom and understandingeach and every day. Those who delight in Godand meditate on God’s law.L: Come, learn more about the wisdom from above,a wisdom that yields a harvest of righteousness.P: O God, your wisdom is more precious than jewels!We draw near to you. Call To Worship
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet And a light unto my path When I feel afraid think I've lost my way Still You're there right beside me and nothing will I fear As long as You are near Please be near me to the end Thy word (UMH 601)
Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet And a light unto my path Now I will not forget Your love for me and yet My heart forever is wandering Jesus be my guide And hold me to Your side and I will love You to the end Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet And a light unto my path Thy word (UMH 601)
We draw near to you, O God, Source of all understanding, and ask you to draw near to us. Teach us your wisdom from above, that we may bear good fruit in our lives. Root us beside the streams of your wisdom, that the green leaves of our goodness, fed by your insight, may not wither. Amen. Opening Prayer
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord that what I read may transform me outwardly; through Christ, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. Prayer for Illumination
OT Lesson Proverbs 31:10-31 NT LessonJames 3:13-4:3,7-8a Lectionary Scriptures
We ask for your wisdom, O God, not the earthly wisdom that we hear and see every day. Let your understanding flow through our lives like a stream, so that we may bear the good fruits of welcome and compassion. Teach us that our true dignity is found in honoring you by serving others. Amen. Response to god’s word:
Joys Concerns Prayers Joys, Concerns, and Prayers
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. Lord’s Prayer
Praise God from whom all blessings flow, praise him all creatures here below, praise him above ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Doxology andThanksgiving(HMH pg. 95)
Gospel Lesson Mark 9:30-37 Lectionary Scriptures
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. Blessed assurance (UMH 463)
Perfect submission, perfect delight, visions of rapture now burst on my sight; angels descending bring from above echoes of mercy, whispers of love. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. Blessed assurance (UMH 463)
Perfect submission, all is at rest; I in my Savior am happy and blest, watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in his love. This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long; this is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long. Blessed assurance (UMH 463)
We are planted by the streams of God’s wisdom. We meditate on the desires of God, taking delight in the laws of God. Sink your roots deep into the soil, and draw on God’s wisdom. For God will nourish us every day with insight. Go forth, knowing that God watches over you. Sending Forth & Benediction
Let us now depart in thy peace, blessed Jesus. Send us to our homes with God’s love in our hearts. Let not the busy world claim all our loyalties. Keep us ever mindful, dear Lord of thee. Amen. Let us now depart in thy peace (UMH 668)