FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
Order of
Worship February 25, 2007
(*Stand, as
you are able)
Ringing of the Tower Bell
GATHERING FOR
WORSHIP
(Please
register your attendance by signing the pew register)
Announcements
Prelude What Wondrous Love is This Craig Phillips
*Call to
Worship
L: There
are many in the world who seek protection and relief.
P: There are many here in this place who
need help and hope.
L: God
will answer them and honor them.
P: God is our refuge and fortress.
L: Let us
worship God.
*Introit We Do Not Live By Bread Alone MacNeil Robinson
*Hymn In the Cross of Christ I Glory No.
295
Opening Prayer
God, you have filled us with your
Spirit, just as Jesus was full of the Holy Spirit, and many temptations have
been set in our path. The world is
hungry, starving to death, and we are tempted to eat more than our share, to
depend on bread for our happiness. Lord,
bear us up on the wings of your forgiveness.
Be our refuge and our strength, and help us once more to entrust
ourselves to you for you are faithful and will never fail us. Amen.
Young People’s Message
Anthem O Worship the King arr. P. S. Cota
Joyful
Ringers!
Joys
and Concerns for Prayer
Pastoral
Prayer & 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 trespasses as we forgive those
who trespass against us. Lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the
power and the glory forever. Amen.
Anthem O Savior of the World John Goss
Scripture
Reading Luke
5:1-11 (p. 62)
L: This is the Word of the Lord.
P: Thanks be to God.
*Response Have Mercy, Lord (Insert)
Sermon “Becoming Real – Removing the Me Mask”
Rev.
Dr. Karin Walker
Offertory Just As I Am Raymond
H. Haan
*Doxology No.
95
Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise
God, all creatures here below;
Praise
God above, ye heavenly host;
Praise
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn What Wondrous Love Is This No.
292
*Benediction
Postlude Fugue in a minor, BWV 543b J. S. Bach
Please sit and enjoy the postlude.
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THE
ALTAR FLOWERS are given by
Linda
Walker in loving memory of Harry & Frances Walker,
and
in celebration of their family and anniversary.
If
you are a guest today, we are delighted to have you worship with us. Please sign the pew register and stop by our
Acolyte.............................................................. Sara
Grace Longsworth
Crucifer.................................................................................... Ted
Lillie
Liturgist............................................................................. John
Godfrey
Greeters................................... William,
Kirsten, Hanna, & Carl Rhodes
Hal
Dungan & Diane Grimes
Sound...................................................................................... Stu
Foster
Ushers............................................................... Sue Roberts, Gary Ditto
Ginny Hagberg, John Boggess, Dick Robinson
Pastor Deacon/Minister
of Ed. & Yth.
Rev. Karin W. Walker Rev.
Richard L. Buckingham
Minister of Visitation Director
of Music
Rev. John C. Walker Mr.
N. Thomas Pedersen
Pastoral Counselor Organist
Mrs. Mandi Mader Mr.
Marvin Mills
Church Phone: (301) 933-7933; FAX Phone: (301) 933-4418
Home Page: http://www.stpaulsk.org;
E-mail: stpaulsunited@verizon.net
Rev. Karin W. Walker’s e-mail: revkarin@comcast.net
Rev. John C. Walker’s e-mail: friartuck4@verizon.net
Activities for the Week of February 25
Cake will be served in the Octagon today in
celebration of Samantha Furman’s eighteenth birthday (February 23). Please wish Samantha a very Happy Birthday!
Sunday 2/25/07
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
Service - Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Sunday School – Classrooms
11:30 a.m. Play Rehearsal – Sanctuary
2:00 p.m. Healing Service – Sanctuary
6:00 p.m. Youth
Recreation – Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. UMYF
– Multipurpose Room Area
Monday 2/26/07
9:30 a.m. History
Workshop – Room 112, Library & 115
7:15 p.m. Confirmation
Class – Room 115
7:30 p.m. BSA
#439 – Multipurpose Room
Tuesday 2/27/07
10:00
a.m. Prayer Lift - Chapel
Everyone
is welcome to hear guest Mandi Nelson tell about her commitment to perform
missionary flights in
10:45
a.m. Bible Study – Library
7:15 p.m. “Jesus
in the Gospels” – Room 117
7:15 p.m. Handbell
Rehearsal – Room 109
7:30 p.m. UMW
Mission Team - Library
Wednesday 2/28/07
9:30 a.m. “Stretchersize” – Octagon
6:00 p.m. UMW’s Valentine’s Day Dinner –
Heavener Hall
6:00 p.m. Children’s Choir Rehearsal – Room
211
7:00 p.m. Youth Choir Rehearsal – Room 211
7:30 p.m. Church Council – Library
7:30 p.m. Justice & Compassion Ministry
– Parlor
9:00 p.m. Men’s Bible Study – Peter
Chatfield’s home
Thursday 3/1/07
7:15 p.m. Confirmation
Class – Room 115
8:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir – Room 211
Friday 3/2/07
9:30 a.m. Church History Workshop – Room
112, Library & Room 115
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m. Confirmation Class Trip to
Saturday 3/3/07
8-10:30 a.m. Pancake
Breakfast – Heavener Hall
Worship
attendance last Sunday: 234
Sunday
School attendance last Sunday: 95
Sunday 3/4/07
9:00 a.m. Share-Save-Spend
Class - Library
9:00 a.m. Worship with Communion – Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Worship
with Communion - Sanctuary
10:15 a.m. Sunday School – Classrooms
11:30 a.m. Play Rehearsal – Sanctuary
11:30 a.m. Youth Trip Planning - Library
6:00 p.m. Youth
Recreation – Multipurpose Room
7:00 p.m. UMYF
– Multipurpose Room Area
We invite you to
observe a holy Lent by worshipping each Sunday and during Holy Week as we
reflect on the theme of the masks that we wear which prevent us from walking
closely with Christ. Be it fear or
self-righteousness, privilege or guilt, there are barriers which hinder our
ability to love Jesus. Come and listen,
pray and reflect, so that those masks might be laid at the foot of the cross of
Jesus. Be prepared to make yourself
vulnerable because it is in our nakedness before God that we feel God’s
sheltering and unconditional love. Each
week during Lent the children will begin worship in the Sanctuary. Following the Young People’s Message they will
go to Sunday School. The two-year old
class will begin each week in their classroom.
The youth will only begin in the Sanctuary on March 17 and April 1.
Holy Week:
4/1 Palm Sunday (no communion)
Youth and children will sing
4/5 Maundy
Thursday 7:30 p.m. worship (Preceded by a dinner at 7 p.m.
to benefit the VIM trip to
4/6 Good Friday – community
service
4/8 Easter First
Service 7:30 a.m. in the
9 a.m. Worship (followed by a
continental breakfast)
10:30 a.m. Worship with
Communion
St. Paul’s Vacation Bible School is June
25-29, 9 – Noon. Please mark your calendars! Children ages 3 through grade 5 may participate
as campers and older kids may serve as helpers.
Kids in
MULCH
MADNESS II: Return of the Mulch –
The
United Methodist Women’s Valentine’s Day
Dinner has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 28 at 6 p.m. Due to rescheduling, there are a few tickets
available. Please call Ruth Ann
Kuykendall (301-942-0663) if you are interested. No tickets will be sold at the door.
The
March-April issue of THE UPPER ROOM
devotional booklet is now available on the table in the Narthex. Large print - $1; regular - $.75
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