"Breaking the Tradition"-GGUMC Service for Sunday, May 15th, 2022

Welcome to Worship!
PRELUDE
"Musical Offering"
Paul de Malingreau
LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES
INTROIT
"Eternal Son, Eternal Love"
N. Guinaldo
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Linda Shepard
Liturgist:
As the sun rises in the morning,
People:
Let all creation worship God.
Liturgist:
From the highest mountains to the deepest seas,
People:
Let all creation proclaim the name of the Lord, for God alone is worthy to be praised.
Liturgist:
God alone makes all things new.
People:
All praise, glory, and honor be yours, forever.
*(Using with permission, 2022 Abingdon Worship Annual, p.125)
*OPENING HYMN
UMH #62
“All Creatures of Our God and King"
(v. 1-5)
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Linda Shepard
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Gracious and loving God,
You meet us where we are.
We gather together from many walks of life,
But we are unified as one heart in the body of Christ.
In our time of worship,
Open our ears to hear your voice;
Open our eyes to see your glory;
Open our minds to receive your word;
Open our hearts to perceive your presence.
Amen.
ANTHEM
"May Jesus Christ Be Praised"
Joseph M. Martin
RESPONSIVE READING
Ephesians 2:11-22
Linda Shepard
Liturgist
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands, remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
People:
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Liturgist:
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
People:
And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
Liturgist:
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
People:
In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
CALL TO PRAYER
"We Pray O Lord This Day"
Ray Woods
PASTORAL PRAYER
Pastor Bau Dang
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 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.
PRAYER RESPONSE
"Spirit of God"
N. Guinaldo
READING FROM THE SCRIPTURE
Acts 11:1-18
Linda Shepard
The Word of God for the People of God
Thanks be to God
UMH 569
"We've a Story to Tell to the Nations"
SERMON
Pastor Bau Dang
"Breaking the Tradition"
RECEPTION OF THE OFFERING
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OFFERTORY
"Pastorale"
Jean Langlais
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Linda Shepard
*CLOSING HYMN
UMH 555
“Forward Through the Ages"
*BENEDICTION
Pastor Bau Dang
EXTINGUISHING OF THE CANDLES
POSTLUDE
"Fanfare"
Kenneth Leighton
ON THE PATIO
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