Community United Methodist ChurchQuincy, CA
WELCOME EVERYONE!! We are happy you are worshiping with us today, wherever and whenever you are worshiping. Please feel free to leave us a message or leave a comment in the video and let us know how we can best connect with you and pray for you.
We are a church where ALL are welcome!!
Please participate as fully as you wish, or simply watch and take it all in.
FWS – The Faith We Sing (Black Hymnal)
UMH – The United Methodist Hymnal (Red Hymnal)
Gathering Music:
Alice King, Piano
Welcome & Opening Prayer Rev. Andrew Davis
Hymn of Praise:
1.
Come from wilderness and wandering. Here in truth, we will be fed.
You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
2.
Come from restlessness and roaming. Here, in joy, we keep the feast.
We that once were lost and scattered in communion’s love have stood.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
3.
Come from loneliness and longing. Here, in peace, we have been led.
Blest are those who from this table live their lives in gratitude.
Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is good.
Lesson for Children & Young at Heart: Grandma Susie
Epistle Lesson: Romans 9: 1-5 (NRSV)
I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit—
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 14: 13-21 (NRSV)
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The Word of God for the People of God…
Meditation: “Because God…: You Give Them Something”
Questions for Reflection this Week:
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Response:
1.
Nestling bird nor star in heaven such a refuge e’er was given.
2.
From all evil things he spares them; in his mighty arms he bears them.
3.
Unto them his grace he showeth, and their sorrows all he knoweth.
4.
His the loving purpose solely to preserve them pure and holy.
Invitation to Holy Communion:
Holy Communion in The United Methodist Church is open to EVERYONE!! You do not need to be a member of this church or any church; just simply have an open heart, a sincere repentance of sin, and desire to know and love God and neighbor. Please have a piece of bread or cracker with you and a cup of juice or beverage of choice. You will be guided through the liturgy by Pastor Andrew and instructed when to eat the bread and drink the juice.
Confession:
As we prepare our hearts for this feast and to come to the table of grace, let us confess our sins as one body before God:
God Almighty, we confess that we have not always lived up to what you have wanted us to do!! We have been quick to judge, quick to speak badly of others, and quick to anger. We have sometimes failed in letting your Holy Spirit guide our way, instead dousing the flames of your Spirit with cold water and our personal preferences. Forgive us, Lord for these times where we do not do what you want us to do. Forgive us, Lord for our shortcomings. Renew us, Lord in our relationship with you and with each other, so that the fire of your Holy Spirit will burn brightly within each of us.
Good News, Good News, Good News!! Christ died for us while we still sinned and while we still fell short. That is proof of God’s infinite love and grace for each of us. In the name of Jesus Christ, YOU are forgiven!!
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are ALL forgiven!! Alleluia, Amen!!
God’s Holy Spirit is present here with us in this very time and place!
We know and sense, our Creator is in our midst!
Let’s give everything we bring, our hearts, intentions, and thoughts over to God.
We give them all joyfully!
Let’s also give thanks to God who gets everything!
Of course, God gets everything! God made everything!
Let’s show our thanks and honor to God.
You’re so right! Giving God our thanks and honor is the best thing we can ever do! So, let’s do it:
God, you created everything; every living thing was put on Earth by you. All people of every nation belong to you!
So, together with all creation; everything on earth and in heaven we add our voices and join in with the world’s eternal song of praise:
Holy, incredible, unimaginable God, full of power and strength, all of heaven and earth are full of the signs of your glory! You amaze us! And your Son Jesus the Christ who you sent to us is equally amazing! We never cease to be amazed by you!
God you are amazing and so is your Son, Jesus Christ. At just the right time you sent Jesus to us and filled him with your Holy Spirit so he could show us way you intended us to live. Filled with your Wisdom he came to show us the Truth about the universe.
We remember how nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room in Jerusalem, Israel During the ceremonial meal, Jesus took the bread, thanked God for it, broke it, and told the friends he knew would betray him: “This is my body which I give to you. Take it and eat it and remember me.”
When the feast was over he took a cup of wine, thanked God for it and said to the friends he knew would desert him: “This is my blood given to you as a new agreement between humans and God. Drink it and remember me.”
According to your holy plan, Jesus was arrested and executed as a terrorist, threatening Rome’s national security with the radical message of how your great love turns the world upside down, throws the head honchos from their thrones and lifts up the poor, nobodies to first place.
Three days after his execution by crucifixion on a cross, the women of his group discovered his tomb was empty and Mary Magdalene was the first to encounter the risen Christ, resurrected to show us how great and powerful your love is for us.
Fifty days after Christ’s resurrection people gathered in Jerusalem again, this time to celebrate the festival of the harvest called Pentecost. Among the followers of Jesus your wild and holy Spirit broke loose! Everyone there was drawn in to witness the birth of Christ’s Church and the gift of your never-failing presence remains with us in the world today. Your Spirit continues to speak to each of us in our own language and leads us in the way of Christ as we follow Jesus’ final instructions to tell the whole world about Your love.
We remember Christ’s perfect love and life by happily and thankfully give our lives back to you as holy, living sacrifices. Receive this gift of our lives together with Christ’s gifts for us as we speak the Truth about our faith:
Christ dies; Christ lives; Christ is coming again.
Join me in praying God’s blessing over our symbols:
God, we ask you to once again pour your Holy Spirit on each person in this room and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them the body and blood of Christ so that by taking them into our bodies, you will make us the body of Christ for the rest of the world and everyone will know that You can make all wrongs right.
Renew us in this holy meal and help us remember we are Christ’s Church. Strengthen our faith and service in every nation and with all people so we can faithfully show and tell the world how much your love can do.
Use your Holy Spirit to unite us with Christ and with each other so we can care for the world until Christ comes again and we all join around his table as family in perfect love.
We proclaim to the world that you possess every good quality and you deserve all of our honor and obedience now and forever.
Prayers of the People & 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.
Sharing in Communion:
Prayer After Receiving
Closing Hymn:
1.
All who dwell in dark and sin, my hand will save.
I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?
Refrain:
I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.
2.
I have wept for love of them. They turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?
Refrain
3.
I will set a feast for them. My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide till their hearts are satisfied.
I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Blessing & Sending Forth
UMC Mission:
To Make Disciples of Jesus Christ For the Transformation of the World
Community UMC Mission:
We are a Christ-centered community, joyfully committed to being His ambassadors. In the fellowship of His love and grace, we grow in Christ through the study of God’s word, prayer and worship; living out our faith in service to others.
Mission Opportunity:
P.O. Box 766, Quincy, CA 95971
Tel/Fax (530)283-1740
email:quincyumc@sbcglobal.net
Church Website:
Facebook: CommunityUnitedMethodistChurchQuincy
YouTube: QuincyUMC95971
Instagram: @QuincyUMC95971
Please mail your tithes/offerings to the church office at the above address. You can also set up automatic bill pay through your bank for tithes/offerings.
Please e-mail prayer requests to the church office or Pastor Andrew.
Community UMC Office Hours:
Closed until further notice due to COVID-19 Precautions
Rev. Andrew Davis
Pastor Andrew’s E-mail: Andrew.davis@cnumc.org
Pastor Andrew’s Google Voice Number: 530-238-5723
During the COVID-19 closure of our buildings, Pastor Andrew cannot meet in-person in most cases, but is available by phone, e-mail, or text between 10:00am-7:00pm Monday-Thursday and Saturday. He can also meet via Zoom by appointment. Pastor Andrew will continue taking Friday off and is not available on Fridays except for emergencies.
[i] “Let Us Break Bread Together.” African-American Spiritual, arr. Lloyd Larson. ©2014 Lorenz Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENCE, License # A-735696. All Rights Reserved.
[ii] “All Who Hunger.” Words by Sylvia G. Dunstan (Exod. 16: 13-15; Ps. 34: 8; John 4: 10; 1 Cor. 5:8). Music by William Moore. Words ©1991 GIA Publications Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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[iii] “Children of the Heavenly Father.” Words Carline V. Sandell-Berg, 1855; trans. By Ernst W. Olson, 1925. Music Swedish Melody. Trans. ©1925, renewed 1953 Augsburg Fortress. All Rights Reserved.
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[iv] Written by Rev. Corey Turnpenny 2017 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
[v] “Here I Am, Lord.” Words and Music by Dan Schutte, 1981; Adapted by Carlton Young, 1988, ©1981, 1983, 1989 Daniel L. Schutte and NALR. All Rights Reserved.
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