Community United Methodist Church
Quincy, CA
October 18, 2020
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Laity Sunday
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, pray for you, and where you are joining us from whether it’s Quincy or the rest of the world. We are a church where ALL are welcome!!
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.
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: What a Friend We Have in Jesus – arr. Martha Sherill Kelsey[i]
Welcome Martin Byrne, Lay Leader
Beatitudes for Laity
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for they know the unutterable beauty of simple things.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they have dared to risk their hearts by giving of their love.
Blessed are the meek,
for the gentle earth shall embrace them and hallow them as its own.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they shall know the taste of noble thoughts and deeds.
Blessed are the merciful,
for in return theirs is the gift of giving.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they shall be at one with themselves and the universe.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for theirs is a kinship with everything that is holy.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for the truth will set them free.[ii]
Hymn of Praise: Would I Have Answered When You Called? – FWS 2137
1. Would I have answered when you called, “Come follow, follow me?”
Would I have once have left behind both work and family?
Or would the old, familiar round have held me by its claim
And kept the spark within my heart from bursting into flame?
2. Would I have followed where you led through ancient Galilee,
On roads unknown, by ways untried, beyond security?
Or would I soon have hurried back where home and comfort drew,
Where truth you taught would not disturb the ordered world I knew?
3. Would I have matched step with yours when crowds cried, “Crucify!”
When on a rocky hill I saw a cross against the sky?
Or would I too have slipped away and left you there alone,
A dying king with crown of thorns upon a terrible throne?
4. O Christ, I cannot search my heart through all its tangled ways,
Nor can I with a certain mind my steadfastness appraise.
I only pray that when you call, “Come follow, follow me!”
You’ll give me strength beyond my own to follow faithfully.[iii]
Handbell Ensemble: Wonderful Words of Life – arr. Patricia Sanders Cota[iv]
Hebrew Bible Lesson: Exodus 33: 12-23 (The Message)
12-13 Moses said to God, “Look, you tell me, ‘Lead this people,’ but you don’t let me know whom you’re going to send with me. You tell me, ‘I know you well and you are special to me.’ If I am so special to you, let me in on your plans. That way, I will continue being special to you. Don’t forget, this is your people, your responsibility.”
14 God said, “My presence will go with you. I’ll see the journey to the end.”
15-16 Moses said, “If your presence doesn’t take the lead here, call this trip off right now. How else will it be known that you’re with me in this, with me and your people? Are you traveling with us or not? How else will we know that we’re special, I and your people, among all other people on this planet Earth?”
17 God said to Moses: “All right. Just as you say; this also I will do, for I know you well and you are special to me. I know you by name.”
18 Moses said, “Please. Let me see your Glory.”
19 God said, “I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I’ll call out the name, God, right before you. I’ll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I’ll be kind to whomever I want to be kind.”
20 God continued, “But you may not see my face. No one can see me and live.”
21-23 God said, “Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock. When my Glory passes by, I’ll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I’ve passed by. Then I’ll take my hand away and you’ll see my back. But you won’t see my face.”[v]
The Word of God for the People of God…Thanks be to God!
Meditation: “Pressing On: Called by Name”
Reflections by Susie Grant Steuben, Martin Byrne, & Charlotte Walters.
Response: Lead Me, Lord – UMH 473
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness;
Make my way plain before thy face.
For it is thou, Lord, Thou, Lord only,
That makest me dwell in safety.
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.
Closing Hymn: I am Thine, O Lord – UMH 419
1. I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice, and it told thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
and be closer drawn to thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord to the cross where thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
to thy precious, bleeding side.
2. Consecrate me now to thy service, Lord, by the power of grace diving;
Let thy soul look up with a steadfast hope,
and my will be lost in thine.
Refrain
3. O the pure delight of a single hour that before thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend.
Refrain
4. There are depths of love that I cannot know till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
till I rest in peace with thee.
Refrain.
Blessing & Sending Forth
Please join us on Zoom at 11:00am for Coffee Hour for a time of fellowship and casual conversation on Sunday morning.
For the Zoom link, please send us an e-mail at QuincyUMC@sbcglobal.net.
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P.O. Box 766, Quincy, CA 95971
Tel/Fax (530)283-1740
email:quincyumc@sbcglobal.net
Church Website: www.quincymethodist.org
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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 one-on-one via Zoom by appointment.
Pastor Andrew takes Fridays off and is not available on Fridays except for emergencies.
[i] “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” Music by Charles C. Converse, arr. Martha Sherill Kelsey, ©2004, Lorenz Publishing Co. All Rights Reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License# A-735696. All Rights Reserved.
[ii] F. Forrester Church, Peace Prayers, Harper, p.95. Used with Permission.
[iii] “Would I Have Answered When You Called?” Words by Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., Music Trad. English Melody. Words ©1970, GIA Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted/Streamed with permission under ONE LICENCE, License # A-735696. All Rights Reserved.
[iv] “Wonderful Words of Life,” Music by Phillip P. Bliss, arranged by Patricia Sanders Cota. ©2001, AGAPE (A Division of Hope Publishing Co.). All Rights Reserved. Streamed with permission under ONE LICENSE, License# A-735696. All Rights Reserved.
[v] Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
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