Worship guide

Union United Methodist Church Weekly Worship Guide

Union United Methodist Church Weekly Worship Guide Sunday,

December 15th, 2024 @10am | In-person & Virtual

Worship Leader – Minister Sellman, Lay Servant

Preacher – Rev. Twanda E. King, Pastor

Centering Time -

Welcome –

*** Please stand for our Call to Worship

The lightening of the Advent Candle – Cheryl Douglas

3rd Sunday of Advent (A member of a family lights one pink candle)

Reader One: No matter what troubles overwhelm us today, Isaiah reminds us that in all of our preparation and passionate pursuit of God’s coming kin-dom, we must not forget that God’s salvation has come and is coming. “With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation” (Isaiah 12:3). With joy you will remember that God’s salvation is already present among us.

Congregation: Faced with the troubles and the suffering of the world, we choose to live in joyful presence to God and one another. We will not turn away from the pain and the hurt in our world, and we will not stop rejoicing in God, whose salvation fills us to overflowing that God’s love might flow through us and flood our troubled world with hope, peace, and joy.

Reader Two: We light this candle of joy as a sign of our commitment to be present to ourselves, our friends, our families, and our neighbors that in sharing our vulnerable lives we might share in the glorious joy of God’s salvation together. Amen

Opening hymn or song – Choir

*** You may be seated

Building Block – Minister Sellman

Building Block 12 – Psalm 119:174

I long for your salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight.

Praise & Petitions – Minister Sellman

Proclamation – Vanessa Morris

Psalm 146

1 Praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

2 I will praise the Lord all my life;
   I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
   in human beings, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
   on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
   whose hope is in the Lord their God.

6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,
   the sea, and everything in them—
   he remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
   and gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets prisoners free,
8     the Lord gives sight to the blind,
the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,
   the Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the foreigner
   and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
   but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10 The Lord reigns forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.

Prayer – Vanessa Morris

Prayer Response and Song - Choir

Announcements – Minister Sellman

Offering – Rev. Twanda E. King, Pastor

Here at Union United Methodist Church, there are several ways to give.

· You can do Billpay with your financial institution.

· PayPal or Givelify through the church website at www.uumchurch.com, (click on the donate button).

· Zelle – online payment service to uumcreceipts@gmail.com.

· Mail your contribution to the church at Union United Methodist Church, 14418 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. Again, we thank you in advance for your giving.

Offertory song – Choir