Order of Service - Spanish Town Methodist - 291115

Intercessory Prayers
The Lord’s Prayer
O R D E R O F S E R V I C E C O N T ’ D
Closing Hymn: #632 MHB - “Be Thou My Vision...”
Benediction
Go into the world awake to the signs of God’s invitations to new life.
Know that the reign of Christ draws nearer with each right action we
choose.
Amen.
Organ Postlude
THE METHODIST CHURCH OF THE CARIBBEAN
AND THE AMERICAS
JAMAICA DISTRICT
Spanish Town Methodist Church
30 White Church Street, Spanish Town, St. Catherine.
Church Office: 984-5886
4th Sunday before Nativity/First Sunday of Advent
Spanish Town Methodist Women’s
League 89th Anniversary Service
Spanish Town Methodist
Circuit Office
30 White Church Street,
Spanish Town, St. Catherine
Telephone: 876-984-5886
Fax: 876-984-2220
Superintendent Minister:
Circuit Ministers:
Rev. Everald Galbraith Rev. Franklyn Smith
Rev. Kelly Jolly
Liturgist: Sis. Elsie Johnson
Preacher: Sis. Marsha A. McCormack
DISTRICT THEME:
“We All Have This Ministry to Rise And Build:
Nurture the Child, Build the Kingdom”
S u n d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 9 , 2 0 1 5
9 : 3 0 a . m .

C A L L T O W O R S H I P
O R D E R O F S E R V I C E
L: People of faith, prepare for the coming reign of Christ!
C: As we gather to pray and sing and listen, a spirit of anticipation and
hope fills us.
L: The days are surely coming, says Our God, when justice and righteousness
will prevail.
C: May our worship illuminate our hearts and minds, freeing us to
respond joyfully to God’s call in the days to come.
Opening Hymn # 5 VIP “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee...”
Advent Reading/Prayer
Prayers of Adoration
ALL: Holy Source of life and hope,
as we come together this day,
open our ears to hear,
open our eyes to see,
and open our hearts to love,
that we may come to know Your ways and follow Your paths.
Help us grow in love for one another, and for all creation, as we prepare for the
coming of the One Who calls us to turn from our false gods to You, Holy One,
the True Source of our salvation. Amen.
Prayer of Confession
Leader: Loving Creator, You call us to rejoice in Your promise of the birth that is to
come, but we are afraid.
Congregation: You invite us into a world where justice and righteousness prevail,
but we turn away in fear.
Leader: We long for an easy path into Your promised world, but You warn us that
there is no easy way.
Congregation: Birth new life within us, that we may abide in Your perfect love
— the love that casts out fear. AMEN.
Word of Assurance
God’s mercy and steadfast love endure, strengthening our hearts and overcoming our
fears. God will remove every obstacle that keeps us from being the body of Christ.
Amen.
Praise in Worship / Time of Sharing (Testimonies)
Welcome - Congregational Steward on Duty
O R D E R O F S E R V I C E c o n t ’ d
Children/Youth Focus: Story - “Don’t Bury Your Talent”
Item - Sign Language Group
~~~~~~~~~~Celebrating Our Women’s League~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report 2014-2015 – Sis. Rosemarie Lothian
Item - Women’s League Choir Members
Women’s League Pledge
MINISTRY OF THE WORD
COLLECT: Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness,
and put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which
Your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day,
when He shall come again in His glorious majesty to judge both the living and
the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through Him Who lives and reigns
with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16—Sis. Dorothy McGheacie
Responsive Reading: Psalm 25:1-10 (KJV)
Epistle Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 - Sis. Phyllis Scott
Hymn: #317 VIP / #780 MHB “Master, Speak! Thy Servant Heareth…” (stand
at the singing of the last verse)
Gospel Reading: Luke 21:25-36 - Sis. Angela Wilson
Sermon
Apostles Creed (page 71 MPB)
Notices & Announcements - Congregational Steward on Duty
Offertory
Offertory Prayer
Giver of all good things, as we offer these gifts to You, open our eyes to
see more clearly all that we have been given and all that we have to
give.
Stretch our capacity to give of ourselves: our love, our companionship,
and our material resources, wherever they are needed. Amen.