Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

 

May 4, 2025            10:45am

 

The Command to Care:

Caring for Money

 

GATHERING

Pre-service Music

Welcome

Prelude                              Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us                        Bradbury

Call to Worship

Leader:     Generous God, for the abundance of your blessings to us

                    Day by day and year by year,

People:    We gather with thanks.

Leader:     For the simple pleasures of life: greening trees, returning birds,

                    Coffee with friends, walks in nature,

                    For needs met and desires fulfilled,

People:    We gather with thanks.

Leader:     For food to nourish body and spirit,

                    For homes which shelter and nurture,

People:    We gather with thanks.

Leader:     With hearts that forgive as freely as you have forgiven,

                    With enthusiasm of spirit for the gift of life,

                    With music which declares your everlasting goodness,

                    With prayers for mutual understanding and peace,

People:    We worship you with joy.

Leader:     With creative pursuits which contribute our God-given talents,

                    With words which honor you as Creator, Redeemer, and Holy Spirit,

                    With time volunteered and dedicated to service in church and community,

                    With years committed to extending the love of Jesus Christ,

People:    We worship you with joy.

Leader:     With gifts of money which reach farther than we can manage ourselves,

                    With deeds done in service of neighbor and stranger,

                    With holy days set apart to celebrate your goodness and grace,

                    With family and friends distant and nearby,

People:    We worship you, God, with grateful hearts and joyful spirit.

ALL:            Alleluia. Amen.

Hymn                                  God Whose Giving                                                       VT 745

HEARING GOD’S WORD

Scripture                            Deuteronomy 14:22-29

                                              Luke 16:1-13

Children’s Time

Hymn                                  There’s Enough for All                                                 VT 757

Scripture                            2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Hymn                                  Heart and Mind, Possessions, God                          VT 753

SHARING OUR RESOURCES

FMC Stories                      How I Learned to Care for Money

Sharing Time

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering       Living Hope                  Wickham, Johnson arr. Keveren

Joys and Concerns

      After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayers.”

Announcements

Hymn                                  Take My Life, and Let It Be                                        VT 759

Benediction

Postlude                           

 

Worship Leader: Ev Buhr                                                 Speaker: Tim Burkholder

Children’s Time: Reg Wiebe                                                                              

Readers: Debbie Bledsoe, Erika Pappas, Deb Kirkpatrick, Rachel Siemens

Musicians: Heather Wiebe, Andrew Buhr, Cari Friesen Buhr

Joys and Concerns: Rachel Siemens             Ushers: Robert Proudfoot, Colin Neufeldt