Freedom United Methodist Church news
October 21, 2021
On Sunday, Oct. 17, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was:
Announcement: We are on Facebook live at 11 a.m. Our Facebook page is Freedom United Methodist Church.
Invocation by Pastor Todd
Call to Worship – Psalm 43 led by Debbie Brown
Opening Hymn – “I Love to Tell the Story” led by Debra Brown
Affirmation of Faith led by Pastor Todd
Gloria Patri
Hymn of Justifying Grace – “Rescue the Perishing”
Offertory Prayer
Presenting our Tithes and Gifts – Usher Arly and Jan Eden
Doxology
Children’s Moment
Holy Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13 (Jesus went on from His own city) As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector’s booth; and He said to him, “Follow Me!” and he got up and followed Him. While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Him and His disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
The Morning Message “Eating with Sinners” – Pastor Todd Finley
Hymn of Invitation “Softly and Tenderly”
Benediction – Ephesians 3:17-19 (May) “Christ dwell in your hearts through faith – that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Amen.
Please remember those on our prayer list including: Shirley Wagner family, Jody Wise (medical issues), Scott Ware (medical issue), Joy Ware and her family in the loss of her sister, Gay Penner, Johnnie Sue Olson (medical issues and Covid), Heath Persons (medical issue), those in our community affected by Covid, Afghanistan and the people stranded there, Geri Lynn (Shona’s cousin), Michael Dulaney (medical issue), Denise and Mansour Valli (medical issues), Jerusalem and the nation of Israel, Pat Highfill and her son, Rick Thomas (medical issue), Payne Louthan (military), Dale Martin (Debbie Brown’s father), our elected officials and our country (especially in this chaotic time), Don and Reia Lenhart, Betty Kirkwood, Christians worldwide, Bonita Stewart, J.J. Louthan, Rick Wallace (Regina Wilson’s brother) medical issue, Lisa Hughes, and Kinsey Didier. Please keep our first responders – EMTs, firefighters, and law enforcement officers – in your prayers. Please pray for our nation and decisions being made by the leaders of our country.
Services at Freedom UMC are Sunday school/Bible study starting at 10 a.m. and Sunday Service at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome. Please join us as we worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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