DOUGLASS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Bulletin for the Week of July 24th, 2022

7th Sunday after Pentecost

Order of Service

Welcome/Announcements

Prelude

Welcome/ Opening Prayer

Hymn of Praise: UMH #577 – “God of Grace and God of Glory” (Verses 1, 2 & 3)

Call to Worship:
Leader: Like Elijah, we seek you in the great and powerful, in the roaring wind and fire.
PEOPLE: But we find you in a whisper.
Leader: We gather today to seek you, to hear you, to worship you.
PEOPLE: As one in Christ Jesus – no longer Jew nor Greek, no longer slave nor free, neither male nor female, but all baptized as one in Christ. Amen.

Contemporary Song: FWS #2176 – “Make Me a Servant” (sing twice)

Celebration & Concerns of Church & Community

Pastoral Prayer

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.

Bringing to God our Tithes and Offerings

Offertory/Doxology/Noisy Offering

Prayer of Thanksgiving

Old Testament Reading: 1 Kings 19:21
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God
PEOPLE: Thanks be to God

Gloria Patri: UMH #70
The Word Proclaimed with Pastor Janet:  “The Call of Elisha”

Closing Hymn: UMH #415 – “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” (Verse 1, 2 & 3)

Benediction


Announcements & Community Events

Bible Study & Sunday School: Join us Tuesday and Sunday at 10:00 a.m.

Love in the Lunch Box: Please sign the sheet in the lobby if you can help with the lunch on July 28th from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 pm (get food to and from church to Library and to help serve the food.) Contact is Sheryl Brotton.

Sr. Center Monterey Dinner: Hungry for a Monterey? Drop by the Senior Center on Monday, July 25th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

National Night Out at City Park & Pool on Tuesday, Aug. 2nd: Our church has been asked by the city to provide hot dogs and buns for this fun community event. They will begin to serve food at 5:30 and then the pool opens at 7:00 p.m. Be a church ambassador and join in the fun! This week’s noisy offering will go to help offset some of those expenses.

Card Shower: We have received news that Karen Dansereau received the devastating news that her cancer is in her lymph nodes. Please join in and send her a card of encouragement. You can find the address printed in the bulletin or call the office for the address.

Liturgists: Calling all our faithful liturgists to fill up our August sheet.

Birthdays:

Allandra Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-24
Austin Althouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-24
Dean Lindteigen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-26

Anniversaries:

Mike & Lori Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-27
Ev & Wayne Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07-28

Serving You Today:

Pastor: Janet Sutter
Liturgist: Dee Moran
Pianist: Cathy Wiedeman