for the 10th Week After Pentecost
August 9, 2020
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service. What Would Wesley Think?
About 6 Questions of our Time
Some other referenced articles:
Wesley's Rescue from Fire
How Londoners Died in One Plague-Ridden Week in 1665
Three SimpleRules - First, Do No Harm!
The Wesley Covenant Prayer and the Baptismal Covenant
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
This is the 2nd week of a 5 week Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries. The Series' theme is "God's How is Our Why" or more simply, "Because God!" and looks at what should "motivate" us to live as followers of Jesus? The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.
Worship Series: Because God
In this Ordinary Time worship series, we engage in a Gospel/Epistle tango as we move between some of the more startling stories of Jesus and his earthly ministry and Paul’s attempt to put a frame of possibility and understanding around the story of Jesus. Sometimes guided by Matthew’s storytelling, other times led by the beautifully weighty prose of the Epistle to the Romans, we dig down into core of our lived-out faith. How do we live into these miraculous moments in Jesus’ life in our world today? Are we called to be miracle workers too? Or is there something else going on here? What if we’re asking the wrong question about the statements and actions of Jesus? What if it isn’t supposed to be a “how,” but a “why?” What if it’s not a behavior to emulate, but a motivation to live as followers of Jesus? That is why the longer title for our series is “God’s How Is Our Why.” But perhaps you can grab hold of a simpler one: “Because God!”
This Week's Theme: The Word is Near YouWorship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . Accompaniments
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. Verses - The Servant Song3149 -
. Verses . About - A Place at the TableHymns Considered For this week:
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. Verses - I Sing the Almighty Power of God712 -
. Verses . About - I Sing a Song of the Saints of God