for the 14th Week After Pentecost
September 6, 2020
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Wikipedia "Labor Day" Article
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10 Facts from Parade Magazine
10 Facts from National Constitution Center
NYT What is Labor Day?
A Forgotten Labor Day
Haymarket Riot from HISTORY
The Pullman Strike
Wikipedia "Pullman Strike" Article
Wages and the Fair Labor Standards Act
Does The United Methodist Church support workers' rights?
Social Principles: The Economic Community
Book of Resolutions: Rights of Workers
Rights of Farm Workers in the US
Faith & Facts Card: Living Wage
Faith & Facts Card: Worker Justice
Faith & Facts Card: Farmworker Justice
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
This is the 1st week of a 4 week Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries. The Series' theme is "Through the Wilderness". The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.
Worship Series: Through the Wilderness
from umcdiscipleship.org
A tweet is floating around that simply says, “I miss precedented times.” How often do you hear that these are unprecedented times? Of course, like all broad statements of that kind, this is both true and untrue. It is true that most of us haven’t lived with a pandemic. The natural disasters and the political and racial unrest all roll together to create a miasma of despair unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. Except we have. Maybe not exactly this, but we know the experience. We’ve been here before. We call it wilderness. It is a regular occurrence in the lives of followers of Jesus. One might say it is standard operating procedure. But familiarity doesn’t mean ease. Wandering through the wilderness is a difficult journey at the best of times. Other times, it can seem impossible. Our task in this series is to help us find our way through the wilderness of this time by allowing the first of God-wanderers in the book of Exodus to speak to us. The stories of the people of God, along with the hymns of the faith in the Psalms, become our guides through the wilderness today.
This Week's Theme: Praises & Swords
If there is an emotion that seems to resonate throughout the texts for this first week of our new series, it is anger. If there is an emotion that often will launch us into a wilderness experience, it is also anger. So, this seems to be where we need to begin.
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 149 ; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments
CH 171 -
. Verses - Awake, Awake to Love and Work435 -
. Verses - O God of Every Nation