Bethel 11/07/21 Service

Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service.

All Saints' Sunday
The following articles were prepared for "All Saints Day" last year,
in the 11/01/20 online service.
The Season of "Allhallowtide" (Wikipedia)
All Saints' Day (Wikipedia)
All Souls' Day (Wikipedia)
UMC All Saints Day
A Holy day John Wesley loved
Do United Methodists believe in saints?
United Methodist Beliefs: Saints
Theological Guidelines: Tradition
The "Communion of Saints"
What Does "communion of saints" mean?

International Day of Prayer
The following articles come from Wikipedia.
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted
Voice of the Martyrs
Open Doors
Martyr

Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

This is the First in a series of three Worship Services from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for each of the services in the Series.
(Click on an earlier service's graphic to view that service's Resource page.)
(nb: The first graphic is for an All Saints' Day service prepared by UDM for last week)

Worship Series: "A Life That Matters"
Worship Series

We end this liturgical year with a short series from the gospels. We’ve covered a lot of ground in this Year B and 2020-21. And rightly so; it has been a tumultuous time. Maybe it has been useful for us to reexamine our practices and our patterns in order to move into the new world that is coming into being around us. Maybe the church that has been isn’t the church that is needed today. And our task is to discern that new community and new disciples and how we live into that new promise and new hope. So, what would this new understanding of the life of discipleship look like? What are some of the markers that help us grow into a life that matters, as individuals and as a community of faith and transformation? This series is designed to give some answers to these questions. It is not, however, supposed to be exhaustive; there are a lot of other markers that might be included in such a list. But, guided by the lectionary-assigned gospel texts for these three Sundays in November 2021, we discover three elements out of many that go to make up “A Life That Matters.”

This Week's Theme: "Everything She Had"
Liturgical Resources

The first attribute of a life that matters that we will examine is generosity. Maybe this is an opportunity to refresh our call to stewardship. Stewardship isn’t something that should be heard only once a year and then when we are asking for a commitment to give. Generosity, as reflected in our gospel text this week, is about how we hold the stuff of this life lightly, even as we hold people and Christ tightly.

Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17; Psalm 127 ; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:

- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment..... MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service

Hymns Considered For this week: