Bethel 11/14/21 Service

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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

This is the Second in a series of three Worship Services from the Discipleship Ministries.
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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: "Not One Stone"
Liturgical Resources

This is an opportunity here almost at the end of the Christian year (since it all starts with Advent) for us to remind ourselves that we are people looking forward to a promise. It need not be a longing for heaven, but more a hoping for the kin-dom to come on earth as it is in heaven, just like we pray each week. Part of our worship experience week after week is to open ourselves up to the vision God has for all of creation, which includes us!

Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
1 Samuel 1:4-20; 1 Samuel 2:1-10 ; Hebrews 10:11-14 (15-18) 19-25; Mark 13:1-8

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