06/18/2023 Service

Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
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Topics for Today
Wikipedia is a frequent source
for information in these articles.

Father's Day

Father's Day
History of Father's Day
The Man Who Inspired Father's Day

Summer

Summer
Summer Solstice

Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth
Emancipation Proclamation
Staying the Course of Freedom for All

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Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2023 Monthly Worship Calendar
2023 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2023 Annual Program Planning worksheet

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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series

Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection.

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Worship Theme: "The Path of the Disciple"
from umcdiscipleship.org

During this lengthy Ordinary Time of the year, the UDM has chosen an overall theme: The Path of the Disciple for the "season" with several worship series of 2 or more weeks with a separate theme for each series.

A disciple is a follower. That means there must be someone to follow and that someone wants followers. Considering that, in the gospel accounts, Jesus said “follow me” more often than he said, “believe in me,” we can be confident that there is a call to follow laid upon anyone and everyone who seeks to draw closer to Christ. Yet even a cursory reading of the gospels will reveal that Jesus never undersold this call. He never tried to convince us that following was an easy or a simple thing to do.

Worship Series: "The Weight of the Call"
from umcdiscipleship.org

We begin our summer worship contemplation with consideration of the Weight of the Call. Throughout this four-part series, we listen again to the call of the whole people of faith, when God called Abraham to be the beginning – the genesis – of a new nation. Then we lay this ancient call alongside the words and deeds of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew as he confirms and enhances and redirects the call to be the church at work in the world. But here in part one, we are especially mindful of the radical nature of the call to leave everything behind and to live into a new reality, only then to discover the added responsibility of inviting the whole world to come to know the one we follow. Jump in as we consider the weight of the call.

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This is the Second service of this 2 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
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This Service's Theme: "Is Anything Too Wonderful?"
Liturgical Resources

What incredible, almost impossible-to-believe event has happened in your community? What stretched your understanding of God at work in the world? What blew your mind with wonder and joy? Grab hold of that today and celebrate the goodness of God at work in your midst.

Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
Genesis 18:1-15;21:1-7; Psalm 116:1-4,12-19; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35-10:8(9-23);

Suggested Hymns . DM Accompaniments

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:

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

Hymns Considered For this week: