Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Father's Day
June 16, 2024
| Pastor: Ralph Wrightstone | Bulletin Insert Photos | Music Director: Travis Oaks |
This Fourth Sunday After Pentecost is a special day on the Calendar, called Father's Day. You may be able to enter a lively conversation with others about whether it should be: Father's Day, Fathers' Day or Fathers Day...and why or why not...perhaps outside the church walls. Tapping on one of the graphic images at the top of this page will reveal some items that may help inform your own thoughts about the special relationship between father and child...be sure to listen to The Father's Day Song.
Thursday is the Summer Solstice and the First Day of Summer on the calendar and the Resource Page has some items about what these mean and how they are celebrated.
for links to some Resource materials for today's service.
For those unable to attend the 11:00 AM Sunday services at the church, a new service will be available here online before 10:00 am each Sunday morning, using the same format as the on-site service. So you may "gather" here for an "Early Service" at 10:00 or the traditional service at 11:00...actually it will be available here at any time all week. We hope that you will find it a refreshing place to come into God's house.
NOTE: Each part of this online service consists of an audio file and, for most, a Link to a pdf file of "projection slides". Click on the 
symbol to play the audio file under a separate browser tab or in a new window. Then select the "Bethel 06/16/24 Service" browser tab or return to this window to open the Link to
the "slides". It is best to stop the playing of one Audio segment and close its tab or window
before starting another.
We hope that you will fully participate in the service provided here, taking the time to raise your voice or read along with the hymns and responses, and listening to the recorded messages and songs that have been prepared for you. Realize that, though not meeting face-to-face, you are
virtually gathering with many others for this time of worship, celebration and spiritual
refreshment.
symbol to play the audio file under a separate browser tab or in a new window. Then select the "Bethel 06/16/24 Service" browser tab or return to this window to open the Link to
the "slides". It is best to stop the playing of one Audio segment and close its tab or window
before starting another.
We hope that you will fully participate in the service provided here, taking the time to raise your voice or read along with the hymns and responses, and listening to the recorded messages and songs that have been prepared for you. Realize that, though not meeting face-to-face, you are
virtually gathering with many others for this time of worship, celebration and spiritual
refreshment.
- . Verse - Prelude/Processional - "Sing Alleluia
to the Lord"
- . Slides - Welcome and Announcements . (01:50)
- Opening Hymn
.
Verses . "Everlasting God" . (W&S 3021)
:
Another Hymn for you: For Father's Day: . Verses - "Children of the Heavenly Father" (UMH 141)
:
And here's one for the new Summer Season that begins Thursday...actually it's more of a spring-time hymn but also appropriate when entering any new season of life. . Verses - "Hymn of Promise"
:
Let us know if you have a favorite hymn that you would like to have included in an online service. - . Slides - Call to Worship, Apostle's Creed and Gloria Patria . (02:41)
We hope that you will participate privately or communally in this responsive reading as part of your worship service. - . Scripture Reading:
Psalm 20 . (01:25)
......consider following along with a favored translation of your own. -
. Youth Message: "Fathers Day" . (03:54)
- .
Slides - Pastor's Thoughts, Prayers and Lord's Prayer . (11:04)
The slides here include a list of those for whom prayers have been requested. - . Special Music: "I Have a Father", sung by Travis on Father's Day in 2019
- The Message
. Scripture:
Mark 4:26-34 . (01:56)
You may wish to follow the reading of the scripture in your own Bible.
. Message: "Do You Believe in Miracles?" . (14:39)
(The "church message" on this day, with the same topic, will be on the "Sermons" page of Bethel's web site later this week.) - Closing Hymn:
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Verses . "His Name is Wonderful" . (UMH 174)
- Closing Chorus & Benediction:
. Verse - "Bind
Us Together"
Please let us know of any problems you have with or suggestions about this site by
sending an email to "bumctlh@gmail.com". If you have any announcements or prayer concerns you
would like included next week you may contact Pastor Ralph Wrightstone directly at: 850-591-
9785