Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
June 23, 2024
Pastor: Ralph Wrightstone Bulletin Insert Photos Music Director: Travis Oaks
This Fifth Sunday After Pentecost is sufficiently far from the Joys of Easter, with the risen Christ's presence, and of Pentecost, with the guiding presence of the Holy Spirit, that the "storms of life" may seem to be overwhelming. Today's messages of "Be Prepared" and "Dancing in the Wind" are intended to help rediscover that "safe place" in those storms. Friday is John Wesley's Birthday and the message today relates a stormy time in John Wesley's life as well.
Click on the "Bethel United Methodist Church" script above
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 06/23/24 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 . (01:53)
- Opening Hymn
. Verses . "You Are My All in All" . (W&S 3040)
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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: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 . (03:53)
......consider following along with a favored translation of your own.- . Youth Message: "Be Prepared" . (03:51)
- . Slides - Pastor's Thoughts, Prayers and Lord's Prayer . (12:31)
The slides here include a list of those for whom prayers have been requested.- The Message
. Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 . (01:45)
You may wish to follow the reading of the scripture in your own Bible.
. Message: "Dancing In the Wind" . (12:07)
(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:
. Verses . "O How He Loves You and Me" . (TFWS 2108)- Closing Chorus & Benediction:
. Verse - "Bind Us Together"Thank you for coming. Our prayer will be that we will soon all gather again for worship in Bethel's Sanctuary, but until then we'll be here for you on Sunday morning.
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