Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
August 11, 2024

Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
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Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2024 Monthly Worship Calendar
2024 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2023 Annual Program Planning worksheet


Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries

Weekly Worship Planning Series
This is the Fifth service of a 7 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries
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Worship Series: "Worship with Rejoicing"
from www.umcdiscipleship.org
In this series, we invite you to consider that, for David, worship was life. Worship wasn’t something David did, we might say; it wasn’t a specific time in the day or week. Rather, worship was who he was. David lived and breathed worship. Yes, sometimes he got it wrong; sometimes he followed impulses that led him astray. And sometimes he got confused about who was the object of this worship and got in the way of the God he loved. But through it all, David lived as though his life was an offering to God.

This Service's Theme: Prayers of the People"
Worship Planning Notes
If you’re breathing a sigh of relief now that we’ve moved past 2 Samuel 11 and 12, think again. Just a few chapters later, David is embroiled in a family drama that has escalated to a violent war against his son, Absalom.
Liturgical Resources
Preaching Notes

Lectionary Scriptures:
2 Samuel 18:5-9,15,31-33; Psalm 130; Ephesians 4:25:5:2; John 6:35,41-51
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment..... MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service

Hymns Considered For the UDM service this week:

121 - . Verses - "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy"
474 - . Verses - "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
515 - . Verses - "Out of the Depths I Cry to You"
672 - . Verses - "God Be With You Til We Meet Again"