Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost
Labor Day Weekend
August 31, 2025
Pastor: Ralph Wrightstone Bulletin Insert Photos
Music Director: Travis Oaks
Click on the "Bethel United Methodist Church" script above
for links to some Resource materials for today's service.
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On this Labor Day Weekend the Resource information includes much that has been gathered and presented in previous online services since 2020.
Hopefully you will find, as I have, that it is still worth calling back to mind.
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 thesymbol to play the audio file under a separate browser tab or in a new window. Then select the "Bethel 08/31/25 Service" browser tab or return to this window to open the Link to the "slides". Use your browser's back/return arrow to come back to this page from the slides. It is best to close the tab or window of an audio file before starting to play 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 . (03:11)
- Opening Hymn
. Verses . "Morning Has Broken" . (UMH 145)
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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.. Youth Message: "Big or Small, God Loves You" . (03:37)
. Old Testament Scripture: Proverbs 3:1-18 . (02:07)
......consider following along with a favored translation of your own.- Pastor's Thoughts - with a lesson on the book of Psalms from: Psalm 65 . (11:27)
. Slides - Prayer Concerns and the Lord's Prayer . (02:29)
The slides here include a list of those for whom prayers have been requested.- Hymn
. Verses . "On Eagle's Wings" . (UMH 143 2 reps)
- The Message
. Scripture: Luke 14:1-14 and commentary . (03:44)
You may wish to follow the reading of the scripture in your own Bible.
. Message: "Eagle-Like Eyes" . (12:26)
(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 . "He Is Lord" . (UMH 177 2 reps)
- 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