Natalie's Grace Notes

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church August 1, 2021 Rev. Natalie Bowerman, Pastor   Prelude Greeting and Announcements Mission Statement: We are a faith community striving to be, to nurture, and to send forth, disciples of Jesus Christ.   Call to worship: Lead a life worthy of the calling to which you are called: We cannot do this alone, we dare not try this alone, so we gather as God's people. Lead a life worthy of your calling, a life filled with service and meekness. We come to build up Christ's Body, in humility and gentleness, with patience and love. Lead a life which reflects your calling, that life of peace grounded in the Spirit. We rejoice in our oneness in Christ; we would share the grace offered to us. Live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called. We gather as God's family at the Table prepared for us, waiting to be fed by the Bread of life.   *Hymn 435, O God of Every N...

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church July 25, 2021 Rev. Natalie Bowerman, Pastor   Prelude Greeting and Announcements Mission Statement: We are a faith community striving to be, to nurture, and to send forth, disciples of Jesus Christ.   Call to worship: God of gentle rains and warm sun, God who encourages growth; we are creatures who sometimes grow quickly, and sometimes get stuck. God of freedom, of liberation, of binding ropes being cut; we are bound in ways we don't always understand or recognize. God of exodus and exile and homecoming, God who calls us to leave where we are and come home; help us to have the courage to make the journey and to trust in the path. God of health and healing, God who wants us to be made whole; we come as people who are wounded in body and in spirit, people who seek healing. God who has laid out a way for us to live, who has given us rules for living in community; we come as people...