Natalie's Grace Notes

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church August 15, 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 Give thanks to God! We thank God for joy, for laughter, for abundant blessings of every kind. Give thanks to God at all times and for everything! We thank God, when we can and as we can, for struggles, for solitude, for fears. Give thanks to God at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We thank God that, in Christ, our joys as well as our pain, our losses as well as our laughter, are in God's heart and hands.   Hymn 139: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty   Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,   the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy   health and salvation!     Al...

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church August 8, 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: Come, let us put away all things that divide us and love one another. For we are members of one another. Come; let us not be divided from one another by gender, race, color, or status. For we are members of one another. Come; let us put away lies, anger, stealing, and corrupt words. For we are members of one another. Come; let us put away bitterness, wrath, clamor, and malice. For we are members of one another. Come; let us put away uncleanness, idolatry, and deception. For we are members of one another. Together let us speak truth, labor together, and do what is good and edifying to the Lord. Let us be imitators of God, walk as the children of God, and love as Christ first lo...