Natalie's Grace Notes

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church October 31, 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 We are people of God, created to love We will love the Lord our God with heart, soul, mind, and strength. We are people of God, determined to love. We will love our neighbors and treat them as we would be treated. We love neither from a sense of obligation nor to gain popularity of favor. We choose to love both the lovely and the unlovable because love imitates God’s nature. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”   Hymn 110: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God   Prayer of Confession: Good and great God, we come to you through Jesus Christ who intercedes for us sinners. We confess...

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church October 24, 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 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." The LORD has done great things for us, and we rejoice. Restore our fortunes, O LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb. May those who sow in tears reap with shouts of joy. Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.   Hymn 57: O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing   Prayer of Confession: O Holy One, we call to you and name you as eternal, ...

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church October 17, 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 created the heavens and the earth. And gave them to us to use and enjoy. And God breathed life into each of us, and set us on the earth. And God sent Jesus Christ to save us from the pull of death. Everything that fills our souls with gladness and light is a gift from the loving Creator. We have been entrusted with unfathomable riches. For all this our God is to be praised. Let us worship God together!   Hymn 147: All Things Bright and Beautiful   Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: The Lord God made them all. Each little flo...