Natalie's Grace Notes

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church November 28, 2021 First Sunday of Advent 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.   Lighting of the Advent Candle Words by Derek Weber   Reader One:  We have endured these past few years and know that there is more to face before us. We don’t know if we have the strength to withstand what might be around the next corner. And we wonder who will stand with us, who will have our back, who will occupy our corner. Reader Two:  Who is with us? That is what we begin to wonder these days. Who will light our way and chart our course? Who is on our side, who will welcome us home again? Reader One:  Home. The prophet Jeremiah speaks of a branch that will be raised. Jesus spoke of a Son of Man that will descend. Both point to a hope. A hope that calls us home. Our

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church November 21, 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   B. David Hostetter, Prayers for the Seasons of God’s People: Worship Aids for the Revised Common Lectionary Year B, (Abingdon, 1999), 216.   Leader: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. People: And also with you. Leader: Holiness is the beauty of God’s temple while time shall last. People: We worship God in the sanctity and freedom from our sins, which Christ gives us through his life’s blood.   Hymn 160: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart   Prayer of Confession: You are the God of ⁠ Abundance, Provision, and Plenty ⁠ Yet ⁠ So many do not have enough ⁠ So many are burdened by far too much ⁠ So many squander what they have ⁠ So many do evil to get m

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church November 14, 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 (by the Rev. Dr. Derek C Weber):   Not one stone will be left on stone. We worship our Rock and our Salvation Beware that no one leads you astray We worship our source of wisdom and truth When all seems lost, this is just the beginning of the birth pangs. We are here to worship the Word that endures and the hope that is born among us.   Hymn 529: How Firm a Foundation   Prayer of Confession: Most holy and merciful God, We confess to you and to one another, that we have sinned against you by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved you with our whole heart and mind and strength. We have not fully loved our neighbors as ourselves.