Natalie's Grace Notes

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church September 12, 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 come here today not because we are clever but because God welcomes the slow learners. We come here not because we are wise, but because God loves us in spite of our folly. We come knowing that the greatest persons will be found among those who humbly serve like Jesus did, and that the brightest ideas and the deepest truth will come from those who see themselves as little children in Christ’s school. O Lord, open up our mind and our hearts and enable our lives to declare your praise.   Hymn 114: Many Gifts, One Spirit   God of change and glory, God of time and space, When we fear the future, Give to us your grace. In the m...

  Service of Worship Eastern Parkway United Methodist Church September 5, 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 can trust God. God is like the mountain: rock solid. God loves all the people: the poor, the disabled, the outcast, the stranger. We can depend on God. God feeds the hungry, heals the sick, and restores relationships. Praise our Loving God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah.   Hymn 592: When the Church of Jesus   When the Church of Jesus Shuts its outer door, Lest the roar of traffic Drown the voice of prayer: May our prayers, Lord, make us Ten times more aware That the world we banish Is our Christian care.   If our hearts are lifted Where devotion soars High above this hungry Suffering world of ours: Lest ...

  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...