WE GATHER AND APPROACH GOD

GATHERING MUSIC – Equinox Orchestra

GREETING – Doug de Graffenried

INVOCATION

CELEBRATION VIDEO

MUSIC
“O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing” – Hymnal, No. 57 verses 1,2,3,7
“Be Thou My Vision” – Hymnal, No. 451

Litany – Rev. Chris Winterman

LEADER: Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord!

PEOPLE: Praise the Lord! Give thanks for him!

LEADER: God has blessed us and brought us to this time.

PEOPLE: God has blessed us and brought us to this place.

LEADER: God has caused his name to dwell in our midst.

PEOPLE: God has stirred our hearts and made us glad.

LEADER: God has shown us his glory in his mighty word.

PEOPLE: God has shown us the way of truth and life.

LEADER: Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord!

PEOPLE: Praise the Lord! Give thanks to him!

LEADER: For 50 years, God has nurtured and fed us at this location.

PEOPLE: For 137 years, God has shown us his grace.

LEADER: For 50 years, God has given himself in Word and Sacrament here.

PEOPLE: For 137 years, God has empowered us with his Holy Spirit.

LEADER: For 137 years, God has made us his witnesses in the world.

PEOPLE: For 137 years, God has placed us in loving fellowship with one another.

LEADER: Praise the Lord for 137 years as a church! Praise him for 50 years here!

PEOPLE: Praise the Lord for evermore! Oh, praise the name of the Lord!

MUSIC
“Amazing Grace” – Hymnal, No. 378 verses 1,2,3,6

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE

LEADER: The Lord God in his goodness has blessed us with 137 years of mission and ministry as Trinity United Methodist Church. We are a remembering people, and it is good that we remember God has chosen us, baptized us, and brought us together as the Church of Christ in this place. As remembering people, we look back at all the saving acts of God: the Creation, the Flood, the Covenant, the Exodus, the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Church. We are a remembering people, but we are also a people of this day, brought together by God to be a holy fellowship of believers: the Body of Christ, sharing, caring, working in the world, and living in the hope of the world to come. Our eyes look back with thanksgiving. Our eyes look forward in hope. Therefore, with thanksgiving for the past and hope for the future, let us dedicate ourselves and our lives to the mission which God gives us as the Church of Jesus Christ at this location.

PEOPLE: Almighty God, we give you thanks for the work you have done in this place. We give you thanks for your love and faithfulness. When we called on your name, you made your presence known to us. When we prayed, you heard us. When we preached your Word and administered your Sacraments, you were in our midst. You have accepted our humble sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving. You have listened to our confessions and forgiven our sins. And you have sent your Holy Spirit to heal and comfort our hurts, our sorrows, our infirmities, and our losses.

LEADER: Continue to empower us with your spirit, O Lord, that we might proclaim your Gospel to all people.

PEOPLE: We dedicate our lives to your service.

LEADER: Help us to witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ in all that we do and say.

PEOPLE: We dedicate our lives to your service.

LEADER: Show us how we might give care and support to the needy, love and mercy to the broken and forlorn.

PEOPLE: We dedicate our lives to your service.

LEADER: Show us new ways of loving one another and those around us.

PEOPLE: We dedicate our lives to your service.

LEADER: Break down those prejudices and barriers which divide us, and make us all one in your Son, Jesus Christ.

PEOPLE: Hear our prayer, O Lord.

LORD’S PRAYER
Chris Winterman

OFFERTORY PRAYER

OFFERTORY MUSIC – Equinox Jazz Orchestra

MUSIC

SCRIPTURE
Mark 10:35-45

SERMON – “For Whom It Has Been Prepared”
Rev. Doug De Graffenried

MUSIC
“Blessed Assurance” – Hymnal, No. 369 verses 1 and 3

BENEDICTION

WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN – Equinox Jazz Band