Sunday Worship
14 January 2024
~Please hold your applause until after the Postlude~ Thank you
Musician Mike Greensill
Contemplative Moment
Prelude:
Welcome: Pastor Audrey Ward
*Singing: Lord, Speak to Me 463
Call to Worship
*One: This morning’s light streaming through these windows speaks to us again of our pleasure in this place
All: Here we are Spirit of Beauty, Spirit of Joy: ready to sing, to listen, to be at peace together again
*Prayer for Illumination: All Together
Oh Mercy, Tenderness and Forgiveness, you are the God of our living day by day; it is in you that we understand how to be friend, parent and neighbor. It is through you that we breathe in a sense of thanksgiving for our lives in the world, Alleluia,
Amen
*Passing the Peace
Singing: Surely the Presence of the Lord 328
Scripture: Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17
All: Thanks be to God.
Scripture: I Samuel 3:1-10
All: Thanks be to God.
Special Music:
Message: When Mother Prays Audrey Ward
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Lighting Candles for Silent Prayers
Offering Our Gifts:
*Singing: The Doxology 95
Thanks Giving
Amen 2072
Announcements
Singing: Shalom 666
Postlude
*Benediction
Just because they don’t hear you,
doesn’t mean you have no voice…
M McConaughey
* You are invited to stand
24 December 2023
Love Christmas Eve
Prelude: The Napa Valley Duo Terry Winn, piano, and Jeffrey Johnson, cello, with Katie Sculatti and Cynthia Ermshar.
Welcome: Pastor Audrey Ward
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light! (Isaiah 9:2) Welcome into this light that brightens our night…
* Call to Worship:
One: On this night the Christ child has appeared, born of a woman, a woman named Mary ~ Galatians 4:4 ~ But when the time had fully come, God sent forth God’s own Son, born of woman, born under the law…
All: On this night of nights the heavenly chorus sounds out; all creation comes together in joy and we join in their singing:
Glory to God in the highest! Alleluia
*Singing: Angels from the Realms of Glory Insert
*Prayer of Illumination:
Open us, O God who is Love, to hear again the message of the angels, and to go in heart and mind with the shepherds to Bethlehem. Let us experience the life in us that you have brought to pass through the newborn who is here with us now, as Jesus promises,
Amen
*Passing the Peace
Duet: Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Katie Sculatti & Cynthia Ermshar
Word and Response
- Luke 2:1-7 The Decree
Duet: Still, Still, Still
- Luke 2:8-14 The Angels
Reading: I Heard the Bells Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
lll. Luke 2:15-18 The Shepherds
*Singing: Away in a Manger Insert
Prayers for All
Response with Thanksgiving: Offering
Duet: I Cannot Tell
IV: Reading Luke 2:19-22 The Child
Duet: Oh Mio Bambino
Micah 4: 2-4 ~ A Prophetic Vision of Peace Audrey Ward
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord…that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in his paths”
…and they shall beat their swords (& AK14’s) into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore; but they shall sit every one under his vine and under his fig tree;
and non shall make them afraid…
Solo: Oh Holy Night Katie Sculatti & Ron Brunswick
For a child has been born to us, a son is given to us
And his title shall be
Wonderful, Counselor…
Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6)
Instructions regarding Candles
Duet: Silent Night
Everyone joining in as candles are distributed
*Singing: Silent Night Lighting of the Candles
* You are invited to stand
24 December 2023
Our priority in this community is to connect with all of God’s children. We celebrate the Sacred in each other’s story: colors, beliefs and preferences blend with the music of this sanctuary. Here, you’ll find a home for a questing mind or a quite mind; here you’ll find a home for your heart.
SHUMC COVID 19 Protocols
- A wheelchair accessible ramp and entrance is located on the school side of the church building off Oak Street.
- We will continue to livestream our service on the church YouTube page.
Thank you!
for choosing the United Methodist Church of St Helena
1310 Adams St, St Helena, CA 94574
office: (707) 963-2839, info@sthelenaunitedmethodistchurch.org
Pastor Audrey Ward 510.508.3574 (cell)
~By appointment only~
The office will be closed 25 December -January 1 of 2024.
www.sthelenaunitedmethodistchurch.org
We will meet in-person and Livestream will also be available!
| Wherever we are in our spiritual journey,we intend to come into closer relationship with God and with each other. God’s presence awakens our hearts, and informs our lives, so that we are grounded by divine grace. Our church is a place where we practice living in faith, supporting each other so that with time we become the beloved community. For when we awaken our soul, God is brought into the world. |
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All St Helena United Methodist Church worship services will be livestreamed on YOUTUBE and recorded, then posted to both the YOUTUBE and Facebook church pages.
Click here to go to Livestream/YOUTUBE.
Our church Facebook page address is: https://www.facebook.com/st.helenaUMC
Our Sunday Coffee Fellowship-only Zoom meeting address is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3518499642
Please use our weekday small group-only link for your weekday meetings.