for the 13th Week After Pentecost
August 30, 2020

Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
This is the 5th week of a 5 week Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries. The Series' theme is "God's How is Our Why" or more simply, "Because God!" and looks at what should "motivate" us to live as followers of Jesus? The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.

Worship Series: Because God
In this Ordinary Time worship series, we engage in a Gospel/Epistle tango as we move between some of the more startling stories of Jesus and his earthly ministry and Paul’s attempt to put a frame of possibility and understanding around the story of Jesus. Sometimes guided by Matthew’s storytelling, other times led by the beautifully weighty prose of the Epistle to the Romans, we dig down into core of our lived-out faith. How do we live into these miraculous moments in Jesus’ life in our world today? Are we called to be miracle workers too? Or is there something else going on here? What if we’re asking the wrong question about the statements and actions of Jesus? What if it isn’t supposed to be a “how,” but a “why?” What if it’s not a behavior to emulate, but a motivation to live as followers of Jesus? That is why the longer title for our series is “God’s How Is Our Why.” But perhaps you can grab hold of a simpler one: “Because God!”

This Week's Theme: Holding Fast
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Exodus 3:1-15; Psalm 105:1-6,23-26,45b ; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 16:21-28
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments

Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment..... MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service

Hymns Considered For the Series:
2222 - . Verses - The Servant Song
3149 - . Verses . About - A Place at the Table

Hymns Considered For this week:
383 - . Verses - This is a Day of New Beginnings
384 - . Verses - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (UDM)
585 - . Verses - This Little Light of Mine (UDM)
2062 - . Verses - The Lily of the Valley (UDM)
2129 - . Verses - I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (02/16/20, UDM)
2173 - . Verses - Shine, Jesus, Shine (01/06/19)
3177 - Verses - Here I Am to Worship (09/02/18)