September 13, 2020 Service

 

 

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PETALUMA

ONLINE WORSHIP SERVICE

September 13^th, 2020

The 15^th Sunday after Pentecost

The Order of Service

 

 

 

PRELUDE: " O' The Deep Love of Jesus" played by Marilyn Lee

 

WELCOME: Rob Bickmore

 

PASSING THE PEACE: Rob Bickmore

 

CALL TO WORSHIP: Sue Sarno

 

We come together from many places. We have different perspectives and different views, but we are united by God’s powerful grace in Christ Jesus and in this grace we are called to surrender everything that we think is important and train our sight on what is important to God. This is the path to deep and transforming worship. This is the road to life everlasting. Come, let us be in a Spirit of worship together.

 

OPENING HYMN: "My Hope is Built on Nothing Less" (UMH 368) played by Marilyn Lee

 

1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
all other ground is sinking sand,
all other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in ev'ry high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3 His oath, his covenant, his blood
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

 

 

CALL TO CONFESSION: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION: (Please hit the pause button at the top if you want to pray a bit longer)

 

ASSURANCE OF PARDON: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

SCRIPTURE: Romans 14: 1-4 read in English by Sue Sarno

 

SCRIPTURE: Romans 14: 1-4 read in Fijian by Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraka

 

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 18: 21-35 read in English by Sue Sarno

 

SERMON: "What Does it Mean to Truly Forgive" Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

PASTORAL PRAYER: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

THE LORD'S PRAYER: read in Fijian by Vacatawa Sekuri Yadraka

 

Mo dou qai masu kina vakaoqo: “Tama i keimami mai omalagi,

                         Me vakarokorokotaki na yacamuni,

Me yaco mai na nomuni matanitu; Me caka na lomamuni e vuravura

                         Me vaka sa caka tiko mai lomalagi,

“Ni solia mai vei keimami ena siga oqo Na kakana e rauti keimami.”

Ni bokoca mada na neimami i valavala ca, Me vaka keimami sa

            bokoca oti na nodra Era sai valavala ca vei keimami.

Ni kakua ni kauti keimami ki na vere; Ka mo ni vakabulai keimami

             mai na ca.  (Ni sa nomuni na matanitu, Kei na kaukauwa,

                         Kei na lagilagi Ka sega ni mudu.  Emeni.

 

 

THE LORD'S PRAYER: read in English by Sue Sarno

 

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.  Thy Kingdom come.

                           Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

           Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses

                              As we forgive those who trespass against us.

                  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

             For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.

                                                             Amen.

 

 

CELEBRATING OUR OFFERINGS AND TITHES: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

OFFERTORY: "Ave' Verum" played by Marilyn Lee

 

CLOSING HYMN: "Freely, Freely" (UMH 389) played by Marilyn Lee

 

1: God forgave my sin in Jesus' name
I've been born again in Jesus' name
And in Jesus' name I come to you
To share His love as He told me to

2: He said: 'Freely, freely, you have received
Freely, freely give
Go in My name, and because you believe
Others will know that I live.'

3: All power is given in Jesus' name
In earth and heaven in Jesus' name
And in Jesus' name I come to you
To share His power as He told me to

 

 

BENEDICTION: Pastor Schuyler Rhodes

 

POSTLUDE: "Partita Blessed Name: played by Marilyn Lee