Order of Worship

Nov. 24, 2024 | 10 a.m.

Dearborn First UMC

22124 Garrison Street, Dearborn, MI 48124

www.dearbornfirstumc.org     office@dearbornfirstumc.org

We invite you to quiet your hearts and minds for worship as the prelude begins.

Prelude
Bob Barnhart

“Crown Imperial”
William Walton
© 1937 Oxford University Press

GATHERING

Welcome Statement    (in Unison)
Pastor Suzy Todd

As followers of Jesus, we are committed to welcoming and loving everyone as Jesus did, without regard to ability, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, family make-up or religion. We embrace the principles of love over hate, inclusion over bias, respect over prejudice, equality over bigotry, and caring for all. Therefore, we reject all messages of hate and exclusivism as antithetical to the Good News of Jesus Christ. We are committed to living out non- discriminating love in our lives, worship, study and service. We are Dearborn First United Methodist Church.

Life of the Church
Matt Roush

Call to Worship
Pastor Suzy Todd

Healing God, be with us in this hour.

Too often our cares and our worries obstruct our ability to see you.

Restoring God, speak a word of comfort to your troubled people.

Help us hear you in the quietness and in the chaos.

Strengthening God, give us persistence and grit to face the day.

Make us speakers and doers of your justice.

Opening Hymn - UMH #694

“Come, Ye Thankful People Come” v. 1-4
Words: Henry Alford, 1844
Music: George J. Elvey
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House

Family Moment
Tracy Lahay

CONFESSION & PARDON 
Pastor Suzy Todd

Our minds and bodies fall into turmoil. We get caught up in anxiety, exhaustion and sadness. We can be irritable and condemning. Shame overtakes us. Come and sit beside us.

Passing Peace
Pastor Suzy Todd

Reconciled with God, we now turn toward reconciliation with one another. 
Turn and offer one another the peace and joy of Christ.

Prayers of the People
Pastor Suzy Todd and Matt Roush

The Lord’s Prayer

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. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD

Meditation
Chancel Choir

“A Simple Thanksgiving”
Joseph Martin
© 1998 Malcolm Music

Sermon
Pastor Suzy Todd

“Health Workers“
1 Kings 19

Pastoral Prayer
Pastor Suzy Todd

RESPONSE TO THE WORD PROCLAIMED

Offering
Matt Roush

Offertory - UMH #131

“We Gather Together” v. 1-3
Words: Nederlandtsch Gedenckclanck, 1626; trans. By Theodore Baker, 1894
Music: 16th cent. Dutch melody; arr. By Edward Kremser, 1877
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House

Doxology - UMH #95

“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. Unknown
Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House

Prayer of Dedication
Pastor Suzy Todd

Closing Hymn - UMH #715

“Rejoice the Lord is King” v. 1,3,4
Words: Charles Wesley, 1746
Music: John Darwall, 1770; harm. From Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
© 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House

SENDING

Benediction
Pastor Suzy Todd

~ We invite you to go in peace or remain in quiet meditation during the postlude ~

Postlude
Bob Barnhart

“Improvisation on Nun danket alle Gott”
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
1877-1933