Order of Worship
Worship with us at 8&10 AM in person or online https://www.facebook.com/LodiUMC
Both services are available on FM 103.5 channel within a half mile away from the church.
October 2, 2022, 8 & 10AM
World Communion Sunday
WE GATHER
WELCOMING Pastor Peace Kim
* CALL TO WORSHIP (8AM), Mark Affeldt (10AM) Sherian Foster
One: We gather as people of Lodi United Methodist Church and its friends and guests; to pray, to praise, and to remember.
ALL: In bread and cup unite us, O God.
One: We gather in solidarity with Christians of every continent; Christians of many denominations.
ALL: In bread and cup unite us, O God.
One: We gather as disciples of Jesus Christ, to hear words of truth, compassion, and justice.
ALL: In bread and cup unite us, O God.
One: We gather in the traditions of the saints, to be strengthened and serve faithfully.
ALL: In bread and cup unite us, O God.
* SONGS OF ENTRANCE God Is Here United Methodist (Red) Hymnal #660
1 God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer,
may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share.
Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts
wait the coming of the Spirit into open minds and hearts.
2 Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace;
here are table, font, and pulpit; here the cross has central place.
Here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech,
here, in newness and renewal, God the Spirit comes to each.
3 Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd’s flock and fold;
here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us, as of old.
Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore
what it means in daily living to believe and to adore.
4 Lord of all, of church and kingdom, in an age of change and doubt
keep us faithful to the gospel; help us work your purpose out.
Here, in this day’s dedication, all we have to give, receive;
we, who cannot live without you, we adore you! We believe!
* PASSING THE PEACE OF CHRIST Let us offer one another signs of love and peace.
TIME WITH YOUNG DISCIPLES
MISSION ANNOUNCEMENT feat. World Central Kitchen
SHARING JOYS AND CONCERNS Prayer Cards will be collected
PASTORAL PRAYER
WE LISTEN AND RESPOND
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Liturgist
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit,
that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed,
we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.
SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 New Revised Standard Version
MESSAGE Why We Do What We Do in Worship (3): We Celebrate Communion
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION with 6 different bread items presented Insert
* TIME OF DEDICATION
This is our commitment to following Jesus. Thank you for living your faith by sharing your gifts with God’s world through your church. Online Giving: www.LodiUMC.org/Give
* Doxology (United Methodist Hymnal #94)
* Prayer for Our Offerings
Lord, as many human hands transform many grains of wheat into a loaf of bread,
so may our small sacrifices help towards the building up of this community of faith,
and may our hearts and minds be transformed from the inside out,
so that we may be quick to recognize your call and quick to respond.
In the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, Amen.
WE GO OUT
* SONG OF SENDING FORTH I Come With Joy United Methodist (Red) Hymnal #617
1 I come with joy to meet my Lord, forgiven, loved and free,
in awe and wonder to recall his life laid down for me,
his life laid down for me.
2 I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love in Christ’s communion bread,
in Christ’s communion bread.
3 As Christ breaks bread and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us makes us one, and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends.
4 And thus with joy we meet our Lord. His presence, always near,
is in such friendship better known; we see and praise him here,
we see and praise him here.
5 Together met, together bound, we’ll go our different ways,
and as his people in the world,we’ll live and speak his praise,
we’ll live and speak his praise.
DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING
POSTLUDE Adele Van Ness
* denotes standing, as you are able.
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