Calendar
Sunday, 10 July
11:15 Worship, Birthday Sunday and Sunday School
All choirs are on summer break. Rehearsals will begin again in September.
Next week
Wednesday, 13 July
18:00 Intercessory Prayer
Thursday, 14 July
16:00 Tai Chi
Sunday, 17 July
11:15 Worship and Summer Sunday School
Summer Sunday School
During the month of July there will be Summer Sunday School for children
ages 4 through 4th grade. There will be NO Sunday School in the month of
August. The nursery will be open all summer for children below the age of 4.
Vacation Bible School
Children ages 4-13 are invited to Vacation Bible School August 1-5 th. It will
run from 9-5, Monday –Friday. There will be Bible lessons, music, snacks,
lunch and games. Invite your friends.
EMK Kinderwoche
The EMK Kinderwoche will be August 14 to August 20 th. To register your
child or for more information, please contact Pastor Martin Siegrist
at [email protected] 650/7799008. The cost for one child is 160€.
Autumn Retreat
„Gott ist größer als unser Herz“ , Vergebung als Vebensquelle, the EMK is
having an Autumn retreat will be October 21­23, 2016 in Chandlerhaus
Steinbach am Attersee. For more information or to signup, please contact
Esther Handschin 0676 720 91 46 or [email protected]. The ESUMC
planning team (Sigrid Anusie, Doreen Ighama and Pastor Matthew) is happily
expecting a large number of participants.
Worship Leaders
Lay Reader: Paulina Analena Preaching: Rev. Matthew Laferty
Ushers: Ricardo Valente, Mercy Cobbina Appiah and Hayford Yaw Boateng
Pianist: Sarah Brustmann Sound System: Wolfganga Köhler
Fellowship Hosts: Jackalie Blue and Andy Tompkins
THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF VIENNA
10 July 2016 • Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
* - Please stand as you are able. The nursery is available for children under age 4.
Please turn cell phones to off or silent.
Prelude
Welcome and Greeting
*Call to Worship
The world cries to us in its distress. How shall we answer?
We cannot pass by as though nothing is wrong.
How shall we answer?
We cannot become so focused on ourselves that others mean nothing to
us.
How shall we answer?
We shall be the neighbor in service, reconciliation and compassion
wherever we can.
Come, let us worship the Lord.
*Hymn No. 660
“God is Here”
*Prayer of Confession
You stand beside a wall with a plumb line in your hand, Lord—the wall
that I have built. What once was a straight, strong wall of protection, a
sanctuary against all that might harm me, is now revealed as a bowed,
bulging, weak wall of separation that I have used to conceal myself
within a dark prison of my own making. I know that your perfect
judgment finds me wanting. Free me, Lord; I am my own worst enemy.
Level my feeble fortress, and rebuild me in the strength of your love
and your forgiveness. Lead me from my darkness into your light. Amen.
….In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
*Passing the Peace
The traditional greeting is “the peace of Christ be with
you”, and the response is “And also with you.”
Special Music
“It Is Well”
Sarah Brustmann, Piano
Birthday Prayers
Children’s Time
Jerry Barton
Following this time children are invited to Summer Sunday School.
Hymn No. 191
“Jesus Loves Me” (first stanza only)
Announcements
Scripture Reading
Amos 7:7-17
*Hymn No. 432
Scripture Reading
“Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us With Your Love”
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Sermon
Offertory
Pastor Matthew
“Fairest Lord Jesus”
Sarah Brustmann, Piano
Offering
*Song of Thanksgiving
“Give Thanks”
TFWS 2036
Give thanks with a grateful heart, give thanks to the Holy One,
Give thanks, because he’s given Jesus Christ his son. (Repeat once)
And now, let the weak say ‘I am strong,’ let the poor say ‘I am rich
because of what the Lord has done for us.’ (Repeat once)
Give thanks. Give thanks.
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
“Take, O Take Me As I Am”
W&S 3119
Prayers of the People
The person offering the prayer finishes the petition with “Lord, in your
mercy,” and the congregation responds “hear our prayer”.
The Lord’s Prayer
(You are welcome to pray this prayer in any language you choose.)
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.
*Hymn
“The Servant Song”
TFWS 2222
*Benediction
*Response Hymn No. 666 “Shalom to You”
(Please turn to face your brothers and sisters across the aisle.)
Shalom to you, now, shalom my friends.
May God’s full mercies bless you, my friends.
In all your living and through your loving,
Christ be your shalom, Christ be your shalom.
Amen, amen, amen.
*Postlude