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NOVEMBER …………………………..………….

5 SUNDAY– All Saints’ & Commitment Sunday (10:50am)

5 SUNDAY– UMY at Carolyn & Christopher’s home (5:00-7:00pm)

5 SUNDAY– Service of Healing & Blessing in the chapel (5:00pm)

10 FRIDAY-11 SATURDAY– United Methodist Women’s Retreat at Nelson Woods

12 SUNDAY– Children’s Sunday (10:50am)

15 WEDNESDAY– Parents Night Out in the fellowship hall (6:00-7:30pm)

19 SUNDAY– Rev. Dr. Myron McCoy of First UMC at The Chicago Temple preaches (10:50am)

19 SUNDAY– Advent Workshop in the fellowship hall, lunch provided (12:00pm)

24 THURSDAY-25 FRIDAY – Church office & food pantry closed—Happy Thanksgiving!

DECEMBER …………………………..………….

2 SATURDAY– Soup kitchen (3:30-5:30pm); contact Annie Hunter to volunteer (ahunter@stjohnsmidtown.org)

3 SUNDAY– Advent begins (10:50am)

3 SUNDAY– Hanging of the Greens Dinner & Service (Appetizers & dinner in the fellowship hall 5:30pm; service in the sanctuary 7:00pm)

ANNOUNCEMENTS …………………………..………….

Service of Healing & Blessing Find comfort and restoration through our special monthly offering of The Service of Healing & Blessing today at 5:00pm in the chapel.

Thank You! Ms. Rose thanks everyone who donated candy to the soup kitchen. It made Halloween so much more special! Thanks to everyone who contributed to our special offerings as well! We raised $678 for First Congregational Church’s fire recovery and $4,483 for UMCOR’s Hurricane Relief Fund.

UMW Fall Retreat The United Methodist Women will gather for their fall retreat at Nelson Woods from 6:30pm on Friday, Nov. 11 through Saturday afternoon, Nov. 12. Linda Douty will lead this year’s retreat and encourages you to bring your favorite cup or mug. The cost of the retreat is $30 and includes all meals. Contact Rae-Anne with questions (raeannepitts@gmail.com).

Advent Workshop To help you prepare for Advent at home and at church, we're holding an Advent workshop on Sunday, November 19 after worship. We'll have activities for all ages and interests as we usher in this season as a church family! Harriett Sprott will be providing us with a delicious lunch of grilled cheese and soup. Bring your family and friends as we spend a fun afternoon together and celebrate this special time of year!

Parents Night Out Take a break, parents, and leave the kids with us on Wednesday, Nov. 15 from 6:00-7:30pm for a fun night of dinner, games, and art! PNO is designed for children ages 3-12; nursery is available.

This Friday at 6:00pm

John Kilzer leads us with

Brian Wells, Joe Restivo,

Carl Caspersen, and Chris

Stephenson.

FROM THE CORNER Learn more about

Reconciling Ministries Network:

www.rmnetwork.org

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A Reconciling Congregation ………………………………………..

St. John's welcomes

everyone. Our hearts, minds, and

doors are open to people of all

ages, races, nationalities, sexual

orientations, gender identities,

theological identities, economic

status, disabilities, and people who

sojourn on the way to recovery

and wholeness. We are a diverse

community whose discipleship to

Jesus Christ is demonstrated

through our deep commitment

to servant ministry.

Welcome Home!

TODAY’S USHERS: Don Tyson, Bill Denton,

John Buxton, Carla Shirley,

Bob Miller, Gary Hall

TODAY’S COUNTERS:

Counters needed

+ Please stand as

you are able.

1207 Peabody Ave.

Memphis, TN 38104

(901) 726-4104

www.stjohnsmidtown.org

St. John’s United Methodist Church

November 5, 2017

10:50 a.m.

Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY

THE GATHERING

Welcoming

Please take an opportunity to fill out your prayer card

found at our prayer station.

Prelude Bill Wolaver

"When the Saints Go Marching In"

Carol Craig, Piano

+ Call to Worship—Psalm 34 Kimberly Moore

I will bless the Lord at all times—

praise will continually be in my mouth.

My soul shall rejoice in the Lord;

let the humble hear it and rejoice.

Come, glorify our God with me.

Let’s exalt God’s name together!

+ Opening Hymn—UMH 711 SINE NOMINE

“For All the Saints”

vs.1 & 2—Congregation

vs. 3—Choir

vs. 4—Women

vs. 5—Men

vs. 6—Congregation

- Please be seated -

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Invitation to Table

Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,

who earnestly repent of their sins

and seek to live in peace with one another.

Therefore, let us confess our sins before God and one another.

Prayer of Confession

Our lives are full of mistakes and errors – places where we follow self-generated

idols instead of the One True God. We are not alone in these mistakes – all of

those who have come before us also were plagued with temptation and sin. Let us

come before God, just as generations of believers have done, and pray for God’s

forgiveness and grace.

Beloved God,

who was known to our mothers and fathers,

and even to our spiritual forebears,

have mercy on us.

We do not always love as you would have us love.

We do not always do as you would have us do.

In our stubbornness,

we turn from you when we should turn toward you.

Hold us, dear One –

comfort us when we mourn the passing of friends and family,

and help us to know that they are rejoicing in your presence.

We praise you for the grace you shower on us,

constantly forgiving our errors,

especially the ones that we don’t share with any but you.

Hear now the silent fears and worries of our hearts.

A time of silence

Assurance of Pardon

Friends, hear the good news! Though thousands upon thousands of our ancestors

did not follow God’s ways perfectly, we have hope in the one who did! Jesus, a

man of a particular people in a particular time, taught through his words and

deeds that God has already forgiven us. Thus, we and all who have come before

us are rightly known as saints – the holy ones of God! Thanks be to God for

God’s mercy, grace, and love!

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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. 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, the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.

Time of Receiving Brian Mann

“For Everyone Born”

Please see the insert on page 11

Prayer After Receiving

Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery, in which you have given

yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world, in the strength of your

Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

SENDING FORTH

Invitation to Journey

+ Hymn of Response—UMH 708 HANOVER

“Rejoice in God’s Saints”

+ Benediction

+ Postlude Matthew Bogart

“We’re Marching to Zion”

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WWW.STJOHNSMIDTOWN.ORG

Music reproduced and used by permission of licensing:

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In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

Glory to God.

Amen.

+ The Gloria Patri—UMH 70

+ The Peace

The peace of Christ be with you.

And also with you.

Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.

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SERVICE OF THE WORD

Children’s Message Rev. Rebekah Gienapp

—The children are invited to come forward as we sing—

First Reading—Revelation 7:9-17 (NRSV) Linda Mischke

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from

every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the

throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.

They cried out in a loud voice, saying,

“Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four

living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

singing,

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom

and thanksgiving and honor

and power and might

be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in white, and

where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.”

Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they

have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

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- Congregation is seated -

… as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

Mystery of Faith

Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again!

… Renew our communion with all your saints, especially those whom we

name before you—

Naming Those Who Have Gone on to the Church Triumphant

- Dr. David Rowe (January 2, 2017)

… all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.

The Great Amen

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Sharing of God’s Tithes and Offerings John Kilzer

+ Doxology—UMH 94

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise God all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God the source of all our gifts.

Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts.

Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

… we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

+ Sanctus

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For this reason they are before the throne of God,

and worship him day and night within his temple,

and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.

They will hunger no more, and thirst no more;

the sun will not strike them,

nor any scorching heat;

for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,

and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Choral Anthem arr. Craig Courtney

“I’ll Fly Away”

Chancel Choir

Carol Craig & Matthew Bogart, Piano

Some glad morning when this life is o'er,

I'll fly away;

To a home on God's celestial shore,

I'll fly away (I'll fly away).

Chorus

I'll fly away, Oh Glory

I'll fly away; (in the morning)

When I die, Hallelujah, by and by,

I'll fly away (I'll fly away).

When the shadows of this life have gone,

I'll fly away;

Like a bird from prison bars has flown,

I'll fly away (I'll fly away)

Just a few more weary days and then,

I'll fly away;

To a land where joy shall never end,

I'll fly away (I'll fly away)

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+ Gospel Reading—Matthew 5:1-12 (NRSV) Herb Levy

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down,

his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be

filled.

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is

the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds

of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your re-

ward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who

were before you.

Message Rev. Dr. Johnny Jeffords

“Blessing as Action”

WE RESPOND

A Place at the Table: Commitment

Our Prayer in Song—TFWS 2130 KELVINGROVE

“The Summons” 7