July Birthdays 7/1-Robin Mashburn 7/3-Ron Gustafson 7/4-Robert Murchison 7/5-Verna Jean Fields 7/7-Shaylan M. Holder 7/11-Joe Wiedholz 7/13-Ryan Mashburn, Sarah Boyd, Ben Tharp 7/15-Linda Harris 7/16-Brittany Hughes, Mick Hughes 7/18-Benji Brown 7/21-Kim Oldham

General Fund Giving for July 2020 Weekly Budget Needs: $5,029.00

Offering Collected: July 5, 2020-$4468.00

Please pray for our nation and its leaders; service men and w

omen; all law

enforcement officers, victim

s of violence, storms,

accidents, persecution, prejudice and terror; refugees and the homeless; Tucker G

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Goldston United Methodist Church

A Service of Christian Worship

July 12, 2020

Lucas Nelson Pastor

Beth Little Eunice Gillis Choir Director Accompanist Administrative Assistant

185 Hillcrest Ave • Goldston, NC 27252 • 919-898-4523

www.goldstonumc.org

Summer Worship Schedule: 9:00 AM Sunday School

10:00 AM Worship

Our service of worship has ended. We go forth now into the world with the light of

Christ leading us to love and to serve in his name.

Our Church’s mission is to love,

to heal, to empower, and to witness, thereby winning souls to the Lord.

July Anniversaries 7/14-James and Valinda Dudley 7/21-Phil and Kim Gaines 7/22-Jim and Sheila Elliott 7/23-Howard and Rita Willett

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ate Psalm

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T

Epistle

G

ospel Sun Jul 12

am: 148, 149, 150 pm

: 114, 115 Josh 1:1- 18

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cts 21:3- 15

Mark 1:21-27

Mon Jul 13

am: 25 pm

: 9, 15

Josh 2:1-14

R

om 11:1-12

M

att 25:1- 13 T

ues Jul 14 am

: 26, 28 pm: 36, 39

Josh 2:15-24

R

om 11:13-24

Matt 25:14-30

Wed Jul 15

am: 38 pm

: 119:25- 48

Josh 3:1 -13

Rom

11:25 -36 M

att 25:31-46 T

hur Jul 16 am

: 37:1-18 pm: 37:19-42

Josh 3:14-4:7

Rom

12:1 -8

Matt 26:1- 16

Fri Jul 17 am

: 31 pm: 35

Josh 4:19-5:1, 10 -15 R

om 12:9 -21

M

att 26:17-25 Sat Jul 18

am: 30, 32 pm

: 42, 43

Josh 6:1 -14

Rom

13:1 -7

Matt 26:26-35

Sun Jul 19 Lectionary R

eading Psalm 139:1-12, 23- 24 G

enesis 28:10-19a Rom

ans 8:12- 25 Matthew

13:24-30, 36-43

An Order of Christian Worship

July 12, 2020 Prelude “Let Us Celebrate the Glories of Our Lord”

Greeting

Opening Hymn “Be Thou My Vision ” #451 (See insert)

Opening Prayer

Proclamation in Song

Scripture Romans 8: 1-11 (See insert)

Sermon Broken Chains Pastor Lucas Nelson

Musical Reflection “I Surrender All”

Pastoral Prayer

Closing Hymn “Open My Eyes That I May See” #454 (See insert)

Benediction

CONFESSION AND PARDON

Merciful God, We confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart.

We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, We have broken your law,

We have rebelled against your love, We have not loved our neighbors,

And we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray.

Free us for joyful obedience, Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen. All pray in silence.

Leader to people:

Hear the good news: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;

That proves God's love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

People to leader:

In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!

Leader and people: Glory to God. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Don’t forget our CORA snack donations. -16 oz. Peanut Butter

-Fruit Cups -Chef Boyardee

-Oatmeal Single-Serve Packets -Canned Vegetables

2. Community Garden Worktimes: Wednesdays: 8:00 PM Saturdays: 8:00 AM

3. Don’t forget the baby shower for Madison and Cam!

Come by and enjoy a cup of homemade ice cream! Drive by or stop in and say “hello” Sunday, July 19th 1:00-3:00 PM

Registries can be found at Babylist.com It’s a Girl!!!

4. Administrative Council Meeting

Wednesday, July 22nd 6:15 PM

Romans 8:1-11

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ

Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not

do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who

walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their

minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 To set

the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s

law—indeed it cannot, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh; you are in the

Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to

him. 10 But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If

the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your

mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

BE THOU MY VISION

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. 2. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou and thou only, first in my heart, great God of heaven, my treasure thou art. 3. Great God of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever befall, still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

OPEN MY EYES, THAT I MAY SEE

1. Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me; place in my hands the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my eyes, illumine me, Spirit divine! 2. Open my ears, that I may hear voices of truth thou sendest clear; and while the wavenotes fall on my ear, everything false will disappear. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my ears, illumine me, Spirit divine! 3. Open my mouth, and let me bear gladly the warm truth everywhere; open my heart and let me prepare love with thy children thus to share. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my heart, illumine me, Spirit divine!