Let Us Worship!
January 24th, 2021
Welcome to worship at OLUMC!
Discipleship and Membership Series
Welcome
Rev. Mara Morhouse
Passing the Digital Peace
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Offer the Peace of Christ to one another!
Call to Worship
Written by Gretchen Toler-Debus
Jesus invites us to follow him…
To live and love as he lived and loved
Will we dare to follow Jesus
And risk being transformed along the way?
The way of discipleship calls us to…
Draw close to God in worship and prayer
Seek out timeless wisdom in scripture
Love more fully as we serve and give
Invite others to journey alongside us
Wherever Jesus leads us, we will not be the same.
Will we dare to follow?
Sing With Us
TFWS #2242 "Walk With Me" Sung by Rev. Rachel and Rev. Mara; Play by Thiago X. Nascimento
Psalter
Psalm 19
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
19 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
4 Their voicegoes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
8 the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;
the rules of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb.
11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can discern his errors?
Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;
let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Scripture
Mark 2:1-12
2 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. 5 And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7 “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8 And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” 12 And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Sermon
Rev. Mike Baughman
Prayer
Gretchen Toler-Debus
Offering Invitation
Chuck Aaron
Offertory
How Great Thou Art, Sung by Alyssa Robinson, Played by Thiago X. Nascimento
Benediction
Rev. Mike Baughman
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