Welcome – Pastor Gayle
Greeting:
L: The Good Shepherd comes that we may have life.
All: And have it abundantly!
Hymn – The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want – UMH 136
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want.
He makes me down to lie in pastures green;
he leadeth me the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again, and me to walk doth make.
Within the paths of righteousness,
e’en for his own name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill; for thou art with me,
and thy rod and staff me comfort still.
My table thou hast furnished in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint, and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life shall surely follow me;
and in God’s house for ever more, my dwelling place shall me.
Opening Prayer:
Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us, for we need you to help us find our way. Gentle Shepherd, come and feed us, for we need your strength from day to day. There’s no other we can turn to who can help us face another day. Gentle Shepherd, come and lead us for we need you to help us find our way. Amen (Gloria Gaither)
Scripture Reading – John 10:11-18
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.”
Message – Pastor Gayle
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Prayer of Confession – UMH 12
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.
Pastor:
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Congregation: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
All: Glory to God. Amen.
Passing the Peace of Christ – The peace of Christ be with you.
Offering: We offer our gifts of time, resources, abilities
Doxology – UMH 95
Holy Communion:
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in pace with one another.
The Great Thanksgiving – UMH 13
Pastor: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Pastor: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor: …We praise your name and join their unending hymn:
People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor: …As we proclaim the mystery of faith
People: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
The Lord’s Prayer – UMH 895
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.
Prayer of Thanksgiving:
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.
Announcements
Hymn – The Lord Bless and Keep You – TFWS 2280
The Lord bless and keep you, the Lord make his face to shine on you
and be gracious, gracious.
The Lord bless and keep you, the Lord lift his countenance on you
and give peace, give you peace. Shalom. Shalom.
Benediction
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Please pray for: Mary, Erin and family, Laura, Millie, Kyle, Gordon and Joan, Judy S., Israel, Palestinans, Barbara H., Bob and Kathy, Wenona, Mark Y., Requests will be kept on the list for 4 weeks and then may be re-submitted. Place prayer cards in offering plate or email cokesburyumc@gmail.com
Happening Today
Simplified Accountable Structure Town Hall meeting today following worship
Small Group Study: Pauses for Pentecost
Weekend food packing in fellowship hall
This Week at Cokesbury
English Language class Saturdays at 10am through April 27th
Choir practice Saturdays at 12 noon adults. 1pm children.
Friday with Friends 11am in the Narthex
Coming up:
Community Garden: garden plots for seasonal lease. $15/plot/growing season. CommunityGarden@cokesburyumc.church
Monthly
Men’s Breakfast First Saturday of Month 8:30am
Welcome Table Potluck every second Sunday at 11:30 am.
Friday with Friends every Third Friday at 11 am. Bring a bag lunch. Food and conversation.
Connect with Cokesbury:
703.494.5400
Gmail : CokesburyUMC@gmail.com
Website : CokesburyUMC.church
Facebook : facebook.com/cokesburywoodbridge
YouTube : youtube.com/@cokesburyumcwoodbridge5242
Instagram : instagram.com/cokesburyumc_woodbridge/
Contact Pastor Gayle: 703.980.1029. Mondays are her sabbath.