Welcome
Call to Worship:
L: Let your whole being bless the Lord.
All: Let everything inside me bless God’s holy name!
L: Never forget all God’s good deeds.
All: God heals us and saves our lives. God crowns us with faithful love and compassion and satisfies us with plenty of good things.
L: All God’s creatures, bless the Lord!
All: Everywhere, all the time, let my whole being bless the Lord!
Favorite Hymns
Our Offering to God – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Prayer:
Let us pray together: Holy God, enlighten us through your Word. Open our eyes to see your presence in the scriptures; open our ears to hear its reading this morning and open our hearts to receive you in this time of worship. Amen.
Scripture Reading – Isaiah 55:6-9
Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Message – “God’s Thoughts and Ways”
Prayers of the People
Pastor: Lord, we confess our day to day failure to be truly human.
All: Lord, we confess to you.
P: Lord, we confess that we often fail to love with all we have and are, often because we do not fully understand what loving means, often because we are afraid of risking ourselves.
All: Lord, we confess to you.
P: Lord, we cut ourselves off from each other and we erect barriers of division.
All: Lord, we confess to you.
P: Lord, we confess that my silence and ill-considered word
All: We have built up walls of prejudice.
P: Lord, we confess that my selfishness and lack of sympathy.
All: We have stifled generosity and left little time for others.
P: Holy Spirit, speak to us. Help us listen to your word of forgiveness, for we are very deaf. Come, fill this moment and free us from sin.
All: Amen
Passing the Peace – May the peace of Christ be with you.
Holy Communion
The Great Thanksgiving – UMH 9
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.
Sharing the Bread and Cup – All are invited to the Lord’s table to receive the bread (the body of Christ, the Bread of heaven) and the cup (the blood of Christ, the cup of salvation).
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Prayer List: Jewell family, Kyle, Laura, Gloria, Ramona Gail, Dorton family, Nalo, Fred and Beth W., Sather family, Wenona, Mary J., Mark Y., Fizer family, Marian I., Al. Requests will be kept on the list for 4 weeks and then may be re-submitted.
The Way of Discipleship
Growing in Grace through study:
Sundays following worship beginning September 17th. Groups for children, youth, and adults
Growing in Grace through fellowship
Welcome Table every Second Sunday 11:30 am.
Growing in Grace through praying for others.
Prayer Group meets Wednesdays at 5:30pm in the sanctuary. Please send or share prayer concerns with Pastor Gayle.
Growing in Grace through service:
A.C.T.S Food Pantry: Canned vegetables 15 oz size, low sodium canned vegetables, snack items, individually packed, Pop-top canned prepared meals and single serve prepared food, laundry detergent, dish detergent, cleaning supplies in general, toiletries and personal hygiene items, size 4T pull-ups, size 6 diapers, dog food.
Featherstone School: School supplies
Growing in Grace through worship.
Weekly service Sundays at 10am.
Choir practice on Saturdays at 1pm. Children at 2:30 pm
Front Porch Sitting on Wednesdays at 5:30pm outside the sanctuary entrance.
“Anne and Emmett”, an imaginary conversation between Anne Frank and Emmitt Till in a one-act play, August 12th 7pm. Congregation Ner Shalom 14010 Spriggs Rd, Dale City, VA 22193. We will be carpooling from Cokesbury
English Language Ministry Saturdays at 11am Sept. 9-Oct 28
Community Garden Update: Come and see the fruit!
United Methodist Men meeting July 23rd following worship.
Signature Ministry team meeting July 30th following worship.
Connect with Cokesbury:
703.494.5400
Gmail : CokesburyUMC@gmail.com
Website : CokesburyUMC.church
Facebook : facebook.com/cokesburywoodbridge
Instagram : instagram.com/cokesburyumc_woodbridge/