Welcome to Marvell United Methodist Church Thank you for sharing your Sunday worship with us. August 14, 2022 ----- Our Mission: Empowering the generations to serve Christ. ----- Prelude ----- Lighting of the Candles ----- Greeting ----- Call to Worship This is the Day ----- This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord hath made, that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice, let us rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day, this is the day that the Lord hath made. ----- Announcements ----- service on facebook now The food give away will be Friday at 8:30 a.m. Help is needed unloading the truck & bagging on Wednesday & at the give away on Friday. ----- The Lay Leadership (Nominations) Committee will meet tonight at 6 p.m. Members are: Anna & Kevin Davison, Nina Guest, Becky Hall, Bill Heidelberger, Debra Hosey, Emily Johnson, Jennifer King, Kimberly King, Jody Lambert, Kenneth Lee, and Laura Jill Shores ----- We need to schedule a PPR & Finance Meeting. A memorial service will be held for Rev. Wayne Clark on August 20 at Cornerstone UMC in Jonesboro. ----- Church Birthday will be September 11. Please help Nina update the prayer list. ----- Hymn of Praise God of the Ages - Page 698 Please Stand as We Sing ----- God of the ages, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty all the starry band of shining worlds in splendor through the skies, our grateful songs before thy throne arise. ----- Thy love divine hath led us in the past; in this free land with thee our lot is cast; be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way. ----- Refresh thy people on their toilsome way; lead us from night to never-ending day; fill all our lives with love and grace divine, and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine. ----- Liturgy Read together in an attitude of prayer Please all stand and join in. ----- Most Gracious God, we again greet you in this sacred space. We have come because we need to be reminded of your love and expectations for our living. ----- We are like the vine you planted, watered, and protected. We know in our hearts that we need, want, and desire your presence in our lives. ----- So we come in prayer and listen for your Word to speak to our hearts and reveal your desires for us again. Amen. ----- Gloria Patri - Page 70 Please Stand as We sing ----- Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: World without end. Amen. Amen. ----- Children's Time ----- This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. ----- Children's Time ----- Joys and Concerns ----- Prayer Requests ----- Ukraine & Russia Those with Covid Students, Teachers, Administrators Debbie Hayes Brenda Woodyard Lannie Travis ----- Clay Young Shirley Young David Treadaway Nathan Patterson Janet Howell Gloria Griffith ----- Dale Webster Wanda Snyder Don Todd Robbie Lassiter Shirley Burks Carolyn Sue Hill Campbell ----- Jerry & Teresa George Bubba & Anita Corder Glen Hosey Mackie Furr Jimmy Oliphant Carolyn Wilkinson ----- Meri Hendrix McDowell Kenneth Guest Jerry Kelly Alan & Pam Wildschuetz Fern King Williams Bonnie & Curtis Pettie ----- John Rial Pam Catlett Garrett Howard Magnolia, Adrienne & Ryan Doughty Judy Bellamy & Debbie Gordon Dale Tyner ----- Matt Oxner Agnes & Earl Whitson Lee Scarbrough Winston Turner Hazel Storey Louis Aycock ----- Jim & Theda Bennett Berkley Leonard Laurel Coker-Catlett & Sherry Lynn Kemmer Helen Harper Gayle Gatlin Linda Moton ----- Katy Jacks Charles & Barbara Robinson Rebecca Ferguson Hewitt Perkins Becky Matte Russell Lee ----- Mary Bloesch Karen Reed Paul Adler Reed Williams Ian Miller Miranda Raca ----- Chance Adams Jim Gateway Bubba & Jamie Morris Linda McDade & Alex Lee The Family of Scottie Schaffhauser ----- Prayers of Thanksgiving ----- Lee Scarbrough enjoys Pastor Kenny’s writings. She is doing well!! She sends her love & prayers. ----- Fern King Williams is doing much better. Clay, Shannon, Allie & Cole Young are Southeast District Farm Family of the Year. ----- Morning Prayer Pastor Kenny ----- 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. ---- Our Offering ----- The Doxology - Page 95 ----- Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. ----- Anthem ----- Scripture Isaiah 5:1-7 ----- I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. Isaiah 5:1 ----- He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit. Isaiah 5:2 ----- “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. Isaiah 5:3 ----- What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? When I looked for good grapes, why did it yield only bad? Isaiah 5:4 ----- Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. Isaiah 5:5 ----- I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.” Isaiah 5:6 ----- The vineyard of the Lord Almighty is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the vines he delighted in. And he looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of distress. Isaiah 5:7 ----- Message Vineyard of the Lord Pastor Kenny Lee ----- Hymn of Invitation Whispering Hope - Cokesbury Page 245 Please stand as We Singv ----- Like the faint dawn of the morning, like the sweet freshness of dew, comes the dear whisper of Jesus, comforting, tender, and true. Darkness gives way to the sunlight, while His voice falls on my ear; seasons of heaven’s refreshing, call to new gladness and cheer. ----- Whispering hope, like the song of the angels, Jesus, thy love, is sweet music to me. ----- Singing the song of forgiveness softly, I hear in my soul, Jesus has conquered forever sin with its fearful control. Whispering courage for warfare, bending thine ear when I pray; glorious, risen Redeemer, O how I praise Thee today! ----- Whispering hope, like the song of the angels, Jesus, thy love, is sweet music to me. ----- Hope is an anchor to keep us, holding both steadfast and sure; hope brings a wonderful cleansing, thru His blood, making us pure. Whispering hope of His coming, how my heart thrills at His Word! O to be watching and waiting, ready to welcome the Lord! ----- Whispering hope, like the song of the angels, Jesus, thy love, is sweet music to me. ----- Benediction ----- Closing Response Blest Be the Tie that Binds - Page 557 Please stand as We Sing ----- Blest be the tie that binds our heart in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. ----- Thank you for worshiping with us at the Marvell United Methodist Church Please join us each Sunday morning s-----