Worship Greetings

Zoom Invitation and Order of Worship for Sunday August 14, 2022
_______________________________________

Dear Friends of Pioneer,

REMINDER: Worship is offered in the Sanctuary and on zoom .

Pastor Ginger Foster is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Pioneer UMC - Sunday Morning Worship
Time: August 14, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting online
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85849977401

Meeting ID: 858 4997 7401

One tap mobile
+16699009128,,85849977401# US (San Jose)

Dial by phone
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 858 4997 7401
============================================================

PIONEER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH August 14, 2022 at 10:00 AM
10th Sunday after Pentecost

Hybrid worship with us again TODAY!
You can worship in-person in the sanctuary or online on Zoom.

**On August 14th join the service online with this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85849977401
Or join by phone. Dial 1-(669)-900-9128 and enter the Meeting ID#.
Meeting ID#: 858 4997 7401
Questions? Call the office @ (530) 885-4196 or
Pastor Ginger @ (559) 676-8719.

Order of Worship
Bells of PentecostPrelude Qi Qing Thorp, Pianist

Words of Welcome Pastor Ginger Foster
Opening Hymns “I Love You, Lord” #2068 (black hymnal)
Sing twice
“I Surrender All” #354 (red hymnal)
Vs. 1 & 2

Responsive Call to Worship Glen Cleveland, Liturgist
Leader: In the name of God, our Creator, come one, come all!

People: We gather together as God’s beloved ones.

Leader: We unite as members of one body through love. Let us receive God’s love with joy and thanksgiving.

All: We give thanks for the gift of love through our worship and praise.

Leader: God’s love renews us, transforms us, and makes us whole. With courage and boldness, may we love one another as God loves us. Amen.

Hymn “I Surrender All” #354 (red hymnal)
Vs. 3 & 4

Offering Our Gifts & Lives to God
Invitation to Give
Offertory Qi Qing Thorp, Pianist
   Doxology    “Praise God, from Whom #95 (red hymnal)
All Blessings Flow” Sing once

Offering Our Prayers to God Sharing Our Joys and Concerns:
Concerns: Lord in Your Mercy “Hear our Prayers”
Joys:    In Grateful Praise “Thanks be to God”
Time of Personal Prayer Dave Hogge, Guitarist
Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Preparation “Here I Am, Lord” #593 (red hymnal)
Vs. 1 & 2

Scripture Reading Romans 12: 9-18 (The Message)
Mark 9: 33-35 (NRSV) Glen Cleveland, Liturgist
Message “Let Love Be – Annual Conference Information
& Reflections (Part 2)”
“Of Donkeys, Bishops and the “United” Methodist Church”
Clergy Member Ginger Foster
In the opening portion of her sermon, “Does That Have Anything To Do With Donkeys?” Bishop Sally Dyck stated “Ministry has some things in common with donkeys—play with me here.” The Bishop told of meeting a five-year-old little girl who was obsessed with what she would be when she grew up. The girl asked Bishop Dyck what she did and the Bishop replied that she was a minister. Seeing the look on the little one’s face, Bishop Dyck asked, “Do you know what that is?” The little girl knew something about Bible stories, baby Jesus and so on; having been introduced to the stories through pictures. She remembered a picture of Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus fleeing to Egypt on a donkey. So the girl asked, “Does that have anything to do with donkeys?”

Our interim Bishop, Sally Dyck revealed that in her retirement she enjoys reviewing books. One was called “The Mouth of the Donkey,” a book about animals in the Old Testament (Hebrew Scriptures). Her favorite chapter was about donkeys. There are 145 references to donkeys in Hebrew Scriptures. She went on to describe many times donkeys were ridden in the Bible, including Jesus riding into Jerusalem. “Donkeys get people somewhere with God’s direction. The donkey doesn’t know where it is going. We don’t know where we are going…all of the time.. Riding a donkey is a good metaphor for ministry.” And so, “The donkey is the metaphor for following the direction of God …riding the donkey is for everyone who wants to follow Jesus! ALL are called to the service of ALL! … Ride the donkey!”
|Excerpts from a sermon by Bishop Sally Dyck| Preached at
ACS 2022 Ordination/Commissioning Service | Sunday, June 12th, 2022|

Closing Hymn “They’ll Know We Are Christians #2223 (black hymnal)
By Our Love” Vs. 1, 3 & 4

Unison Benediction Glen Cleveland, Liturgist

Remember one of the secrets of success according to Jesus: “If you want to feel great, be willing to come last and to gladly serve others.”

May God give you the faith and love to put this into practice and the humility to permit others to do the same for you. Depart from this house of worship with restored hopes and renewed enthusiasm. And the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, Will be with you, today and evermore. Amen.
|Inspired by Mark 9: 33-37 |By Bruce Prewer| Posted on
http://www.bruceprewer.com/|

Pioneer United Methodist Church

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

1338 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603

Worship Greetings

Zoom Invitation and Order of Worship for Sunday August 14, 2022
_______________________________________

Remember one of the secrets of success according to Jesus: “If you want to feel great, be willing to come last and to gladly serve others.”

Also on re-worship.blogspot.com/2012/09/benediction-mark-9.html |

Pioneer United Methodist Church

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors

1338 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603

Worship Greetings

Zoom Invitation and Order of Worship for Sunday August 14, 2022 _______________________________________

Remember one of the secrets of success according to Jesus: “If you want to feel great, be willing to come last and to gladly serve others.”

Also on re-worship.blogspot.com/2012/09/benediction-mark-9.html |

Zoom Invitation and Order of Worship for Sunday August 14, 2022
_______________________________________