March 27, 2022 UMCOR Sunday

Moscow United Methodist Church Digital Bulletin March 27, 2022

Prelude Ringing of the Bells Schedule This Week: Tuesday 6:15 p.m. Christian Connections Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Morning Crew NPM Lenten Service (DUMC) Thursday 7:00 p.m. Office Hours This Week - 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 29th 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 30th 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, March 31st Today is UMCOR Sunday: For more than 80 years, United Methodist Committee of Relief has been a key resource in times of crisis. UMCOR ensures that 100% of its gifts to specific projects help those who need it most. Core resources are available in multiple languages. Vision Team: If anyone would like to participate in the Vision Team, please contact Pastor Lori. The first meeting of the Vision Team is scheduled for this Wednesday, March 30th at 6:30.

North Pocono Ministerium Presents “A Call to Lent”, every Thursday, March 10-April 7, at 7 PM. This week the service is at Daleville UMC with the theme “A Call to Repentance”. Please join us as we explore different ideas each week leading up to Easter. You can find the full schedule on the bulletin board outside the offices, as well as on our website under the “Events” tab. CPR/AED Class: If anyone would like to sign up for a future class, please contact Jennie in the office, or add your name to the list on the table in the Narthex. *** MUMC DONATION STATION *** The MUMC Donation Station is located in the narthex of the church building: For the month of March we will be collecting items for the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter. After the collection is over, the Sunday School students will be invited to deliver the items. Their wish list can be found on the sign by the Donation Bins in the Narthex as well as on our website. They are always in need of unopened bags of dog and cat food, litter, and cleaning supplies. Special Call to Giving: Each cluster in the SWB District is collecting items that will be sent to Mission Central to prepare medical kits and send them on to the people of Ukraine. Our North Pocono Cluster Churches are collecting adhesive dressings through the month of March. Monetary donations can be made to the

United Methodist Committee on Relief’s (UMCOR) International Disaster Response and Recovery through Advance #982450. Soup Sale: Mark your calendars for a soup sale, April 8th from 3- 6pm. The soups for sale will be New England Clam Chowder for $8/quart, and Cream of Potato for $6/quart. Preorder your soup through Paulette Fotta. *Food Pantry & Dry Goods Pantry – Most Needed Items of the week: Food Pantry- cereal, soup, canned pasta, and tuna Dry Goods Pantry –any type of cleaning products, toothpaste, and toothbrushes Sunday School continues to meet Sundays at 9AM for all ages. The children meet in the sanctuary. The kids are having a blast playing games, making crafts, and even cooking! Contact Barbara Havenstrite for more information. The Adults are currently meeting in Pastor Lori’s office. The MUMC Learning Tree Preschool spots for the 2022-2023 school year are filling fast. If you or someone you know would like to enroll their child, applications as well as other information can be found on our website under the “Ministries” section.

MUMC Power of Prayer Network – If anyone is in need of prayer, please contact Cis Lyon, Pastor Lori, or Jennie, so your requests can be given to the Power of Prayer Network. Opening Prayer *Call to Worship Leader: Happy are those who sin is forgiven, whose hearts have been made pure; People: Happy are those in whose spirit there is no deceit, who have been washed clean. Leader: God is our shelter, God preserves us from trouble; People: God will instruct us and teach us the way we should go. Leader: People of God be glad in the Lord and rejoice; People: With grateful hearts, we gather to worship the Lord. *Opening Hymn UHM#340 “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy” Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore; Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love, and power. I will arise and go to Jesus; He will embrace me with his arms; In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms.

Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome, God's free bounty glorify; true belief and true repentance, every grace that brings you nigh. I will arise and go to Jesus; He will embrace me with his arms; In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms. Come, ye weary, heavy laden, lost and ruined by the fall; if you tarry till you're better, you will never come at all. I will arise and go to Jesus; He will embrace me with his arms; In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms. Let not conscience make you linger, nor of fitness fondly dream; all the fitness he requireth is to feel your need of him. I will arise and go to Jesus; He will embrace me with his arms; In the arms of my dear Savior, O there are ten thousand charms.

Children’s Time Special Music Carol Hess Gospel Reading Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable: Luke 15:11-32 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him. “The son said to him,

‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. “Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God. Message Reverend Robert Wood Prayer of Confession:

O God, we confess that we are an impatient and selfish people. When you offer us the promise of a new future, we complain that you don’t get there fast enough. When you provide for our needs, we complain that it isn’t enough. Forgive our sinful ways. Teach us to be patient. Guide us to be responsible and humble. As we turn ourselves around and look to the cross, let us experience your grace and your gift of new life. Silent Confession Words of Assurance *Hymn of Response UMH#400 “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Come, thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, Sung by flaming tongues above. Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, Mount of thy redeeming love Here I raise mine Ebenezer; Hither by thy help I’m come; And I hope, by thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God, He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed his precious blood. O to grace how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be! Let thy goodness, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to thee. Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I love; Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, Seal it for thy courts above. TIME OF PRAYER Circle of Prayer Churches: Bower Memorial UMC, Berwick Asbury UMC, Harrisonville First UMC, Blossburg Bethany UMC, Bethany Chambers Hill UMC, Harrisburg Fairmount UMC, York Centre UMC, Osceola Mills Laurel Grove UMC, Spring Run Strawbridge Kedron UMC, Hughesville Oakville UMC, Shippensburg Concerns- Corona Virus Pandemic, Our United Methodist Denomination, Our Country and Leaders, All Military Troops, War in Ukraine, Geoff Walker, Helen Jolly, Eric Schilling, Sandy Krisler, Frank Ciero, Sr., Sandy Avery, Dominic Acalotto Family,

Susan Santarsiero, Barbara McCullough, Dana Nelson and Family, Alice Roese, Unspoken Requests, Those Suffering in Silence Joys – Pastoral Prayer 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, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Weekly Reminders “Freely, Freely” UMH#389 Tithes and Offering *Hymn of Sending Forth God forgave my sin in Jesus’ name, I’ve been born again in Jesus’ name, And in Jesus’ name I come to you, To share his love as he told me to.

He said, “Freely, freely you have received, Freely, freely give. Go in my name and because you believe, Others will know that I live” All power is given in Jesus’ name, In earth and heaven in Jesus’ name, And in Jesus’ name I come you to, To share his power as he told me to. He said, “Freely, freely you have received, Freely, freely give. Go in my name and because you believe, Others will know that I live” *Benediction Postlude