February 27, 2022

Moscow United Methodist Church Digital Bulletin February 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 Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service Office Hours This Week – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 1st 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2nd 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 3rd Vision Team: If anyone would like to participate in the Vision Team, please contact Pastor Lori. We need 5-6 people, the meetings will begin in March. Ash Wednesday: We will start our Lenten journey of repentance and inner renewal with a time of worship and reflection at 7:00 this Wednesday evening. Please come as we center ourselves spiritually for this holy period before Easter.

North Pocono Ministerium Presents “A Call to Lent”, every Thursday, March 10-April 7, at 7 PM. The first service will be Thursday, March 10th at St. Catherine’s, with the theme “A Call to Faith”. 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. The list of requested items will be out this week. *Food Pantry & Dry Goods Pantry – Most Needed Items of the week: Food Pantry- tuna and hot chocolate 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 still has a few openings for the Spring semester. Applications are also being accepted for the 2022-2023 school year. 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: Lord, you have called us to the mountaintop; People: Help us to look forward to where you would have us go. Leader: Help us to listen carefully to the words of your healing love; People: Open our minds and spirits to receive your glorious directions. Leader: Let us place our hope and trust in Christ, for He is

our Guide; People: Let us open our hearts to Christ, ready for the vision He places before us. *Opening Hymn UHM#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. Children’s Time Epistle Reading 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. Special Music Ashley Greening

Gospel Reading Matthew 17:1-9 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God. Message Dimensional Illumination *Hymn of Response TFWS#2173 “Shine, Jesus, Shine”

Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory, Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy, Send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light. Lord, the light of your love is shining In the midst of the darkness shining; Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us, Set us free by the truth you now bring us. Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory, Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy, Send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light. Lord, I come to your awesome presence From the shadows into your radiance; By the blood I may enter your brightness; Search me, try me, consume all my darkness. Shine, Jesus, shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory, Blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire. Flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy, Send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light. As we gaze on your kingly brightness, So our faces display your likeness; Ever changing from glory to glory, Mirrored here may our lives tell your story.

TIME OF PRAYER Circle of Prayer Churches: Lamar UMC, Lamar Winterstown UMC, Felton Hope Eternal UMC, Newport Pleasant Mount UMC, Pleasant Mount Ulysses UMC, Ulysses Zion Stone UMC, Halifax Mount Nittany UMC, State College Grazierville UMC, Tyrone Freeburg UMC, Freeburg Niles Valley UMC, Wellsboro Concerns - Corona Virus Pandemic, Our United Methodist Denomination, Our Country and Leaders, All Military Troops, Ken Reuther Family, Lucille Wombacker family, Carolyn Parise Family, Tom Griffith Family, Francis Terboss Family, Sara Havenstrite and family, Eric Schilling, Sandy Krisler, Frank Ciero, Sr., Dana Nelson and Family, Sharon DeLucy, Ray Roese, Darin Caputo, Unspoken Requests, Those Suffering in Silence Joys – Upcoming Lenten Season

Silent Prayer 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 Tithes and Offering The Week Ahead *Hymn of Sending Forth UMH#454 “Open My Eyes, That I May See” Open my eyes that I may see Glimpses of truth thou hast for me Place in my hands the wonderful key That shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for thee Ready my God thy will to see Open my eyes, illumine me Spirit divine.

Open my ears that I may hear Voices of truth thou sendest clear And while the wave notes far on my ear Everything false will disappear. Silently now I wait for thee Ready my God, thy will to see Open my ears illumine me Spirit divine. Open my mouth and let me bear Gladly the warm truth everywhere Open my heart and let me prepare Love with thy Children thus to share. Silently now I wait thee Ready my God thy will to see Open my heart illumine me Spirit Divine. *Benediction Postlude