Worship Service Bulletin, January 30, 2022

Moscow United Methodist Church Digital Bulletin

Prelude Ringing of the Bells Schedule This Week: Wednesday 9:00 a.m. Wednesday Morning Crew Office Hours This Week – 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 31st 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2nd 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 3rd Christian Connections Virtual Bible Discussion Group will meet again Tuesday evening, February 8th at 6:15. CPR/AED Class: We will be hosting a CPR class this Saturday, February 5 from 8am-12pm. There are still a few spots open for this class, if you would like to join please contact Jennie at [email protected] or (570)903-1222. *** MUMC DONATION STATION ***

The MUMC Donation Station is located in the narthex of the church building: For the month of February we will be collecting items for the North Pocono Food Pantry and Dry Goods Pantry. Their requested items are: Pasta, pasta sauce, soup, tuna, canned pasta, dish soap, cleaning products, and tissues *Food Pantry & Dry Goods Pantry – Most Needed Items of the week: Food Pantry- Rice A Roni, diced tomatoes, ketchup, salad dressing 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. Souper Bowl Sunday, February 13th – We will be supporting the nationwide youth movement of the “Souper Bowl of Caring” by collecting items for the food pantry and taking a special collection. There will be a special bin to place donations in that Sunday. The “Souper Bowl of Caring” was

started to help restock neighborhood food pantry shelves after the holidays. Also, we will have a time of “Soup Fellowship” for our congregation at the conclusion of worship. If you would like to make a soup to share, please sign up on the Soup List in the narthex. Following this soup fellowship we will be hosting a drive through donation for the North Pocono Food Pantry and Dry Goods Pantry from 12-2pm. Please spread the word so we can help these wonderful organizations stock their shelves! February Newsletter: If anyone has any articles or information they would like shared in our February Newsletter, please have them submitted to the office no later than Sunday, February 6th. 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: All of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ our Lord; People: It is God who gives us the ability to stand firm. Leader: God has commissioned us to Christian service; People: God has identified us as His own, equipping us for faithful ministry. Leader: We are filled with the Holy Spirit to be active examples of God’s love; People: May our deeds reveal the truth of hope that faith provides. *Opening Hymn UMH#578 “God of Love and God of Power” God of love and God of power, grant us in this burning hour grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. We are not the first to be banished by our fears from thee; give us courage, let us hear heaven's trumpets ringing clear. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.

All our lives belong to thee, thou our final loyalty; slaves are we whene'er we share that devotion anywhere. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. God of love and God of power, make us worthy of this hour; offering lives if it's thy will, keeping free our spirits still. God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour. Children’s Time Old Testament Reading Jeremiah 1:4-10 The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.”

Special Music Carol Hess Gospel Reading Luke 4:21-30 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked. Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’” “Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed only Naaman the Syrian.” All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. Leader: The Word of God for the people of God. People: Thanks be to God. Message Release From Resistance *Hymn of Response UHM#261 “Lord of the Dance”

I danced in the morning when the world was begun, I dance in the moon and the stars and the sun, I came down from Heaven and I danced on earth, At Bethlehem I had my birth. \"Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he, \"And I'll lead you all wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the dance,\" said he. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me. I danced for the fishermen for James and John, They came to me and the dance went on. \"Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he, \"And I'll lead you all wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the dance,\" said he. I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame, The Holy people said it was a shame. They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high, And they left me there on a cross to die. \"Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he, \"And I'll lead you all wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the dance,\" said he.

I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black, It's hard who dance with the devil on your back. They buried my body and they thought I'd gone, But I am the dance and I still go on. \"Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he, \"And I'll lead you all wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the dance,\" said he. They cut me down and I leapt up high. \"I am the life that'll never, never die I'll live in you if you'll live in me. I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he. \"Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the dance,\" said he, \"And I'll lead you all wherever you may be, And I'll lead you all in the dance,\" said he. TIME OF PRAYER Circle of Prayer Churches: Town Hill UMC, Shickshinny Throop UMC, Throop Starview UMC, Mount Wolf Doylesburg UMC, Doylesburg Keeneyville UMC, Middlebury Center *St. John’s UMC, Grantville *Kwellu UMC, Kwellu - Sierra Leone Pine Grove UMC, Mifflintown

Salona UMC, Mill Hall First UMC, Hanover Warfordsburg UMC, Warfordsburg Concerns - Corona Virus Pandemic, Our United Methodist Denomination, Our Country and Leaders, All Military Troops, Eric Schilling, Nicole Haroldson, James Bradshaw, Ken Reuther Family, Larry Napolitano family, Carolyn Parise Family, Tom Griffith Family, Frank Ciero, Sr., Dana Nelson and Family, Sharon DeLucy, Ray Roese, Sandy Herman, Bonnie Pastorie, Darin Caputo, Unspoken Requests, Those Suffering in Silence Joys – 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#374 “Standing on the Promises (v 1 & 2)” Standing on the promises of Christ my King, through eternal ages let his praises ring; glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail, by the living Word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior; standing, standing, I'm standing on the promises of God. *Benediction Postlude