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THE PEOPLE OF GOD AT WORSHIP
McHenry United Methodist Church
Sunday, March 7, 2010                                           _    11:00 A.M.
3rd SUNDAY IN LENT

Lillian Reckner, organist                           Eddie Bittinger, pianist
Rev. Dr. Kevin L. Gooding, pastor

Preparing to Hear the Word
PRELUDE

*PROCESSIONAL/THE COMING OF THE LIGHT OF GOD
                                     “This is the Day (2x)” (Praise Book, pg. 1)

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Please register your attendance on
the pads provided in the pews.

*CALL TO PRAISE
Jesus said, "Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you."
LORD, AS WE SEARCH NOW, LET US FIND YOU.
As we knock, open the door to us.
LET US KNOW YOU, THAT WE MAY PRAISE YOU;
And love you, that we may serve you.

*HYMN OF PRAISE   “Open My Eyes That I May See”  UMH 454

*OPENING PRAYER
HOLY GOD, WE COME ASKING FOR MORE OF YOUR SPIRIT IN OUR LIVES, WE COME SEEKING A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR WILL, WE COME KNOCKING FOR DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN, WE COME, KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS MORE READY TO GIVE THAN WE ARE TO RECEIVE. WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN!


Praying and Proclaiming the Word

PRAYING TOGETHER
Sharing Our Joys and Concerns
Prayer Chorus   “On Eagle’s Wings”                        UMH 143
Moments of Silent Prayer
The Prayers of God’s People
The Lord’s Prayer

MOMENTS WITH OUR CHILDREN

ANTHEM

*GOSPEL READING           Luke 11:5-13                           NT p. 65
The Word of God for the People of God.
THANKS BE TO GOD FOR THE LIVING WORD.

*HYMN    “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart”    UMH 500
The children may be excused to children’s church
During the last verse of this hymn.

SERMON         “A Praying People: For What?”    Rev. Gooding
“For everyone who asks receives, and everyone
who searches finds, and for everyone who
knocks, the door will be opened.” (Luke 11:10)

Responding to the Word
WORSHIPING GOD WITH OUR GIFTS
Invitation
Weekly Offering
Offertory
*Doxology                                                               UMH 94
*Prayer of Dedication

*CLOSING HYMN:   “Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus”      UMH 462

Taking the Word into the World

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE
Shalom to you now, shalom my friends.
May God’s full mercies bless you, my friends.
In all you living and through your loving,
Christ be your shalom, Christ be your shalom.

*GOING FORTH
*Indicates, please stand if able.

WELCOME TO WORSHIP AT McHENRY UMC!
We are delighted that you are here as we worship our God!

THIS WEEK @ McHENRY UMC
Today, Noon……………………March Fellowship Luncheon
Wednesday, 7:00 pm……………..……………Choir Practice
Sunday, 9:30 am.……..……………....………..Sunday School
Sunday, 10:30 am…………………..Prayer and Communion
Sunday, 11:00 am.………………………...…………….Worship
“A Praying People: For Someone Else?” (John 17:1-19)
Sunday, Noon………………………………...Trustees Meeting

Our Weekly Bible Study will be taking the rest of the winter off and heading for warmer climes. We will resume on Tuesday, April 6.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Mike Schroyer will be walking in the Walk for Hospice this coming April and is accepting sponsors. You can talk to Mike at church or call him at 301-501-5466.


SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THIS WEEK:
Monday…..……………..........................................Romans 12:1-8
Tuesday...…………………………………………..Romans 12:14-21
Wednesday……...………………………...............Romans 13:8-14
Thursday………………………..…………………..Matthew 5:13-16
Friday….……………………………………………Philippians 1:3-11
Saturday...……………………………………………….John 17:1-11
Sunday………………………………………...............John 17:12-19

PRAYER LIST

Matt, Eli, & Ian Eggleston                                      Michaele Puliti                                          
Steve & Stephanie & Family                   Harold & Don Hoecker
Demetrius Holloway                                               Manley family
Mary Foley & Daughter                    Edith & Rev. Warren Friend
Maria Pickrel                                                     Kenneth Reckard                                                   William Oester                                                            Bud Golden                                                                
Norma, Bill & Michelle                                             Dana Durniel
Dennis Hula                                                                    Gary Iden
Frankie Jo Fore                                                        Edith (Bill) Jack                                            Little Caleb                                                             Ron Fitzpatrick                                              Mike Fulmer, Sr.                                                          Kitty Savage                                                               
Bob & Arnetta Conrad                              Ronald Meadows, Jr.
Lengue Abiya                                                             Wyatt Smith
Theo & Joseph Dabuche                                         Sylvia Green
Floyd Baker                                                              Norma Hesen
Frances Paugh                                                            Susan Case

Our Church, Our Pastor, and Our Leaders
Our Local, State, and Federal Governments
All those serving in our Armed Forces
The People of Haiti & Chile

ON PRAYER: “Prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can’t imagine. To be more grateful, more able to see the good in what you have been given instead of always grieving for what might have been. People who are in the habit of praying…know that when a prayer is answered, it is never in a way that you expect.”—Kathleen Norris, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, pp. 60-61

McHENRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
477 Mosser Rd., McHenry, MD 21541
301-387-9059/ 301-334-8585
mchenryumc@gmail.com/www.mumchurch.net