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Welcome to our liturgist, Jeff Shaver, and to Mariana Peña, who is singing with Jason Wright today. And say hello to the rest of our music team, Gerald Roberts (our director of music) on Keyboard, and Annie Ingram playing the trumpet. ....................

Scripture from Matthew 14:22-33....................

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD! ....................

Sources in today's service:

Poem "The Sails Were Spilling Wind", from BORROWED LIGHT, by Thomas H. Troeger.

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Say hello to our music team, Gerald Roberts (our director of music) on Keyboard, Annie Ingram playing the trumpet, and Jason Wright singing ....................

From Matthew 14:13-21....................

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD! ....................

Sources in today's service:

The People's New Testament Commentary, by Boring and Craddock. Pg. 55, Kindle Edition.

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Say hello to our music team, Gerald Roberts (our director of music) on Keyboard, Annie Ingram playing the trumpet, and Jason Wright singing ....................

From Matthew 13:44-46, 51-52....................

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD! ....................

Sources in today's service:

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/kingdom_of_heaven_(Gospel_of_Matthew)#cite_note-1

WISHFUL THINKING: A SEEKER'S ABC. By Frederick Buechner, pg 60. HarperOne, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 1999.

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Welcome to our liturgist, Joe Medley. And also, day hello to our music team, Gerald Roberts, our director of music, on Keyboard, Annie Ingram playing the trumpet, and Jason Wright singing ....................

From Romans 8:26-28, 31-39....................

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD! ....................

Sources in today's service: The People's New Testament Commentary. By M. Eugene Boring and Fred B. Craddock, pg. 484....................

BORROWED LIGHT: HYMN TEXTS, PRAYERS, AND POEMS, Thomas H. Trigger, Oxford University Press, 1994. pg 84.

Welcome again to Jason Wright, Teacher of Fine Arts at Piedmont High School, & Assoc. Dir. of Worship Arts at First United Methodist Church in Anniston, AL. He is joining his voice to Gerald Roberts' Keyboard, and Annie Ingram's trumpet....................

From Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23....................

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD! ....................

Sources in today's service:

https://iamcountryside.com/growing/soil-health-what-makes-good-soil/)....................

BORROWED LIGHT: HYMN TEXTS, PRAYERS, AND POEMS, Thomas H. Trigger, Oxford University Press, 1994. pg 151.

From Mark 4:26-29, "Sowing Seeds"

................................................THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD!....................

Sources in today's service:

Craddock, Fred B.; Boring, M. Eugene. The People's New Testament Commentary (p. 116). Westminster John Knox Press. Kindle Edition.

Eugene Peterson, Leadership, Vol. 8, no. 4

Welcome to Carol Hutchinson, serving as our liturgists today! And also Welcome Jason Wright, Teacher of Fine Arts at Piedmont High School, & Assoc. Dir. of Worship Arts at First United Methodist Church in Anniston, AL.

From Matthew 11:25-30, "Come to Me"

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion:

Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born.

ALL: CHRIST DIED.

Leader: Christ was raised.

ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN.

Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD!

Sources in today's service:

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/religion/8-facts-about-george-washington-and-religion/

The Heart of Christ, by Thomas Goodwin, Kindle Edition, Location 336 (24%), and 377 (27%) of 1413.

Welcome to Jeff Shaver, serving as our liturgists today!

From Luke 15:11-32, "What Kind of Father"

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion: Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born. ALL: CHRIST DIED. Leader: Christ was raised. ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN. Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD!.........................................................

Sources in today's service: The People's New Testament Commentary, Craddock & Boring, pgs. 230, 232.

Welcome to Cami Mckenzie, serving as our liturgists today!

From Romans 5:1-8, we hear a message of hope in a troubled world.

THE LITANY OF REMEMBRANCE following communion: Leader: By partaking in this meal, we remember that Christ was born. ALL: CHRIST DIED. Leader: Christ was raised. ALL: CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN. Leader: This is the mystery of our faith. ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD!.........................................................

Sources in today's service: The People's New Testament Commentary, Craddock & Boring, pgs. 473-474.

Guest, Joe Medley, Sports Journalist with the Anniston Star, and Elder and Vice Moderator of First Christian Church in Anniston, AL brings you a message of inspiration. During a time when it seems like many leaders in our world are only out to help themselves, Joe will tell you of a great man in our community who put it all on the line to help those whom he was charged to lead.