People: We lift them up to the Lord.

SUNDAY - January 2nd, 2011

Our Presence, Gifts, and Service
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2ND
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
 SUNDAY SCHOOL AT 9:30 AM
 MORNING WORSHIP AT 11:00 AM
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing … And so,
with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we
praise your name and join their unending hymn: MONDAY, JANUARY 3RD
 OFFICE HOURS 12 PM - 5 PM
ALL: Holy , holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the TUESDAY, JANUARY 4TH
highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.  OFFICE HOURS 12 PM - 5 PM
Hosanna in the highest.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TH
Leader: Holy are you and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ …  OFFICE HOURS 1 PM - 8 PM
in union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the  HAND BELL CHOIR 5:45 PM
mystery of faith.  CHOIR PRACTICE 6:45 PM

ALL: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come THURSDAY, JANUARY 6TH
again.  THE EPIPHANY
 OFFICE HOURS 2 PM - 5 PM
Leader: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here,…
Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your
holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, God’s Tithes and Our Gifts
now and for ever.
Christmas Eve
Attendance 46
ALL: Amen. Regular Budget. 500.00
Designated Giving 0.00
Total Giving 500.00

Special Offering
For those who would like to contribute to the United
Methodist Student Day Fund which provides
scholarships and loans to United Methodist
students, please fill out the brochure and place in
the offering plate in the next two weeks (This
offering usually occurs during advent but was
‘snowed out’).
 Covenant Renewal Service
PROCLAMATION
Leader: Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Christian life is
redeemed from sin and consecrated to God. Through baptism,
we have entered this life and have been admitted into the new
covenant of which Jesus Christ is the Mediator. He sealed it
with his own blood, that it might last for ever.
On the one side, God promises to give us new life in Christ,
the Source and Perfecter of our faith. On the other side, we
are pledged to live no more for ourselves but only for Jesus
Christ, who loved us and gave himself for us.
From time to time we renew our covenant with God,
especially when we reaffirm the Baptismal Covenant and
gather at the Lord’s table.
Today we meet as generations before us have met, to renew
the covenant that binds us to God.
Let us make this covenant of God our own.
INVITATION
Leader: Commit yourselves to Christ as his servants. Give
yourselves to him, that you may belong to him.
People: Father as we meet at your Table, we come placing
our full faith; all that we are, giving it to you.
Leader: Christ has many services to be done: some easy,
some difficult. Some are suitable to our interests and others
are not. Yet today we pledge our service to you in all
situations, at all times, in all ways.
People: Father we come into your grace pledging to do all
the good that we can, in all ways that we can, and at all
times that we can.
Leader: Father, we go to Christ and we pray:
ALL: Let me be your servant, under your command. I will
no longer be my own. I will give up myself to your will in
all things. I ask this O righteous God, for the sake of your
Son Jesus Christ. See me today as I fall down before you.
Forgive my unfaithfulness in not having done your will.
Show me mercy as I turn my heart back to you.
Leader: As we come before you today and as we start this new
year in your service, we pledge to remove all idols in our way
and seek the love and light of Jesus Christ alone. Father we
know that through Christ, you have once more offered to be
our God. We know that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way;
the only means of coming into your presence once more. We
know that we must be willing to suffer as Christ suffered, that
we must follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, and share the
love which you have already shown us. As we start this year
together we know that you know our hearts and we pray that
you hear the petitions of our hearts as we make this pledge:
ALL: O God, you know that I make this covenant with
you today without reservation. From this day forward
shall I look upon you as my God and Father. Glory be to
you, Glory be to your son Jesus Christ, and Glory be to
your Holy Spirit as I become your covenant servant. May
I serve you faithfully on earth until I am in your presence
in heaven. And may this covenant which I have made
today on this earth be ratified in heaven. Amen.
Leader: My sisters and my brothers, as we have made this
covenant together as individuals and as the church this
morning, I know share these words with you: words are love
and words of grace:
The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.