Saint Paul United Methodist Church

4317 I-40 West • Amarillo, TX 79106

www.saintpaulonline.org Church Office: 352-5615

Children’s Day Out: 350-3317 Preschool: 350-3318

This Week at Saint Paul

Monday— Labor Day Office Closed

Wednesday– 9:30 a.m. UMW General Meeting

6:oo p.m. Loving People

Encountering God

7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir

THURSDAY- 6:30 p.m. SPRC

In Our Prayers

Ray Basinger, Harry Bulloch, John Burrow, Alford

Corcoran, Mildred Everett, Vera Gallarneau,

Norman Grigsby, Bob Hacker, Goldie Horrell, Joe

Jackson, Linda Jamison Family, Larry Logden, Lois

Nix, Charles Jones, Lew Lindegren, Ruby Little, Jane

Parker, Sandra Ritter, Linda Russell, Annie Shannon,

Jack and Caroline Shannon, Merlyn Schutz, Phyllis

Squyres, Buddy Squyres, Mary Wayne Spurlock,

Johnnie Swearengen, Jackie Taylor, Austyn Young.

*Altar Roses are for Caroline and Jack Shannon ,

proud parents John David and Annie and

grandparents John and Lisa Vernon.

Loving People, Encountering God

Wednesday, September 7

6:00 Friendship Dinner

Children and Youth

Church Staff

Ministers: Every Church Member

Senior Pastor: Rev. H.E. “Steve” Stephens

Associate Pastor: Rev. Carry King

Administrative Secretary: Lynn Cawthon

Youth Director: Barrett McCormick

Children’s Ministry: Candace McCormick

Adult Ministry: Diana Fielder

Children’s Intern: Destiny Gallegos

Music Director: Billy Talley

Pianist: Beth Hester

Organist: Terry Lowe

Organist Emeritus: Raenell McDonough

Pre-School Director: Amy Dyer

CDO Administrator: Holly Kelley

Children’s Coordinator: Leesa Stephens

Technology and Media: Chuck Kruse

Prayer Coordinator: Libby Talley

Facilities Director: Ricky Bustos

Custodial Services: Roy Bustos

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NEXT SUNDAY 12 NOON

Back to Saint Paul Join us for a Hamburger Lunch

and a time of reconnecting

PLEASE MAKE YOUR LUNCH RESERVATIONS TODAY

Saint Paul United Methodist Church

September 4, 2016

Offertory Prayer Unison

Loving God, our hunger is never better satisfied than at your table. Our gifts can have no higher value than when they are offered to you. Because you fill our spirits, we hunger to serve. And we pray that these gifts may be as food to nourish the living body of Christ. Amen.

Offertory O Master Workman Early American Tune

*Doxology, No. 95 Praise God

*A Statement of Faith Into the Silence

Into the silence the Creator spoke,

and the world came into being.

The Word of God brought light from darkness,

matter from nothing,

flesh from dust,

life from lifelessness.

In the quiet of a small town in Palestine

the Word of God came to us.

Jesus our Christ, taking on human form, was born,

lived and walked among us,

speaking the words of life.

He was crucified, died, and was buried.

He rose from the dead and speaks to us today.

In the stillness of our souls the Spirit of God,

whispers the Word,

and calls us back to the Creator,

back to the Christ,

back to the wholeness of everlasting life.

Opening the Scriptures John 6:24-35

Prelude Work, for the Night is Coming Mason

Choral Introit

*Opening Prayer Unison

God of spirit and flesh,

God of earth and heaven,

God of grape and grain,

We stretch our arms in need of you.

We feed ourselves with gifts from you.

We thank you for your love poured out

as we sense your Spirit

in the souls of each one gathered here.

Recreate us in your image

as we encounter you today,

that our lives might ignite a love to light the world.

Let your presence passing through us

infuse the world with joy we pray. Amen.

* Hymn, No. 617 I Come with Joy

*Welcome (Children, age 3 - grade 5 are welcome to go to Kidsong.

Children will return to receive the Lord’s Supper).

This Week at Saint Paul

Choral Call to Prayer

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Choral Amen

Anthem Draw Me Near the Cross Drennan

The Message Is There a Loaf in Your Life?

Prayer of Preparation Unison

Gracious Lord, we do not come to this table trusting in our own goodness, but in your great mercy. We come knowing we need forgiveness and trusting you to grant it. We come to you because we are hungry for meaning and we know that only you can satisfy our hungry hearts.

We come because Jesus Christ invites us to remember his sacrifice and because we want to walk with him in newness of life. As we receive these gifts of bread and wine, may we grow into his likeness and continue to dwell in him and he in us. Amen.

Hymn of Preparation, No. 624 Bread of the World

Prayer of Consecration

Sharing the Bread and Cup

*Invitation to Christian Discipleship

If God is moving you to commit or recommit your life to Jesus Christ or to join this community of faith, please come forward during the closing hymn or schedule time with a pastor during the week.

*Hymn, No. 614 For the Bread Which You Have Broken

*Benediction

*Choral Response

*Postlude Sois La Semilla ( You Are the Seed) Gabarain

* Please stand as you are able.