Messenger 9/20/24
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
For Sunday service, Sara Hoskins will be serving as our Worship Leader and leading us through the Opening Prayer and the Call To Worship.
This week’s scripture reading will be Mark 9:30-37
They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again.” But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you arguing about on the way?” But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another, who was the greatest. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.” Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.”
A special thanks to this week’s Ushers, Dick & Karen Schroeder.
Then we will have a Gift of Music from Dallas & Michael, "Make Me a Servant" (TFWS 2176)!
To view the entire bulletin, click the link below.
In September to October 6th, UWIF will be collecting new and gently used coats for children, youth, and adults to be distributed by the Interfaith Coalition.
People can bring them to the bench just inside the fellowship hall.
Looking To Help Out?
We are currently looking for help for our Coffee Hour after Service. This is a great time for everyone to come together and talk with coffee and amazing snacks. We need volunteers who can help set-up, clean-up, and/or bring cookies or other treats*. To sign up or learn more, email Holly at office@gardenstreetumc.org or stop by the desk before/after service. You can also check out other volunteer opportunities such as Ushering and Flowers for Sanctuary.
Coming up this week we have:
Wednesday
Men’s Breakfast - 7:00am at Avenue Bread on James St in Bellingham WA
United Women In Faith - 12pm, 2401 Cornwall Ave, Rooms 11 & 12
Wesley Club - 6pm, 2401 Cornwall Ave
Sunday
Christian Book Club - 10:30 am via zoom - “Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths,” by Karen Armstrong. Email office@gardenstreetumc.org to join
Handbells - 11:15 am at 2401 Cornwall Ave
Choir Practice - 1:00 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Sunday Worship - 2:30 pm at 2401 Cornwall Ave.
Prayers
Please Pray for:
For the Sojourners community and all Matthew 25 Christian activists
For climate activists & water protectors
For healing and Karen & Rachelle, and support for their families
Can’t make it in person? View the live on YouTube!
