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November 2024
Traditional Services
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH
TRADITIONAL SERVICES
Wesley Sanctuary 7.30am | 9.30am (Live-streamed) | 11.30am | 5.00pm
24 November 2024 | 14th Sunday in Kingdomtide | Christ the King Sunday
Trinity Theological College Weekend
Confirmation and Reception into Membership (11.30am)
I. WE GATHER AND PREPARE
We gather in the Lord’s name weekly to be renewed in our hearts and minds. Our worship of God is a response to his revelation as he reveals his truth to us through Scripture, sermon, prayers and songs.
MEDITATION VERSES
The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Luke 19:10
Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12b
PREPARATION PRAYER
God of heaven and earth, we have gathered to meet you.
Speak to us, Lord, through the various segments of the service.
May we respond in full obedience.
Amen.
ORGAN PRELUDE
GREETING
| L: | May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. |
| P: | And also with you. |
OPENING PRAYER
| L: |
Almighty God, |
| All: |
Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts |
CALL TO WORSHIP * Psalm 96:1-6, 13
| L: | Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. |
| P: | Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. |
| L: | Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. |
| P: | For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. |
| L: | For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. |
| P: | Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary. |
| L: | Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. |
| All: | He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness. |
OPENING HYMN *
O Worship the KingUMH 73
PRAYER OF CONFESSION *
Our realization of God’s holiness leads us to repentance. God’s assurance of pardon leads us to thanksgiving.
| L: |
Holy and Loving God, your word says, |
| L: | You bless those who realize their need for you, for the kingdom of heaven is given to them. |
| P: | But we have been proud in spirit, inflated with pride in our own self-sufficiency. We have forgotten how needy we are. |
| L: | You bless those who are hungry and thirsty for justice, for they will receive it in full. |
| P: | But we have hungered after the pleasures, prestige, and possessions of this temporal world. Like Esau, we have despised our birthright by choosing to satisfy our immediate desires. |
| All: | Lord, rid us of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, may we crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it we may grow up in our salvation. (1 Pet 2:1–2) Lord, have mercy upon us in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen. |
ASSURANCE OF PARDON *
| L: |
Here are the words we may trust, |
| All: |
To the one who rules all worlds, |
PRAYER HYMN
O For a Heart to Praise My GodUMH 417, St. 1 – 4
SILENT PRAYER of Thanksgiving and Petitions
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYERTune: ASAS
Musical Interlude
II. SERMON
God continues to reveal his truth to us through the preaching of his Word.
| Title | A Surprising Encounter with Jesus |
| Text | Luke 19:1–10 |
| Speaker | Rev Dr Jeremy-Joe Tan |
Rev Dr Jeremy-Joe Tan is an ordained minister with the Anglican Diocese of Singapore. He grew up attending the Chapel of the Resurrection and served there as a youth and chaplaincy staff for nine years. Jeremy was then sent as a faculty-in-development by Trinity Theological College and the Diocese to study at the University of Edinburgh. His research focused on the philosophical and theological underpinnings of Archbishop William Temple’s social thought. Jeremy is married to Tricia. They have two children, Joshua-Joe and Anna-Joy. Jeremy and his family continue to worship and serve at the Chapel of the Resurrection.
SONG OF RESPONSE *
All Praise to Thee, for Thou, O King DivineUMH 166
III. WE RESPOND IN SHARING AND GIVING
We now respond to God’s Word through the sharing of peace, participating in and praying for the programs and initiatives of the church, as we seek to grow in our discipleship journey, offering time, money, and gifts where help is needed as God’s stewards.
CONFIRMATION AND RECEPTION INTO MEMBERSHIP (11.30am)
SHARING OF GOD’S PEACE
Shalom to YouUMH 666
FAMILY NEWS
OFFERTORY PRAYER
TITHES AND GIFTS TO GOD
| 7.30am |
Softly and Tenderly |
Dawnbreakers |
| 9.30am |
Make Me a Channel of Your Peace |
John Wesley Choir |
| 11.30am |
Proclaim the Glory of the Lord |
Wesley Chorale |
| 5.00pm |
God of Grace (with Amazing Grace) |
Wesley Heralds |
DOXOLOGY *
Now Thank We All Our GodUMH 102, St. 3
IV. SENDING FORTH
Having been renewed in our hearts and minds, we are to go forth into the world as Christ’s ambassadors in the ministry of reconciliation.
CLOSING HYMN *
By Faith
Words and Music: Keith Getty, Kristyn Getty and Stuart Townend
© 2009 Getty Publishing; Thankyou Music
BENEDICTION *
POSTLUDE
Prayer Ministry at the Altar
If you need someone to pray with you, please proceed to the inner rails of the
altar area. If you wish to pray alone, please use the outer rails.
* Congregation may stand.
Would you like to learn the new songs we have sung recently? Check out our resource page.
https://wesleymc.org/wm-resources
Or visit the Worship and Music Ministry website
https://wesleymc.org/wm
COME, SERVE WITH US!
We are looking for orchestral musicians,
organists, pianists, and choristers
to serve in our services.
