Canby Methodist Church

To help you feel more comfortable with the order of worship, the parts where the people may stand are marked with an asterisk (*) and the responses of the people are in Bold type. (If you have difficulty standing, please fee free to remain seated.) Childcare for preschool & nursery children is provided in our education wing. Pastor Jim is available if you would like to talk with him. The phone number is 503.263.6419.

Prelude “Prelude on ‘O Store Gud’” By Lorenz

Welcome

*Call to Worship

Leader: Our lives become hectic with many distractions. We are bombarded with information, advertising, e-mail, snail-mail, radio, television and cell phone calls.
People: We come here to shed the distractions, and to find the quiet
center of Your divine presence!
Leader: The pace of life and the needs of those around us drive us faster and farther than we would like. We long for simpler days, yet know they are past and irretrievable.
People: Christ is our quiet center in the hectic life we live!
Leader: In everything we do, we can feel the presence of the Lord, guiding our decisions, warning us of danger and filling us with confidence.
People: Christ is our still point in the turning world! In Him we can find peace! PRAISE GOD!

*Hymn “I Am Thine, O Lord” Hymnal #419

Greeting One Another in the Spirit of Christ

*Song “Bind Us Together” FWS #2226

Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, Lord, bind us together in love. There is only one God, there is only one King; there is only one body, that is why we sing.

Children’s Time

(All children are invited forward. At the end of the Children’s Time, children ages 5 and younger are excused to childcare - ages 6 and older stay in worship with activity clipboards.)

*Song “Come and Find the Quiet Center” FWS #2128

Prayer’s of the People

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Scripture Lesson Luke 10:38-42

Anthem

Message “A Woman’s Place” Pastor Jim

Mission Moment

Offering/Offertory “El Incarnatus” By Haydn

Song of Gratitude “For the Beauty of the Earth” Hymnal #92
(verse 1)
For the beauty of the earth, for the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth over and around us lies;
Lord of all, to thee we raise this our hymn of grateful praise.

Hymn “The Gift of Love” Hymnal #408

*Benediction

Song of Community “May You Run and Not Be Weary” FWS #2281
May you run and not be weary. May your heart be filled with song.
And may the love of God continue to give you hope and keep you strong.
And may you run and not be weary. May your life be filled with joy!
And may the road you travel always lead you home.

Postlude “Holy God, We Praise Your Name” By Smith

Thought for the Day

“Nothing will give us so much strength as being fully known and fully loved by fellow human beings in the name of God!”
Henri Nouwen

Prayer List (please contact the office to add or delete a name from the list):

Service Men & Women Prayer List (please contact the office to add or delete a name from the list):

Sgt. Douglas L. Brisbane (Army)
Timmy McLaren (Marines)
Daron Cowley (Army)
PFC Michael Paul Stoller (Marines)
Lance Corporal Andrew Erbele
Sgt. Gene Collins (Marines)

Church Happenings:

AA Meetings	Mon.—Fri.	Noon
Al-Anon Meetings	Wednesdays	7 pm
Al-Anon Meetings	Saturdays	9 am
Youth Group
Bazaar Work Group @ Dena Kersting’s Home	Tuesdays	9:30 am
Prayer Mtg. @ Amy Ackerman’s Home	Tuesdays	1 pm
Boy Scouts	Tuesdays	7 pm
Study Group during Lent	Wednesdays	1:30 pm
Choir Practice	Wednesdays	7 pm
Study Group during Lent	Thursdays	6:30 pm
Admin Team	Monday, 2/28/05	6:30 pm
Church Council	Monday, 2/28/05	7:30 pm

More Church Happenings/Announcements:

Today: Buy SCRIP during coffee hour after church!

UMW March Meeting, Wednesday, March 2, 2005.

Legislative Education Event: Join Women of Faith to “Live Faithfully in the Public Space,” Thursday, March 3, 2005, 8:30 am—4 pm, Salem. Sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the Oregon-Idaho Conference.

Friday, March 4, 2005. World Day of Prayer. 8:00 am—8:00 pm.

Life Line Screening, Wednesday, March 9, 2005, Clackamas County Fair and Event Center, Canby. Pre-registration is required. Call 1-800-324-1851. “We can help you avoid a stroke in just 10 minutes!

NORPAC Foods’ Label Redemption Program: Remember to turn in your FLAV-R-PAC
labels to Julie Chapin. Julie will need to mail them in before March 1, 2005.

Sunday Bulletin