Ione
Community Church
Calendar February 2, 2014
Sunday, 2/2 Friday, 2/7
9:45 Sunday School 7:30 Alcoholics Anonymous
11:00 Worship Sunday, 2/9
12:00 Coffee Hour Birthday Celebration of Marriage
Celebration 9:45 Sunday School
Tuesday, 2/4 11:00 Worship
7:00 Trustees Meeting 12:00 Coffee Hour
Wednesday, 2/5
7:00 Youth Group
Servants
February 2 February 9
Lay Leader Paul Fichtenberg Lay Leader Betty Rietmann
Diaconate Team 1 Diaconate Team 2
Coffee Hour Shelton/Reid & Coffee Hour Betty Rietmann
Wright/Fichtenberg Families Backpacks Betty Rietmann
Backpacks Jeri McElligott
Upcoming Scriptures & Worship Highlights
February 9 - Matthew 5:13-20
February 16 - Matthew 5:21-37
February 23 - Matthew 5:38-48
March 2 - Matthew 6:24-34
March 9 - Matthew 7:21-29
Pastor
Rev. Stacy Shelton, Pastor
Phone 541.256.0397
Stacy will be in the office on Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 8:30am
to Noon and available by appointment at other times.
Sunday, February 2, 2014 and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Prelude For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
Welcome, Announcements and Preparation Response Oh Lord, You’re Beautiful
*Opening Hymn Christians, We Have Met to Worship, 277 Oh Lord, You’re beautiful, Your face is all I seek; And when Your eyes are
*Invocation on this child, Your grace abounds to me. (2 times)
Loving God, we come this morning seeking to abide in your presence. Sermon Pastor Stacy Shelton
Open our minds to your spirit of wisdom, that we may know how to live The Lord’s Table
as your people. Open our hearts to your spirit of truth, that we may love Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Pardon
all your people with a love that speaks of justice, kindness, and radical Far too often, O God, we desire to look wise in the eyes of the world.
grace. May this time of worship be authentic and pleasing to you. Amen. We have not spoken truth with our hearts. We have said and done hurtful
Excerpted from ministrymatters.com things to our friends and world. And because of this, you have a quarrel
*Passing of the Peace with us. Forgive us and help us live into becoming the people you have
Song of Praise He Is Exalted, Insert created and called us to be: people of justice and love and humility. May
Children’s Moment we embrace our true identity as your beloved children.
Scripture Micah 6:1-8 *Passing of the Peace
Prophet: Hear what the Lord says: Communion Hymn Take Our Bread, 413
God: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your Words of Institution and Distribution of Elements
voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and you enduring
foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he Come forward and break off a piece of bread and dip it in the cup.
Offering of Ourselves
will contend with Israel.
3 ‘O my people, what have I done to you? In what have I wearied you? Answer Doxology Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #46
me! 4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the Blessing of gifts
house of slavery; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. 5 O my *Closing Hymn Take My Life, 609
people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised, what Balaam son of *Benediction (Please gather in a circle.)
Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may
know the saving acts of the Lord.’ Prayer Requests
Representative of Israelites:6 ‘With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow The Haguewood Family
myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with Christine Smith’s Family
calves a year old? 7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of Willa Coe is recovering from treatment for cancer.
thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the Donna Thompson is recovering at home from knee replacement surgery.
fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?’ Nancy Miller had surgery at the beginning of January is now home
Prophet: 8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord recovering.
require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with Bob Kitchens who is recovering from a heart attack.
your God? Lorrene Montgomery’s great granddaughter, Riley who was injured in a fall.
Lorrene Griffith & Willard French are both in long term care facilities and
Pastoral Prayer are missed.
Joys & concerns and the Lord’s Prayer Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital Surgical Mission Team is asking
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; for prayers for their upcoming trip to Guatemala. Specifically this week
they are asking for prayer for their circulation nurses the faith communities
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, of Guatemala. Maggie Sebastian, Tim Graves’ wife, will be going on this
on earth as it is in heaven. trip and serving as chaplain. Their address is PO Box 227, Condon, OR
Give us this day our daily bread 97823 if you would like to send a note wishing her well.
