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This is the recording for the October 18, 2020 service.
World Food Sunday
Opening song: With or without you
By U2 (Key of D [C 2nd fret])
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I'll wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails, you make me wait
And I wait without you
Refrain
With or without you
With or without you
Through the storm, we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
Refrain
With or without you
With or without you,
I can't live With or without you
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give and you give
And you give yourself away
My hands are tied
My body bruised, you got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose
Refrain
And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give and you give
And you give yourself away
With or without you
With or without you, oh
I can't live With or without you
With or without you
With or without you, oh
I can't live with or without you
With or without you
Call to worship
Family of God, from whom does our help come?
Our help comes from the Lord,
the maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 124:8
Hymn: All people that on Earth do dwell
(VU 822; Psalm 100) (Key of F [C 4th fret])
1
All people that on earth do dwell,
sing out your faith with cheerful voice;
delight in God whose praise you tell,
whose presence calls you to rejoice.
2
Know that there is one God, indeed,
who fashions us without our aid,
who claims us, gives us all we need,
whose tender care will never fade.
3
Enter the sacred gates with praise;
with joy approach the temple walls.
Extol and bless our God always
as people whom the Spirit calls.
4
Proclaim again that God is good,
whose mercy is forever sure,
whose truth at all times firmly stood,
and shall from age to age endure.
Lord's prayer song
The Lord's Prayer
Words: Jim Strathdee Music: Anon; arr. by Al Oppenheimer; accomp. by Jim Strathdee. In The faith we sing (2000). A supplement to The United Methodist Hymnal (1989).
Children's hymn: Over my head
(Key of G)
Over my head, I hear music in the air
Over my head, I hear music in the air
Over my head, I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere!
Under my Feet, I hear music in the air
Under my Feet, I hear music in the air
Under my Feet, I hear music in the air
There must be a God somewhere
Over my head under my feet…
Scripture: Exodus 32: 1-14 Make God for us
(The Message Bible)
When the people realized that Moses was taking forever in coming down off the mountain, they rallied around Aaron and said, “Do something. Make gods for us who will lead us. That Moses, the man who got us out of Egypt—who knows what’s happened to him?”
So, Aaron told them, “Take off the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters and bring them to me.” They all did it; they removed the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. He took the gold from their hands and cast it in the form of a calf, shaping it with an engraving tool. The people responded with enthusiasm: “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up from Egypt!” Aaron, taking in the situation, built an altar before the calf.
Aaron then announced, “Tomorrow is a feast day to God!”
Early the next morning, the people got up and offered Whole-Burnt-Offerings and brought Peace-Offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink and then began to party. It turned into a wild party!
God spoke to Moses, “Go! Get down there! Your people whom you brought up from the land of Egypt have fallen to pieces. In no time at all they’ve turned away from the way I commanded them: They made a molten calf and worshiped it. They’ve sacrificed to it and said, ‘These are the gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt!’”
God said to Moses, “I look at this people—oh! what a stubborn, hard-headed people! Let me alone now, give my anger free reign to burst into flames and incinerate them. But I’ll make a great nation out of you.”
Moses tried to calm his God down. He said, “Why, God, would you lose your temper with your people? Why, you brought them out of Egypt in a tremendous demonstration of power and strength. Why let the Egyptians say, ‘He had it in for them—he brought them out so he could kill them in the mountains, wipe them right off the face of the Earth.’ Stop your anger. Think twice about bringing evil against your people! Think of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants to whom you gave your word, telling them ‘I will give you many children, as many as the stars in the sky, and I’ll give this land to your children as their land forever.’”
And God did think twice. He decided not to do the evil he had threatened against his people.
Gospel hymn: Great is thy faithfulness
(VU 288; Key of D [chords in VU])
1
Great is thy faithfulness, God our creator;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided -
great is thy faithfulness, ever to me!
2
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. R
3
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
wondrous the portion thy blessings provide. R
Closing hymn: Spirit of God, come dwell within men
(Key of D)
1
Spirit of God, come dwell within me.
Open my heart, O come set me free.
Fill me with love for Jesus, my Lord.
O fill me with living water.
Refrain
Jesus is living, Jesus is here.
Jesus, my Lord, come closer to me.
Jesus, our saviour, dying for me,
and rising to save his people
2
Lord, how I thirst, O Lord, I am weak.
Lord, come to me, you alone do I seek
Lord, you are life, and love and hope.
O fill me with living water R
3
Lord, I am blind, O Lord, I can’t see.
Stretch out your hand, O Lord comfort me.
Lead me your way in light and in truth
O fill me with living water R