September Grow Guide

September Grow Guide

THE NORTH CARROLL COOPERATIVE PARISH Pastors: Rev. Dr. Melissa Rudolph and Rev. John Rudolph

Administrative Office: 1205 N. Main Street, Hampstead, MD 21074 410-239-8088 • [email protected]

Grace: 4618 Black Rock Rd, Upperco, MD 21155 Greenmount: 2001 Hanover Pike, Hampstead, MD 21074

St. John’s: 1205 N. Main St, Hampstead, MD 21074

Care Hotline: 410-374-9400

www.nccpumc.com

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September Highlights

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Order of Worship

September 2, 2018

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING SONG

“How Great Thou Art” UMH #77 *9: Song Set

OPENING PRAYER UMH #477 Open wide the window of our spirits, O Lord, and fill us full of light; open wide the door of our hearts, that we may receive and entertain thee with all our powers of adoration and love. Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

ACT OF PRAISE

SCRIPTURE Ezekiel 1:4-28

GLORIA PATRI (*11 a.m. Only) UMH #70

MESSAGE Diggin’ Up Bones: The Lord’s Chariot

JOYS AND CONCERNS

HOLY COMMUNION UMH #12

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OFFERING & DOXOLOGY UMH #95 Text To Give: Grace: 443-292-5827 > GMount: 240-392-6990 > SJ: 240-696-8402 First time? text word “give” to number above - all others simply the amount to the number above

CLOSING SONG

“Shalom to You” UMH #666 *9: Praise Song

BLESSING

The United Methodist Church features an open table. You do not have to be a member of our parish to have

Holy Communion.

Everyone is Welcome!

9: Keith Johnson

9:45: June Archibald

10:30 Youth

11: Ken Paulin

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September 2 Scripture & Questions

Ezekiel 1:4-28

As I watched, suddenly a driving storm came out of the north, a great cloud

flashing fire, with brightness all around. At its center, in the middle of the

fire, there was something like gleaming amber. 5 And inside that were

forms of four living creatures. This was what they looked like: Each had the

form of a human being, 6 though each had four faces and four wings.

7 Their feet looked like proper feet, but the soles of their feet were like

calves’ hooves, and they shone like burnished bronze. 8 Human hands were

under their wings on all four sides. All four creatures had faces and wings,

and 9 their wings touched each other’s wings. When they moved, they each

went straight ahead without turning. 10 As for the form of their faces: each

of the four had a human face, with a lion’s face on the right and a bull’s face

on the left, and also an eagle’s face. 11 The pairs of wings[a] that stretched

out overhead touched each other, while the other pairs covered their

bodies. 12 Each moved straight ahead wherever the wind propelled them;

they moved without turning. 13 Regarding the creatures’ forms: they

looked like blazing coals, like torches. Fire darted about between the

creatures and illuminated them, and lightning flashed from the fire. 14 The

creatures looked like lightning streaking back and forth.

15 As I looked at the creatures, suddenly there was a wheel on the earth

corresponding to all four faces of the creatures. 16 The appearance and

composition of the wheels were like sparkling topaz. There was one shape

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for all four of them, as if one wheel were inside another. 17 When they

moved in any of the four directions, they moved without swerving. 18 Their

rims were tall and terrifying, because all four of them were filled with eyes

all around. 19 When the creatures moved, the wheels moved next to them.

Whenever the creatures rose above the earth, the wheels also rose up.

20 Wherever the wind would appear to go, the wind would make them go

there too. The wheels rose up beside them, because the spirit[b] of the

creatures was in the wheels. 21 When they moved, the wheels[c] moved;

when they stood still, the wheels stood still; and when they rose above the

earth, the wheels rose up along with them, because the spirit[d] of the

creatures was in the wheels.

22 The shape above the heads of the creatures[e] was a dome; it was like

glittering ice stretched out over their heads. 23 Just below the dome, their

outstretched wings touched each other. They each also had two wings to

cover their bodies. 24 Then I heard the sound of their wings when they

moved forward. It was like the sound of mighty waters, like the sound of

the Almighty,[f] like the sound of tumult or the sound of an army camp.

When they stood still, their wings came to rest. 25 Then there was a sound

from above the dome over their heads. They stood still, and their wings

came to rest.

26 Above the dome over their heads, there appeared something like lapis

lazuli in the form of a throne. Above the form of the throne there was a

form that looked like a human being. 27 Above what looked like his waist, I

saw something like gleaming amber, something like fire enclosing it all

around. Below what looked like his waist, I saw something that appeared to

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be fire. Its brightness shone all around. 28 Just as a rainbow lights up a

cloud on a rainy day, so its brightness shone all around. This was how the

form of the Lord’s glory appeared. When I saw it, I fell on my face. I heard

the sound of someone speaking.

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Questions For Reflection

1. What does this passage say about God?

2. What does this passage say about human nature?

3. In what ways does this story affect your way of thinking about your own life?

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Order of Worship

September 9, 2018

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING SONG

“Have Thy Own Way, Lord” UMH #382 *9: Song Set

OPENING PRAYER UMH #599

From the cowardice that dares not face new truth, from the laziness that is contented with half-truth, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, Good Lord, deliver me. Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

ACT OF PRAISE

JOYS AND CONCERNS

SCRIPTURE Ezekiel 11:1-13 *11: Gloria Patri UMH #70

SONG OF PREPARATION “There is A Balm in Gilead” UMH #375

MESSAGE Diggin’ Up Bones: Signs & Judgments *9: Praise Song

OFFERING & DOXOLOGY UMH #95

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“Only Trust Him” UMH #337 *9: Praise Song

BLESSING *9:45 “Spirit Song” UMH #347

9: Jimmy Thompson

9:45: Jacob Sines

10:30: Youth

11: Karen Lord

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Ezekiel 11:1-13

A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord’s temple.

There at the entrance to the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw that two

officials of the people, Jaazaniah, Azzur’s son, and Pelatiah, Benaiah’s son,

were with them.

2 He said to me: Human one, these men devise evil plans and give wicked

advice in this city. 3 They are the ones who say, “The nearest relatives

aren’t building houses.[a] The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.”

4 Therefore, prophesy against them, human one, prophesy! 5 The Lord’s

spirit took hold of me, and he said to me: Say, This is what the Lord God

proclaims: So you have said, house of Israel! But I know what you really

mean. 6 You continue to commit murder in this city, and you fill its streets

with the slain.

7 Therefore, the Lord God proclaims: The city is the cooking pot, and the

ones you have slain in it are the meat. But you will be taken out of it. 8 You

fear the sword, so I will bring the sword against you. This is what the Lord

God says! 9 I will lead you out of the city, hand you over to foreigners, and

execute judgments against you. 10 You will fall by the sword! At Israel’s

borders I will judge you, and you will know that I am the Lord. 11 The city

won’t be your cooking pot, and you won’t be the meat in it. At Israel’s

borders, I will judge you. 12 You will know that I am the Lord, whose

regulations you didn’t observe and whose case laws you didn’t follow.

Instead, you followed the case laws of the nations around you.

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13 While I was prophesying, Benaiah’s son Pelatiah dropped dead. I fell on

my face, and I wailed and said, “Oh, Lord God! Are you finishing off even

the Israelites who are left?”

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Order of Worship

September 16, 2018

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING SONG

“Out of the Depths I Cry To You” UMH #515 *9: Song Set

OPENING PRAYER UMH #429 O God, keep our country under your protection. Wipe out sin from this land; lift it up from the depth of sorrow, O Lord, our shining light. Save us from deep grief and misfortune, Lord of all nations. Bless us with your wisdom, so that the poor may not be oppressed and the rich may not be oppressors. Make this a nation having no ruler except God, a nation having no authority but that of Love. Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

ACT OF PRAISE

SCRIPTURES Ezekiel 33:21-22 *11: Gloria Patri UMH #70

SONG OF PREPARATION “Abide With Me” UMH #700

MESSAGE Diggin’ Up Bones: Jerusalem Falls *9: Praise Song - following message

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JOYS AND CONCERNS


CLOSING SONG

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” UMH #474 *9: Praise Song


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9: Paul Gordon

9:45: June Miller

10:30 Youth

11: Linda Raver

SERRV Volunteer Opportunity

September 17 9:00-3:00; New Windsor, MD (SERRV Warehouse) We can carpool if anyone is interested. Contact Carol Smith at 410-374-2450 if you are able to help or have any questions.

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Ezekiel 33:21-22

In the twelfth year, on the fifth day of the tenth month of our exile, a

survivor from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has fallen!”

22 The Lord’s power was with me in the evening before the survivor

arrived, and just before he arrived in the morning, God opened my mouth.

So my mouth was opened, and I was no longer speechless.

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Order of Worship

September 23

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING SONG

“Hymn of Promise” UMH #707 *9: Song Set

OPENING PRAYER UMH #360 Gracious God, make me sensitive to all the evidences of your goodness; and may I, trusting in you, free myself of the terror of death, and feel free to live intensely and happily the life you have given me. Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

ACT OF PRAISE


SONG OF PREPARATION “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” UMH #334

MESSAGE Diggin’ Up Bones: The Dry Bones *9: Praise Song - following message

JOYS AND CONCERNS

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CLOSING SONG “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” UMH #140 *9: Praise Song


9: Janet Vizkelety

9:45 TBD

10:30 Youth

11: Carroll Merson

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September 23 Scripture and Questions

Ezekiel 37:1-14

The Lord’s power overcame me, and while I was in the Lord’s spirit, he led

me out and set me down in the middle of a certain valley. It was full of

bones. 2 He led me through them all around, and I saw that there were a

great many of them on the valley floor, and they were very dry.

3 He asked me, “Human one, can these bones live again?”

I said, “Lord God, only you know.”

4 He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, Dry bones,

hear the Lord’s word! 5 The Lord God proclaims to these bones: I am about

to put breath in you, and you will live again. 6 I will put sinews on you,

place flesh on you, and cover you with skin. When I put breath in you, and

you come to life, you will know that I am the Lord.”

7 I prophesied just as I was commanded. There was a great noise as I was

prophesying, then a great quaking, and the bones came together, bone by

bone. 8 When I looked, suddenly there were sinews on them. The flesh

appeared, and then they were covered over with skin. But there was still no

breath in them.

9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, human one! Say to the

breath, The Lord God proclaims: Come from the four winds, breath! Breathe

into these dead bodies and let them live.”

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10 I prophesied just as he commanded me. When the breath entered them,

they came to life and stood on their feet, an extraordinarily large company.

11 He said to me, “Human one, these bones are the entire house of Israel.

They say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished. We are

completely finished.’ 12 So now, prophesy and say to them, The Lord God

proclaims: I’m opening your graves! I will raise you up from your graves,

my people, and I will bring you to Israel’s fertile land. 13 You will know that

I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you up from your graves,

my people. 14 I will put my breath[a] in you, and you will live. I will plant

you on your fertile land, and you will know that I am the Lord. I’ve spoken,

and I will do it. This is what the Lord says.”

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Questions for Reflection




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Order of Worship

September 30

PRELUDE

GREETING

OPENING SONG

“Marching to Zion” UMH #733 *9: Song Set

OPENING PRAYER UMH #734 We shall see a new heaven and earth, for the old will pass away. We shall see a new Jerusalem, the holy city descending from heaven. Indeed, God will dwell with them, and they will be God’s people.” Our Lord testifies to these things: “Behold, I am coming soon.” The grace of the Lord is with us. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus Come! Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

ACT OF PRAISE


SONG OF PREPARATION “Shall We Gather at the River” UMH #723

MESSAGE Diggin’ Up Bones: The New Garden *9: Praise Song - following message

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JOYS AND CONCERNS


CLOSING SONG “Victory in Jesus” UMH #370 *9: Praise Song


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September 30 Scripture and Questions

Ezekiel 47:1-12

When he brought me back to the temple’s entrance, I noticed that water

was flowing toward the east from under the temple’s threshold (the temple

faced east). The water was going out from under the temple’s facade

toward the south, south of the altar. 2 He led me out through the north gate

and around the outside to the outer east gate, where the water flowed out

under the facade on the south side. 3 With the line in his hand, the man

went out toward the east. When he measured off fifteen hundred feet, he

made me cross the water; it was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another

fifteen hundred feet and made me cross the water; it was knee-deep. He

measured off another fifteen hundred feet and made me cross the water,

and it was waist-high. 5 When he measured off another fifteen hundred

feet, it had become a river that I couldn’t cross. The water was high, deep

enough for swimming but too high to cross. 6 He said to me, “Human one,

do you see?” Then he led me back to the edge of the river. 7 When I went

back, I saw very many trees on both banks of the river. 8 He said to me,

“These waters go out to the eastern region, flow down the steep slopes,[a]

and go into the Dead Sea.[b] When the flowing waters enter the sea, its

water becomes fresh. 9 Wherever the river flows, every living thing that

moves will thrive. There will be great schools of fish, because when these

waters enter the sea, it will be fresh. Wherever the river flows, everything

will live. 10 People will stand fishing beside it, from En-gedi to En-eglayim,

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and it will become a place for spreading nets. It will be like the

Mediterranean Sea,[c] having all kinds of fish in it. 11 Its marshes and

swamps won’t be made fresh (they are left for salt), 12 but on both banks

of the river will grow up all kinds of fruit-bearing trees. Their leaves won’t

wither, and their fruitfulness won’t wane. They will produce fruit in every

month, because their water comes from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for

eating, their leaves for healing.”

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Keeping Friends and Family in our Prayers

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Herb Raver, Ann Lloyd, Jeremey Dutterer, Joe Ceravalo, Jake Reid, Megan O, Virginia F, Ed, Snyder, Mary Lord, Dana Walton, Carolyn Whitney

Blessing of the Backpacks Sept 2 Sunday School Rally Day Sept 16 Picnic Combined service

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