New Members: I do.

Pastor: According to the grace given to you, will you remain faithful

members of Christ's holy Church and serve as Christ's representaves in

the world?

New Members: I will.

Pastor: Do you, as Christ's body, the Church, rearm both your rejec-

on of sin and your commitment to Christ?

Congregaon: We do.

Pastor: Will you nurture one another in the Chrisan faith and life and

include these persons now before you in your care?

Congregaon: With God's help we will proclaim the good news and

live according to the example of Christ. We will surround these per-

sons with a community of love and forgiveness, that they may grow in

their trust of God, and be found faithful in their service to others. We

will pray for them, that they may be true disciples who walk in the

way that leads to life.

Pastor: As members of this congregaon, will you faithfully parcipate

in its ministries by your prayers, your

presence, your gis, your service and your witness?

ALL: I will.

Pastor: Members of the household of God, I commend these persons to

your love and care. Do all in your power to increase their faith, conrm

their hope, and perfect them in love.

Congregaon: We give thanks for all that God has already given you

and we welcome you in Chrisan love. As members together with you

in the body of Christ and in this congregaon of The United Methodist

Church, we renew our covenant faithfully to parcipate in the minis-

tries of the Church by our prayers, our presence, our gis, our service,

and our witness that in everything God may be gloried through Jesus

Christ.

Pastor: The God of all grace, who has called us to eternal glory in Christ,

establish you and strengthen you by the power of the Holy Spirit, that

you may live in grace and peace.

ANTHEM “Bless This House” Chancel Choir

Worship Service

10:30 A.M. Christ the King Sunday November 21, 2021

PRELUDE Mary Porter

WELCOME JoAnn Landes-Ross

ANNOUNCEMENTS JoAnn Landes-Ross

CALL TO WORSHIP (read responsively) Psalm 93

Leader: The LORD is king, he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is

girded with strength. He has established the world; it shall never be

moved;

People: your throne is established from of old; you are from ever-

lasng.

Leader: The oods have lied up, O LORD, the oods have lied up their

voice; the oods li up their roaring.

People: More majesc than the thunders of mighty waters, more ma-

jesc than the waves of the sea, majesc on high is the LORD!

All: Your decrees are very sure; holiness bets your house, O LORD, for-

evermore.

HYMN “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart” No. 500

MINISTRY MOMENT Rev. Patricia Pena

NEW MEMBERS

Persons joining the church are invited up front.

Pastor: On behalf of the whole Church, I ask you: Do you renounce the

spiritual forces of wickedness, reject the evil powers of this world,

and repent of your sin?

New Members: I do.

Pastor: Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to resist

evil, injusce, and oppression in whatever forms they present them-

selves?

New Members: I do.

Pastor: Do you confess Jesus Christ as your Savior, put your whole trust

in his grace, and promise to serve him as your Lord, in union with the

Church which Christ has opened to people of all ages, naons, and races?