Sabbath Day Worship

It takes dozens of volunteers to make our Sunday morning Large Group worship celebrations possible each and every week. As a way of showing our appreciation to these amazing individuals, we’re taking a break from holding a worship service this Sunday. We believe it’s important to rest and to spend time abiding in God. So, we’ve assembled the following worship materials for you and your family to use in order to worship God wherever you’re spending this holiday weekend.
 
We believe “Church Can Happen Anywhere,” and we hope you’ll invite others to join you in reading Scripture, praying, singing, and discussing the Gospel message from Matthew 10:40-42. Remember to “Check In” to Peace Tree UMC on Facebook and Instagram. Every check-in will provide a week of clean drinking water to a family in need thanks to our partnership with Causely and Northwest Haiti Christian Mission. And be sure to use the hashtag #givewater so that other people will know about this month’s charitable cause.
 
Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend! We’ll see each of you back at the Malco Collierville Towne Cinema on July 9th at 10AM as we continue our Summer at the Movies sermon series with a movie clip from Soul Surfer and a message based on Matthew 11:16-30. If you’d like to make donation to Peace Tree this week, you can give HERE, and if you have any prayer requests, then please share them with us HERE. God bless!

+Peace and Love from Pastor Kris
 
 
OPEN WITH PRAYER
 
O God, you are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
  the God of the spirits of all flesh.
Hear our humble intercession for all races and families on earth,
  that you will turn all hearts to yourself.
Remove from our minds hatred, prejudice, and contempt
  for those who are not of our own race or color, class or creed,
that, departing from everything that estranges and divides,
  we may by you be brought into unity of spirit, in the bond of peace.
Amen.
(Church of Scotland, 20th Cent., Alt.)
 
 
READ SCRIPTURE
 
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous; and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple—truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
(Matthew 10:40-42, New Revised Standard Version)
 
 
DISCUSS TOGETHER
 

1. Have you ever experienced radical hospitality? How were you made to feel welcome and what lasting impression has stayed with you?
2. What are some ways you can show hospitality to others this week? How do we love God by loving others?
3. When was the last time you were thankful for a cup of cold water? What can a cup of cold water symbolize to a neighbor or to a stranger?
4. What is God saying to you? What will you do about it?

 
 
REFLECT
 
Watch this music video for Matthew West’s Do Something. Listen to the lyrics (or sing/read them below) and consider what God is calling you to do this week.

VERSE ONE:
I woke up this morning
Saw a world full of trouble now, thought
How’d we ever get so far down, and
How’s it ever gonna turn around
So I turned my eyes to Heaven
I thought, “God, why don’t You do something?”
Well, I just couldn’t bear the thought of
People living in poverty
Children sold into slavery
The thought disgusted me
So, I shook my fist at Heaven
Said, “God, why don’t You do something?”
He said, “I did, yeah, I created you.”
 
CHORUS:
If not us, then who
If not me and you
Right now, it’s time for us to do something, yeah
If not now, then when
Will we see an end
To all this pain
Oh, it’s not enough to do nothing
It’s time for us to do something
 
VERSE TWO:
I’m so tired of talking about
How we are God’s hands and feet
But it’s easier to say than to be
Live like angels of apathy who tell ourselves
It’s alright, “somebody else will do something”
Well, I don’t know about you
But I’m sick and tired of life with no desire
I don’t want a flame, I want a fire and
I wanna be the one who stands up and says
“I’m gonna do something”
 
CHORUS

BRIDGE:
We are the salt of the earth
We are a city on a hill
We’re never gonna change the world
By standing still
No, we won’t stand still
 
CHORUS
(Matthew West, Copyright Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
 
 
CLOSE WITH PRAYER
 
God of grace and glory,
we thank you that you judge us not by the perfection of our actions,
  but by our readiness to live boldly by faith.
Help us, as individuals and as a congregation,
  to trust you and follow where you lead,
that in Christ your name may be glorified in all the earth. Amen.
 (Ruth Duck, USA, 20th Cent.)

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