Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church

11th

Sunday after Pentecost August 16th

, 2020

“Beautiful Feet”

Vista de la Montana UMC 7

th Sunday after Pentecost _ July 12, 2015

United Methodist Church Mission

To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

OUR MISSION

Our Mission is to reach out to others to help them meet their needs and

to welcome them into our family of faith as we gather for worship, fellowship, education and service.

Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church

(Please email vistaumc@aol.com or text 520-349-9216 in your Celebrations and Concerns.

These will be read and prayed for during the Pastoral Prayer.)

COUNTDOWN “Dunes”

WELCOME & GREETING Rev. Fred Baum

*INVOCATION (Unison)

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our

salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.

For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.

In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;

for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his

care.

*OPENING HYMN “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” (1,3,4) No. 89

*CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostle’s Creed, Ecumenical Version I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the

Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was

crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he

rose again; he ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of God the

Father, and will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy *catholic church, the communion of

saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life

everlasting. Amen. *“Universal”

GOSPEL LESSON Matthew 14:22-33

22

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of

him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. 23

After he had dismissed them,

he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there

alone, 24

and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by

the waves because the wind was against it. 25

Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26

When the

disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said,

and cried out in fear. 27

But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28

“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29

“Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward

Jesus. 30

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out,

“Lord, save me!” 31

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he

said, “why did you doubt?” 32

And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 33

Then those who

were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

YOUNG PEOPLES TIME Valerie Hammons

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER No. 452

“My Faith Looks Up to Thee” (1,2)

“And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind,

be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.” Eph. 6:18

PASTORAL PRAYER Rev. Fred C. Baum

LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,

thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily

bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass

against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For

thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

RECOGNITION OF CERTIFICATION OF LAY MINISTER

Mr. Jim Bleess

OFFERING Marilyn Rutkowski

“There Is a Balm in Gilead” (arr. Robert W. Thygerson)

“He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him

also give us everything else?” ~ Rom. 8:32

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Romans 10:8-15 8

But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in

your heart,” that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: 9

If you

declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised

him from the dead, you will be saved. 10

For it is with your heart that you believe

and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are

saved. 11

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to

shame.” 12

For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is

Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13

for, “Everyone who calls on

the name of the Lord will be saved.”

14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how

can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear

without someone preaching to them? 15

And how can anyone preach unless they are

sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

Leader: This is the word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God!

WORSHIP SOLO “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone”) Crystal Stark (Chris Tomlin)

SERMON “Beautiful Feet” Rev. Fred Baum

*CLOSING HYMN “How Firm a Foundation” (1,3) No. 528

BENEDICTION (Unison) Rev. Fred Baum

‘May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the

fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and always’ 2 Cor. 13:14

POSTLUDE Marilyn Rutkowski

Fastasia on “Forest Green” (Lani Smith)

All church services are live-streamed and recorded. CCLI #1030786 CCS #8841 CVLI #504149878

Thank you for joining us for Livestream worship.

Go and live the lives of love God has given you!

Welcome to Our Visitors!! All visitors are invited and encouraged to explore

membership in Vista’s Congregation.

If you are interested in membership, please contact the church office

at 825-1985 and Pastor Fred or Valerie will call you.

Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church

3001 E. Miravista Lane, Tucson, AZ 85739

Office: 825-1985 E-mail: VistaUMC@aol.com

Sunday Worship 10:00 am

Visit our website: www.vistaumc.org

Assisting Our Worship Today

Liturgist Valerie Hammons

Audio & Video Teresa Sanders, slide show producer

Live Stream Team (Paul Oelrich, camera,

Pam Holder, sound)

Organist Marilyn Rutkowski

Pianist, Director of Music Marshall Sanders

Flowers today provided by Pastor Fred & Deede Baum in

celebration of their 39th

Anniversary

Arrangements created by Janet Arnett.

Prayers for Our Churches

Each month churches in the South District pray with and for

each other. Please pray for the pastors, congregation and

community of the following:

August

New Hope UMC, Tucson

St. James UMC, Tucson

Sierra Vista UMC, Sierra Vista

Fuente de Vida (our sister church in Agua Prieta, Mexico)

THE

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Compassion Connection Hospitalized

In Need of Continued Prayers for Healing Virginia Updegrove, Sharon Kaste, Barry and Gale Shuman, Kay Gragg,

Fran Hampton, Paul Larmour. George Butkovich, Steven Extract, Shane Gallo,

Betty Jean Emberton, Bill Goins, John Witt, Charles Crown

Bob Sherman, Margaret Overman

Home Bound John & Joan Davies, Bob & Eileen Herd,

Mary Raynor, George Dunkel

LaVerne Tucker, Hospice Care @ home;

In Memoriam Mildred Baum, Pastor Fred’s mother

Celebrations! Anniversaries – 60+ years of Marriage

John & Jan Crown – 67 years on August 9

Howard & Marylou Young – 68 years on August 9 Walt & Mary Louise Roberson – 64 years on August 19

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Vista 90 Plus Club Celebration!!!

Are you turning 90 this year? I would like to include you in the Vista 90 Plus Club celebration on 9/20/2020 at 10 AM. Please contact Delores Brindle at 530 907 5706

SUNDAY FLOWERS FOR WORSHIP SERVICE

If you enjoy viewing the flowers on the altar every Sunday, and would

like to honor a loved one by your gift of $45 to Vista to sponsor a

Sunday, please give us a call at 520-825-1985.

Only two Sundays remain available for 2020.

Those Sundays are November 1 and November 8.