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Sunday, January 17, 2021

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
~ Mother Teresa

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.” 
~ Helen Keller

“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”   
~ Bill Widener

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Prelude

Joyce Rhodes, organ

Call to Worship

What mysteries there are in God’s world!

We, so sophisticated, stand in awe at the wonders of the natural world.

We look at the tiniest of seeds and wonder what will happen

From that small seed will grow a large shrub.

Although we consider our gifts to be small and insignificant,

God will use our gifts in miraculous ways. 

Praise the God of small seeds and mighty power. Amen.

— written by Nancy C. Townley

Hymn

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” ~ UMH #133 vs. 1, 3

Time for Kids  

Shelley Ahn-Wong, Children’s Ministry Director

Scripture

Ruth 2:1-16

Message
Pastor Kate Conolly

“From Little, God Can Bring Much”

Offering Prayer

Ever-faithful God,
we long to be faithful givers,
modelling ourselves on you
who gives everything to us.
May your Spirit of abundance,
which gives more than we ask or imagine,
grace these gifts for your kingdom
in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Offertory

Joyce Rhodes, organ

Hymn

“For the Healing of the Nations” ~ UMH# 428 vs. 1, 4

Sending Forth

Imagine what a mustard seed of faith

might do this week in your life and

the life of our community.

Not a quart,

nor a gallon,

nor a truckload.

Just a mustard seed.

Imagine.

Now go and live out that grace.

Yes! Let it be so! Amen!

~ from the Long Green Valley Church of the Brethren

Postlude

Joyce Rhodes, organ