STEWARDSHIP (VOLUNTEERISM—TITHING YOUR TIME)
  
MUSIC & WORSHIP RESOURCES

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Omar Dickenson, Guest Lectionary Liturgist
Minister of Music and Fine Arts, Bethel Baptist Church, Jacksonville, FL

Worship Planning Notes

• All ministries should have tables outside of the sanctuary and even the building, and invitations should be extended in the church bulletins calling for members to participate in ministry activities. If video screens are available, they should be utilized also to spread this message asking persons to volunteer.

• See today’s cultural resource unit for a unique stewardship idea that may appeal to pastors and stewardship committees and stewardship boards.

Stewardship

O God, we desire to be good stewards of all that you have made: the earth, the world, and all that dwells therein. All that we have comes as a trust from you.

God, Elohim, we give thanks for your gifts to us.

We are called by God to use whatever gifts we have been given in service to others.

As you have so freely given to us and lovingly made us what we are, we now freely give back to you the substance of our lives—our time, talent, and money.

We are reminded in the gospel that from the poverty of the cross we have gained the richness of life.

Thank you, Lord, for allowing us to give to the work you have assigned our hands to do in this your earthly kingdom.

You have put your divine stamp upon us, endowed us with honor, and created us in your likeness. We are fearfully and wonderfully made. Through providence and grace we offer our tithes and offerings on your altar.

Lord, Adonai, where our hearts and hands are closed, open them. Where our resolve is weak, strengthen us.

Our health and strength have come from you and it is you who make our financial resources possible.

Teach us to give as we have received. Remind us that what we claim as ours is really yours. Without your gifts to us we have nothing.

We are called by you, O Lord, to be good stewards of all that has been entrusted in our care. You have called us to honor your name with our presence and our service.

Gracious God, our prayer is that we may give a good accounting of our stewardship.

We have received the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ as a gift, and we have been made his disciples.

We pray that we shall be good and faithful stewards, sharing with others the light that Jesus has given to us, ever giving and serving from a willing heart. We have freely received, now let us freely give!

2. Hymns and Congregational Songs
(a) Trust and Obey. By John H. Sammis. Tune, (Trust and Obey) by Daniel Towner

(b) Take My Life and Let It Be. By France R. Havergal. Tune, (Hendon) by H. A. Cesar Malan

(c) I Am on the Battlefield for My Lord. By Sylvana Bell & E. V. Banks. Tune, (Battlefield) by Thomas A. Dorsey

3. Spirituals or Traditional Songs
(a) Lord I Want to Be a Christian. Arr. by Moses Hogan

(b) Lord I’m Out Here on Your Word. Arr. by John W. Work

4. Songs for Choirs, Ensembles, or Praise Teams  
(a) I Will Serve Him. By Chester D. T. Baldwin

(b) My Life Belongs to You. By Derrick Thomas

5. Liturgical Dance Music
A Singer’s Prayer. Arr. by Phillip Carter

6. Anthems
(a) It Pays to Serve Jesus. Arr. by Nathan Carter

(b) Lord, Here Am I. Arr. by John Ness Beck

7. Modern Songs
(a) I’m Willing Lord. Arr. by Kenneth W. Louis

(b) Sanctify Me. By V. Michael McKay

(c) Lord Make Me an Instrument. Arr. by M. Roger Holland, II

8. Song or Instrumental for the Offertory Period
(a) Precious Jesus/Overture of Worship. By Thomas Whitfield

(b) I Don’t Feel No Ways Tired. By Curtis Burrell

9. Song or Instrumental for the Period of Prayer
(a) I’ll Say Yes Lord. By Carol Cymbala

(b) Thy Way, O Lord. By Nina B. Jackson. Tune, (Thy Way) by Edward C. Deas

10. Sermonic Selection
(a) Available to You. By Carlis L. Moody, Jr.

(b) I’m a Vessel. By Tony Tidwell

11. Invitational Song or Instrumental
(a) Use Me. By Dewitt Jones, Kim Jones, and Ron Kenoly

(b) I Surrender All. By Judson Van De Venter. Tune, (Surrender) by Winfield Weeden

12. Benediction Song
Go. By Leon Patillo

Cites and Additional Information for Music and Material Listed