Grits and the Gospel - September 22, 2024

Welcome  18th Sunday After Pentecost   The Lord be with you. And also with you.   Epistle Lesson - James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8a   Apostle’s Creed   Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer   Flannery O’Conner Reading “Revelation”   Gospel Lesson – Mark 9:30-37   Sermon – “Those Who Come First”   Benediction UMH 883 In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us, we are not alone. Thanks be to God.   Resources: “The United Methodist Hymnal : Book of United Methodist Worship.” Nashville, Tenn. :United Methodist Pub. House, 1989. Year B - After Pentecost - Proper 20 - Revised Common Lectionary (vanderbilt.edu) O’Connor, Flannery. ‘Revelation.’ The Collected Stories of Flannery O’Connor. New York: FSG, 1979. 488-509.