Leader: For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though ma

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• Leader For just as the body is one and has many
  members, and all the members of the body, though
  many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
• All We praise you, O God, for the churches and
  people of the Western Pennsylvania Conference,
  one body, composed of many congregations from
  Erie to Jollytown, from Sharon to Johnstown, from
  Benezette to Bethel Park. . .

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• L For in the one Spirit we were all baptized
  into one body - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free -
  and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
• A We praise you, O God, for the Vision of our
  Conference, to ignite and sustain a passionate
  spiritual connection with all people in Western
  Pennsylvania.

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• L Indeed the body doesnt consist of one member
  but of many.
• A Help us, O God, to strengthen the connection
  we share, lay and clergy, so that we may indeed
  make disciples of Jesus Christ for the
  transformation of our communities and world.

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• L If all were a single member, where would the
  body be? As it is, there are many members, yet
  one body.
• A We celebrate the appointment of our pastor(s)
• (name) to (name) United Methodist Church and
  covenant with our pastor(s) to do the work of
  ministry in Western PA and beyond.

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• L If one member suffers, all suffer together if
  one member is honored, all rejoice together.
• A Enlighten our hearts and minds to focus on the
  needs of our world, to shape our ministry
  according to the focal points of need in our
  Conference, nation and global community to

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• Develop principled Christian leaders, both clergy
  and lay, for the church and the world
• Develop new places for new people and renew
  existing congregations
• Engage in ministry with the poor
• Stamp out killer diseases of poverty by
  improving health globally and
• Dismantle racism wherever it may exist.

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• L . . .so that there may be no division in the
  body, but that the members may have the same care
  for one another. . .
• A Let us remember brothers and sisters who have
  served faithfully as ministers of the Gospel in
  the Central Conferences with little income and
  pensions in their older years, for they too are
  connected to each of us through Christ.

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• L . . .Now you are the body of Christ, and
  individually members of it.
• A We praise God for our 1,800 members of Annual
  Conference Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton our
  District Superintendent (name) our pastor(s)
  name(s) our lay member(s) name(s).

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• A As we hear their report of the recent session
  of the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference, we
  praise you, O God, for the initiatives and
  actions they share!
• (Here, the pastor(s) and/or lay members(s)
  present their
• oral report on Annual Conference 2009.)

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Report Of Annual Conference 2009
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• A We covenant together to support the work of
  Christ in our midst and in our world. And now, we
  pray that you, O God, will enable each of us
  individually, and as a congregation, to fulfill
  the vision of our Conference. We light this
  candle as a reminder of Christ, the Light of the
  World. Let this flame symbolize our Connection
  and our resolve to share Christs light
  throughout the world, and to

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• ignite and sustain a passionate spiritual
  connection among all people in Western
  Pennsylvania and beyond! Amen and amen!
• (Here, light the Connection Sunday Candle and
  sing in
• unison Pass It On (UMH 572) or another
  suitable
• song.)