Join Us For Worship Sunday January 10th at 11:00am On Youtube Live!!!

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Order of Worship January 10, 2021
First Sunday After the Epiphany
&
The Baptism of the Lord

For the Avent Ferry UMC Worship Video (Click Here (Link opens in a new window)

The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am.
Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music. 

Prelude: “Down to the River to Pray”, Southern USA folk song…………… spoons- Cullen Whitley,  piano- Gregory Dixon
 
Please post your prayer requests and praises in the YouTube chat box, or email concerns to pastor@afumc.com
 
Greetings………………………..……..….Pastor Juan 
 
Opening Prayer…………………………Lorri Bingham
 
Opening Hymn: “Once in Royal David’s City” #250 UMH
The United Methodist Hymnal
Words: Trinity Psalter Hymnal
Music by Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848
 
1 Once in royal David’s city
stood a lowly cattle shed,
where a mother laid her baby
in a manger for his bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little child.
 
2 He came down to earth from heaven
who is God and Lord of all,
and his shelter was a stable,
and his cradle was a stall:
with the poor, and mean, and lowly,
lived on earth our Savior holy.
 
3 And thro’ all his wondrous childhood
he would honor and obey,
love and watch the lowly maiden
in whose gentle arms he lay:
Christian children all must be
mild, obedient, good as he.
 
4 And our eyes at last shall see him,
thro’ his own redeeming love;
for that child so dear and gentle
is our Lord in heav’n above:
and he leads his children on
to the place where he is gone.
 
5 Not in that poor lowly stable,
with the oxen standing by,
we shall see him, but in heaven,
set at God’s right hand on high;
when like stars his children crowned
all in white shall wait around.
 
 
First Gospel Reading: Luke 3:1-14….…Lorri Bingham
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Baptized in Water” #2248 TFWS
The Faith We Sing
Music by Michael Saward, 1982
 
1 Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Cleansed by the blood of Christ our King:
Heirs of salvation,
Trusting his promise,
Faithfully now God’s praise we sing.
 
2 Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Dead in the tomb with Christ our King:
One with his rising,
Freed and forgiven,
Thankfully now God’s praise we sing.
 
3 Baptized in water,
Sealed by the Spirit,
Marked with the sign of Christ our King:
Born of one Father,
We are his children,
Joyfully now God’s praise we sing.
 
 
Second Gospel Reading: Luke 3:15-22…..…Lorri Bingham
 
Sermon……………………………….……..…..Pastor Juan
 
Offertory Response Solo: “There is a River”, by David and Max Sapp, © 1969….Diane Corbin & Cullen Whitley
 
Receiving of New Members……………..………………Pastor Juan
 
Chris and Irwin Morris will now become members of Avent Ferry UMC. As baptized members of the United Methodist Church from another local church, they will reaffirm their commitment to the church.
 
Baptismal Renewal Prayer………..….Lorri Bingham
 
“Loving Father, you anointed Jesus at his baptism with the Holy Spirit, and revealed him as your dear Son. Thank you for making us your children by water and the Spirit. Keep us faithful to you throughout our lives. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.” — from the Lutheran Church of Australia’s Worship Planning Page.
 
Prayers of the People……………………………….Pastor Juan
Please comment with your prayer concerns and especially offer up those things that cause your soul to be in a place of deep lament this day.

After each prayer read:
Leader: Lord in your mercy.
All: Hear our prayers.
Concluding Prayer of the People by Pastor
 
Closing Hymn: “Water, River, Spirit, Grace”  TFWS #2253
The Faith We Sing
Music by Thomas H Troeger, 2001
 
Water River, Spirit, Grace
Sweep over me, sweep over me,
Recarve the depths your fingers traced
In sculpting me, In sculpting me
 
 
Dismissal with Blessing…………………………………..Pastor Juan                                     
 
Postlude: “Glory in the Highest”, Traditional PuertoRican……………spoons- Cullen Whitley, piano– Gregory Dixon

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