Join Us For Worship, Sunday March 7th at 11:00am on our Youtube Live Channel!!!

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Order of Worship March 07, 2021
Third Sunday in Lent
&
Women History Month

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The worship video will be available live at 11:00 am.
Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  

Prelude “You Raise Me Up”, by R. Lovland and B. Graham, From: “Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart”, © Universal Music Publishing……………………………..……Rhonda Bond     
   
 
Greetings………………………………Pastor Juan 
 
Opening Prayer………….…………………………Beverly B.
 
Opening Hymn: “Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land” #3074 W&S
Words: African American spiritual  Music: African American spiritual
                                                                                                  
Refrain
Jesus is a rock in a weary land,
a weary land, a weary land;
my Jesus is a rock in a weary land,
a shelter in the time of storm.
 
1.No one can do like Jesus,
not a mumbling word he said:
he went walking down to Lazarus’ grave,
and he raised him from the dead.
 
2.When Jesus was on earth
the flesh was very weak;
he took a towel and girded himself
and he washed his disciples’ feet.
 
3.Yonder comes my Savior,
him whom I love so well;
he has the palm of victory
and the key of death and hell.
 
 
Women History at AFUMC………..…………………..….Beverly B.

 
Hymn of Preparation: “The Care the Eagle Gives Her Young” #118 UMH
Words: R. Deane Postlethwaite
Music:  Jesse Seymour Irvine, 1872
 

1. The care the eagle gives her young,safe in her lofty nest,
is like the tender love of God
for us made manifest.

2. As when the time to venture comes,she stirs them out to flight,
so we are pressed to boldly try,
to strive for daring height.
 
3. And if we flutter helplessly,as fledgling eagles fall,
beneath us lift God’s mighty wings,
to bear us, one and all.
 
  
Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 40:21-31…………………………………………………….Beverly B.
 
Sermon….………………….…………….………Meredith R.
 

Offertory Response Solo: “On Eagle’s Wing”, by M. Joncas, © 1979, 1991, New Dawn Music……………….………………………Rhonda B.

       
And God will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
bear you on the breath of dawn,
make you to shine like the sun,
and hold you in the palm of God’s hand.         
 
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.
Congregational Prayer for Women……….Elizabeth & Beverly
 
Closing Hymn: “May You Run and Not Be Weary” #2281 TFWS
Words:  Paul Murakami and Handt Hanson
Music:   Paul Murakami and Handt Hanson
© 1991 Changing Church Forum
 
May you run and not be weary.
May your heart be filled with song.
And may the love of God continue
to give you hope and keep you strong.
And may you run and not be weary.
May your life be filled filled with joy!
And may the road you travel
always lead you home.
 
Dismissal with Blessing………………….……Meredith R.                                  
 

Postlude “The Greatest Love Of All”, words by L. Creed, music by M. Masser, © by Columbia Pictures Music Corporation and Gold Horizon Music Corporation………………………………..Gregory D.

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