(Image: Wooden Love Sign Ca. 2000 Doi Inthanon National Park,
Chom Thong district, Thailand)
©Order of Worship for Sunday May 05, 2024
Sixth Sunday of Easter
Holy Communion
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Prelude:………………….“Glory to God”……………….Greg D.
Heritage Mass, by Owen Alstoll © 1987, 2009 OCP
Coming of the Light:……………………………………………..
Call to Worship:……………….“(Sanctus)……………………Choir
Words: The United Methodist Hymnal Music: Mark A. Miller
© 1999 Abingdon Press
Greetings:…………………………………Pastor Steven
Opening Prayer: ………….……………………….…Ian D.
Easter people, Jesus chose you and calls you friend!
We abide in Christ because Christ abides in us.
Jesus made a home among us to show us how to love.
We abide in Love because Love abides in us.
Jesus invites us in and beckons us to come to the Table to
know the joy that comes when we love one another the way
God loves us.
We abide in Joy because Joy abides with us.
Easter people, Jesus welcomes you home!
We come to make our home with God and one another,
bound together by Love and enlivened by Joy. Amen.
Opening Hymns:..“Shout to the Lord” #2074 TFWS
Words and Music: Darlene Zschech © 1993 Darlene Zschech/
Hillsongs Publishing, admin, by Integrity’s Hosanna! Music
My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like you.
All of my days I want to praise the wonders of your
mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, tower of refuge
and strength. Let every breath, all that I am
never cease to worship you.
Shout to the Lord, all the earth, let us sing power
and majesty, praise to the King. Mountains bow down
and the seas will roar at the sound of your name. I
sing for joy at the work of your hands, forever I’ll love you,
forever I’ll stand. Nothing compares to the promise
I have in you.
“Sing a New Song to the Lord” #2045 TFWS
Words: Timothy Dudley-Smith Music: David G. Wilson
Words ⓒ 1973 Hope Publishing Co. music © 1973
Jubilate Hymns; admin. by Hope Publishing Co.
1. Sing a new song to the Lord, he to whom
wonders belong! Rejoice in his triumph and tell
of his power. O sing to the Lord a new song!
2. Now to the ends of the earth see his salvation
Is shown! And still he remembers his mercy and
Truth, unchanging in love to his own.
3. Sing a new song and rejoice, publish his
praises abroad! Let voices in chorus, with trumpet
and horn, resound for the joy of the Lord!
4. Join with the hills and the sea thunders of praise
to prolong! In judgment and justice he comes
to the earth. O sing to the Lord a new song!
Passing of the Peace:…………………………….Pastor Steven
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
Gloria Patri:………“Glory Be to the Father” #71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
Announcements:…………………………………………Lorri B.
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Offertory………………“How Beautiful”………………..Melanie B.
Words and Music: Twila Paris © 1990 Ariose Music
Offertory Response:…..“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology) #95 UMH
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Prayer After Receiving:………………………….Pastor Steven
Prayers of the People:………………………….……….Lusi R.
Gospel Lesson:……………..John 15:9-17…….… Ian D.
As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.
Hymn of Preparation:.“Jesus Loves Me” #191 UMH
Words: Stanza 1 by Anna B. Warner, 1860; Stanza 2 by David Rutherford McGuire
Music: William B. Bradbury, 1862 Public Domain
1. Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
2. Jesus loves me! This I know, as he loved so long ago,
taking children on his knee, saying, “Let them come to me.”
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
3. Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way,
wanting as a friend to give light and love to all who live.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
Sermon:……..“Crossing the New Divide”……….Pastor Steven
Communion Hymn: “Let Us Be Bread” #2260 TFWS
Words and Music: Thomas Porter
© 1990 GIA Publications, Inc.
Let us be bread, blessed by the Lord, broken and
shared, life for the world. Let us be wine, love freely
poured. Let us be one in the Lord.
Let us be bread, blessed by the Lord, broken and
shared, life for the world. Let us be wine, love freely
poured. Let us be one in the Lord.
Service of Holy Communion:…………………Pastor Steven
CONFESSION & PARDON
Pastor Steven: Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. We have failed to be an obedient church. We have not done your will, we have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love, we have not loved our neighbors, and we have not heard the cry of the needy. Forgive us, we pray. Free us for joyful obedience, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
All pray in silence.
Pastor Steven: Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners; that proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
All: Glory to God. Amen.
THE PEACE
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.
All, including the pastor, exchange signs and words of God’s peace by crossing hands, wave to one another due to social distancing guidelines.
Pastor Steven: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
Pastor Steven: Lift up your hearts. The pastor may lift hands and keep them raised.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
Pastor Steven: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Pastor Steven: And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
All: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Pastor Steven: In union with Christ’s offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
All: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pastor Steven: All honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.
All: Amen.
The Lord’s Prayer
Closing Hymn:..“Make Us One” #2224 TFWS
Words: Carol Cymbala Music: Carol Cymbala
© 1991 Word Music, Inc. and Carol Joy Music ℅
Integrated Copyright Group
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy
Spirit, make us one. Let your love flow so
the world will know we are one in you.
Make us one, Lord, make us one; Holy
Spirit, make us one. Let your love flow so
the world will know we are one in you.
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
Postlude:……………………………………………………Greg D.
Service ends, witness and service begins.
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