Avent Ferry United Methodist Church

Avent Ferry United Methodist Church is a Christ centered community of faith that is committed to reaching out to and embracing all individuals. With open hearts, open minds, and open doors, we are making intentional efforts toward celebrating diversity and being genuinely welcoming and inclusive of all individuals. As a Reconciling United Methodist Church, we follow Jesus Christ by loving and accepting: All Ages, All Races, All Abilities, All Cultures, All Ethnicities, All National Origins, All Education Levels, All Gender Identities, All Sexual Orientations, All Socio-Economic Statuses, All Family or Marital Statuses.

Join Us For Worship, Sunday February 28th at 11:00am on Youtube Live!!!

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Order of Worship February 28, 2021
Second Sunday in Lent
&
Black 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: “There is a Balm In Gilead” #375 UMH, Afro-American Spiritual…………………………………Kellen Moss

Greetings………………………………Pastor Juan

Opening Prayer………….………….Lusi Radford

Opening Hymn: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” #140 UMH
Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923
Music: William M. Runyan, 1923

1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they
fail not; as thou hast been,
thou forever wilt be.

Refrain
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand has provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

2. Summer and winter and springtime and
harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses
above join with all nature in manifold witness,
to thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to
guide; strength for today and bright hope for
tomorrow, blessing all mine, with
ten thousand beside!

Old Testament Lesson: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16…………………………………………..Lusi Radford

Hymn of Preparation: “Be Thou My Vision” #451 UMH
Words: Eleanor H. Hull, 1912
Music: Trad Irish melody

1. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

naught be all else to me, save that thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

2. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word;

I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
Thou and thou only, first in my heart,
Great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.

3. Great God of heaven, my victory won,

may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

Epistle Lesson: Romans 4:13-25………….Lusi Radford

Sermon….………………….……………..…….Pastor Juan

Offertory Response Solo: “Find Us Faithful”, words and music by J. Mohr, © 1988 Birdwing Music/J. Mark Music…..Kellen Moss

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.

Closing Hymn: “Lift Every Voice and Sing” #519 UMH
Words by James Weldon Johnson, 1921
Music by J. Rosamond Johnson, 1921
For a brief history, please see https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/lift-every-voice-and-sing

1. “Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,
ring with the harmonies of liberty;
let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies,
let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us;
sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
let us march on till victory is won.

2. “Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet
come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered;
we have come, treading our path thru the blood of the slaughtered,
out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.”

Dismissal with Blessing…………………..Pastor Juan

Postlude: “Were You There” and “He Never Said a Mumbalin’ Word”, Afro-American Spirituals……….arranged by G. Dixon

Announcements, Tithing & Giving
Announcements will be shared in the beginning and at the end of service via slideshow on the screen.
You can give & tithe with no fee through your bank’s online bill pay option. It is easy to set up for automatic monthly giving. Or, you can use this link: Online Giving

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Join Us For Worship, Sunday February 28th at 11:00am on Youtube Live!!!