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©Order of Worship June 19, 2022

2nd Sunday After Pentecost

Father’s Day

Pride Month

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Text for hymns are found below each hymn.  Click on the hymn highlighted text for music.

Prelude: …………………………………………..Glenda C.
 
Coming of the Light:……………………………………..Evan G.
 
Greetings………………………………………Pastor Steven
 
Honoring Our Fathers…………Lorri, Michael and Noelle, Karin
 
Opening Prayer: …….……………………………Robin C.
 
Opening Hymns:  “This Is the Day”  #657 UMH
Words: Psalm 18:24; adapt. by Les Garrett, 1967
Music: Les Garrett, 1967 © 1967, 1980 Scripture in Song
 
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord hath made,
that the Lord hath made. Let us rejoice, let us rejoice
and be glad in it, and be glad in it. This is the day that
the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord hath made.
 
“I’m Goin’ a Sing When the Spirit Says Sing”
#333 UMH
Words and Music: Afro-American spiritual
Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
1.I’m going’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
I’m goin’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
I’m goin’ a sing when the Spirit says sing,
and obey the Spirit of the Lord.
 
2.pray   3.moan   4.shout
 
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Offertory: ………………………………………………….Glenda C.
 
Offertory Response:  “The Doxology” #95 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551
 
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
 
Hymn of Preparation: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”  #703 UMH
Words: Afro-American spiritual Music: Afro-American spiritual
adapt. and arr. By William Farley Smith, 1987
 
Refrain
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home;
swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.
 
1.I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,
coming for to carry me home? A band of angels
coming after me, coming for to carry me home.
 
Refrain
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home;
swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.
 
2.If you get there before I do,
coming for to carry me home; tell all my friends I’m
coming too, coming for to carry me home.
 
Refrain
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.
 
3.I’m sometimes up, I’m sometimes down,
coming for to carry me home;
but still my soul feels heavenly bound,
coming for to carry me home.
 
Refrain
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home;
swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.
 
4.The brightest day that I can say,
coming for to carry me home, when Jesus washed my
sins away, coming for to carry me home.
 
Refrain
Swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home;
swing low, sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home.
 
Old Testament Lesson:….Genesis 4:1-16……….Robin C.
4 Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.” ² Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. ³ In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, ⁴ and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, ⁵ but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. ⁶ The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? ⁷ If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
⁸ Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.”^[b] And
And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. ⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰ And the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen, your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! ¹¹ And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹² When you till the ground, it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” ¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! ¹⁴ Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.” ¹⁵ Then the Lord said to him, “Not so!^[c] Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him. ¹⁶ Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
 
Sermon: ……………………………………..Pastor Steven
 
Anthem: ………”His Eye is On the Sparrow”………..…..Melanie B.
Words: Civilla Martin  Music: Charles H. Gabriel
 
Prayers of the People: ……………………… Pastor Steven
 
Announcements:…………………………………………..Lorri B.
 
Closing Hymn:“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” #474 UMH
Words: Thomas A. Dorsey, 1932
Music: Thomas A. Dorsey, 1932
© 1938 Hill & Range Songs, renewed Unichappell Music, Inc.
 
1.Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand,
I am tired, I am weak, I am worn;
through the storm through the night, lead me on to the light:
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
 
2.When my way grows drear, precious Lord, linger near,
when my life is almost gone,
hear my cry, hear my call, hold my hand lest I fall:
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
 
3.When the darkness appears and the night draws near,
and the day is past and gone,
at the river I stand, guide my feet, hold my hand:
Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: ………………………………….………..Glenda C.

 
 

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