(Image: My Heart for the Lord   Valente, Liz,  Brazil)

©Order of Worship October 09, 2022

18th Sunday After Pentecost

Hispanic Heritage Month


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

Prelude “Santo” Words and Music by Guillermo Cuellar from La Misa Popular Salvadorena © 1968 GIA Publications, Inc.…………………………………….Greg D.
 
Coming of the Light:………………………………………Scott
 
Greetings……………………….……………Pastor Steven
 
Opening Prayer: …………….…………….……..……Ian D.
 
 
As the sun rises, so does our prayer, loving God.
With each new dawn, renew our trust in you,
        our delight to do justice,
        and our gladness to be in your presence. Amen
 
Opening Hymns:….“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.
 
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!
 
 
 
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!
 
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!
 
Something Beautiful #394 UMH
Words: Gloria Gaither, 1971, Music: William J. Gaither, 1971
© 1971 William J. Gaither
 
Something beautiful, something good; all my confusion
he understood; all I had to offer him was brokenness
and strife, but he made something beautiful of my life.
 
Passing of the Peace:…………………………..Pastor Steven
Let us offer one another signs of reconciliation and love.
 
“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.” 
 
Giving of our tithes and offerings …………………..……
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Offertory: ……………..”Jesu, Jesu”…………….Handbell Choir
Music: Ghana folk song, adapt. Tom Colvin © 1969, and arr. © 1982,
2009, Hope Publishing Co. Handbell arrangement: Philip L. Roberts
 
Offertory Response:  The Doxology” #94 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623;
Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God,
all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God the
source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts!  Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Prayer After Receiving:………………………Pastor Steven
 
Hymn of Preparation:..“Holy, Holy, Holy” (“Santo, Santo, Santo”) #2007 TFWS
Words and Music: Argentine folk song
 
Holy, holy, holy. My heart, my heart adores you! My
heart knows how to say to you: You are holy, Lord!
 
Santo, santo, santo,  ¡Mi corazón te adora! Mi corazón
te sabe decir: ¡Santo eres, Dios!
 
Epistle Lesson: …… 2 Timothy 2:8-15…………Ian D.
 
2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David–that is my gospel, 2:9 for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.
 
2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 2:11 The saying is sure: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; 2:12 if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us; 2:13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful– for he cannot deny himself.
 
2:14 Remind them of this, and warn them before God that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
 
Sermon: …………..……………………………Pastor Steven
 
Anthem:..”Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”..Handbell Choir
Music: Anthony J. Showalter Arr. by James D. Kimball ASCAP
 
Prayers of the People: ………………………Pastor Steven
 
Announcements:………………………………….…Lorri B.
 
Closing Hymn:..“I’m So Glad Jesus Lifted Me#2151 TFWS
Words and Music: African American spiritual
 
1. I’m so glad, Jesus lifted me,
I’m so glad, Jesus lifted me,
I’m so glad, Jesus lifted me,
singing glory, hallelujah,
Jesus lifted me.
 
2.Satan had me bound, Jesus lifted me,
Satan had me bound, Jesus lifted me,
Satan had be bound, Jesus lifted me,
singing glory, hallelujah,
Jesus lifted me.
 
3.When I was in trouble, Jesus lifted me,
when I was in trouble, Jesus lifted me,
when I was in trouble, Jesus lifted me,
singing glory, hallelujah,
Jesus lifted me.
 
Dismissal with Blessing:……………………………Pastor Steven
 
Postlude: “Tuya Es la Gloria” Traditional Latin American………………………………………….….…………..Greg D.


 
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