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Sunday June 11th Worship Service In Person or On Line
Image: Do justice — Haz justicia! A t-shirt slogan from Honduras, 2007
El te ha declarado, oh hombre, lo que es bueno. ¿Y qué es lo que demanda el SEÑOR de ti, sino sólo practicar la justicia, amar la misericordia, y andar humildemente con tu Dios?
“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8
Holy Boldness, Move Our Spirits Holy Boldness, move our spirits. Holy Boldness, free our hearts. Stir our minds and drive us forward. Spur us on to do our parts. Help us make our lives a witness to your all-inclusive care As we co-create your realm where faith is stronger than despair. Source of courage, move our bodies. Source of courage, guide our hands. Raise our voices; grant us strength to tell the truth that love demands. Help us make our lives a witness to your endless, wondrous grace As we build the world you ache for where each person finds a place. God of justice, move your people. God of justice, make us one, Joined in work and hope and prayer until your will is fully done. Help us make our lives a witness to your love of lost and least As we set your sacred table, calling all to join the feast. Amen
1. Come! Live in the light! Shine with joy and the love of the Lord! We are called to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God!
We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another, to walk humbly with God!
2. Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear! We are called to be hope for the hopeless so all hatred and blindness will be no more!
We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly, we are called to serve one another, to walk humbly with God!
3. Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day when all will be one! God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love!
We are called to act with justice, We are called to love tenderly, We are called to serve one another, to walk humbly with God!
1. We have come into this house to gather in His name and worship Him. We have come into this house to gather in His name and worship Him. We have come into this house to gather in His name and worship Christ the Lord. Worship Him, Christ the Lord.
2. So, forget about yourself, concentrate on Him and worship Him. So forget about yourself, concentrate on Him and worship Him. So, forget about yourself, concentrate on Him and worship Christ the Lord. Worship Him, Christ the Lord.
3. Let us lift up holy hands, magnify His name and worship Him. Let us lift up holy hands, magnify His name and worship Him. Let us lift up holy hands, magnify His name and worship Christ the Lord. Worship Him, Christ the Lord.
Passing of the Peace:………………………………….Phillip J. Let us show 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.
Old Testament Lesson: Hosea 5:15-6:6…………..Joe B.
I will return again to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face. In their distress they will beg my favor: “Come, let us return to the Lord; for it is he who has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck down, and he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.” What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes away early.
Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have killed them by the words of my mouth, and my judgment goes forth as the light. For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
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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 uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. An lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Amen
Hymn of Preparation:……“Where He Leads Me” #338 UMH Words: E. W. Blandy, 1890, Music: John S. Norris, 1890
1. I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling, “Take thy cross and follow, follow me.”
Refrain Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow: I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
2. I’ll go with him through the garden, I’ll go with him through the garden, I’ll go with him through the garden, I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
Refrain Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow: I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
3. I’ll go with him through the judgment, I’ll go with him through the judgment, I’ll go with him through the judgment, I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
Refrain Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow: I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
4. He will give me grace and glory, he will give me grace and glory, he will give me grace and glory, and go with me, with me all the way.
Refrain Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow: I’ll go with him, with him all the way.
New Testament Lesson: Romans 4:13-25………Joe B.
For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.
For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”) –in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numerous shall your descendants be.” He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
Therefore his faith “was reckoned to him as righteousness.” Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.