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©Order of Worship for Sunday May 11/08/2025
Fifth Sunday after Resurrection
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Prelude
Coming of the Light
Greetings…………………………………………..Pastor Steven
Announcements………………………………………Lorri B.
Call to Worship………………………………..Margaret S.
In the beginning was the Dream.
And the Dream was with God and spoke for peace.
In the beginning was the Dream.
And the Dream was with God and spoke for justice.
In the beginning was the Dream.
And the Dream was with God and longed for love.
We come to worship the God of the Dream in a spirit of peace, justice, and love, longing to glimpse the promise of a holy dwelling place for all creation.
Written by Sally Johnson, United Methodist Creation Justice Movement
Opening Prayer………………………………….Margaret S.
Opening Hymns……And can it be that I should gain…………363 UMH
Author: Charles Wesley (1738); Music: Thomas Campbell (1835)
1 And can it be that I should gain
An int’rest in the Savior’s blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain?
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?
2 ’Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies!
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the firstborn seraph tries
To sound the depths of love Divine!
’Tis mercy all! let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.
’Tis mercy all! let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.
3 He left His Father’s throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace;
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam’s helpless race:
’Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it found out me.
’Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it found out me.
4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.
5 No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness Divine,
Bold I approach the eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Bold I approach the eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.
Jesus Loves Me………………………………191 UMH
Author: Anna Bartlett Warner (1859); Music Willliam B Bradbury. (1862)
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.
Refrain:
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.”
Refrain:
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.
Refrain:
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
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.
Giving of our tithes and offerings………..Pastor Steven
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Offertory
“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” (The Doxology)…#95 UMH
Words by Thomas Ken, 1674; Music attributed 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
Prayers of the People………………………….Pastor Steven
Anthem……….The Summons………..Taylor M., Soloist
Gospel Lesson:…………….John 13: 31 – 35……………….Margaret S.
When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Hymn of Preparation….There’s Something About That Name….171 UMH
Author: Gloria Gaither 1970;William J. Gaither 1970 Music William J. Gaither 1970
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus; there’s just something about that name.
Master, Savior, Jesus, like the fragrance after the rain;
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, let all Heaven and earth proclaim
Kings and kingdoms will all pass away,
But there’s something about that name.
Kings and kingdoms will all pass away,
But there’s something about that name.
Sermon:………..“Why such a simple request?”…………..Pastor Steven
Closing Hymn………Bind Us Together………..2226 TFWS
Arrangement by Bob Gillman
Bind us together, Lord
Bind us together
With cords that cannot be broken
Bind us together, Lord
Bind us together
Bind us together in Love
There is only one God,
There is only one King
There is only one Body,
That is why we sing.
Dismissal with Blessing……………….Pastor Steven
Postlude
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