GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE.................................... “BATTLE
HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC”1.......... ARR.
BY MARK HAYES
INTROIT................................... “O
GOD, WE DO EXALT YOUR NAME”1.................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord. Come and quench this thirsting of my soul. Bread
of heaven, feed me till I want no more; fill my
cup, fill it up and make me whole.
Leader: In the beginning, the voice that whispered us into being still whispers, saying…
People: Let there be light!
Leader: In the wilderness, the voice that fed us from the heavens still feeds us, saying…
People: Let God’s light shine
bright!
Leader: In
the story we share with this God of mystery and amazing love, the voice calls
to us each and every morning, saying…
People: Let God’s radiance reveal our hope!
Leader: In the story we share with this God of mystery and amazing love, the voice calls
to us each and every morning, saying…
All: Be my light for the world!
**HYMN #400 (UMH)............................................................ “COME,
THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING”
How easy we can learn of God's love - but how hard it is to live it! The world distracts us
with its easy choices, while we know how intentional we must be to love one another. Join
me as we confess
our failures to love and we open our hearts to God, saying…
Because you dwell in our hearts, Eternal God, you know how the anger, the pain, the
bitterness of our lives try to crowd you out. The noise of the world deafens us to your
Word which can heal us. We want our children to be good, kind, and gentle to others,
and then they hear us call others names, and speak of them with demeaning words.
Our desire for revenge towards those who have hurt us shows that your peace, indeed,
is not in us. You promise a new heaven and a new earth, so create new spirits and new
lives within us, Healing God. Shattered by our sin, your heart can still heal our
brokenness. Your Spirit, living deep within our souls, can teach us faithful ways. Your
Word, Jesus Christ our Lord, whispers to us of your mercy, your hope, your love.
AMEN.
SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: The Word which can transform us is not some idle gossip, but good news for us.
It fills us with forgiveness, equips us for service, and sends us forth to love others
as God loves us.
People: In our midst, the Holy Spirit teaches us all we need to know, gives us what we
need in order to be faithful, and fills us with peace. Thanks be to God, we are
forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING.......................... “IN FLANDERS FIELDS”1................................ CHANCEL
CHOIR
Up from the grave he
arose, with a mighty triumph o’er his foes;
He arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever, with his saints to reign.
He arose!
He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
SERMON............................................ “HEAVEN
HERE AND NOW”.......................... REV.
ERIC WARNER
**RESPONSE #2087 (TFWS)...................................................... “WE
WILL GLORIFY THE KING OF KINGS”
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
Our Father, who 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
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
AMEN.
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't know what to do,
I will cast all my cares upon you.
CALL
TO OFFERING
OFFERTORY
**DOXOLOGY #95 (UMH)..................................... “PRAISE
GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all
creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye
heav'nly host;
Praise Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
**OFFERTORY PRAYER
**HYMN #127 (UMH)..................................................................... “GUIDE
ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH”
**CHORAL BENEDICTION.......... “MAY YOU RUN AND NOT BE WEARY”1............... CHANCEL CHOIR
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.
POSTLUDE........................................... “TRUMPET
VOLUNTARY”1................................... DAVID
LASKY
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Flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God in loving memory of our father Robert Bunnell,
who passed away 20 years ago on Memorial Day, by his children.
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
