Worship Service - May 15, 2022

                                 Elkton United Methodist Church

                                           Fifth Sunday of Easter

                                            Sunday, May 15, 2022

                                                               8:30 a.m. † 11:00 a.m.

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PRELUDE................................. “Theme from a nocturne”¹................. ARR. BY lani smith

INTROIT......................................... “Come, holy spirit”¹ ..................................CHANCEL CHOIR

GREETING AND WELCOME

TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER

RESPONSE #2164 (TFWS)............................................................................................. “SANCTUARY”

Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true.  With thanksgiving, 

I’ll be a living sanctuary for you.

**CALL TO WORSHIP

Leader:   We come today from different places, different moods, different

               mornings.
People:   Some are hectic and rushed, others quiet, perhaps forlorn.

               Regardless, we are loved equally in God’s eyes.
Leader:   We pray for health or happiness; some pray for strength or support.
People:   We pray in joy and hope and longing, and God hears each prayer

               the same.
Leader:   We worship with different voices and talents, and we lift up our hearts

               united in praise.
All:         Each one of us is unique and beloved; together we praise God who

               welcomes our worship as one.

**HYMN #657 (UMH)............................................................... “this is the day” (completed twice)

CALL TO CONFESSION

      We show others who we are by the lives we lead, the words we speak, the actions we 

      undertake.  Let us confess how we have not been the best examples.  We fail to love as we 

      have been loved.  Therefore, we must confess and repent of our sins.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (IN UNISON)

Who are we to get in your way, Holy God? We imprison others with our unmet 

expectations, and you set them free with a Word. We build walls around those we 

don't know, and you tear them down. We struggle to love others because the world 

tells us to hate those who disagree with us. Who are we get in the way of your 

forgiveness offered to all! We fail to be witnesses for you because we are prideful and 

self-serving, but we know you still love us. So give us your vision that sees everything

through your eyes as we seek to follow our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. AMEN.

SILENT PRAYERS OF CONFESSION

words of pardon and assurance

     Leader:   We know who God is by the love shown to us in Christ Jesus.

     People:  We will show others who we are - and Whose we are - by the loved

                    poured out by our lives.  Thanks be to God, we are forgiven!  AMEN.

MUSICAL OFFERING........ “praise to the lord, the almighty”¹...... handbell CHOIR

NEW TESTAMENT LESSON, acts 11:1-18 (PAGE 130)

Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.

People: Thanks be to God!

MUSICAL OFFERING................... “he will hold me fast”¹ .........................cHANCEL CHOIR

**GOSPEL LESSON, JOHN 13:31-35 (PAGE 108)

Leader: Christ is risen!

People: Christ is risen indeed!

**RESPONSE #347 (UMH)................................................................................................ “spirit song”

SERMON............................ “an unexpected change of menu”........... REV. eric warner

RESPONSE #177 (UMH)...................................................................................................."hE iS lORD"

He is Lord, he is Lord! He is risen from the dead and he is Lord! Every knee shall bow,

every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER

THE LORD'S PRAYER (IN UNISON)

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.

RESPONSE #2215 (TFWS)....................................................................................... “CARES CHORUS”

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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

**HYMN #2170 (TFWS)................................................................... “god made from one blood”

**BENEDICTION

         Let us go now to praise God with our hearts.  Let us go now to praise Jesus with our lives.  Let 

         us go now to praise the Spirit with our lips.  To speak peace into all the broken places of our 

         communities, to whisper grace to all those forgotten by the world.  AMEN.

**CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE

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 in b-flat”¹................... david lasky

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                 Flowers on the altar are given to the glory of God by Gary & Carolann Lewis    

                                      Flowers on the organ are given to the glory of God and

                  in loving memory of our beautiful mother, mom mom and great mom mom,

                                              Ruth McKeown Deibert, by her family

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**Indicates the congregation should stand if able

UMH: United Methodist Hymnal (red cover)

TFWS: The Faith We Sing (black cover)

W&S:  Worship & Song (green cover)

¹Public Music performance provided for and reported to CCLI Licensing

Copyright License:  #1824650/Recording License:  CSPL148932