GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE....................................... “THE RISEN CHRIST!”1............................. GERALD PETERSON
INTROIT........................... “COME, CHRISTIANS JOIN TO SING”1...................... CHANCEL CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: We
gather in the presence of our God:
People: Where grieving people and
children with hurt feelings have their tears
wiped
away.
Leader: We
gather as the little children of God:
People: To worship the One who
provides what we need, not what we want.
Leader: We
gather with Jesus:
All: To
experience his love, to find God’s grace. AMEN.
**HYMN #308 (UMH)........................................................................................ “THINE
BE THE GLORY”
Knowing how easy it is to wander from the paths of right living; aware of all the shadowed
valleys we wander; remembering how we have failed to place our trust in God - how can we
not come to God with our confessions? Please join me as we pray, saying…
Comforting God, we confess the emptiness of our souls which sends us searching for all
those things that cannot nourish us. Our restless longing for the goods of the world fills
us with every lust and envy. Our belief that still waters are stagnant causes us to thirst
for whitewater thrills and adventures. Our trust in the hollow promises of our culture
turns us away from the shelter you offer to us. Forgive us. Call us back from our
wayward lives, so we may find rest in the stillness of your gentle heart; we may find
healing from your scarred hands; we may find that life for which we yearn, together in
you and through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. AMEN.
SILENT
PRAYERS OF CONFESSION
Leader: This
is the good news: God will walk with us
in every moment, God will
fill
us with goodness and mercy, God will bring us home to live forever.
God
will forgive us for all our sins.
People: Anointed
with grace and forgiveness, our lives overflow with love for
all
people. Thanks be to God that we are
forgiven! AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING...... “MY SHEPHERD WILL SUPPLY MY NEED”1.......... CHANCEL CHOIR
**RESPONSE #141 (UMH)................................................ “CHILDREN
OF THE HEAVENLY FATHER”
SERMON............................................. “TRUE LOVE” ........................................ REV. ERIC WARNER
He arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever, with his saints to reign.
He arose!
He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
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.
**HYMN #702 (UMH)........................................................ “SING WITH ALL THE SAINTS IN GLORY”
As we depart from here let us go to be bold before God. May we be emulators of Christ’s love
as we speak of the sacred worth of all God’s people. May we bring goodness and mercy with us
to all whose lives need restoring. May we glorify God with our lives as we journey forth in faith.
AMEN!
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............................. “EVER FAITHFUL, EVER NEAR”1.................... FRANKLIN RITTER
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Flowers
on the altar are in celebration of Ron & Nancy Fetterolf’s 70th anniversary
given by
their children, grandchildren and great -grandchildren.
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