The Order of Worship – May 12, 2024

Sunday, May 12, 2024
This is the 133rd Day of 2024.
There are 233 days remaining in 2024.

Filled with the Holy Spirit,
we are a people of prayer
committed to love one another
and equipped to share Christ’s love throughout the world.

Seventh Sunday of Easter
Mother’s Day

Prelude:

Welcome & Announcements:
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Call to Worship: Gather Us In…TFWS #2236 (1&2)

Responsive Reading: Psalm 1 (Greenville 1st UMH 738)

¹ Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, 
or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers;
² but their delight is in the law of the LORD, 
and on his law they meditate day and night.

³ They are like trees planted by streams of water, 
which yield their fruit in its season, 
and their leaves do not wither. 
In all that they do, they prosper.

⁴ The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, 
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Praise the Lord

Opening Hymn: A Mighty Fortress is Our God…#110 in C

Verse 1

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.

Verse 2

Did we in our own strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side,
the man of God’s own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabaoth, his name, from age to age the same,
and he must win the battle.

Verse 3

And though this world, with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God hath willed
his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.

Verse 4

That word above all early powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill; God’s truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.

Affirmation of Faith:
The Apostle’s Creed..No. 881

I believe in God the Father Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth;
and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified,
dead,
and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

Gloria Patri…Page 70

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.

Praise Song: Jesus on the Mainline

Jesus on the mainline, tell Him what you want
Jesus on the mainline, tell Him what you want
Jesus on the mainline, tell Him what you want
You just call Him up, and tell Him what you want.

You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want.

He ain’t got call waiting, tell Him what you want
You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want.

 If you want salvation, tell Him what you want
You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want.

He ain’t got call waiting, tell Him what you want
You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want. 

If you have a problem, tell Him what you want
You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want.
If you need a miracle, tell Him what you want

You got to call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up, call Him up, tell Him what you want
Call Him up and tell Him what you want.

Pastoral Prayer
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The Lord’s 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.

Anthem: A Mother’s Prayer

A mother’s prayer
Is a song of blessing
A lullaby caressing
That won’t let you go
I know somewhere
There’s a mother praying
Her heart is saying
“I love you so”

A mother’s prayer
Is a candle burning
Ever yearning
To guide us through
I know somewhere
There’s a mother praying
Her heart is saying
“I’ll never give up on you”

For every lost child
and every wandering soldier
When the world gets colder
When you’re far from home
Though the wind blows wild
There’s a light in the window
A candle that still glows
For you alone

A mother’s prayer
Is a flower blooming
Her spirit opening
To Grace from above
I know somewhere
There’s a mother praying
Her heart is saying
“I send you my love”

2012, 2013 Keith T. Amano

Offertory

Doxology:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts;
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen

Children’s Moment & Song (Big House – Chorus)

Verse 1

Come and go with me to my father’s house.
Come and go with me to my father’s house.
It’s a big, big house with lots and lots of room.
A big, big table with lots and lots of food.
A big, big yard where we can play football.
A big, big house, it’s my father’s house.

Prayer for Illumination
Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read and your Word is proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. Amen.

New Testament Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 (Larry)
¹⁵ In those days Peter stood up among the believers (together the crowd numbered about one hundred twenty persons) and said, ¹⁶ “Friends, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit through David foretold concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus — ¹⁷ for he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in this ministry.

²¹ So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²² beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us–one of these must become a witness with us to his resurrection.”

²³ So they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also known as Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴ Then they prayed and said, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which one of these two you have chosen ²⁵ to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” ²⁶ And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles.

Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God!
People: Thanks be to God.

Gospel Reading: John 17:6-19
⁶ “I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; ⁸ for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

⁹ I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. ¹⁰ All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. ¹¹ And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.

¹² While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

¹⁴ I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. ¹⁵ I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

¹⁷ Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.” 

Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God!
People: Thanks be to God.

Epistle & Sermon Text:  1 John 5:9-13
⁹ If we receive human testimony, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony of God that he has testified to his Son. ¹⁰ Those who believe in the Son of God have the testimony in their hearts. Those who do not believe in God have made him a liar by not believing in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon:“God is Life”

Closing Hymn: I Want Jesus to Walk With Me…#521 in Am

Verse 1

I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)
All along my pilgrim journey, Lord,
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)

Verse 2

In my trials, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
In my trials, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
When my heart is almost breaking, Lord,
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)

Verse 3

When I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
When I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me. (walk with me)
When my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord
I want Jesus to walk with me. (walk with me)

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