Plano Methodist Church

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Jan 14 to Mar 1 – Heifer Project
  • Jan 14 @ 9am – Adult Sunday School (4 weeks)
  • Jan 22 @ 6:30pm – Bible study
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
  • Reading – Luke 2:1-12
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Acts 2:29-33 ESV
  • 29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
  • 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
  • 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
  • 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
  • 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 254 – We Three Kings
  • UMH 219 – What Child Is This
  • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 393 – Spirit Of The Living God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Witnesses” – Acts 1:1-10 ESV
  • 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
  • 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
  • 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
  • 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;
  • 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
  • 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
  • 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
  • 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
  • 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
  • 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Jan 14 to Mar 1 – Heifer Project
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Malachi 1:11 ESV
  • For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 249 – There’s A Song In The Air
  • UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • How Many Kings – © 2006 Centricity Music Publishing, Germain And Martel Publishing
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 626 – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Herod”
  • [Matthew 2:1-18 ESV]
  • 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
  • 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
  • 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
  • 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
  • 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
  • 6 “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'”
  • 7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
  • 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
  • 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
  • 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
  • 11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
  • 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
  • 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
  • 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
  • 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
  • 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
  • 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
  • 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
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  • [Luke 2:22-38 ESV]
  • 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
  • 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
  • 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
  • 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
  • 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
  • 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,
  • 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
  • 29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
  • 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
  • 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
  • 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”
  • 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.
  • 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
  • 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
  • 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
  • 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
  • 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 228 – He Is Born (Il Est Ne)
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
  • Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Choral Anthem
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – OGRP 698 – Gloria
  • Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.
  • Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
  • Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb God, you take away the sin of the world:
  • have mercy on us;
  • you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
  • receive our prayer.
  • For you alone are the Holy One, you are alone are the Lord,
  • you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 238 – Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria)
  • UMH 245 – The First Noel
  • UMH 220 – Angels From The Realms Of Glory
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Testimonies & Devotions”
  • Testimony – Linda
  • Devotion – Lorna
  • Testimony – Liz
  • Devotion – Jim
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 246 – Joy To The World
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Choral Anthem
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – OGRP 695 – Magnificat
  • My soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty has magnified me, and holy is his name. His mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He has shown strength with his arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; He has put down the mighty from their seat and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He, remembering his mercy, has taken hold of his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
• Carols and Readings
  • UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
  • Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16, 9:6-7
  • UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
  • Reading: Mark 1:1-3
  • UMH 220 – Angels From The Realms Of Glory
  • Reading: Luke 1:5-25
  • UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
  • UMH 246 – Joy To The World
  • Reading: Luke 1:26-38
  • UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • Reading: Luke 1:46-56
  • UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
  • Reading: Luke 2:1-20
  • UMH 237 – Sing We Now Of Christmas
• Childrens Message
• Benediction
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 239 – Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Choral Anthem
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – OGRP 695 – Magnificat
  • My soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty has magnified me, and holy is his name. His mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He has shown strength with his arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; He has put down the mighty from their seat and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He, remembering his mercy, has taken hold of his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
• Carols and Readings
  • Reading: Genesis 3:8-15, 17-19
  • UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
  • Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16, 9:6-7
  • UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
  • Reading: Isaiah 40:3, Mark 1:1-3
  • UMH 240 – Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  • Reading: Luke 1:5-25
  • UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
  • Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
  • UMH 246 – Joy To The World
  • Reading: Luke 1:26-38
  • UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • Reading: Luke 1:46-56
  • UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
  • Reading: Luke 2:1-20
  • UMH 237 – Sing We Now Of Christmas
• Benediction
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 239 – Silent Night (Stille Nacht)

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
  • Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
  • Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Choral Anthem
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – UMH 754 – Psalm 23
  • [1] The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  • [2] The Lord makes me lie down in green pastures,
  • leads me beside still waters,
  • [3] restores my life,
  • leads me in right paths for the sake of the Lord’s name.
  • [4] Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;
  • for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
  • [5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
  • you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
  • [6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
  • and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
  • UMH 216 – Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming
  • Make Room – © 2017 Be Essential Songs; I Am A Pilgrim Songs; My Refuge Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 229 – Infant Holy Infant Lowly
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Shepherds of Advent” – Luke 2:15-20 ESV
  • 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
  • 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
  • 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
  • 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  • 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 224 – Good Christian Friends Rejoice
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
  • Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
  • Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – OGRP 696 – Benedictus
  • Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for he has come to his people and set them free.
  • He has raised up for us a mighty savior, horn of the house of his servant David.
  • Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
  • He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
  • This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hand of our enemies
  • free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
  • You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
  • to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
  • In the tender compassion of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
  • to shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 203 – Hail To The Lord’s Anointed
  • UMH 218 – It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  • UMH 217 – Away In A Manger
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • Choir
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Promise Made, Promise Kept”
  • [Isaiah 40:1-11 ESV]
  • 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
  • 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
  • 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
  • 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
  • 6 A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
  • 7 The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass.
  • 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
  • 9 Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
  • 10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
  • 11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
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  • [Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
  • 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
  • …
  • 8 Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
  • 9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
  • 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
  • 11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
  • 12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
  • 13 Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
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  • [2 Peter 3:8-15 ESV]
  • 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
  • 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
  • 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
  • 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
  • 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
  • 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
  • 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
  • 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
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  • [Mark 1:1-8 ESV]
  • 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
  • 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
  • 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'”
  • 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
  • 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
  • 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
  • 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
  • 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 9 @ 8:30am – Cookie Walk
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
  • Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
  • Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Choral Anthem
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading
• Call To Worship – OGRP 702 – The Collect for Purity
  • Almighty God, unto you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 196 – Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
  • UMH 213 – Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
  • Make Room – © 2017 Be Essential Songs; I Am A Pilgrim Songs; My Refuge Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
• Intercessory Prayer
• Baptism
• Sermon – “Genealogies? Why?”
  • [Matthew 1:1-17 ESV]
  • 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
  • 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
  • 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
  • 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
  • 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
  • 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
  • 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,
  • 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
  • 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
  • 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah,
  • 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
  • 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
  • 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,
  • 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
  • 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
  • 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
  • 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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  • [Luke 3:23-38 ESV]
  • 23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
  • 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
  • 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
  • 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
  • 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
  • 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
  • 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
  • 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
  • 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
  • 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
  • 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
  • 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
  • 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
  • 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
  • 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 716 – Rejoice The Lord Is King
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 2 – Hanging of the Greens
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 11:1-4 ESV
  • 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  • 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
  • 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
  • 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 139 – Praise To The Lord The Almighty
  • TFWS 2022 – Great Is The Lord
  • TFWS 2036 – Give Thanks
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 102 – Now Thank We All Our God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “One Final Reminder” – [Revelation 22:12-21 ESV]
  • 12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.
  • 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
  • 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
  • 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  • 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
  • 17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
  • 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
  • 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
  • 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
  • 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 716 – Rejoice The Lord Is King
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Dec 2 – Hanging of the Greens
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Luke 1:30-33 ESV
  • 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  • 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
  • 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
  • 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 131 – We Gather Together
  • UMH 694 – Come Ye Thankful People Come
  • Your Grace Is Enough – © 2003 Thankyou Music; spiritandsong.com
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • Choir
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “I am Coming Soon” – [Revelation 22:6-11 ESV]
  • 6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
  • 7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
  • 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,
  • 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
  • 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
  • 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 664 – Sent Forth By God’s Blessing
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Nov 12 – Operation Christmas Child shoebox deadline
  • Nov 18 @ 9am – Christmas Sale
  • Dec 2 – Hanging of the Greens
  • Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Zechariah 14:6-9 ESV
  • 6 On that day there shall be no light, cold, or frost.
  • 7 And there shall be a unique day, which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light.
  • 8 On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea. It shall continue in summer as in winter.
  • 9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one.
• Worship Hymns
  • King of Kings – © 2019 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia
  • Jesus – © 2016 Capitol CMG Paragon
  • UMH 600 – Wonderful Words of Life
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 472 – Near to the Heart of God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Perpetual, Eternal New Life” – [Revelation 22:1-5 ESV]
  • 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
  • 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
  • 3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him.
  • 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
  • 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 431 – Let There Be Peace on Earth
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Nov 10 @ 11am – Veterans’ Luncheon
  • Nov 12 – Operation Christmas Child shoebox deadline
  • Nov 18 @ 9am – Christmas Sale
  • Dec 12 – Charge Conference
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 43:18-19 ESV
  • 18 “Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.
  • 19 Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 711 – For All The Saints v1-4
  • UMH 394 – Something Beautiful x2
  • At The Cross (Love Ran Red) – © Countless Wonder Publishing
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2215 – Cares Chorus x2
• Bible Presentation for 3rd Graders
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Room For Everyone! And No More Darkness” – [Revelation 21:15-27 ESV]
  • 15 And the one who spoke with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city and its gates and walls.
  • 16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal.
  • 17 He also measured its wall, 144 cubits by human measurement, which is also an angel’s measurement.
  • 18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, like clear glass.
  • 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of jewel. The first was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,
  • 20 the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
  • 21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each of the gates made of a single pearl, and the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.
  • 22 And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb.
  • 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • 24 By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it,
  • 25 and its gates will never be shut by day–and there will be no night there.
  • 26 They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations.
  • 27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 701 – When We All Get to Heaven
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Oct 29 @ 1pm – Trunk or Treat
  • Nov 10 @ 11am – Veterans’ Luncheon
  • Nov 12 – Operation Christmas Child shoebox deadline
  • Nov 18 @ 9am – Christmas Sale
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Romans 12:1-2 ESV
  • 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
  • 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 378 – Amazing Grace
  • UMH 601 – Thy Word
  • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 451 – Be Thou My Vision
• Bible Presentation for 3rd Graders
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Time for Rejoicing” – [Revelation 21:9-14 ESV]
  • 9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
  • 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
  • 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.
  • 12 It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed–
  • 13 on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
  • 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 370 – Victory In Jesus
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Oct 29 @ 1pm – Trunk or Treat
  • Nov 10 @ 11am – Veterans’ Luncheon
  • Nov 12 – Operation Christmas Child shoebox deadline
  • Nov 18 @ 9am – Christmas Sale
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 65:17-19 HCSB
  • 17 “For I will create a new heaven and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
  • 18 Then be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight.
  • 19 I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people. The sound of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
• Worship Hymns
  • Here I Am To Worship – © 2000 Thankyou Music
  • UMH 140 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness
  • UMH 367 – He Touched Me
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 171 – There’s Something About That Name
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The New Beginning” – [Revelation 21:1-8 ESV]
  • 1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
  • 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  • 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
  • 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
  • 5 And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
  • 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.
  • 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
  • 8 But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 672 – God Be With You
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Oct 29 @ 1pm – Trunk or Treat
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 25:8-11 ESV
  • 8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
  • 9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
  • 10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.
  • 11 For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 575 – Rise Up O Men Of God
  • UMH 168 – At The Name Of Jesus
  • Wonderful Merciful Savior – © 1989 Curb Dayspring Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 600 – Wonderful Words Of Life
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Where is Your Name Written” – [Revelation 20:11-15 ESV]
  • 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them.
  • 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
  • 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done.
  • 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
  • 15 And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 362 – Nothing But The Blood
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
  • Oct 14th @ 9am – Operation Christmas Child prep
  • Oct 14th @ 3pm – Softball Game & Potluck
  • Oct 29 @ 1pm – Trunk or Treat
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 24:7-10 ESV
  • 7 Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
  • 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
  • 9 Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
  • 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 504 – The Old Rugged Cross
  • Our God – © 2010 Atlas Mountain Songs
  • Blessed Be Your Name – © 2002 Thankyou Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2207 – Lord Listen To Your Children
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Satan On a Leash” – [Revelation 20:1-10 ESV]
  • 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
  • 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
  • 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
  • 4 Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
  • 5 The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection.
  • 6 Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.
  • 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison
  • 8 and will come out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
  • 9 And they marched up over the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them,
  • 10 and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2032 – My Life Is In You
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
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  • Oct 14th @ 9am – Operation Christmas Child prep
  • Oct 14th @ 3pm – Softball Game & Potluck
  • Oct 29 @ 1pm – Trunk or Treat
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – From Isaiah 63-65
  • 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? “It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.”
  • 64:4 From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.
  • 5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways.
  • 63:2 Why is your apparel red, and your garments like his who treads in the winepress?
  • 3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and from the peoples no one was with me; I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments, and stained all my apparel.
  • 65:12 I will destine you to the sword, and all of you shall bow down to the slaughter, because, when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen, but you did what was evil in my eyes and chose what I did not delight in.”
  • 63:4 For the day of vengeance was in my heart, and my year of redemption had come.
  • 65:17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
  • 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 717 – The Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • UMH 626 – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  • UMH 451 – Be Thou My Vision
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 454 – Open My Eyes That I May See
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Love and Wrath” – [Revelation]
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 399 – Take My Life, and Let It Be
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Oct 3rd @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 743 – Psalm 8
  • 1 O Lord, our Lord,
  • how majestic is your name in all the earth!
  • 2 Your glory is chanted above the heavens by the mouth of babes and infants:
  • you have set up a defense against your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
  • 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
  • the moon and the stars which you have established;
  • 4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
  • and mortals that you care for them?
  • 5 you have made them little less than God,
  • and crowned them with glory and honor.
  • 6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
  • you have put all things under their feet,
  • 7 all sheep and oxen,
  • and also the beasts of the field,
  • 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,
  • whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
  • 9 O Lord, our Lord,
  • how majestic is your name in all the earth!
• Worship Hymns
  • TFWS 2026 – Halle, Halle, Halleluja (3x)
  • TFWS 2001 – We Sing to You, O God
  • UMH 176 – Majesty, Worship His Majesty
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 186 – Alleluia
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The King is Back” – [Revelation 19:11-21 ESV]
  • 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
  • 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself.
  • 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.
  • 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses.
  • 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
  • 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
  • 17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God,
  • 18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.”
  • 19 And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army.
  • 20 And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
  • 21 And the rest were slain by the sword that came from the mouth of him who was sitting on the horse, and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2075 – King of Kings (2x)
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Oct 3rd @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – 1 Peter 2:9-10 ESV
  • 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
• Worship Hymns
  • Agnus Dei – © 1990 Sony/ATV Milene Music
  • TFWS 2196 – We Walk by Faith
  • TFWS 2149 – Living for Jesus
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 405 – Seek Ye First
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “HALLELUJAH” – [Revelation 19:1-10 ESV]
  • 1 After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
  • 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
  • 3 Once more they cried out, “Hallelujah! The smoke from her goes up forever and ever.”
  • 4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, “Amen. Hallelujah!”
  • 5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.”
  • 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
  • 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready;
  • 8 it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”– for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints.
  • 9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
  • 10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 352 – It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
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• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 ESV
  • 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
  • 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 77 – How Great Thou Art
  • UMH 526 – What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  • Lord, I Need You – © 2011 sixsteps Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 393 – Spirit of the Living God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Vile Babylon” – [Revelation 18:9-24 ESV]
  • 9 And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
  • 10 They will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say, “Alas! Alas! You great city, you mighty city, Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
  • 11 And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn for her, since no one buys their cargo anymore,
  • 12 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all kinds of scented wood, all kinds of articles of ivory, all kinds of articles of costly wood, bronze, iron and marble,
  • 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense, wine, oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and slaves, that is, human souls.
  • 14 “The fruit for which your soul longed has gone from you, and all your delicacies and your splendors are lost to you, never to be found again!”
  • 15 The merchants of these wares, who gained wealth from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,
  • 16 “Alas, alas, for the great city that was clothed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, with jewels, and with pearls!
  • 17 For in a single hour all this wealth has been laid waste.” And all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off
  • 18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, “What city was like the great city?”
  • 19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out, “Alas, alas, for the great city where all who had ships at sea grew rich by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been laid waste.
  • 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”
  • 21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence, and will be found no more;
  • 22 and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will be heard in you no more, and a craftsman of any craft will be found in you no more, and the sound of the mill will be heard in you no more,
  • 23 and the light of a lamp will shine in you no more, and the voice of bridegroom and bride will be heard in you no more, for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
  • 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on earth.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2270 – He Has Made Me Glad
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
  • Sep 17 @ 9am – Sunday School Starts!
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – OGRP 619 – Revelation 7:9-10; 21:1-5 ESV
  • After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,
  • “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  • And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people and God himself will be with them as their God.
  • He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
  • And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
• Worship Hymns
  • How Great Is Our God – © 2004 sixsteps Music
  • UMH 394 – Something Beautiful
  • UMH 2032 – My Life Is in You, Lord
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 378 – Amazing Grace
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “A Mountain of Sin” – [Revelation 18:1-8 ESV]
  • 1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory.
  • 2 And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
  • 3 For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”
  • 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
  • 5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
  • 6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
  • 7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.’
  • 8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 404 – Every Time I Feel the Spirit
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Zephaniah 1:14-16 ESV
  • 14 The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there.
  • 15 A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
  • 16 a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements.
• Worship Hymns
  • How Many Kings – © 2006 Centricity Music Publishing, Germain And Martel Publishing
  • UMH 662 – Stand Up and Bless the Lord
  • UMH 657 – This is the Day
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 462 – ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Evil Turns on Evil” – [Revelation 17:6b-18 ESV]
  • 6 [And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.] When I saw her, I marveled greatly.
  • 7 But the angel said to me, “Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
  • 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
  • 9 This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated;
  • 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while.
  • 11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
  • 12 And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.
  • 13 These are of one mind, and they hand over their power and authority to the beast.
  • 14 They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
  • 15 And the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages.
  • 16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,
  • 17 for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.
  • 18 And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 347 – Spirit Song
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 18:1-3 ESV
  • 1 A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who addressed the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies,
  • 2 The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
  • 3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
• Worship Hymns
  • TFWS 2130 – The Summons
  • UMH 545 – The Church’s One Foundation
  • At The Cross (Love Ran Red) – © Countless Wonder Publishing
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • 357 – Just as I Am, Without One Plea v1-3
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Wickedness Personified” – [Revelation 17:1-6a ESV]
  • 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
  • 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.”
  • 3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
  • 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
  • 5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”
  • 6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. [When I saw her, I marveled greatly.]
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 664 – Sent forth by God’s Blessing
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Nahum 1:7 ESV
  • 7 The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 733 – Marching to Zion
  • UMH 577 – God of Grace and God of Glory
  • UMH 394 – Something Beautiful
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 389 – Freely, Freely
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Fast and Furious, Not The Movie” – [Revelation 16 ESV]
  • 1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”
  • 2 So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and harmful and painful sores came upon the people who bore the mark of the beast and worshiped its image.
  • 3 The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing died that was in the sea.
  • 4 The third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood.
  • 5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
  • 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”
  • 7 And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”
  • 8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
  • 9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and they cursed the name of God who had power over these plagues. They did not repent and give him glory.
  • 10 The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish
  • 11 and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.
  • 12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.
  • 13 And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.
  • 14 For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
  • 15 (“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)
  • 16 And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
  • 17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple, from the throne, saying, “It is done!”
  • 18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake such as there had never been since man was on the earth, so great was that earthquake.
  • 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered Babylon the great, to make her drain the cup of the wine of the fury of his wrath.
  • 20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.
  • 21 And great hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people; and they cursed God for the plague of the hail, because the plague was so severe.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 701 – When We All Get to Heaven
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 6:1-7 ESV
  • 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
  • 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
  • 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
  • 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
  • 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
  • 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
• Worship Hymns
  • WS 3031 – God Leads Us Along
  • UMH 133 – Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
  • Above All – © 1999 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2215 – Cares Chorus
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “More Angels In Action” – [Revelation 15 ESV]
  • 1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and amazing, seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is finished.
  • 2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire–and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.
  • 3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
  • 4 Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
  • 5 After this I looked, and the sanctuary of the tent of witness in heaven was opened,
  • 6 and out of the sanctuary came the seven angels with the seven plagues, clothed in pure, bright linen, with golden sashes around their chests.
  • 7 And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God who lives forever and ever,
  • 8 and the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from his power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 666 – Shalom to You
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Joel 3:12-14, 16 ESV
  • 12 Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
  • 13 Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
  • 14 Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  • 16 The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 601 – Thy Word Is a Lamp
  • Shout to the Lord – © 1993 Wondrous Worship
  • UMH 70 – Glory Be to the Father
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2158 – Just a Closer Walk with Thee
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The Great Harvest” – [Revelation 14:12-20 ESV]
  • 12 Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
  • 13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
  • 14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
  • 15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe.”
  • 16 So he who sat on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
  • 17 Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.
  • 18 And another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has authority over the fire, and he called with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, “Put in your sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
  • 19 So the angel swung his sickle across the earth and gathered the grape harvest of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
  • 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress, as high as a horse’s bridle, for 1,600 stadia.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2223 – They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • Jul 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 121 ESV
  • 1 I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
  • 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
  • 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
  • 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
  • 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade on your right hand.
  • 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
  • 7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
  • 8 The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 171 – There’s Something About That Name 2x
  • UMH 306 – The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done
  • UMH 717 – The Battle Hymn of the Republic v1-4
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2025 – As the Deer
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The Great Battle on Earth” – [Revelation 12:13-17 ESV]
  • 13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
  • 14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  • 15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
  • 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
  • 17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 370 -Victory in Jesus
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jun 23 @ 8am to 5pm – Garage Sale
  • Jun 24 @ 8am to Noon – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • Jul 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 148:11-14 ESV
  • 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!
  • 12 Young men and maidens together, old men and children!
  • 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.
  • 14 ESV – He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the LORD!
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 73 – O Worship the King
  • UMH 144 – This Is My Father’s World
  • TFWS 2071 – Jesus, Name above All Names (2x)
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 354 – I Surrender All v1,3,4
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Satan Cast Out” – [Revelation 12:7-12 ESV]
  • 7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
  • 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
  • 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world–he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
  • 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
  • 12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 110 – A Mighty Fortress Is Our God v 1,3,4
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • Jul 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 148:1-6 ESV
  • 1 Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise him in the heights!
  • 2 Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!
  • 3 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!
  • 4 Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
  • 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD! For he commanded and they were created.
  • 6 And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 103 – Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
  • UMH 361 – Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
  • Above All – © 1999 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2167 – More Like You
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The Woman and The Dragon” – [Revelation 12:1-6 ESV]
  • 1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
  • 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
  • 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.
  • 4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.
  • 5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,
  • 6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 368 – My Hope Is Built
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jun 4 – Plano Methodist Church Special Offering
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night”
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • Jul 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – OGRP 207 “The Light of Christ”
  • Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
  • For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
  • And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
  • For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit
  • For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 529 – How Firm a Foundation
  • UMH 64 – Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
  • Here I Am To Worship – © 2000 Thankyou Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2036 – Give Thanks
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The Seventh Trumpet” – [Revelation 11:15-19 ESV]
  • 15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”
  • 16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,
  • 17 saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
  • 18 The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”
  • 19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • May 31 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Jun 3 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Jun 4 – Plano Methodist Church Special Offering
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night”
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • July 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Hebrews 1:1-4 ESV
  • 1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,
  • 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
  • 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
  • 4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 465 – Holy Spirit, Truth Divine
  • TFWS 2191 – Eternal Father, Strong to Save
  • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
• Offering
• Choral Prayer Hymn
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The LORD’s Power Manifest in Real Time” – [Revelation 11:1-4 ESV]
  • 1 Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
  • 2 but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months.
  • 3 And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
  • 4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 696 – America the Beautiful
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • May 24 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Jun 3 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Jun 4 – Plano Methodist Church Special Offering
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night”
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • July 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 677 – Listen, Lord (A Prayer)
  • O Lord, we come this morning knee-bowed and body-bent before thy throne of grace.
  • O Lord – this morning – bow our hearts beneath our knees, and our knees in some lonesome valley.
  • We come this morning like empty pitchers to a full fountain, with no merits of our own.
  • O Lord, open up a window of heaven, and lean out far over the battlements of glory, and listen this morning.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 512 – Stand By Me
  • UMH 176 – Majesty, Worship His Majesty
  • TFWS 2022 – Great Is the Lord
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 557 – Blest Be the Tie That Binds
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Eating the Scroll?” – [Revelation 10 ESV]
  • 1 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
  • 2 He had a little scroll open in his hand. And he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land,
  • 3 and called out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring. When he called out, the seven thunders sounded.
  • 4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
  • 5 And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
  • 6 and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay,
  • 7 but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the mystery of God would be fulfilled, just as he announced to his servants the prophets.
  • 8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
  • 9 So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll. And he said to me, “Take and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
  • 10 And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it. It was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.
  • 11 And I was told, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 580 – Lead On, O King Eternal
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • May 17 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • May 20 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Jun 4 – Plano Methodist Church Special Offering
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night”
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • July 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – [Psalm 93 ESV]
  • 1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt. Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
  • 2 Your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.
  • 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
  • 4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters, mightier than the waves of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty!
  • 5 Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 526 – What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  • UMH 328 – Surely the Presence of the Lord
  • Blessed Be Your Name – © 2002 Thankyou Music
• Offering
• Choral Prayer Hymn
• Intercessory Prayer
• Baptism
• Sermon – “Angels and Trumpets (Part 3)” – [Revelation 9:13-21 ESV]
  • 13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God,
  • 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
  • 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind.
  • 16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number.
  • 17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths.
  • 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths.
  • 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.
  • 20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,
  • 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 334 – Sweet, Sweet Spirit
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • May 10 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • May 20 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Jun 4 – Plano Methodist Church Special Offering
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night”
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • July 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Welcoming the Light of Christ
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – [Psalm 104:1-5 ESV]
  • 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty,
  • 2 covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
  • 3 He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind;
  • 4 he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.
  • 5 He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 154 – All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
  • UMH 626 – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  • TFWS 2034 – Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2160 – Into My Heart
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Angels and Trumpets (Part 2)” – [Revelation 9:1-12 ESV]
  • 1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
  • 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
  • 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.
  • 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
  • 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone.
  • 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
  • 7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces,
  • 8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth;
  • 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle.
  • 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails.
  • 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.
  • 12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 571 – Go, Make of All Disciples
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • May 3 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • May 6 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • May 6 – Life Line Screening
  • Jun 9 – Kane County Cougars “All Faiths Night” @ Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva $8/person $10/parking
  • Jun 23/24 – Garage Sale
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
  • July 16 after worship – Church Picnic
• Prelude (Choral Introit)
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – [1 Chronicles 16:24-27 ESV]
  • 24 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
  • 25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods.
  • 26 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
  • 27 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his place.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 140 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness
  • UMH 404 – Every Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Cornerstone – © 2011 Hillsong MP Songs
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2203 – In His Time
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Angels and Trumpets (Part 1)” – [Revelation 8:6-13 ESV]
  • 6 Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them.
  • 7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the earth. And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
  • 8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.
  • 9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
  • 10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.
  • 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter.
  • 12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
  • 13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, at the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 133 – Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Apr 26 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • May 6 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • May 6 – Life Line Screening
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – [Psalm 96:1-6 ESV]
  • 1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth!
  • 2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.
  • 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
  • 4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
  • 5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
  • 6 Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 378 – Amazing Grace
  • In Christ Alone – © 2001 Thankyou Music
  • TFWS 2074 – Shout to the Lord
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2167 – More Like You
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Seal 7” – [Revelation 8:1-5 ESV]
  • 1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
  • 2 Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
  • 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne,
  • 4 and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.
  • 5 Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
    
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2002 – I Will Call upon the Lord
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Apr 16 @ 1pm – Bowl For Fun @ Plano Hometown Lanes $10 per person
  • Apr 19 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • May 6 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • May 6 – Life Line Screening
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 321 – Sundays of Easter
  • Almighty God, you give us the joy of celebrating our Lord’s resurrection.
  • Give us also the joys of life in your service, and bring us at last to the full joy of life eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 371 – I Stand Amazed in the Presence
  • UMH 298 – When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
  • UMH 308 – Thine Be the Glory
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 389 – Freely, Freely
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “We Will Stand Before The Throne” – [Revelation 7 ESV]
  • 1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree.
  • 2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,
  • 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
  • 4 And I heard the number of the sealed, 144,000, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
  • 5 12,000 from the tribe of Judah were sealed, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad,
  • 6 12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh,
  • 7 12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12,000 from the tribe of Issachar,
  • 8 12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin were sealed.
  • 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
  • 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • 11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
  • 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
  • 13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
  • 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • 15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
  • 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
  • 17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 399 – Take My Life, and Let It Be
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Apr 12 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Apr 15 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • May 6 – Life Line Screening
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
• Prelude (Choral Introit @ sunrise service)
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH – 320 – Easter Vigil or Day
  • Almighty God, through Jesus Christ you overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life.
  • Grant that we, who celebrate the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may, by the renewing of your Spirit arise from the death of sin to the life of righteousness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 302 – Christ the Lord Is Risen Today v 1-4
  • UMH 304 – Easter People, Raise Your Voices
  • UMH 322 – Up from the Grave He Arose
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • At The Cross (Love Ran Red) – © Countless Wonder Publishing
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “It’s Not a Lie!”
  • [Acts 13:26-35, 46-48 ESV]
  • 26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
  • 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
  • 28 And though they found in him no guilt worthy of death, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
  • 29 And when they had carried out all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
  • 30 But God raised him from the dead,
  • 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
  • 32 And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
  • 33 this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
  • 34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
  • 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
  • …
  • 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
  • 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'”
  • 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
  •  
  • [1 Corinthians 15:1-7, 12-22 ESV]
  • 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,
  • 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you–unless you believed in vain.
  • 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
  • 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
  • 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
  • 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
  • 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
  • …
  • 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
  • 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
  • 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
  • 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
  • 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
  • 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
  • 19 If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
  • 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • 21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
  • 22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
  •  
  • [Romans 5:6-10 ESV]
  • 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
  • 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person–though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die–
  • 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  • 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
  • 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 310 – He Lives
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Mar 22 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Apr 1 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • May 6 – Life Line Screening
  • Jul 10 – 13 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 6:1-7 ESV
  • 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
  • 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
  • 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”
  • 4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
  • 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
  • 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar.
  • 7 And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 462 – ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
  • UMH 530 – Are Ye Able
  • TFWS 2022 – Great is The Lord
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 474 – Precious Lord, Take My Hand
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Who Is Worthy?” – [Revelation 5 ESV]
  • 1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
  • 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
  • 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it,
  • 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it.
  • 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
  • 6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
  • 7 And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.
  • 8 And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
  • 9 And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,
  • 10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”
  • 11 Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
  • 12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!”
  • 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
  • 14 And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2113 – Lamb of God
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Mar 12 – Easter Lilies Deadline
  • Mar 12 – Time Change (Spring forward)
  • Mar 15 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Mar 18 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Mar 18 @ 8am – UWF Day of Spiritual Renewal
  • Mar 18 @ 6:30pm – Family Game Night
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 45:18 ESV
  • 18 For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 98 – To God Be the Glory
  • Here I Am To Worship – © 2000 Thankyou Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • TFWS 2215 – Cares Chorus (x2)
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Describing the Indescribable” – [Revelation 4 ESV]
  • 1 After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
  • 2 At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
  • 3 And he who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian, and around the throne was a rainbow that had the appearance of an emerald.
  • 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, clothed in white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
  • 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,
  • 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind:
  • 7 the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with the face of a man, and the fourth living creature like an eagle in flight.
  • 8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
  • 9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
  • 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
  • 11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
• Communion Hymn
  • TFWS 2268 – As We Gather at Your Table v 1,2
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2002 – I Will Call upon the Lord
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Mar 8 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Mar 12 – Easter Lilies Deadline
  • Mar 12 – Time Change (Spring forward)
  • Mar 18 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Mar 18 @ 6:30pm – Family Game Night
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 574 – For Renewal of the Church
  • Renew your church, Lord, your people in this land.
  • Save us from cheap words and self-deception in your service.
  • In the power of your Spirit transform us, and shape us by your cross.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 295 – In the Cross of Christ I Glory
  • How Many Kings – © 2006 Centricity Music Publishing, Germain And Martel Publishing
  • At The Cross (Love Ran Red) – © Countless Wonder Publishing
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 507 – Through It All (x2)
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We?” (Part 6) – [Revelation 3:14-22 ESV]
  • 14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.
  • 15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!
  • 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
  • 17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
  • 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
  • 19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
  • 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
  • 21 The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • 22 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 673 – God Be with You till We Meet Again v 1,2
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
  • Mar 1 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Mar 4 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Mar 12 – Easter Lilies Deadline
  • Mar 12 – Time Change (Spring forward)
  • Mar 18 @ 6:30pm – Family Game Night
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 602 – Concerning the Scriptures
  • Blessed Lord, you have caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning.
  • Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • TFWS 2022 – Great is The Lord
  • Draw Me Close – © 1994 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing
  • UMH 349 – Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 393 – Spirit of the Living God (x2)
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We?” (Part 5) – [Revelation 3:7-13 ESV]
  • 7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
  • 8 “‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.
  • 9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie–behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
  • 10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.
  • 11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
  • 12 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
  • 13 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
• Communion Hymn
  • UMH 618 – Let Us Break Bread Together v 1,2
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 70 – Glory Be to the Father
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Feb 22 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
  • Feb 22 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
  • Mar 1 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Mar 4 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Mar 12 – Easter Lilies Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Isaiah 9 & 11 [selection]
  • There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  • And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
  • The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
  • For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
  • but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
  • Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples–of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
  • Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 64 – Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
  • Shout to the Lord – © 1993 Wondrous Worship
  • UMH 454 – Open My Eyes That I May See
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 128 – He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought
• Intercessory Prayer
• Reading – John 1:2-18
  • 2 He was in the beginning with God.
  • 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
  • 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
  • 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
  • 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
  • 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
  • 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
  • 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
  • 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
  • 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)
  • 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
  • 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
• Sermon – “In the Beginning Was the Word”
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2281 – May You Run and Not Be Weary
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Feb 15 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Feb 18 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 22 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
  • Feb 22 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
  • Mar 12 – Easter Lilies Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Psalm 147 ESV [selection]
  • 5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
  • 4 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.
  • 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make melody to our God on the lyre!
  • 8 He covers the heavens with clouds; he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
  • 9 He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens that cry.
  • 10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, 11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
  • 15 He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
  • 16 He gives snow like wool; he scatters frost like ashes.
  • 17 He hurls down his crystals of ice like crumbs; who can stand before his cold?
  • 18 He sends out his word, and melts them; he makes his wind blow and the waters flow. 19 He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 451 – Be Thou My Vision
  • Word of God Speak – © 2002 Songs from The Indigo Room
  • UMH 601 – Thy Word Is a Lamp
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 420 – Breathe on Me, Breath of God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Reading – Genesis 1 ESV [selection]
  • In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
  • The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.
  • And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
  • And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
  • And God saw that the light was good.
  • And God separated the light from the darkness.
  • God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night.
  • And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
  • And God said …
  • And it was so …
  • the second day. And God said …
  • And it was so …
  • And God saw that it was good …
  • And God said …
  • And it was so …
  • And God saw that it was good …
  • the third day. And God said …
  • And it was so …
  • And God saw that it was good …
  • the fourth day. And God said …
  • So God created …
  • And God saw that it was good …
  • And God blessed them …
  • the fifth day. And God said …
  • And it was so …
  • And God saw that it was good …
  • Then God said …
  • So God created …
  • And God blessed them. And God said to them …
  • And it was so. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.
  • And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
  • Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
  • And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.
  • So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
• Sermon – “And God Said …”
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 77 – How Great Thou Art
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
  • Feb 8 @ 7pm – Choir Practice
  • Feb 18 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 22 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
  • Feb 22 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 721 Christ the King
  • Almighty and everlasting God, it is your will to restore all things to Christ, whom you have anointed priest for ever and ruler of creation.
  • Grant that all the people of the earth, now divided by the power of sin, may be united under the glorious and gentle rule of Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • Wonderful Merciful Savior – © 1989 Curb Dayspring Music
  • UMH 154 – All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 347 – Spirit Song
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We?” (Part 4) – [Revelation 3:1-6 ESV]
  • 1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
  • 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.
  • 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you.
  • 4 Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
  • 5 The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
  • 6 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 370 -Victory in Jesus
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Feb 4 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
  • Feb 22 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
  • Feb 22 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 677 – Listen, Lord (A Prayer)
  • O Lord, we come this morning knee-bowed and body-bent before thy throne of grace.
  • O Lord – this morning – bow our hearts beneath our knees, and our knees in some lonesome valley.
  • We come this morning like empty pitchers to a full fountain, with no merits of our own.
  • O Lord, open up a window of heaven, and lean out far over the battlements of glory, and listen this morning.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 507 – Through It All
  • Blessed Be Your Name – © 2002 Thankyou Music
  • UMH 362 – Nothing but the Blood
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 496 – Sweet Hour of Prayer
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We?” (Part 3) – [Revelation 2:18-29 ESV]
  • 18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.
  • 19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first.
  • 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
  • 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
  • 22 Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,
  • 23 and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
  • 24 But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden.
  • 25 Only hold fast what you have until I come.
  • 26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,
  • 27 and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
  • 28 And I will give him the morning star.
  • 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 469 – Jesus is All the World to Me v 1-2
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Feb 4 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – UMH 323 – The Ascension
  • Everliving God, your eternal Christ once dwelt on earth, confined by time and space.
  • Give us faith to discern in every time and place the presence among us of him who is head
    over all things and fills all, even Jesus Christ our ascended Lord.
  • Amen.
• Worship Hymns
  • In Christ Alone – © 2001 Thankyou Music
  • UMH 534 – Be Still, My Soul
  • UMH 522 – Leave It There
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 369 – Blessed Assurance
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We? (Part 2)” – [Revelation 2:8-17 ESV]
  • 8 “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
  • 9 “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
  • 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’
  • 12 “And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
  • 13 “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
  • 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.
  • 15 So also you have some who hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
  • 16 Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.
  • 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.’
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 540 – I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jan 21 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
  • Mar 1 – Heifer Project Deadline
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Romans 12:9-13 ESV
  • 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
  • 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.
  • 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
  • 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
  • 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 133 – Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
  • TFWS 2223 – They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 368 – My Hope Is Built
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “Which Church Are We? (Part 1)” – [Revelation 2:1-7 ESV]
  • 1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands.
  • 2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
  • 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.
  • 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
  • 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
  • 6 Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
  • 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.’
• Communion Hymn
  • TFWS 2266 – Here Is Bread, Here Is Wine
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 601 – Thy Word Is a Lamp
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jan 21 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Romans 12:1-2 ESV
  • 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
  • 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 98 – To God Be the Glory
  • TFWS 2087 – We Will Glorify the King of Kings
  • UMH 123 – El Shaddai
  • What A Beautiful Name – © 2016 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 140 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness
• Intercessory Prayer
• Sermon – “The King of Glory” – [Revelation 1:9-20 ESV]
  • 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
  • 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
  • 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”
  • 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,
  • 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.
  • 14 The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire,
  • 15 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
  • 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
  • 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,
  • 18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
  • 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.
  • 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2129 – I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Jan 7 @ 8am – Men’s Bible Study
  • Feb 7 @ 7pm – Feed My Starving Children
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Call To Worship – Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV
  • 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
  • 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Worship Hymns
  • King of Kings – © 2019 Hillsong Music Publishing Australia
  • UMH 77 – How Great Thou Art
  • 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 377 – It is Well with My Soul
• Intercessory Prayer
• New Members
• Sermon – “The Time Is Near” – [Revelation 1:1-8 ESV]
  • 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
  • 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
  • 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
  • 4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
  • 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
  • 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  • 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.
  • 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • TFWS 2203 – In His Time
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • No Sunday school on 1/1
• Opening Prayer
• Offering
• Prelude
• Advent Reading & Candle Lighting
• Hymn – UMH 237 – Sing We Now of Christmas
• Reading – [Genesis 3:8-15, 17-19 ESV]
  • 8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
  • 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
  • 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
  • 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  • 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
  • 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
  • 14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
  • 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
  • …
  • 17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
  • 18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
  • 19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
• Hymn – UMH 196 – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
• Reading – [Genesis 22:15-18 ESV]
  • 15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven
  • 16 and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
  • 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies,
  • 18 and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”
• Hymn – UMH 211 – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – v1,2,4,7
• Reading – [Isaiah 9:2, 6-7 ESV]
  • 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
  • …
  • 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
• Hymn – UMH 229 – Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
• Reading – [Micah 5:2-5 ESV]
  • 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
  • 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.
  • 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
  • 5 And he shall be their peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men;
• Hymn – UMH 230 – O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Reading – [Luke 1:26-35, 38 ESV]
  • 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
  • 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
  • 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
  • 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
  • 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  • 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
  • 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
  • 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
  • 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
  • 35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God.
  • …
  • 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
• Hymn – UMH 215 – To a Maid Engaged to Joseph
• Reading – [Luke 2:1-7 ESV]
  • 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
  • 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
  • 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
  • 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
  • 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
  • 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
  • 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
• Hymn – UMH 219 – What Child Is This
• Reading – [Luke 2:8-16 ESV]
  • 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
  • 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
  • 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
  • 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
  • 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
  • 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
• Hymn – UMH 72 – Gloria, Gloria
• Reading – [Matthew 2:1-11 ESV]
  • 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
  • 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
  • 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
  • 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
  • 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
  • 6 “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'”
  • 7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
  • 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
  • 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
  • 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
  • 11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
• Hymn – UMH 254 – We Three Kings
• Reading – [John 1:1-14 ESV]
  • 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • 2 He was in the beginning with God.
  • 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
  • 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
  • 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
  • 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
  • 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
  • 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
  • 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
  • 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
  • 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
  • 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
  • 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Hymn – UMH 234 – O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Sermon – “Who Is In the Manger?”
• Communion
• Benediction
• Postlude

5pm Service

• Prelude
• Call To Worship – BW 261 (modified)
  • Christ came to bring us salvation and has promised to come again. Let us pray that we may always be ready to welcome him.
  • Come, Lord Jesus.
  • That the keeping of Advent may open our hearts to God’s love, that the light of Christ may penetrate the darkness of sin and prepare us for the coming of Christ.
  • Loving God, we joyfully await the coming of our Savior, who enlightens out heart and dispels the darkness of sin.
• Hymn – UMH 240 – Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading & Candle Lighting
• Reading – [Genesis 3:12-15 ESV]
  • 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
  • 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
  • 14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
  • 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
• Hymn – UMH 242 – Love Came Down at Christmas
• Reading – [Isaiah 11:1-5, 10 ESV]
  • 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  • 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
  • 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
  • 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
  • 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
  • …
  • 10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples–of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
• Hymn – UMH 211 – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Reading – [Jeremiah 23:5-7 ESV]
  • 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  • 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’
  • 7 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
• Hymn – UMH 220 – Angels from the Realms of Glory
• Reading – [Luke 2:8-20 ESV]
  • 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
  • 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
  • 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
  • 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
  • 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
  • 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
  • 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
  • 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
  • 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  • 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
• Hymn – UMH 234 – O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Reading – [Galatians 4:4-7 ESV]
  • 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
  • 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
  • 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
  • 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
• Hymn – UMH 246 – Joy to the World
• Children’s Time
• Sermon – “God Can Be Trusted”
• Communion
• Benediction
• Hymn – UMH – 239 – Silent Night, Holy Night

11pm Service

• Prelude
• Call To Worship – UMH 199 – Canticle of Mary (Magnificat)
  • The glory of the Lord shall be revealed; all flesh shall see it together.
  • My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
  • My spirit rejoices in God my Savior, who has looked with favor on me, a lowly servant.
  • From this day all generations shall call me blessed:
  • The Almighty has done great things for me and holy is the name of the Lord, whose mercy is on those who fear God from generation
    to generation.
  • The arm of the Lord is strong, and has scattered the proud in their conceit.
  • God has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly.
  • God has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich empty away.
  • God has come to the aid of Israel, the chosen servant, remembering the promise of mercy, the promise made to our forebears, to
    Abraham and his children forever.
  • The glory of the Lord shall be revealed; all flesh shall see it together.
  • Come, Lord Jesus.
  • That the keeping of Advent may open our hearts to God’s love, that the light of Christ may penetrate the darkness of sin and prepare us for the coming of Christ.
  • Loving God, we joyfully await the coming of our Savior, who enlightens out heart and dispels the darkness of sin.
• Hymn – UMH 211 – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading & Candle Lighting
• Special Music
• Reading – [Genesis 3:12-15 ESV]
  • 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
  • 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
  • 14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
  • 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
• Hymn – UMH 196 – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
• Reading – [Jeremiah 23:1-6 ESV]
  • 1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the LORD.
  • 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the LORD.
  • 3 Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
  • 4 I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the LORD.
  • 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
  • 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’
• Hymn – UMH 219 – What Child Is This
• Reading – [Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV]
  • 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
• Hymn – UMH 230 – O Little Town of Bethlehem
• Reading – [Luke 1:26-38 ESV]
  • 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
  • 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
  • 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
  • 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
  • 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  • 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
  • 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
  • 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
  • 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
  • 35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God.
  • 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
  • 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”
  • 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
• Hymn – UMH 218 – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
• Reading – [Matthew 1:18-25 ESV]
  • 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
  • 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly.
  • 20 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
  • 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
  • 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
  • 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).
  • 24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,
  • 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
• Hymn – UMH 217 – Away in a Manger
• Reading – [Luke 1:46-56 ESV]
  • 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
  • 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
  • 48 for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
  • 49 for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
  • 50 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
  • 51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
  • 52 he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
  • 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
  • 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
  • 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
  • 56 And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.
• Hymn – UMH 240 – Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
• Reading – [Luke 2:1-20 ESV]
  • 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
  • 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
  • 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
  • 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
  • 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
  • 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
  • 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
  • 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
  • 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
  • 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
  • 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
  • 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
  • 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
  • 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
  • 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
  • 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  • 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
• Hymn – UMH 220 – Angels from the Realms of Glory
• Reading – [Revelation 5:5 ESV]
  • 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
• Hymn – UMH 234 – O Come, All Ye Faithful
• Sermon – “God Can Be Trusted”
• Communion
• Benediction
• Hymn – UMH – 239 – Silent Night, Holy Night

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sat Dec 24 | 5pm Child-friendly Christmas Eve
  • Sat Dec 24 | 11pm Christmas Eve
  • No Sunday school on 12/25 and 1/1
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading & Candle Lighting – BW 262 (Isaiah 9:6-7)
• Call To Worship – BW 245
  • Praise be to God!
  • Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has visited and redeemed the people.
  • Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
  • Blessed be the name of the Lord.
• Reading – [Micah 5:1-4 ESV]
  • 1 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.
  • 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
  • 3 Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.
  • 4 And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 215 – To a Maid Engaged to Joseph
  • UMH 245 – The First Noel
  • WS 3047 – God Almighty, We Are Waiting
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 206 – I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
• Intercessory Prayer
• Reading – [Luke 2:8-14 ESV]
  • 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
  • 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
  • 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
  • 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
  • 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
• Sermon – “Promise Fulfilled” – [Luke 2:8-21 ESV]
  • 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
  • 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
  • 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
  • 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
  • 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
  • 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”
  • 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  • 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
  • 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
  • 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
  • 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
  • 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
  • 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
• Communion
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 251 – Go, Tell It on the Mountain
• Benediction
• Postlude

• Welcome | Announcements
  • Sun Dec 11 Children’s Christmas Program
  • Sat Dec 24 | 5pm Child-friendly Christmas Eve
  • Sat Dec 24 | 11pm Christmas Eve
  • No Sunday school on 12/25 and 1/1
• Prelude
• Opening Prayer
• Advent Reading & Candle Lighting – BW 262 (Isaiah 35:10)
• Call To Worship – BW 250
  • Merciful God, you sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation.
  • Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
  • Amen.
• Reading – [Isaiah 9:1-7 ESV]
  • 1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
  • 2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.
  • 3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.
  • 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
  • 5 For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.
  • 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
• Worship Hymns
  • UMH 213 – Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
  • UMH 216 – Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
  • WS 3067 – Welcome To Our World
• Offering
• Prayer Hymn
  • UMH 472 – Near to the Heart of God
• Intercessory Prayer
• Special Music
• Reading – [Luke 1:26-38 ESV]
  • 26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
  • 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
  • 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!”
  • 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be.
  • 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
  • 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
  • 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
  • 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
  • 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
  • 35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy–the Son of God.
  • 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
  • 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”
  • 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
• Sermon – “Promise of Restoration” – [Isaiah 11:1-5 ESV]
  • 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  • 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
  • 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
  • 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
  • 5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his loins.
• Closing Hymn
  • UMH 95 – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)
• Benediction
• Postlude