2023-09-17
HALLELUJAH
- 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
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2023-09-10
Vile Babylon
- Welcome | Announcements
- Sep 10 after worship – Ice Cream Social
- Sep 17 @ 9am – Sunday School Starts!
- Oct 3rd @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- 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
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2023-09-03
A Mountain of Sin
- 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
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2023-08-27
Evil Turns on Evil
- 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
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2023-08-20
Wickedness Personified
- 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
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2023-08-13
Fast and Furious, Not The Movie
- 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
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2023-08-06
More Angels In Action
- 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
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2023-07-30
The Great Harvest
- 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
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2023-06-25
The Great Battle on Earth
- 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
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2023-06-18
Satan Cast Out
- 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
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2023-06-11
The Woman and The Dragon
- 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
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2023-06-04
The Seventh Trumpet
- 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
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2023-05-28
The LORD’s Power Manifest in Real Time
- 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
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2023-05-21
Eating the Scroll?
- 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
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2023-05-14
Angels and Trumpets (Part 3)
- 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
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