2023-05-07
Angels and Trumpets (Part 2)
- 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
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2023-04-30
Angels and Trumpets (Part 1)
- 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
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2023-04-23
Seal 7
- 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
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2023-04-16
We Will Stand Before The Throne
- 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
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2023-04-09
It’s Not a Lie!
- 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
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2023-03-19
Who Is Worthy?
- 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
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2023-03-12
Describing the Indescribable
- 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
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2023-03-05
Which Church Are We? (Part 6)
- 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
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2023-02-26
Which Church Are We? (Part 5)
- 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
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2023-02-19
In the Beginning Was the Word
- 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
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2023-02-12
And God Said …
- 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
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2023-02-05
Which Church Are We? (Part 4)
- 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
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2023-01-29
Which Church Are We? (Part 3)
- 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
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2023-01-22
Which Church Are We? (Part 2)
- 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
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2023-01-15
Which Church Are We? (Part 1)
- 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
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