Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church March

Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church March 22, 2015

ANNOUNCEMENTS Today: ♫ Children’s Choir/Chime Practice, 11: 15 a. m. Last Supper Reenactment Rehearsal, 11: 15 a. m. Youth Group, 5: 30 p. m. Monday: Prayer Meeting, 7 p. m. – All are welcome Tuesday: Homecoming Meeting, 7 p. m. – All are welcome! Wednesday: Ministry at Mc. Donald’s, 12 noon – All are welcome Chime Practice, 6 p, m. ♪ Choir Practice, 7 p. m. Mark Your Calendar! SPRC Meeting, March 31 st, 7 p. m. Last Supper Reenactment, April 2 nd, 7 p. m. Good Friday Service, April 3 rd, 7 p. m. Sunrise Service, April 5 th, 7 a. m. New Hope UMC Homecoming! May 17 th

Meditation Jeremiah 31: 33 -34 “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time, ” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord, ’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, ” declares the Lord. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more. ”

Musical Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ

Introit Spirit Song Hymnal 347 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love. Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

O let him have things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

O come and sing this song with gladness as your hearts are filled with joy. Lift your hands in sweet surrender to his name.

O give him all your tears and sadness; give him all your years of pain, and you’ll enter into life in Jesus’ name.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

Call to Worship Psalm 25: 4 -5 One: Make your ways known to me, LORD; Many: Teach me your paths. One: Lead me in your truth – Many: Teach me your truth for you are the God who saves me.

Since Jesus Came into My Heart TFWS # 2140 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought since Jesus came into my heart!

I have light in my soul for which long I had sought, since Jesus came into my heart!

Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.

I have ceased from my wandering and going astray, since Jesus came into my heart!

And my sins, which were many, are all washed away, since Jesus came into my heart!

Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.

I’m possessed of a hope that is steadfast and sure, since Jesus came into my heart!

And no dark clouds of doubt now my pathway obscure, since Jesus came into my heart!

Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.

There’s a light in the valley of death now for me, since Jesus came into my heart!

And the gates of the City beyond I can see, since Jesus came into my heart!

Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.

I shall go there to dwell in that City, I know, since Jesus came into my heart!

And I’m happy, so happy, as onward I go, since Jesus came into my heart!

Since Jesus came into my heart, since Jesus came into my heart, floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, since Jesus came into my heart.

Opening Prayer Psalm 51: 1 -2; 10 -12 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Amen.

A Lenten Prayer (Hal Hopson) Choir Patricia Sjoberg, clarinet

Children’s Time

Anthem In Dark Gethsemane Choir Patricia Sjoberg, clarinet

Change My Heart, O God TFWS # 2152 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

Change my heart, O God, make it ever true. Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.

You are the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

Change my heart, O God, make it ever true. Change my heart, O God, may I be like you.

Offering Our Gifts to God

Traditional Praise Response Hymnal #95 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

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

Breathe on Me, Breath of God Hymnal # 420 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

Breathe on me, Breath of God, fill me with life anew, that I may love what thou dost love, and do what thou wouldst do.

Breathe on me, Breath of God, until my heart is pure, until with thee I will one will, to do and to endure.

Breathe on me, Breath of God, till I am wholly thine, till all this earthly part of me glows with thy fire divine.

Breathe on me, Breath of God, so shall I never die, but live with thee the perfect life of thine eternity.

Prayers of the People Responses: Joys: Thanks be to God! Concerns: Lord, have mercy. Silent Prayer

Hymnal #895 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Gloria Patria Hymnal #70 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

John 12: 23 -26 NRSV Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

John 12: 27 -30 NRSV “Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name. ” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again. ” The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him. ” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine.

John 12: 31 -33 NRSV Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. ” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.

Glorify!

A Charge to Keep I Have Hymnal #413 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

A charge to keep I have, a God to glorify, a never-dying soul to save, and fit it for the sky.

To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill; O may it all my powers engage to do my Master’s will!

Arm me with jealous care, as in thy sight to live, and oh, thy servant, Lord, prepare a strict account to give!

Help me to watch and pray, and on thyself rely, assured, if I my trust betray, I shall forever die.

Benediction Please join us for refreshments in the hospitality room.