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PRELUDE –
WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER Rev. Steve Patterson
HYMN UMH No. 384 “Live Divine All Loves Excelling”
CALL TO WORSHIP “Psalm 19” Rev. Dr. John Miller
RESPONSE “God is Love, Let Heaven Adore Him”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Claudia Anderson
PASSING THE PEACE
MORNING PRAYER Dr. John
– Join us in prayer for: Bill A., Ruth G., Faith J., Glenn R., Mike S., Shelly S., Billye S., Bob S., Gary Y.
– Share a new prayer request
THE LORD’S PRAYER
ANTHEM “Give Me Jesus”- Kamryn Wheeler
*Prerecorded Video
A SERVICE OF WORD AND TABLE Rev. Steve
Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 2 Corinthians 5:18, Romans 5:6-8
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, bur rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
1 Corinthians 13:1-8
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:6-8
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH UMH 881 “Apostles’ Creed” – Rev. Steve
COMMUNION Rev. Steve
OFFERTORY PRAYER Dr. John
OFFERTORY RESPONSE HYMN UMH 557 “Blessed Be The Tie That Binds”
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BENEDICTION Rev. Steve
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