First United Methodist Church of Olympia Welcome to Worship First United Methodist Church of Olympia January 15, 2017 8:45 a.m.

CCLI License No. 516579 © Used by permission Better is One Day Matt Redman CCLI License No. 516579 © Used by permission

How lovely is Your dwelling place O Lord almighty Verse 1 How lovely is Your dwelling place O Lord almighty

For my soul longs and even faints for You

For here my heart is satisfied Within Your presence

I sing beneath the shadow of Your wings

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

One thing I ask and I would seek To see Your beauty Verse 2 One thing I ask and I would seek To see Your beauty

To find You in the place Your glory dwells

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

Misc 1 Bridge My heart and flesh cry out For You the living God Your Spirit's water to my soul

I've tasted and I've seen Come once again to me I will draw near to You I will draw near to You

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

Chorus 1 Better is one day in Your courts Better is one day in Your house Better is one day in Your courts Than thousands elsewhere

Misc 2 Bridge Better is one day better is one day Better is one day than thousands elsewhere

Better is one day better is one day Better is one day than thousands elsewhere

I Believe In Jesus Marc Nelson CCLI License No. 516579 ©

I believe in Jesus I believe he is the Son of God I believe he died and rose again I believe he is the son of God

I believe that he’s here now I believe he is here Standing in our midst With the power to heal now With the power to heal And the grace to forgive

I believe in You Lord I believe You are the Son of God I believe You died and rose again I believe You paid for us all

And I believe You’re here now I believe you’re here Standing in our midst Here with the power to heal now With the power to heal And the grace to forgive

Passing the Peace of Christ Please greet one another with the prayer of the early church, “May the peace of Christ be with you!” If you are a guest today, we are glad you are here and consider your presence a gift.  

Announcements

New Revised Standard Version Scripture Reading Isaiah 58:1-9 New Revised Standard Version

Shout out, do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways,

as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness  and did not forsake the ordinance of their God; they ask of me righteous judgements, they delight to draw near to God. ‘Why do we fast, but you do not see?  Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?’

Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day, and oppress all your workers. Look, you fast only to quarrel and to fight  and to strike with a wicked fist. Such fasting as you do today will not make your voice heard on high. Is such the fast that I choose, a day to humble oneself?

Is it to bow down the head like a bulrush, and to lie in sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast, a day acceptable to the Lord?

Leader: This Is The Word of God For the People of God ALL: THANKS BE TO GOD

Story Time for All God’s Children

Please Sign the Registration Pad At The End of Each Pew

Stephen Ministry Commissioning

The Prayers of God’s People

Leader: Lord, in your mercy, All: Hear our prayers.

The Lord’s Prayer (Former Methodist Text) 895 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 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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

The Offerings of God’s People

Here’s One Tom Fettke First UMC of Olympia Celebrations Singers Angi Swan, Director | Daryl Yager, Accompanist

Talk about a child who follows Jesus, here’s one, here’s one.

Talk about a child who follows Jesus, here’s one, here’s one.

Ever since I heard the gospel story I’ve been walkin’ up the path to glory.

Talk about a child who follows Jesus, here’s one.

Talk about a child that’s been converted, here’s one, here’s one.

Talk about a child that’s been converted, here’s one, here’s one.

Ever since I heard the gospel story I’ve been walkin’ up the path to glory.

Talk about a child that’s been converted, here’s one,

here’s one, here’s one.

Top Five Reasons to Come to Church The Morning Message Top Five Reasons to Come to Church Rev. Ruth Marston

CCLI License No. 516579 © Used by permission No Easy Walk to Freedom Peter, Paul, and Mary CCLI License No. 516579 © Used by permission

Brother Martin was walkin with me And every step I heard liberty Tho he's fallin', come a million behind! Glory, Hallelujah, gonna make it this time!

No easy walk to freedom, No easy walk to freedom, Keep on walkin' and we shall be free That's how we're gonna make history

Across the ocean, the blood's running warm I, I hear it coming, there's a thunderin' storm Just like we lived it, you know that it's true Nelson Mandela, now we're walkin' with you!

No easy walk to freedom, No easy walk to freedom, Keep on walkin' and we shall be free That's how we're gonna make history

In our land, not so long ago, We lived the struggle, and that's how we know Slavery abolished, comin' freedom's call Keep on walking and apartheid will fall!

No easy walk to freedom, No easy walk to freedom, Keep on walkin' and we shall be free That's how we're gonna make history

Oh, bread for the body, there's got to be But a soul will die without liberty Pray for the day when the struggle is past! Freedom for all! Free at last! Free at last! You and me!

No easy walk to freedom, No easy walk to freedom, Keep on walkin' and we shall be free That's how we're gonna change history

No easy walk to freedom, No easy walk to freedom, Keep on walkin' and we shall be free That's how we're gonna change history

Blessing and Sending Forth