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Announcements Today Young Adults, 11:15 am, Upstairs Youth, 5:30 pm, Upstairs Monday Trustees, 7 pm, RM2 Tuesday John Bible Study, 1:30 pm, RM2 Wednesday Chimes, 6 pm Choir, 7 pm, Sanctuary Sunday Rev Brad Phillips, Joseph of Arimathea

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. Meditation Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. 

Bringing in the Light of Christ Musical Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ

One: Love is patient, love is kind. *Call to Worship   One:  Love is patient, love is kind. Many: It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

One: It does not dishonor others, it is not self- seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Many:  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. One: It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ALL: We remember that this is the Love Jesus showed us, taught us, and calls us to practice.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 1) 154 WORDS: Edward Perronet, 1779; alt. by John Rippon, 1787 1. All hail the power of Jesus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall;

bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 2) 2. Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race, ye ransomed from the fall,

hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all. Hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 3) 3. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget the wormwood and the gall,

go spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all go spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all. Go spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 4) 4. Let every kindred, every tribe on this terrestrial ball,

to him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all to him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all. To him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 5) 5. Crown him, ye martyrs of your God, who from his altar call,

extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown him Lord of all extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown him Lord of all. Extol the Stem of Jesse’s Rod, and crown him Lord of all.

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Verse 6) 6. O that with yonder sacred throng we at his feet may fall!

We’ll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all We’ll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all. We’ll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all.

Prayer Dear Lord, you call us to give love freely as you have loved us freely. Your love came at the cost of your life, which makes our love possible without cost. Your love came with a risk enabling us to love free of risk. Your love dear Jesus is offered without limits, modeled for us to understand that we can never run out of love. Amen.  

Anthem Jesus, We Crown You with Praise (Lanny Wolfe) Chancel Choir

Children’s Time

Joys and Concerns Pastoral Prayer The Lord’s Prayer This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by 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,

who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, 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.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Glory Be to the Father WORDS: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th cent. 70 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. Amen.

Offering Our Gifts to God

Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow 94 WORDS: Thomas Ken, 1674; adapt. by Gilbert H. Vieira, 1978 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!

Praise God, the source of all our gifts Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Take Our Bread (Refrain) 640 WORDS: Joe Wise, 1966 Refrain Take our bread, we ask you; take our hearts, we love you. Take our lives, O Father, we are yours, we are yours. © 1966 Joe Wise, by permission of G.I.A. Publications, Inc.

Take Our Bread (1) 1. Yours as we stand at the table you set; yours as we eat the bread our hearts can’t forget.

We are the sign of your life with us yet, we are yours, we are yours.

Take Our Bread (Refrain) Take our bread, we ask you; take our hearts, we love you. Take our lives, O Father, we are yours, we are yours.

Take Our Bread (2) 2. Your holy people standing washed in your blood, Spirit-filled yet hungry we await your food.

We are poor, but we’ve brought ourselves the best we could; we are yours, we are yours.

Take Our Bread (Refrain) Take our bread, we ask you; take our hearts, we love you. Take our lives, O Father, we are yours, we are yours. z

Scripture Reading; John 17:20-26 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 

24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

Scripture Reading; Revelation 22:12-14 “See, I am coming soon; my reward is with me, to repay according to everyone’s work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

Scripture Reading; Revelation 22:16-17 “It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.” 17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let everyone who hears say, “Come.” And let everyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who wishes take the water of life as a gift.

Scripture Reading; Revelation 22:20-21 The one who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

Elusive and Perfect Love The Message Elusive and Perfect Love  

Take Our Bread (Refrain) Service of Holy Communion z Hymnal Page 12

Blest Be the Tie That Binds (Verse 1) 557 WORDS: John Fawcett, 1782 1. Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love;

the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.

Blest Be the Tie That Binds (Verse 2) 2. Before our Father’s throne we pour our ardent prayers;

our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.

Blest Be the Tie That Binds (Verse 3) 3. We share each other’s woes, our mutual burdens bear;

and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear.

Blest Be the Tie That Binds (Verse 4) 4. When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain;

but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.

Painting by Powell Smith Blessing Painting by Powell Smith