1. Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church
February 25, 2018

2. Announcements Today, Cherub Choir, 11:15am, RM11
Young Adults, 11:15am, RM2
Hands on Mission, 4pm, Upstairs
Chili Cook-Off, 5pm, Upstairs
True Spirit Gospel Band, 6pm, Sanctuary
Tuesday, Acts Bible Study, 6pm, RM2
Bring Joy Bible Study, 6pm, RM2
Wednesday, Chimes 6pm, Choir 7pm, Sanctuary
Thursday, Bring Joy Bible Study, 2:30pm, RM2

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

4. What Wonderous Love is This
Introit
What Wonderous Love is This
Hymnal 292
Choir

5. *Call to Worship
Mark 1:9
One: Jesus heard a voice from heaven, “You are my son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.
Many: Come, let us focus on the concerns of God, God’s love for us and for the world. Let us sing of God’s love and worship with our hearts.

6. WORDS: Michael Card and John Thompson, 1981
El Shaddai
El Shaddai
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WORDS: Michael Card and John Thompson, 1981
El Shaddai, El Shaddai, El Elyon na Adonai; age to age you’re still the same by the power of the name.
© 1981 Mole End Music

7. El Shaddai, El Shaddai, Erkahmka na Adonai; we will praise and lift you high, El Shaddai.

8. TFWS 2108 *O How He Loves You and Me Oh, how He loves you and me,
He gave his life, what more could he give?
Oh, how He loves you;
Oh, how he loves me;
Oh, how he loves you and me.

9. His love for sinners to show.
Jesus to Calvary did go,
His love for sinners to show.
What He did there brought hope from despair.
Oh, how He loves you;
Oh, how he loves me;
Oh, how he loves you and me.

10. Prayer

11. Choir Anthem Mungu ni Mwema with God is So Good
(Traditional Swahili, arr. Mark Burrows)
Choir

12. Children’s Time

13. Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer

14. Hymnal #895
Used By Permission. CCLI License #

15. 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.

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

17. 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;

18. as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

19. Offering Our Gifts to God

20. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow94
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!

21. 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!

22. Lord of the Dance (Verse 1)
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WORDS: Syndey Carter, 1963
1. I danced in the morning when the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
© 1963, 1989 Galliard, Ltd.

23. and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth
and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth. At Bethlehem I had my birth.

24. Lord of the Dance (Refrain)
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

25. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

26. Lord of the Dance (Verse 2)
2. I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, but they would not dance and they would not follow me;

27. I danced for the fishermen, for James and John; they came to me and the dance went on.

28. Lord of the Dance (Refrain)
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

29. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

30. Lord of the Dance (Verse 3)
3. I danced on the sabbath when I cured the lame, the holy people said it was a shame;

31. they whipped and they stripped and they hung me high; and they left me there on a cross to die.

32. Lord of the Dance (Refrain)
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

33. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

34. Lord of the Dance (Verse 4)
4. I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black; it’s hard to dance with the devil on your back;

35. they buried my body and they thought I’d gone, but I am the dance, and I still go on.

36. Lord of the Dance (Refrain)
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

37. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

38. Lord of the Dance (Verse 5)
5. They cut me down and I leapt up high, I am the life, that’ll never, never die;

39. I’ll live in you if you live in me; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

40. Lord of the Dance (Refrain)
Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.

41. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

42. Scripture Reading
Mark 8:31-33
 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33 But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

43. Message:
The Concerns of God

44. 1. I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling,
Where He Leads Me (1)
Where He Leads Me
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WORDS: E. W. Blandy, 1890 (Mk. 8:34; Mt. 8:19)
1. I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling,

45. I can hear my Savior calling, “Take thy cross and follow, follow me.”

46. Where He Leads Me (Refrain)
Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow,

47. where he leads me I will follow; I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

48. Where He Leads Me (2)
2. I’ll go with him through the garden, I’ll go with him through the garden,

49. I’ll go with him through the garden, I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

50. Where He Leads Me (Refrain)
Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow,

51. where he leads me, I will follow; I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

52. Where He Leads Me (3)
3. I’ll go with him through the judgment, I’ll go with him through the judgment,

53. I’ll go with him through the judgment, I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

54. Where He Leads Me (Refrain)
Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow,

55. where he leads me, I will follow; I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

56. 4. He will give me grace and glory, he will give me grace and glory,
Where He Leads Me (4)
4. He will give me grace and glory, he will give me grace and glory,

57. he will give me grace and glory, and go with me, with me all the way.

58. Where He Leads Me (Refrain)
Where he leads me I will follow, where he leads me I will follow,

59. where he leads me, I will follow; I’ll go with him, with him all the way.

60. *Benediction
Please join us for food and fellowship in the Hospitality Room following the service.