1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
September 10th, 2017

2. Announcements Today, Preschool Parents and Guardians, 11:15, RM 11
Young Adults, 11:15, RM6
Youth, 5:30pm, Upstairs
Monday, Trustees, 7pm, RM2
Tuesday, Bible Study, Mathew, 11am, RM2
Admin Council, 7pm Upstairs
Wednesday, Chimes, 6:10 pm, Sanctuary
Choir, 7pm, Sanctuary
Next Sunday, Preschool Parents with Susan, 11:15am, RM10
Fall Festival: September 30th, 11am-2:30pm

3. *Meditation
Psalm 136:2
O give thanks to the God of gods, for God’s steadfast love endures forever.

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

5. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Introit
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Hymnal #400
Choir

6. *Call to Worship
Based on Psalm 69
One: Save us God, for in so many places, the water has risen up to our necks.
Many: There are many who have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing; they have come into deep waters and the flood has swept over them.
All: The LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His own…Let heaven and earth praise the LORD, the seas and everything that moves in them for God will save and build up.

7. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Verse 1)
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Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
WORDS: Elisha A. Hoffman, 1887 (Dt. 33:27)
1. What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms;

8. what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.

9. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Refrain)
Lean ing, (Leaning on Jesus,)
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure from all alarms;

10. leaning on the everlasting arms.
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the everlasting arms.

11. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Verse 2)
2. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms;

12. O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms.

13. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Refrain)
Lean ing, (Leaning on Jesus,)
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure from all alarms;

14. leaning on the everlasting arms.
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the everlasting arms.

15. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Verse 3)
3. What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms?

16. I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.

17. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (Refrain)
Lean ing, (Leaning on Jesus,)
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
safe and secure from all alarms;

18. leaning on the everlasting arms.
lean ing, (leaning on Jesus,)
leaning on the everlasting arms.

19. *Opening Prayer
Based on Psalm 69
O LORD, So many are weary from crying, throats are parched and eyes fail looking for you, O God. Some of us feel hated without cause. Some of us have been foolish and our guilty acts are not hidden from You. Do not let those who put their hope in You be disgraced. Our prayer to You is for Your favor, Your abundant love, God. Rescue our world from the miry mud. Don’t let the floodwaters sweep over us or the deep swallow us up. Draw near to us and redeem us. Amen.

20. Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Helen Grace Hamm

21. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
*God Claims You
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“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.
“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

22. 1. We this day do all agree a child of God you’ll always be.
“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

23. 2. We your family love you so, we vow to help your faith grow.
“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

24. 3. We are here to say this day that we will help you on your way.
“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

25. 4. And if you should tire or cry then we will sing this lullaby.
“Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

26. “Helen, Helen,” God claims you, God helps you, protects you, and loves you, too.

27. Children’s Time

28. Anthem Draw Me Close Choir
(Kelly Carpenter)
Choir

29. Offering Our Gifts to God

30. 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!

31. 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!

32. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer

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

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. 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;

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

38. Scripture Reading
John 3:16; 15:9
3 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
15 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.

39. Speaking Truth, Experiencing Love
The Message
Speaking Truth, Experiencing Love

40. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
The Lily of the Valley
TFWS
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I have found a friend in Jesus,
he’s everything to me,
he’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley,
in him alone I see all I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.

41. In sorrow he’s my comfort,
in trouble he’s my stay,
he tells me every care
on him to roll.

42. He’s the Lily of the Valley, the bright and Morning Star,
he’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

43. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
He all my grief has taken,
and all my sorrows borne;
in temptation he’s my strong and mighty tower;
I have all for him forsaken, and all my idols torn from my heart,
and now he keeps me by his power

44. Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempts me sore,
through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal.

45. He’s the Lily of the Valley, the bright and Morning Star,
he’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

46. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
He will never, never leave me,
nor yet forsake me here,
while I live by faith and do his blessed will;
a wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear,
With his manna he my hungry soul shall fill.

47. Then sweeping up to glory, where rivers of delight shall ever roll.
To see his blessed face,
where rivers of delight shall ever roll.

48. He’s the Lily of the Valley, the bright and Morning Star,
he’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

49. When We Are Living (1)
We Belong to God Vs. 1 & 4 #356
WORDS: St. 1, anon., trans. by Elise S. Eslinger, 1983; sts. 2, 3, 4 Roberto Escamilla, 1983, trans. by George Lockwood, 1987 (Rom. 14:8)
1. When we are living, it is in Christ Jesus, and when we’re dying, it is in the Lord. Both in our living and in our dying,

50. When We Are Living (Refrain)
we belong to God, we belong to God.

51. When We Are Living (4)
4. Across this wide world, we shall always find those who are crying with no peace of mind, but when we help them, or when we feed them,

52. When We Are Living (Refrain)
we belong to God, we belong to God.
Coda
We belong to God, we belong to God.