1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
September 24th, 2017

2. Fall Festival: September 30th, 11am-2:30pm
Announcements
Today, Preschool Choir, 11:15am, RM 11
Young Adults, 11:15am, RM6
Youth, 5:30pm, Upstairs
Tuesday, Bible Study, Mathew, 11am, RM2
Wednesday, Chimes, 6:10 pm, Sanctuary
Choir, 7pm, Sanctuary
Thursday, Craft Time, All Ages, 6:30pm
Fall Festival: September 30th, 11am-2:30pm

3. Meditation
II Corinthians 1:3-5
All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! God comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, God brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too.

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

5. Come, Christians, Praise the Lord
Introit
Come, Christians, Praise the Lord
(Hal Hopson)
Choir

6. All: Come, let us give God glory and honor and praise!
*Call to Worship
One: Grace to you and peace from God our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many: Praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Creator of mercies and the God of all comfort.
All: Come, let us give God glory and honor and praise!

7. To God Be the Glory (Verse 1)98
To God Be the Glory
WORDS: Fanny Crosby, 1875
1. To God be the glory, great things he hath done! So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,

8. who yielded his life an atonement for sin, and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

9. To God Be the Glory (Refrain)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

10. O come to the Father through Jesus the Son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

11. To God Be the Glory (Verse 2)
2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, to every believer the promise of God;

12. the vilest offender who truly believes, that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

13. To God Be the Glory (Refrain)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

14. O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

15. To God Be the Glory (Verse 3)
3. Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done, and great our rejoicing thru Jesus the Son;

16. but purer, and higher, and greater will be our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

17. To God Be the Glory (Refrain)
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice! Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

18. O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

19. *Opening Prayer
Based II Corinthians 4
O Creator of Mercy and Light, You have shown us mercy and love time and again. Thank you for your mercy. May your Holy Spirit work within us to be merciful to our world, and our ourselves. You have said, “Let light shine out of darkness.” Shine in our hearts, granting Your light, Your knowledge, and Your glory. Amen.

20. Children’s Time

21. Anthem You Will Shine Choir
(Alisa Bair)
Choir

22. Offering Our Gifts to God
II Cor. 9:7-13
 Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work. 9 As it is written,
“He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;     his righteousness endures forever.”

23. 10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11 You will be enriched in every way for your great generosity, which will produce thanksgiving to God through us; 12 for the rendering of this ministry not only supplies the needs of the saints but also overflows with many thanksgivings to God. 13 Through the testing of this ministry you glorify God by your obedience to the confession of the gospel of Christ and by the generosity of your sharing with them and with all others,

24. 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!

25. 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!

26. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (1)
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WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1747
1. Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heaven, to earth come down;

27. fix in us thy humble dwelling; all thy faithful mercies crown!

28. Jesus, thou art all compassion, pure, unbounded love thou art;

29. visit us with thy salvation; enter every trembling heart.

30. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (2)
2. Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit into every troubled breast!

31. Let us all in thee inherit; let us find that second rest.

32. Take away our bent to sinning; Alpha and Omega be;

33. end of faith, as its beginning, set our hearts at liberty.

34. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (3)
3. Come, Almighty to deliver, let us all thy life receive;

35. suddenly return and never, nevermore thy temples leave.

36. Thee we would be always blessing, serve thee as thy hosts above,

37. pray and praise thee without ceasing, glory in thy perfect love.

38. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (4)
4. Finish, then, thy new creation; pure and spotless let us be.

39. Let us see thy great salvation perfectly restored in thee;

40. changed from glory into glory, till in heaven we take our place,

41. till we cast our crowns before thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.

42. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer

43. Prayer of Confession
II Cor. 13:5
5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless, indeed, you fail to meet the test!

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

45. 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.

46. 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.

47. 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;

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

49. Scripture Reading
II Corinthians 3: 17-18
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.

50. The Message Glory and Transformation
As we sing “Jesus Loves Me” the altar is open for prayer.

51. 1. Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Jesus Loves Me (Verse 1)
Jesus Loves Me
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WORDS: St. 1 Anna B. Warner, 1860; Sts. 2-3 David Rutherford McGuire
1. Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so.

52. Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong.

53. Jesus Loves Me (Refrain)
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

54. 2. Jesus loves me! This I know, as he loved so long ago,
Jesus Loves Me (Verse 2)
2. Jesus loves me! This I know, as he loved so long ago,

55. taking children on his knee, saying, “Let them come to me.”

56. Jesus Loves Me (Refrain)
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

57. 3. Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way,
Jesus Loves Me (Verse 3)
3. Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way,

58. wanting as a friend to give light and love to all who live.

59. Jesus Loves Me (Refrain)
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

60. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
*Go Ye, Go Ye into the World
TFWS
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Go ye, go ye into the world,
and tell the story to all believers.
Go ye make disciples of all the nations.

61. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
Go ye, go ye now and I will be with you there!
into the world, and I will be with you there!

62. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
2. Go ye, go ye into the world,
and tell the story to all believers.
Go ye take the gospel to all the people.

63. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
Go ye, go ye now and I will be with you there!
into the world, and I will be with you there!

64. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
3. Go ye, go ye into the world,
and tell the story to all believers.
Go ye tell the story to all believers.

65. Lord, Speak to Me (Verse 1)
Go ye, go ye now and I will be with you there!
into the world, and I will be with you there!

66. *Benediction
II Corinthians 13:13
13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.