1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
July 2, 2017

2. Announcements Today, Young Adult Gathering, 11:15am, RM6
Youth, 5:30pm, Upstairs
Monday, Trustees, 7pm, RM2
Tuesday, Happy Fourth of July
Bible Study Resumes Next Week
Wednesday, Preschool Art, 10am
Afternoon Art, 1 & 3pm

3. Meditation
Ezra 9:9-10
Ezra prayed, “the LORD our God has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia; the LORD has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God, repair its ruins, and given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem. But now, O our God, what can we say after this?”

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

5. Choral Introit
Come! Come!
Everybody Worship (2271)
Choir

6. One: Like Ezra, we have traveled to build up the Kingdom of God.
*Call to Worship
One: Like Ezra, we have traveled to build up the Kingdom of God.
Many: Like Ezra, we have brought with us gifts to give to God.
One: We give thanks for leaders who acknowledge and worship the Living Lord, like Ezra’s leader, King Cyrus.
Many: Like Ezra, may our dedication to the Lord of Life be known throughout the land and told of for years to come, all that God may receive glory, honor and praise!

7. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Verse 1)
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*Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
WORDS: William Williams, 1745; trans. from the Welsh by Peter Williams and the author, 1771
1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land.

8. I am weak, but thou art mighty; hold me with thy powerful hand.

9. feed me till I want no more.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more; (want no more)
feed me till I want no more.

10. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Verse 2)
2. Open now the crystal fountain, whence the healing stream doth flow;

11. let the fire and cloudy pillar lead me all my journey through.

12. Strong deliverer, strong deliverer, be thou still my strength and shield; (strength and shield) be thou still my strength and shield.

13. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (Verse 3)
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan, bid my anxious fears subside;

14. death of death and hell’s destruction, land me safe on Canaan’s side.

15. Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee;
Songs of praises, songs of praises, I will ever give to thee; (give to thee) I will ever give to thee.

16. *Opening Prayer
Dear God,
We praise you and thank you for extending to us your steadfast love. You know the secrets of our hearts and lives, the ways we have forsaken Your commandments. Yet, You offer to us forgiveness when we truly repent. Your love is amazing, steady and unchanging. Forgive us we pray. Free us for joyful obedience. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

17. Anthem
America the Beautiful
(Ruth Elaine Schram)
Choir

18. Children’s Time

19. Offertory Scripture
Ezra 2:68-69
68 As soon as they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of families made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site. 69 According to their resources they gave to the building fund sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly robes.

20. Offering Our Gifts to God

21. 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!

22. 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!

23. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer

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

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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;

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

29. Scripture Reading
Ezra 1:1-4
1 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he sent a herald throughout all his kingdom, and also in a written edict declared: 2 “Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah. 

30. 3 Any of those among you who are of his people—may their God be with them!—are now permitted to go up to Jerusalem in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel—he is the God who is in Jerusalem; 4 and let all survivors, in whatever place they reside, be assisted by the people of their place with silver and gold, with goods and with animals, besides freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem.”

31. The Message

32. O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice (1)
*Change My Heart, O God
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First Time Choir, Second Time All
Change my heart, O God,
make it ever true.
may I be like you.

33. You are the Potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me,
this is what I pray.
Change my heart, O God,
make it ever true.
may I be like you

34. The Great Thanksgiving
A Service of Word and Table
El Shaddai (Hymnal 123) Choir

35. WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1707; refrain by Robert Lowry; 1867
Marching to Zion (1)
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Marching to Zion
WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1707; refrain by Robert Lowry; 1867
1. Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord

36. and thus surround thus surround the throne,)
the throne, and thus (and thus surround)
surround the throne (the throne.)

37. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

38. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

39. Marching to Zion (2)
2. Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King may

40. speak their joys their joys abroad
(speak their joys abroad,)
abroad, may speak (may speak their joys)
their joys abroad
(abroad.)

41. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

42. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

43. Marching to Zion (3)
3. The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields,

44. or walk the golden (walk the golden streets, to)
streets, or (walk the)
walk the golden streets. (golden streets.)

45. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

46. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

47. Marching to Zion (4)
4. Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground, we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,

48. to fairer worlds (fairer worlds on high,)
on high, to fairer (to fairer worlds)
worlds on high.
(on high.)

49. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

50. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

51. *Blessing