1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
May 14, 2017

2. Announcements Today, Cherubs Choir Rehearsal, 9am, RM11
Young Adults, 11:15am, RM6
Youth, 5:30pm, Upstairs
Monday, Softball Games, Duff Park, 8:30 & 9:30PM
Tuesday, Bible Study, Mt 8, 11am, RM2
Wednesday, Chimes, 6pm, RM3
Choir, 7pm, Sanctuary
Fri. 5/19, Softball, Melchers, 6:30 & 7:30PM
Sat. 5/20, Church Wide Yard Sale 8AM – 1PM
Men’s Breakfast /Men’s Canoe Trip
MaryAnn Seay Memorial Service
Wed. 5/31 , Community Meal, Christ Lutheran

3. Meditation I Peter 2:9-10
You are a …holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into God’s marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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

5. Choral Introit
Kum Bah Yah
Hymnal #494
Choir

6. *Call to Worship
One: We give thanks for Eve, the mother of us all, and for those who have been mothers to us, loving us and nurturing us in the faith that we might know the precious love of Jesus.
Many: We give thanks for Jesus who longed to gather the children of Jerusalem up like a mother hen gathers her chicks.

7. One: We give thanks for those who follow in Ruth’s footsteps showing kindness to their mother-in-laws.
Many: We give thanks that God comforts parents whose children have died and welcomes them with loving arms in Heaven.

8. One: We give thanks for You, O Creator, who created our inmost beings; You knit us together in our mother’s wombs.
Many: We give thanks that God comforts those who are motherless, childless or bereft in anyway.

9. 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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. *Opening Prayer
Tony Marino

22. Children’s Time

23. Anthem
A Mother’s Faith
Choir

24. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Bold and tender, humble strong.
Full of laughter, joy and song.
Hands that labor, arms that hold
Both the children and the old.
Slow to anger, full of grace.
Loving smile upon her face.
Acts of mercy, words of peace.
Faithful prayers that never cease.

25. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
More than diamonds, more than silver,
More than rubies, more than gold
Is the one who lives for Jesus
And provides a loving home.
And her children call her blessed,
Far surpassing all the rest,
For she puts her hope in Jesus,
Showing others what is best.

26. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Step by step and day by day,
She follows Jesus.
With God’s Word to light her way,
With her life and with her love,
She finds strength from God above.
By God’s grace, she has the faith
To follow Jesus.

27. Offering Our Gifts to God

28. 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!

29. 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!

30. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Verse 1)
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WORDS: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923 (Lam. 3:22-23)
1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; there is no shadow of turning with thee;
© 1923, renewed 1951 Hope Publishing Co.

31. thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

32. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Refrain)
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see;

33. all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

34. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Verse 2)
2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above

35. join with all nature in manifold witness to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.

36. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Refrain)
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see;

37. all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

38. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Verse 3)
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;

39. strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

40. Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Refrain)
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see;

41. all I have needed thy hand hath provided; great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

42. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer

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

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. 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;

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

48. *Scripture Reading
I Kings 18:23
23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under

49. Message

50. Standing on the Promises (1)
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WORDS: R. Kelso Carter, 1886 (Eph. 6:14-17)
1. Standing on the promises of Christ my King, through eternal ages let his praises ring;

51. glory in the highest I will shout and sing, standing on the promises of God.

52. Standing on the Promises (Refrain)
Stand ing, (Standing on the promises,)
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
standing on the promises of God my Savior;

53. I’m standing on the promises of God.
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
I’m standing on the promises of God.

54. Standing on the Promises (2)
2. Standing on the promises that cannot fail, when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,

55. by the living Word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promises of God.

56. Standing on the Promises (Refrain)
Stand ing, (Standing on the promises,)
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
standing on the promises of God my Savior;

57. I’m standing on the promises of God.
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
I’m standing on the promises of God.

58. Standing on the Promises (3)
3. Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord, bound to him eternally by love’s strong cord,

59. overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword, standing on the promises of God.

60. Standing on the Promises (Refrain)
Stand ing, (Standing on the promises,)
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
standing on the promises of God my Savior;

61. I’m standing on the promises of God.
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
I’m standing on the promises of God.

62. Standing on the Promises (4)
4. Standing on the promises I cannot fall, listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,

63. resting in my Savior as my all in all, standing on the promises of God.

64. Standing on the Promises (Refrain)
Stand ing, (Standing on the promises,)
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
standing on the promises of God my Savior;

65. I’m standing on the promises of God.
stand ing, (standing on the promises,)
I’m standing on the promises of God.

66. *Blessing