Sunday Worship Service
May 16, 2021
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
The actual worship service begins 15 minutes into the recordings.
SONG – O Sing to the Lord (Bells)
WELCOME
OPENING PRAYER
SONG – Pass It On (UM Hymnal # 572)
CHILDREN’S TIME
SONG – Spirit of Gentleness/O How He Loves You and Me
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of God
Acts 1:8
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be My witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere – in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
1 John 4:7-12
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
GOOD NEWS – Jesus’ Will? Love Period.
Jesus commissioned us to be His witnesses. Where does your authority in witnessing to Jesus Christ come from? How do the people around you know that you are Jesus’ follower? LOVE! Most of us (if not all) probably agree that “they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” Then, how do I express the love Jesus commended me to live out? Am I really loving in His name or am I using it for something else?
SONG – Walk with Me (Faith We Sing # 2242)
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: God wants our love more than God wants our offerings; God cares about our hearts not the amounts of our offerings. (Hosea 6:6).
All: As we count all the blessings God has already given to us, we cheerfully give our offerings to God, the Provider, with grateful hearts. Amen! (2 Corinthians 9:7).
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT in the Power of God
ANNOUNCEMENTS
BLESSING AND SENDING
May the grace and peace of Christ be with you, my friends.
Go and share the love of God, love that never ends.
CLOSING SONG – O, How I Love Jesus