Sunday Worship Service
April 10, 2022 – 10:30am
We are RECEIVED as the Beloved of God
The actual worship service begins 15 minutes into the recordings.
WELCOME
OPENING SONG – Celebrate with Gladness
OPENING PRAYER
SONG – Grace Greater than Our Sin – UM Hymnal (blue book) # 365
CHILDREN’S TIME WITH MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES
ANTHEM – The Holy City
We are TRANSFORMED by the Word of God
Psalm 2:7
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
John 3:16-21
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
GOOD NEWS – We Are The Reason
What does it mean to you that Jesus Christ died on the Cross? How have you responded to the news? This Sunday, we are going to listen to what the Bible has to say about Jesus’s death on the Cross and our responses to it.
SONG – Nothing but the Blood – UM Hymnal (blue book) # 362
THE HOLY COMMUNION
RESPONSE TO GOD’S GRACE (OFFERING)
Pastor: God says, “I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know Me more than I want burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6).
All: God, we give what we have decided in our hearts to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for You love a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7).
INTERCESSORY PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER UM Hymnal (blue book) # 895
SHARING THE PEACE OF CHRIST
We are SENT in the Power of God
LIFE OF ST. MATTHEW’S COMMUNITY
BLESSING AND SENDING
CLOSING SONG – Soli Deo Gloria