New Hope United Methodist Church Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church May 10, 2015

Announcements Today: ♫ Children’s Choir & Chimes, 11:00 a.m. Youth Group, 5:30 p.m. Monday: Prayer Meeting, 7 p.m. – All are welcome Softball, 7:30 p.m. – Melcher’s Complex Ballfield Tuesday: Administrative Counsel, 7pm, Fellowship Hall History/Homecoming Committee, 7 pm, Rm. 2 Wednesday: Ministry at McDonald’s, 12 noon – All are welcome Chime Practice, 6 p.m. ♪ Choir Practice, 7 p.m. Mark Your Calendar!  100th Anniversary Homecoming! May 17th, 2015

Meditation Psalm 98 Sing to the LORD a new song because the LORD has done wonderful things! God has remembered God’s own loyal love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; every corner of the earth has seen our God’s salvation

Musical Prelude Bringing in the Light of Christ

Choral Introit Come Down, O Love Divine

Call to Worship One: Shout triumphantly to the LORD, all the earth! Be happy! Piano Side: Rejoice out loud! Pulpit Side: Sing your praises! All: Sing your praises to the LORD, let the rivers clap their hands and the let the mountains rejoice out loud!

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Opening Hymn O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing Hymnal # 57 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

All - Men - Choir - O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his grace! My gracious Master and my God, assist me to proclaim, to spread through all the earth abroad the honors of thy name. Jesus! the name that charms our fears, that bids our sorrows cease; 'tis music in the sinner's ears, 'tis life, and health, and peace.

Women - All - He speaks, and listening to his voice, new life the dead receive; the mournful, broken hearts rejoice, the humble poor believe. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, your loosened tongues employ; ye blind, behold your savior come, and leap, ye lame, for joy.

Opening Prayer Ruth Duck, adapted O God, illumine the homes of the earth with the light of your love, granting courage to those who are hurt or lonely, endurance to those who care for the sick, and wisdom to those in living in fear. We thank you for gifts of love received from mother, father, spouse, child or companion. We thank you for those you have sent to be like family to us. As we have been loved by you and by others, so may we love. Amen.

Children’s Anthem A Mother’s Love (Mark Patterson)

Children’s Time

Anthem We Hear Singing (Mary Ellen Kerrick) Choir

Offering Our Gifts to God

Alleluia Praise Response Hymnal #94 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

from whom all blessings flow; praise God, all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up lifts! Praise the Spirit! Holy Spiriti! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

Hymnal # 395 Take Time to Be Holy Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

1. Take time to be holy, speak oft with thy Lord; abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God's children, help those who are weak, forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. 2. Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; spend much time in secret with Jesus alone. By looking to Jesus, like him thou shalt be; thy friends in thy conduct his likeness shall see.

3. Take time to be holy, let him be thy guide, and run not before him, whatever betide. In joy or in sorrow, still follow the Lord, and, looking to Jesus, still trust in his word. 4. Take time to be holy, be calm in thy soul, each thought and each motive beneath his control. Thus led by his spirit to fountains of love, thou soon shalt be fitted for service above.

Prayers of the People Silent Prayer

Hymnal #895 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

on earth as it is in Heaven. Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

And forgive us our trespasses, Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.

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.

Gloria Patria Hymnal #70 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

as it was in the beginning, Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Scripture Reading John 15: 9-17 9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. 11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Scripture Reading John 15: 9-17 15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.

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Victory in Jesus Hymnal 370 Used By Permission. CCLI License # 11148194

I heard an old, old story, How a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning, Then I repented of my sins; And won the victory. Refrain: O victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever. He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory,

I heard about His healing, Of His cleansing power revealing I heard about His healing, Of His cleansing power revealing. How He made the lame to walk again And caused the blind to see; And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, Come and heal my broken spirit," And somehow Jesus came and brought To me the victory. Refrain: O victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever. He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory,

I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory. And I heard about the streets of gold Beyond the crystal sea; About the angels singing, And the old redemption story, And some sweet day I'll sing up there The song of victory. Refrain: O victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever. He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory,

Please join us for refreshments in the hospitality room. Benediction Please join us for refreshments in the hospitality room.