1. Welcome to New Hope United Methodist Church
March 11, 2018

2. Announcements Today, Cherub Choir, 11:15am, RM11
Young Adults, 11:15am, RM2
Youth, 5:30pm, Upstairs
Monday, Book Club, 4 Yorktown Dr. 6pm
Tuesday, Acts Bible Study, 11am, RM2
Salt Fish Supper, 6pm
Wednesday, Chimes 6pm, Choir 7pm, Sanctuary
Thursday, Bring Joy Bible Study, 2:30pm, RM2
Upcoming:
SPRC, 7pm 3/19; Admin Council, 7pm, 3/20
Cleaning up New Hope Rd, 8am 3/24
Pack Food Bags for kids, St Matthias 9am 3/27

3. Meditation
Numbers 21:4-9
 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

4.  6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.

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

6. (Bob Somma & Bill Batstone)
Introit
I Come to the Cross
(Bob Somma & Bill Batstone)
Choir

7. *Call to Worship
One: Come, you who remember being unhappy, bitter, or impatient.
Many: Come, you who remember being alone and in the wilderness.
One: Come, you who feel as if you’ve been bitten by snakes and poisoned.
Many: Together let us worship God who brings healing, hears and knows our pain, sin and shortcomings. Come let us praise God who sent Jesus that we might know forgiveness, salvation and eternal life.

8. Majesty, Worship His Majesty
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WORDS: Jack Hayford, 1981
Majesty, worship his majesty; unto Jesus be all glory, honor, and praise.
© 1981 Rocksmith Music c/o Trust Music Management

9. Majesty, kingdom authority, flow from his throne unto his own; his anthem raise.

10. So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus
So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King.

11. Majesty, worship his majesty, Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings.

12. Prayer
 Dear God, thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to be a sacrifice for our sins and the sins of the world once and for all. Thank you for being a God of Grace – giving us undeserved love and forgiving us when we confess our sins and turn towards you. Your love is indeed amazing and wondrous. Amen.

13. What Wondrous Love is This?
Anthem
What Wondrous Love is This?
Choir

14. Children’s Time

15. Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer

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

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. 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;

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

21. Offering Our Gifts to God

22. 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!

23. 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!

24. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (Verse 1)
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WORDS: Frederick W. Faber, 1854
1. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea; there’s a kindness in God’s justice, which is more than liberty.

25. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (Verse 2)
2. There is welcome for the sinner, and more graces for the good! There is mercy with the Savior; there is healing in his blood.

26. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (Verse 3)
3. For the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind.

27. There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy (Verse 4)
4. If our love were but more simple, we should rest upon God’s word; and our lives would be illumined by the presence of our Lord.

28. Scripture Reading John 3:13-15
 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

29. Message

30. TFWS 2172 *We are Called Come! Live in the light!
Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!
We are called to be light for the kingdom,
To live in the freedom of the city of God!

31. We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly,
we are called to serve one another,
to walk humbly with God!

32. Show your mercy to all those in fear!
Come! Open your heart!
Show your mercy to all those in fear!
We are called to be hope for the hopeless
so all hatred and blindness will be no more!

33. We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly,
we are called to serve one another,
to walk humbly with God!

34. Sing of that great day when all will be one!
Sing! Sing a new song!
Sing of that great day when all will be one!
God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other as sisters and brothers united in love!

35. We are called to act with justice, we are called to love tenderly,
we are called to serve one another,
to walk humbly with God!

36. *Benediction
Please join us for food and fellowship in the Hospitality Room following the service.