1. New Hope United Methodist Church
Welcome to
New Hope United Methodist Church
February 26, 2017

2. Save the Date for the Salt Fish Supper!
Announcements
Today, Cherubs Choir Rehearsal, 9am, RM11
Conversations about Israel, 11:15am, RM2
Tuesday, Bible Study Mathew Ch. 4, 11am, RM2
Experiencing God, 6pm, RM2
Financial Peace University, 7:15pm, RM2
Wednesday, Imposition of Ashes, 3-6:45pm & at the end of the service
Thursday, Choir Rehearsal, Time TBA
Save the Date for the Salt Fish Supper!
March 14th, 6pm

3. Sung Meditation
Holy Ground
TFWS #2272

4. We are standing on holy ground,
and I know that there are angels all around;
let us praise Jesus now;
we are standing in his presence on holy ground.

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

6. Choral Introit
The Great Amen
Choir

7. One: The Lord be with you! Many: And also with you!
*Call to Worship
One: The Lord be with you!
Many: And also with you!

8. WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1707; refrain by Robert Lowry; 1867
Marching to Zion (1)
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Marching to Zion
WORDS: Isaac Watts, 1707; refrain by Robert Lowry; 1867
1. Come, we that love the Lord, and let our joys be known; join in a song with sweet accord, join in a song with sweet accord

9. and thus surround thus surround the throne,)
the throne, and thus (and thus surround)
surround the throne (the throne.)

10. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

11. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

12. Marching to Zion (2)
2. Let those refuse to sing who never knew our God; but children of the heavenly King, but children of the heavenly King may

13. speak their joys their joys abroad
(speak their joys abroad,)
abroad, may speak (may speak their joys)
their joys abroad
(abroad.)

14. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

15. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

16. Marching to Zion (3)
3. The hill of Zion yields a thousand sacred sweets before we reach the heavenly fields, before we reach the heavenly fields,

17. or walk the golden (walk the golden streets, to)
streets, or (walk the)
walk the golden streets. (golden streets.)

18. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

19. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

20. Marching to Zion (4)
4. Then let our songs abound, and every tear be dry; we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground, we’re marching through Emmanuel’s ground,

21. to fairer worlds (fairer worlds on high,)
on high, to fairer (to fairer worlds)
worlds on high.
(on high.)

22. Marching to Zion (Refrain)
We’re marching to Zion, beautiful, beautiful Zion;

23. we’re marching upward to Zion, (Zion, Zion,) the beautiful city of God.

24. *Opening Prayer

25. Anthem Tumefurahi (We Rejoice!) Choir
Instruments: Becky and Scott Hamm, David Jett,

26. Children’s Time

27. Offering Our Gifts to God

28. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)95
WORDS: Thomas Ken, 1674
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below;

29. praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

30. Joys and Concerns
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer

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

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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;

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

36. Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know (Verse 1)
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Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know
WORDS: Johann C. Schwedler, 1741; trans. by Benjamin H. Kennedy, 1863 (1 Cor. 2:2; Gal. 6:14)
1. Ask ye what great thing I know, that delights and stirs me so?

37. What the high reward I win. Whose the name I glory in
What the high reward I win? Whose the name I glory in? Jesus Christ, the crucified.

38. Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know (Verse 2)
2. Who defeats my fiercest foes? Who consoles my saddest woes?

39. Who revives my fainting heart, healing all its hidden smart
Who revives my fainting heart, healing all its hidden smart? Jesus Christ, the crucified.

40. Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know (Verse 3)
3. Who is life in life to me? Who the death of death will be?

41. Who will place me on his right, with the countless hosts of light
Who will place me on his right, with the countless hosts of light? Jesus Christ, the crucified.

42. Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know (Verse 4)
4. This is that great thing I know; this delights and stirs me so:

43. faith in him who died to save, him who triumphed o’er the grave: Jesus Christ, the crucified.

44. Scripture Reading

45. The Message
Greg Sokolowski

46. A Charge to Keep I Have (1)
The Trees of the Field
TFWS2279
You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace;
The mountains and the hills will break forth before you;

47. A Charge to Keep I Have (2)
there’ll be shouts of joy, and all the trees of the field will clap, will clap their hands.
And all the trees of the field will clap their hands, the trees of the field will clap their hands,

48. A Charge to Keep I Have (3)
the trees of the field will clap their hands while you go out with joy.

49. Draw the Circle Wide
*Blessing

50. Draw the circle wide
Draw it wider still
Let this be our song
No one stands alone
Standing side by side

51. God the stillpoint of the circle ‘Round whom all creation turns
Nothing lost, but held forever
In God’s gracious arms

52. Draw the circle wide Draw it wider still Let this be our song
No one stands alone
Standing side by side

53. Let our hearts touch far horizons So encompass great and small
Let our loving know no borders
Faithful to God’s call

54. Draw the circle wide Draw it wider still Let this be our song
Draw the circle wide
Draw it wider still
Let this be our song
No one stands alone
Standing side by side

55. Let the dreams we dream be larger Than we’ve ever dreamed before
Let the dream of Christ be in us
Open every door

56. Draw the circle wide Draw it wider still Let this be our song
Draw the circle wide
Draw it wider still
Let this be our song
No one stands alone
Standing side by side

57. Draw the circle wide
Draw it wider still
Let this be our song
No one stands alone
Standing side by side