Let all on earth their voices raise
To sing the great Jehovah’s praise,
And bless his holy Name:
His glory let the heathen know,
His wonders to the nations show,
His saving grace proclaim.
He framed the globe he built the sky;
He made the shining worlds on high,
And reigns in majesty there:
His beams are majesty and light;
His beauties, how divinely bright!
His dwelling place, how fair!
Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
All nations fear his name:
Then shall the race of men confess
The beauty of his holiness,
His saving grace proclaim.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
Are there not in the labourer’s day
Twelve hours, in which he may safely
may His calling’s work pursue?
Though sin and Satan still are near,
Nor sin nor Satan can I fear,
With Jesus in my view.
Light of the world! thy beams I bless;
On thee, bright Son of righteousness,
My faith hath fix’d its eye;
Guided by thee, through all I go,
Nor fear the rain, spread below,
For thou art always nigh.
Ten thousand snares my paths beset,
Yet will I, Lord, the work complete,
Which though to me hast given;
Regardless of the pains I feel,
Close by the gates of death and hell,
I urge my way to heaven.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
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O may I still from sin depart;
A wise and understanding heart,
Jesus, to me be given:
And let me through thy Spirit know
To glorify my God below,
And find my way to heaven.
There as our God we too would claim,
And bless the Saviour’s precious name,
Through whom this grace is given;
He forms their ruin’d souls anew,
And makes them heirs of heaven.
The veil that hides thy glory rend,
And here in saving power descend,
And fix thy blest abode;
Here to our hearts thyself reveal,
And let each waiting spirit feel
The presence of our God.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
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Jesus, fulfill our one desire,
And spread the spark of living fire
Through ever hallow’d breast:
Bless with divine conformity,
And give us now to find in thee
Our everlasting rest.
O that we now the power might feel,
To do on earth thy blessed will,
As angels do above:
To walk in thee, the Truth, the Way,
And ever perfectly obey
Thy sweet constraining love.
Be it my only wisdom here,
To serve the Lord with filial fear,
With loving gratitude:
Superior sense may I display,
By shunning every evil way,
And walking in the good.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
+ Belinda Alkula celebrates last Friday's dinner circle gathering at Myrle Myers.
+ Thanksgiving for the love and support provided for the collection of supplies for women at Wesley Foundation.
+ Belinda Alkula is thankful for the good health news from her dear friend, Nancy.
+ Pastor Charles gives thanks for the work Belinda and the rest of the Mission u team have put into this month's program. Today is the final session.
+ We celebrate this week's birthdays: Frank Richardson and Kataleya "Kat" Wahl.
+ We are blessed by those who served this week: Belinda Alkula (videographer), Steve Bainbridge (greeter), Tim Cook (class), Ben Glancy (liturgist), Etta Levitt (Zoom usher), Kathy Lloyd (Zoom host), Steve & Michele Matthews (fellowship), Heyji Park (piano), Suzanne Polacek (bells), and Ron Revier (choir).
Concerns:
+ Dan and Betts Daniels' nephew, Kirk, is in need of a fourth liver transplant. The Daniels would like prayers for a successful surgery for Kirk and prayers that he, his wife, and his family will feel God's healing, loving presence around them.
+ Steve Batch asks for continued prayers for Brooklyn, (the 7-month) niece of his hospital mangager who is continuing treatments for her serious medical condition.
+ Steve Matthews asks for prayer for those impacted by the fire overnight in Boulder County and for the windy conditions we are experiencing.
+ Scott Glancy lifts up Kami B. and her challenging circumstances.
+ We mourn with the people of Ukraine as the war there enters its third year.
+ Our prayers continue to rise for the people of Gaza and the innocents that are suffering in the continuing conflict.
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| Donations for Wesley Foundation @ CU |
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| Fellowship time! |
Today’s Meditation Verse “Then Jesus began to teach his disciples: ‘The Human One must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and the legal experts….’” —Mark 8:3
Welcome...Pastor Charles Prelude…Hyeji Park / “I Sing the Mighty Power of God,” from Gesangbuch der Herzogi
*Call to Worship (Psalm 32:1&11, CEB)…Ben Glancy
The one whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered over, is truly happy! You who are righteous, rejoice in the Lord and be glad! All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!
*Hymn…“Trust and Obey” (UMH #467)
Prayer of Confession (Book of Worship #479)...Ben Glancy
Almighty God, we confess that we are often swept up in the tide of our generation. We have failed in our calling to be Your holy people, a people set aside for Your divine purpose. We live more in apathy born of fatalism than in passion born of hope. We are moved more by private ambition than by social justice. We dream more of privilege and benefits than of service and sacrifice. We try to speak Your name without relinquishing our glories, without nourishing our souls, without relying wholly on Your grace. Help us make room in our hearts and lives for You. Forgive us, revive us, and reshape us in Your image. Amen
Community prayer concerns and celebrations / Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer...Pastor Charles
Old Testament Lesson: Psalm 51...Ben Glancy
Choral Anthem...“Celtic Praise,” arranged by Faye Lopez
Gospel Lesson: Luke 23:32-43...Pastor Charles
This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
Sermon...Pastor Charles / “Facing the cross: the two thieves”
*Hymn…“Would I Have Answered When You Called” (TFWS #2137)
*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles
Postlude…Hyeji Park / “All hail the power of Jesus’ name” by Oliver Holden
If I have only known thy fear,
And follow’d, with a heart sincere,
Thy drawings from above;
Now, now the further grace bestow,
And let my sprinkled conscience know
Thy sweet forgiving love.
Short of thy love I would not stop,
A stranger to the Gospel hope,
The sense of sin forgiven;
I would not, Lord, my soul deceive,
Without the inward witness live,
That ante-past of heaven.
If now the witness were in me,
Would lie not testify of thee,
In Jesus reconciled?
And should I not with faith draw nigh,
And boldly, Abba, Father, cry,
And know myself thy child?
Father, in me reveal thy Son,
And to my inmost soul make known
How merciful thou art;
The secret of thy love reveal,
And by thy hall’wing Spirit dwell
Forever in my heart.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
What shall I render unto thee,
My Saviour in distress,
For all thy benefits to me,
So great and numberless?
This will I do for thy love’s sake,
And thus thy power proclaim;
The cup of thy salvation take,
And call upon thy name.
Thou God of covenanted grace,
Hear and record my vow,
While in thy courts I seek thy face,
And at thine altar bow:
Henceforth to thee myself I give;
With single heart and eye
To walk before thee while I live,
And bless thee when I die.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
Feb. 23, 2024 | WASHINGTON (UM News)
A recent UM News article describes the ill-advised plans of groups that spent the last years attacking The United Methodist Church and trying to recruit churches away from the denomination. The article documents the groups’ plans to continue to affect the decision-making of The United Methodist Church as the denomination seeks to start a new future following these attacks to divide.
The period of disaffiliation is over. It is time for all groups to move on from dividing to unifying and disciple-making.
The upcoming General Conference is for those who remain after the chaos of recent years. All the delegates come with the responsibility to do only those things that strengthen The United Methodist Church. They have chosen to remain not because they all agree, but because they are willing to live together despite differences, knowing that disunity is incompatible with Christian teaching.
Read more at this link.
Once more we come before our God;
Once more his blessing ask:
O may not duty seem a load,
Nor worship prove a task.
Father, thy quick’ning Spirit send
From heaven, in Jesus’ name,
And bid our waiting minds attend,
And put our souls in frame.
May we receive the word we hear,
Each in an honest heart;
And keep the precious treasure there,
And never with it part.
To seek thee, all our hearts dispose;
To each thy blessings suit;
And let the seed thy servant sows,
Produce abundant fruit.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York).
But for the past two years, both groups have been encouraging congregations to leave The United Methodist Church for the traditionalist Global Methodist Church.
Though now clearly aligned with that new, breakaway denomination, Good News and the Wesleyan Covenant Association plan to be a lobbying presence at the fast-approaching United Methodist General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
That doesn’t sit well with some United Methodist loyalists.
“If you work for Pepsi, you don’t expect to be in the board room where decisions are made for Coca-Cola,” said Pat Luna, an Alabama-West Florida Conference delegate to General Conference.
Read more at this link.
On every hand we see;
O may the blessings of each hour
Lead all our thoughts to thee.
If on the wings of morn we speed,
To earth’s remotest bound,
Thy hand will there our journey lead,
Thine arm our path surround.
Thy power is in the ocean deeps,
And reaches to the skies;
Thine eye of mercy never sleeps,
Thy goodness never dies.
From morn till noon—till latest eve,
Thy hand, O God, we are;
And all thy blessings we receive,
Proceed alone from thee.
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church: With Tunes for Congregational Worship (1857, Carlton and Porter, New York)
