 Fruitland United Methodist Church September 26, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. Prelude: Welcome and Announcements Interlude: Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship. *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song: "I Am Thine, O Lord” UMH #419 vs 1,3 I am thine, O Lord, I have heard thy voice, and it told thy love to me; but I long to rise in the arms of faith and be closer drawn to thee. Refrain: Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to the cross where thou hast died. Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord, to thy precious bleeding side. O the pure delight of a single hour that before thy throne I spend, when I kneel in prayer, and with thee, my God, I commune as friend with friend. (repeat refrain) Responsive Reading Psalm 124 Leader: If it had not been the Lord who on our side – let Israel now say – if it had not been the Lord who was on our side when our enemies attacked us, they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us; People: the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; then over us would have gone the raging waters. Leader: Blessed be the Lord, who have not given us as prey to their teeth. People: We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! All: Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Unison Invocation O Heavenly Father, we hear and say so many words, yet yours is the word we need this morning. We know that you speak. Help us to listen; and, if what we hear is silence, let it calm us rather than disturb us; let it shrink our pride and expand our humility. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Hymn “Lord, I want to Be a Christian” UMH #402 vs 1, 2, 4 Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart. Lord I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart; Lord I want to be more loving in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart. Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart; Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. In my heart, in my heart, Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart. Old Testament Reading - Esther 7:1-6 and 9:20-22 Gospel Reading - Mark 9:38-42 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer Offertory with Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Message - Guest Speaker: Rochelle Killett from the Methodist Church in Nampa. She will be standing in for Pastor Jim, with a sermon from 1Kings 19: 3-9 Commitment Hymn “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” UMH #474 Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; through the storm through the night, lead me on to the light: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. When my way grows drear, precious Lord, linger near, when my life is almost gone, hear my cry, hear my call, hold my hand lest I fall: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. When the darkness appears and the night draws near, and the day is past and gone, at the river I stand, guide my feet, hold my hand: Take my hand, precious Lord, lead me home. Closing Song “Teresa’s Prayer” Christ be in my mind and in my thinking, Christ be in my eyes, in everything I see, Christ be in my ears and in my hearing, Christ be in my mouth, in every word I speak, Christ be in my heart and in my loving, Christ be in my life, each moment that I live. Unison Benediction May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you wherever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May he bring you home rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors. Postlude Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544) 
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September 19, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. Prelude: Welcome and Announcements Interlude: Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship. *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “More Like You” TFWS #2167 More like you, Jesus, more like you. Fill my heart with your desire to make me more like you. More like you, Jesus more like you. Touch my lips with holy fire and make me more like you. Lord, you are my mercy. Lord, you are my grace. All my deepest sins have forever been erased. Draw me in your presence. Lead me in your ways. I long to bring you glory in righteousness and praise. Responsive Reading from Psalm 1 Leader: Happy are those who will not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit with scoffers. People: Happy are those who delight in the law of the Lord, and meditate on his law day and night. All: They are like trees planted by streams of water. Unison Invocation Now, Heavenly Father, calm us into a peace that heals and shapes our longings, questions, wounds, and passions into a more holy life that looks like Jesus in whose name we pray. Amen Hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” UMH #133 What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms; what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms. Refrain: Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms, leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms. (Repeat Refrain) What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms (Repeat Refrain) Old Testament Reading - Proverbs 31:30-31 Gospel Reading - Mark 9:30-37 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer Offertory with Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Message “Show Me” James 3:13-18 Commitment Hymn “God of Grace and God of Glory” UMH #577 God of grace and God of glory, on thy people pour thy power; crown thine ancient church’s story; ring her bud to glorious flower. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the facing of this hour, (of this hour) for the facing of this hour. Cure thy children’s warring madness, bend our pride to thy control; shame our wanton, selfish gladness, free our hearts to work and praise. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, or the living of these days, (of these days) for the living of these days. Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore; let the search for thy salvation be our glory evermore. Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, serving thee whom we adore (we adore) serving thee whom we adore. Closing Song “Teresa’s Prayer” Christ be in my mind and in my thinking, Christ be in my eyes, in everything I see, Christ be in my mouth, in every word I speak, Christ be in my heart and in my loving, Christ be in my life, each moment that I live. Unison Benediction May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you wherever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May he bring you home rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors. Postlude Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNOUNCEMENTS Thank you, Jeff and Leslie Ward for today’s beautiful altar flowers. IF you are interested in either of the following: * Friday Breakfast Meeting with a group for 8am breakfast and fellowship. * Wednesday 10:00 am Zoom Bible Study. Please contact Pastor Letha by phone or text: (208-412-9029 or email [email protected] CIRCLE OF FRIENDS PRESCHOOL – If you would like to help the Preschool at snack time, contact Holly at 208-405-8391. Dates available are 9/24, 9/29, 10/6, and 10/13. Beginning THIS FRIDAY September 24th ‘CRAFT & QUILTING SISTERS’ will be meeting each Friday at 9:30 am in the Fellowship area. Bring your projects, and lunch. There will be a lunchtime devotional, and an opportunity to assist the preschool at snack time. TONIGHT at Payette United Methodist Church ‘The Overcomer’, starring Alex Kendrick at 6:00 pm. Popcorn and soda is provided.  Fruitland United Methodist Church
September 12, 2021 – 9:00 A.M. Prelude: Welcome and Announcements Interlude: Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship. *Call to Worship Responsive Reading Leader: Jesus Christ is our light, our vision and our sight. Our Lord is the way we are called to see life. People: Until God’s kingdom comes, there will be darkness and with it blindness; but Christ’s victory is light for all his people. Leader: We have come to worship and to receive that light for ourselves, that we might be filled with the light of Christ. People: Let us worship the true light, Jesus Christ our Lord. Unison Invocation Gracious God, we thank you for your promise to be with us, and among us today as we worship you in a spirit of humility and holiness. We invite you to be our ‘true mirror’ to hold up before us your Word in such a way that we see our true selves. Help us also to see in a new way the fullness of your ineffable glory and transcendent grace and mercy. We await in the next hour your word to us, that by it we may be empowered to live in the world, announcing your rule of justice, reconciliation and peace. In the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Friend. Amen. Hymn: “Be Thou My Vision” UMH #451 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; naught be all else to me, save that thou art. Thou my best thought, by day or by night, waking or sleeping, thy presence my light. Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou and thou only, first in my heart, great God of heaven, my treasure thou art. Great God of heaven, my victory won, may I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun! Heart of my own heart, whatever be fall, till be my vision, O Ruler of all. Scripture Reading Psalm 19 & Isaiah 50: 4-9 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer Offertory with Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Hymn: “We Are Called” TFWS #2172 Vs 1 Refrain: 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! 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! (Repeat Refrain) Sermon: ‘The Most Amazing Mirror’ James 1: 17-27 Closing Hymn: “Shine Jesus Shine” TFWS #2173 Refrain: Shine Jesus shine, fill this land with the Father’s glory, blaze, Spirit, blaze, set our hearts on fire; flow, river, flow, flood the nations with grace and mercy, send forth your word, Lord, and let there be light. Lord, the light of your love is shining in the midst of the darkness shining; Jesus, Light of the World, shine upon us, set us free by the truth you now bring us. Shine on me, shine on me. (Repeat Refrain) Unison Benediction May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you wherever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May he bring you home rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors. Postlude Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544) ========================================================= ANNOUNCEMENTS Altar flowers today are in memory of Truman Haley’s birthday, father of Larry Haley. Truman was born September 12, 1921. UPCOMING: September 13 – Trustees Meeting 6:00 pm. Admin Council Meeting 6:30 pm September 18 - Sage District UMW Annual Meeting is September 18 via Zoom. The theme is ‘Lead with Love’. Special guest speaker is Rev. Kalina Malua Katoa. To register send an email to Judy Halverson, [email protected], requesting the September 18th meeting, and include our church name. There is no charge. September 19 – ‘The Overcomer’ movie at Payette UMC at 6:00 pm, Popcorn & Soda is provided. The fall edition is waiting for content for the next issue. Please email or call Debra with committee meetings and/or activities by September 15th. _____________________________________________________________________ IF you are interested in either of the following: * Friday Breakfast Meeting with a group for 8am breakfast and fellowship. * Wednesday 10:00 am Zoom Bible Study. Please contact Pastor Letha by phone or text: (208-412-9029 or email [email protected]  Fruitland United Methodist Church
September 5, 2021, 9:00 am Prelude: Welcome and Announcements Interlude: Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship. *Call to Worship Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Calling Song “Surely the Presence of the Lord” UMH #328 Surely, the presence of the Lord is in this place; I can feel his mighty power and his grace. I can hear the brush of angels’ wings, I see glory on each face; surly the presence of the Lord is in this place. Responsive Reading from Psalm 146 (NRSV) Leader: Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! People: I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all life long. Leader: Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. People: When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. Leader: The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. All: The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Unison Invocation Heavenly Father, hear our prayers, And through the presence of your Son Free us from the grip of fear and death. Help us experience the fullness of life That can be found by following Jesus As we pray in his name. Amen. Old Testament Reading - Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, and 22-23 Gospel Reading - Mark 7:24-30 God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks be to God! “Worship Song “Gather Us In” TFWS #2236 Here in this place new light is streaming, now is the darkness vanished away, See in this space our fears and our dreamings, brought here to you in the light of this day. Gather us in the lost and forsaken, gather us in the blind and the lame; call to us now, and we shall awaken, we shall arise at the sound of our name. Not in the dark of buildings confining, ot in some heaven, light-years away, but here in this place the new light is shining, now is the Kingdom, now is the day. Gather us in and hold us forever, gather us in and make us your own; gather us in – all peoples together, fire of love in our flesh and bone. Sermon “Mercy Triumphs Over Judgement” James 2:1-17 The Communion Service The Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Communion Song Teresa’s Prayer Christ be in my mind and in my thinking, Christ be in my eyes, in everything I see, Christ be in my ears and in my hearing, Christ be in my mouth, in every word I speak, Christ be in my heart and in my loving, Christ be in my life, each moment that I live. Our Lord invites to his table all who love him, who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another. Let us confess our sin before God and one another. Prayer of Confession and Pardon Merciful God, we confess that we have not loved you with our whole heart. Our faith has been tested and we have stumbled. Our feet have strayed from the path of Christ and we have wandered from you. We have put our faith in the loud voices of this world, ignoring your whispers. Forgive us, we pray. We do want to follow Jesus, the Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen. Hear the good news; Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. That proves God’s love for us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Please pray: Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Strengthen us in mind, body and soul for the days ahead. May your Spirit fill us as we live and pray in Jesus’ name. Amen. Bread and Cup Please exit through the front door. We will stand in a circle, be served, and partake together. Unison Benediction May the peace of the Lord Jesus go with you wherever he may send you. May he guide you through the wilderness, protect you through the storm. May he bring you home rejoicing at the wonders he has shown you. May he bring you home rejoicing once again into our doors. Thank you for Worshiping with us today! (CCLI License #1552544) ========================================================= ANNOUNCEMENTS Altar flowers today are in honor of Labor Day. UPCOMING: September 8 – Circle of Friends preschool opens. September 11 – Fruitland Family Fun Day – We will be handing out water. September 13 – Trustees Meeting 6:00 pm. Admin Council Meeting 6:30 pm September 19 – ‘The Overcomer’ movie at Payette UMC at 6 pm, Popcorn & Soda is provided. Liturgists: Please see the sign-up sheet in the Bell Room. The ‘Upper Room’ is delayed, but on it’s way. Second and Nebraska P.O. Box 353, Fruitland ID 83619 Debra/Office: 208-452-3260 Email: [email protected] Pastor Jim: 208-907-2935 Email: [email protected] Website: www.fruitlandfirstumc.org Facebook Page: Fruitland United Methodist Church Facebook Group: Fruitland United Methodist Church News |