Sunday, april 3, 2022

Fruitland United Methodist Church
April 3, 2022

Prelude “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” By Ludwig Van Beethoven, arranged by John Innes

Welcome
The lighting of the candles and welcoming the neighborhood to worship.

Interlude “How Majestic is Your Name”  By Michael W Smith, arranged by Lani Smith

*Call to Worship
 Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Calling Song “Great Is the Lord” TFWS #2022
Great is the Lord
He is holy and just
By His power we trust
In His love
Great is the Lord
He is faithful and true
By His mercy He proves
He is love

Great is the Lord
And worthy of glory
Great is the Lord
And worthy of praise
Great is the Lord
Now lift up your voice
Now lift up your voice
Great is the Lord
Great is the Lord

Great is the Lord,
He is holy and just
By His power we trust
In His love
Great is the Lord
He is faithful, and true
By His mercy He proves
He is love

Great is the Lord
And worthy of glory
Great is the Lord
And worthy of praise
Great is the Lord
Now lift up your voice
Now lift up your voice
Great is the Lord
Great is the Lord

Great are you Lord
And worthy of glory
Great are you Lord
And worthy of praise
Great are you Lord
I lift up my voice
I lift up my voice
Great are you Lord
Great are you Lord

Responsive Reading
One: Lent is a coming home,
All: Home from weary years,
One: Home to calm our fears,
All: Home to dry our tears.
One: Lent is a coming home,
All: Home to remember our name,
One: Home to a warm embrace,
All: Home to a hopeful place,
One: Home to God's own heart,
All: Home to a renewal of joy and a song of love.

Unison Invocation
Loving God, patient Friend, walk with us this Lent and help us see our desire to be known, praised, admired for what it is. Help us see how we have bought into believing that our worth comes from what we do and how we are noticed.
Remind us that faithfulness is often hidden, humble and simple. Give us a generous dose of self-confidence mixed with humility. And when we get confused and out of balance, bring us home to our true selves and set our eyes upon Jesus, our companion and guide. Amen.

Choir “Give Me Jesus”

Old Testament Reading Isaiah 43:18-21
Gospel Reading John 12:1-8
God’s Word for God’s People. Thanks Be To God

Hymn “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

Children’s Moment

Offering Doxology “The Gift of Love” UMH #408
Though I may speak with bravest fire,
and have the gift to all inspire,
and have not love, my words are vain,
as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.

Though I may give all I possess,
and striving so my love profess,
but not be given by love within,
the profit soon turns strangely thin.

Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;
by this we worship, and are freed.

Message “Love In the Name of Christ”

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 Hymn “In Remembrance of Me” TFWS #2254

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. 
Forgive us, we pray.
Our feet have strayed from the path of Christ and we have wandered from you.
Forgive us, we pray.
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!

Bread and Cup

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.

Unison Benediction*
May you know hope in the midst of doubts,
assurance in times of questioning
and peace in the presence of conflict.
May your journey through Lent
lead you ever closer to the heart of God,
and may God walk with you all your days.

Closing Hymn “The Trees of the Fields” TFWS #2279
You shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace,
And the mountains and the hills will break forth before you.
There'll be shouts of joy and the trees of the fields
Will clap, will clap their hands.

And the trees of the fields will clap their hands,
And the trees of the fields will clap their hands,
And the trees of the fields will clap their hands,
While you go out with joy.

Postlude “Fanfare”  By Jean Joseph Mouret, arranged by Lani Smith
Thank you for Worshiping with us today!

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