Sunday, May 16, 2021

Fruitland  United Methodist Church
ASCENSION SUNDAY
May 16, 2021 – 9:00 A.M.
 
Prelude:

Welcome and Announcements
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Interlude:
Welcoming the Light of Christ and inviting the neighborhood to worship

CALL TO WORSHIP 
Calling Song:         How Majestic is Your Name           TFWS #2023
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.
(Repeat)
O Lord, our Lord, we praise your name.
O Lord, our Lord, we magnify your name
Prince of Peace, mighty God; O Lord God al-might-ty!

RESPONSIVE READING:                           
Leader:        In the presence of God..
Right Side:   Toes tap to some heavenly chorus,
Left Side:      Tears emerge from a hidden ache
Right Side:    Silence descends like a gentle mist,
Left Side:      Joy ascends like a rocket in the sky.
Leader:       God is here..
Right Side   Glad hearts are refreshed.
Left Side:     Sorrowing hearts find comfort.
Right Side:   Broken hearts discover healing.
Left Side:      Searching hearts find home.
Leader:        Here in the presence of God,
ALL:              We are made whole and sing our joyful songs of praise.

*Unison Invocation           
O God, how wonderful you are. How good it is to be in your presence. We bring to you our whole life. Our joy and our grief, our patience and our worry, our dreams and our despair. Like a long-time friend, you know us, beginning to end. And you embrace us into new life. Now as we open the Scriptures, guide us to understand what you share with us today. It is in our Savior’s name we pray. Amen.
 
Psalter:                                                                                              Psalm 34: 1-14
GOSPEL READING                                                                                 Luke 24: 44-53
God’s Word for God’s People.  Thanks be to God!
 
OFFERATORY
DOXOLOGY                                                        UMH #95
Praise God, from whom all blessing flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Congregational Prayer and Lord’s Prayer

MESSAGE               Up, Up and Away                   Acts 1:1-11
 
*Commitment Hymn          Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know         UMH #163
Ask Ye what great thing I know, that delights and stirs me so?
What the high reward I win? Whose the name I glory in?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who defeats my fiercest foes? Who consoles my saddest woes?
Who revives my fainting heart, healing all it’s hidden smart?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Who is life in life to me? Who the death of death will be?
Who will place me on his right, with the countless hosts of light?
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
This is that great thing I know, this delights and stirs me so:
Faith in him who died to save, him who triumphed O’er the grave:
Jesus Christ, the crucified.
 
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.

Please be seated following the Benediction.
Enjoy the Postlude. An usher will come and dismiss us by rows.

Postlude:
​Thank you for Worshiping with us today!

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