Pastor: David Range
February 15, 2026
Miramar United Methodist Church
in the heart of Miramar, a place for gathering, healing, and sending out friends, helping to create a sense of family to find new life in Christ.
Part of the United Methodist family where we make disciples for the
Transformation of the world.
Order of Worship for February 15, 2026
8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
CALL TO WORSHIP
*Opening Hymn 717 The Battle Hymn of the Republic+
1 Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword;
His truth is marching on.
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
2 I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps,
They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
3 He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment seat;
O be swift, my soul, to answer him; be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
4 In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us live to make all free,
While God is marching on.
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
5 He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
he is wisdom to the mighty, he is honor to the brave;
so the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of wrong his slave.
Our God is marching on.
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!
Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.
WORDS: Sts. 1-4, Julia Ward Howe, 4861 st. 5, anon. MUSIC: USA camp meeting tune, 19th cent.
PRAYER
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so (Sing twice)
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
Let the redeemed of the Lord say so
I′m redeemed, I'm redeemed,
Praise the Lord
I Will Sing Of The Mercies Of The Lord (Sing twice)
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: I will sing, I will sing!
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.
With my mouth…I will make known thy faithfulness…thy faithfulness.
With my mouth…I will make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever: I will sing, I will sing!
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.
The joy of the Lord is my strength (Sing once)
The joy of the Lord is my strength
The joy of the Lord is my strength
The joy of the Lord is my strength
The joy of the Lord is my strength
He heals the brokenhearted and they cry no more
He heals the brokenhearted and they cry no more
He heals the brokenhearted and they cry no more
The joy of the lord is my strength
He gives me living water and I thirst no more
He gives me living water and I thirst no more
He gives me living water and I thirst no more
The joy of the lord is my strength
We bow down (Sing twice)
You are Lord of creation and Lord of my life
Lord of the land and the sea
You were Lord of the heavens before there was time
And Lord of all lords You will be
We bow down and we worship you, Lord
We bow down and we worship you, Lord
We bow down and we worship you, Lord
Lord of all lords You will be
You are King of creation and Lord of my life
King of the land and the sea
You were King of the heavens before there was time
And King of all kings you will be
We bow down and we crown you the King
We bow down and we crown you the King
We bow down and we crown you the King
King of all kings You will be
WELCOME: Visitors, you are invited to stand and introduce yourself or be introduced by a friend. Please receive the information card that the usher offers and when you have filled it in please return it to the usher.
Birthdays and Anniversaries
ANNOUNCEMENTS—CALL TO ACTION
TODAY: Worship Services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with the United Women in Faith Soup Sale after both services.
TONIGHT: Prayer meeting on Zoom at 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Broward County Commission vote on funding affordable housing. We need to fill the commission chambers at 10:00 a.m. at 115 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 33301. Wear red if you can. Cars are leaving our parking lot about 8:45 p.m.
TUESDAY: is also the day Roland Abel and Clover Williams Dussard are having their house meetings at 7:30 p.m. If you cannot make the commission meeting you will be amongst the first to learn what happened.
TUESDAY: also is the night of Research Committees for Bold Justice at Grace Alone Lutheran Church, 1900 SW 35 street, Ft Lauderdale 33312 at 7:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Ash Wednesday service at 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY: Job Fair at Amerant Park, Sunrise 33323, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Please see flyer for details.
THURSDAY: United Women in Faith meeting at 7:00 p.m. when heart health will be discussed.
THURSDAY: Choir 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: Food Distribution at 1:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: Viewing for Wilberforce Turkson takes place 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Bells Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 8390 Pines Blvd. 33024. The Funeral service is SATURDAY at 11:00 a.m. here at Miramar United Methodist Church, with burial afterwards at Fred Hunter’s, 6301 Taft St. Hollywood, 33024. There will be a repast from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Driftwood Community Center, 3000 N 69th Ave., Hollywood 33024.
SATURDAY: No Confirmation class.
SATURDAY: Funeral service for Lorna Foster, the mother of Michell Spence will be held at 3:00 p.m. at Grace Funeral Chapel, 5980 West Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill, FL 33313
NEXT SUNDAY: Worship Services at 8:30 and 11:00.
Looking Ahead:
Residing Hope is the name of the United Methodist Children’s Home and they are offering a Day on Campus on Feb 21 or March 19. See the postcards on the back table for more info.
Summer camp July 6 to 11. Please see Pastor David, Marvia Aitken or Judy Minott for more details.
Bold Justice dates:
Thursday, March 5 Vinessa Edwards house meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24 Rally, Plantation SDA at 7:30 p.m. 400 NW 118 Ave. Plantation FL 33325
Monday, April 20 Nehemiah Action 7:30 p.m. at Blanche Ely High School, 1201 NW 6th Ave., Pompano Beach, 33060
New Upper Rooms for March and April are available
See Patrick Brown’s Indecent Proposal, Saturday May 9 at Everglades High School. Please see Allison Feurtado for tickets to this show or the next night in Coral Springs. See flyer for more information.
The Mission Offering today is for Women in Distress
Next Sunday our Mission Offering goes to Apportionments
For Sharing of the Spirit, please wave at the YouTube camera and say, “the peace of the Lord be with you,” and then wave at your neighbor in the sanctuary and say, “and also with you”
Please stand for the gospel of Matthew 17:1-13
CHILDREN’S TIME
*HYMN 519 Lift Every Voice and Sing+
1 Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,
ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies,
let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us.
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us.
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
let us march on till victory is won.
2 Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet
come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path thru the blood of the slaughtered,
out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
3 God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
thou who hast brought us thus far on the way,
thou who hast by thy might led us into the light,
keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met thee;
lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget thee;
shadowed beneath thy hand, may we forever stand,
true to our God, true to our native land.
WORDS: James Weldon Johnson, 1921 MUSIC: J. Rosamond Johnson, 1921
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Please pass the offering bags along each row at the direction of the ushers. See below for other, very convenient ways to give.
WAYS TO GIVE
1. Click the ‘Donate’ icon on http://www.miramarumc.org
And follow the prompts
2. Text 833-931-1791. And follow the prompts
3. You may also donate with cash or check to MUMC
4. Donate by using Zelle to mirumeth@gmail.com
5. Use our QR code
PRAYER OF DEDICATION
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
praise him all creatures here below,
praise him above, ye heavenly hosts,
praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Sunday School children go out to their classes
Jesus Loves Me This I Know
1 Jesus loves me! this I know, for the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
2 Jesus loves me, this I know, as he loved so long ago,
taking children on his knee, saying, "Let them come to me.“
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
3 Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way,
wanting as a friend to give, light and love to all who live.
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.
TIME OF SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 257 We meet You, O Christ+
1 We meet You, O Christ, in many a guise:
Your image we see in simple and wise.
You live in a palace, exist in a shack.
We see You, the gardener, a tree on Your back.
2. In millions alive, away and abroad;
Involved in our life You live down the road.
Imprisoned in systems, You long to be free.
We see You, Lord Jesus, still bearing Your tree.
3 We hear You, O man, in agony cry:
For freedom You march, in riots You die.
Your face in the papers we read and we see.
The tree must be planted by human decree.
4. You choose to be made at one with the earth;
The dark of the grave prepares for Your birth.
Your death is Your rising, creative Your word:
The tree springs to life and our hope is restored.
WORDS: Fred Kaan, 1966 MUSIC: Carl F. Schalk, 1987
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION and THE LORD’S PRAYER
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;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
SERMON Transfigured to transform Pastor David Range
HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 173 Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies+
1. Christ, whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
triumph o'er the shades of night;
Dayspring from on high, be near;
Daystar, in my heart appear.
2. Dark and cheerless is the morn
unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day's return,
till thy mercy's beams I see;
till they inward light impart,
cheer my eyes and warm my heart.
3. Visit then this soul of mine;
pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
fill me, Radiancy divine,
scatter all my unbelief;
more and more thyself display,
shining to the perfect day.
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1740 MUSIC: J. G. Werner’s Choralbuch, 1815; harm. By William H. Havergal, 1861
BENEDICTION
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We are always happy (and look forward) to have you join us in the sanctuary, but for those who would like to continue to participate from home, we will continue to live stream the services on youtube.com.
To join us on youtube.com simply type Miramar UMC in the search bar and then you should see the service live streamed. If you subscribe to our service through youtube.com you can set up reminders for the day before or 15 minutes before, whatever you like.
Please email your prayer requests for uplifting on Sundays by sending them to miramarpastor@gmail.com. It is best if you send them by Saturday NOON if possible.
Our church prayer meeting is online on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and you may contact Marvia Aitken or Vinessa Edwards for the link.
WAYS to give:
1. Online giving is available through our website
www.MiramarUMC.org. On the home page the ‘Donate’ icon (a hand with a dollar sign above it) is located at the top left corner and on the right under “Contact Us” you will see the same icon along with “Donate Online.” Click on either location for instructions. If you need help call the church office at 954-989-4711. Thanks to all who have signed up for this. The regular tithes and offerings of the church are a great source of blessing.
2. You can also mail a check to Miramar United Methodist Church. If you have your offering envelopes you will see that the address of the church is printed for mailing purposes and your offering can be mailed in this envelope when you apply a stamp. You may also use a regular envelope and address it to: MUMC, 2507 Utopia Drive, Miramar FL 33023. Just put your check inside, mark which funds you would like to support, put a stamp on and let the United States Postal Service do the rest! Or bring it by after the Sunday services, someone will be in the church for one hour after the worship finishes as well as Mon-Thurs 1-5 pm. We trust God will keep us strong.
3. Also, we have the option of giving by text! Use 833-931-1791 to GivePlusText and when you text any amount, by putting that number in the message, you will be prompted to register, then fill out the details of your name, address and means of payment, and the contribution will go in! If you enter an email address you will get an immediate receipt. It is easy! If you have an Apple phone you may also get Vanco’s GivePlusMobile by downloading the app from the App Store. You may also look up YouTube videos to show how all this is done.
Thank you for your prayers! Grace and peace, Pastor David
