Pastor: David Range
May 29, 2022
Miramar United Methodist Church
Order of Worship
May 29, 2022
Joint 10:00 a.m. service
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN 312 Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise+
1 Hail the day that sees him rise, Alleluia!
To his throne above the skies, Alleluia!
Christ, awhile to mortals given, Alleluia!
Re-ascends his native heaven, Alleluia!
2 There the glorious triumph waits, Alleluia!
Lift your heads, eternal gates, Alleluia!
Christ has conquered death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the King of glory in, Alleluia!
3 See! the heaven its Lord receives, Alleluia!
Yet he loves the earth he leaves, Alleluia!
Though returning to his throne, Alleluia!
Still he calls the world his own, Alleluia!
4 See! He lifts his hands above, Alleluia!
See he shows the prints of love, Alleluia!
Hark! His gracious lips bestow, Alleluia!
Blessings on his church below, Alleluia!
WORDS: Charles Wesley, 1739 MUSIC: Robert Williams, 1817; harm. by David Evans, 1927set tune: Llanfair
PRAYER
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Do Lord
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me,
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Look away beyond the blue
I’ve got a home in gloryland that outshines the sun
I’ve got a home in gloryland that outshines the sun
I’ve got a home in gloryland that outshines the sun
Look away beyond the blue
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Look away beyond the blue
I took Jesus as my Savior, you take him too
I took Jesus as my Savior, you take him too
I took Jesus as my Savior, you take him too
Look away beyond the blue
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Do Lord, O do Lord, O do remember me
Look away beyond the blue
Bless the Name of Jesus
Bless the name of Jesus, Praise the name of Jesus,
Sing unto the King of Israel.
Bless the name of Jesus, Praise the name of Jesus,
Sing unto the King of Israel.
And I sing glory, glory,
Glory to His name forever glory, glory, glory to His name
Real, Real, Real
Real, real, real, Christ’s so real to me
I love him, cause He gave me the victory.
Many people doubt Him but I can’t live without Him
That is why I love Him so, He’s so real to me.
(A-real, a-real, a-real)
Think About His Love
Think about His love, think about His goodness,
Think about His grace that’s brought us through.
For as high as the heavens above,
so great is the measure of our Father’s love.
Great is the measure of our Father’s love.
Learning to Lean
Learning to lean…learning to lean
I’m learning to lean on Jesus
Finding more power
Than I’ve ever seen
I’m learning to lean on Jesus
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Birthdays and Anniversaries
United Methodist Women/United Women in Faith meet in the Fellowship Hall after service.
TODAY: Sunday School at 5:00 p.m. online with Marvia Aitken and friends. Please contact Marvia for the link at marviaaitken@hotmail.com. Please note today is the last session before we break for the summer
TODAY: Church Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Bible Study online at 7:00 p.m. Please contact Pastor David at miramarpastor@gmail.com for the link. June 1 (this Wednesday) will be the last session before we break for summer.
THURSDAY: NO food distribution this week.
NEXT SUNDAY: Services and Holy Communion at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Please prepare the Communion elements if you are sharing at home.
United Methodist Men meet at 12:30 p.m.
Conference Announcement:
Dear Church, this year for the first time since the pandemic the Annual Conference is having its sessions in-person, in Lakeland. You will be represented by one of your lay leaders, Marvia Aitken, and our district lay leader, Judith Pierre-Okerson, and, of course, Pastor David Range.
Part of our attending the conference is to bring an offering to be shared with churches near and far. Here is part of the bishops letter to every church:
Dear Friends, we are encouraged to give our Mission Offering on the first Sunday in June to Annual Conference designated causes.
The first is Encounter with Christ in Latin America and the Caribbean began thirty years ago through the General Board of Global Ministries as a way to provide for perpetual ministry for Jesus Christ in the Latin American & Caribbean region. Encounter with Christ is a Permanent Fund that provides for grants to be awarded to ministries in this region that align with four key focus areas: evangelization, leadership development, ministries with youth and children, and ministries with persons of indigenous or African heritage. In 2018 the fund reached the milestone of having awarded $1M in grants to ministries in the region. For more information go to http://www.umc-encounter.org/
The second is technology grants for rural, small membership churches. The bishop’s assistant, the Rev. Alex Shanks said, “We know that the pandemic increased the need for technology so churches could offer hybrid ministry both in person and on-line. Our smaller, rural churches are in need of support to meet these technology needs. These grants will go to churches who have proven the ability to have faithful hybrid ministry.” (Miramar UMC received a similar grant in the early days of the pandemic in order to buy the cameras we use for our Twitter and YouTube live streams.)
As our bishop Ken Carter says: “Our fundamental goal in the stewardship of these resources – both people, our laity and clergy, and money – is that we follow Jesus into the world that he loves and join him in his mission to love, heal, and save the people of Florida. We are discovering that we need new skills and capacities to fulfill this calling.”
SATURDAY: June 11, Garage Sale from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. sponsored by United Methodist Women/United Women of Faith. Tables are $25 each. Please sign up with members of the UMW/UWF.
Bold Justice date:
Justice Ministry Celebration Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 26 Multicultural Sunday with a joint service at 10:00 a.m. followed by displays and food in the fellowship hall. Please prepare to bring something from your country of origin to share!
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”.
SCRIPTURE: Acts 1:1-11
Please stand for the gospel according to John 14: 15-31
CHILDREN’S TIME
HYMN SING
*HYMN 370 Victory in Jesus+
1. I heard an old, old story,
how a Savior came from glory,
how he gave his life on Calvary
to save a wretch like me;
I heard about his groaning,
of his precious blood’s atoning,
then I repented of my sins and won the victory.
O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever!
He sought me and bought me
with his redeeming blood;
he loved me ere I knew him,
and all my love is due him;
he plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
2. I heard about his healing,
of his cleansing power revealing,
how he made the lame to walk again
and caused the blind to see;
and then I cried, “Dear Jesus,
come and heal my broken spirit,”
and somehow Jesus came and brought
to me the victory.
O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever!
He sought me and bought me
with his redeeming blood;
he loved me ere I knew him,
and all my love is due him;
he plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
3 I heard about a mansion he has built
for me in glory,
and I heard about the streets of gold
beyond the crystal sea;
about the angels singing
and the old redemption story,
and some sweet day I’ll sing up there
the song of victory.
O victory in Jesus, my Savior forever!
He sought me and bought me
with his redeeming blood;
he loved me ere I knew him,
and all my love is due him;
he plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood.
371 I Stand Amazed in the Presence
1 I stand amazed in the presence
of Jesus the Nazarene,
and wonder how he could love me,
a sinner, condemned, unclean.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior's love for me!
2 For me it was in the garden
he prayed: "Not my will, but thine."
He had no tears for his own griefs,
but sweat-drops of blood for mine.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior's love for me!
3 In pity angels beheld him,
and came from the world of light
to comfort him in the sorrows
he bore for my soul that night.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior's love for me!
4 He took my sins and my sorrows,
he made them his very own;
he bore the burden to Calvary,
and suffered and died alone.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior's love for me!
5 When with the ransomed in glory
his face I at last shall see,
'twill be my joy through the ages
to sing of his love for me.
How marvelous! How wonderful!
And my song shall ever be:
How marvelous! How wonderful!
is my Savior's love for me!
706 Soon and Very Soon
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Hallelujah………hallelujah
We’re going to see the King
No more cryin’ there we are going to see the King
No more cryin’ there we are going to see the King
No more cryin’ there we are going to see the King
Hallelujah…..hallelujah we’re going to see the King
No more dying there we are going to see the King
No more dying there we are going to see the King
No more dying there we are going to see the King
Hallelujah….hallelujah we’re going to see the King
697 My Country ’tis of Thee
1. My county, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;
land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims’ pride,
from every mountainside let freedom ring!
2. My native country, thee,
land of the noble free, thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills, thy woods and templed hills;
my heart with rapture thrills, like that above.
3. Let music swell the breeze,
and ring from all the trees sweet freedom’s song;
let mortal tongues awake; let all that breathe partake;
let rocks their silence break, the sound prolong.
4. Our fathers’ God, to thee,
author of liberty, to thee we sing;
long may our land be bright with freedom’s holy light;
protect us by thy might, great God, our King.
WORDS: Samuel F. Smith, 1882 MUSIC: Thesaurus Musicus, 1744
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Please place your offering in the baskets at the 3 doors leading into the sanctuary on your way in or out.
The Mission Offering today is for FLUMC Children’s Home
Next Sunday our Mission Offering goes to Good Samaritan Fund
Prayer of Dedication
One minute musical interlude while worshipers prepare their offering. Instructions for giving online, by check or text are in the section after the Order of Service.
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
TIME OF SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 698 God of the Ages+
1 God of the ages, whose almighty hand
leads forth in beauty all the starry band
of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
our grateful songs before thy throne arise.
2 Thy love divine hath led us in the past;
in this free land with thee our lot is cast;
be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay,
thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way.
3 From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence,
be thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
thy true religion in our hearts increase;
thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4 Refresh thy people on their toilsome way;
lead us from night to never-ending day;
fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine.
WORDS: Daniel C. Roberts, 1876 MUSIC: George W. Warren, 1894
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 Opening our eyes to who has come down in order to go up Pastor David Range
*HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 702 Sing with All the Saints in Glory+
1 Sing with all the saints in glory, sing the resurrection song!
Death and sorrow, earth’s dark story, to the former days belong.
All around the clouds are breaking, soon the storms of time shall cease;
In God’s likeness we, awaking, know the everlasting peace.
2 O what glory, far exceeding all that eye has yet perceived!
Holiest hearts, for ages pleading, never that full joy conceived.
God has promised, Christ prepares it, There on high our welcome waits.
Every humble spirit shares it; Christ has passed th’eternal gates.
3 Life eternal! heaven rejoices: Jesus lives who once was dead.
Join we now the deathless voices; child of God, lift up your head!
Patriarchs from the distant ages, saints all longing for their heaven,
Prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages, all await the glory given.
4 Life eternal! O what wonders crowd on faith; what joy unknown,
When, amidst earth's closing thunders,
Saints shall stand before the throne!
O to enter that bright portal, see that glowing firmament;
Know, with thee, O God Immortal, “Jesus Christ whom you have sent!”
WORDS: William J. Irons, 1873 MUSIC: Ludwig van Beethoven, 1824; arr. by Edward Hodges, 1864 set tune: Hymn to Joy
BENEDICTION
All music under ccli #24249
_________________________________
We give God thanks for this opportunity to worship together in-person in our sanctuary as well as online. Please wear your mask and greet each with a wave, an elbow or fist bump. Please maintain social distance and sit at either end or the middle of the pew. In the pews we ask you to sit, in every other pew, spaced out as best you can. Seats are also available in the foyer and the fellowship hall if needed. Both have been set up with screens for the PowerPoint presentation and live video stream from the pulpit. We will continue to live stream the services on Twitter and YouTube for those who would like to continue to participate from home.
The offering will be received in the baskets at the three entry points of the sanctuary. No bulletins will be handed out, everything you need will be on the screens. No need to call or email ahead for a place to worship, you are invited to the sanctuary any time for in-person worship. Come as you are!
Remember there are two ways you can watch our services. One is on YouTube.com by typing in the search bar: Miramar UMC 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.
The other way to “gather” in virtual worship is through the Twitter service available by going to our miramarumc.org website. Pass around the information so that others may join in worship by clicking on the Twitter bird icon on the home page. We will continue our 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services (except when we have a fifth Sunday of the month 10:00 a.m. service.) If you lose the service for a few seconds do not worry it will probably come back, but if it is longer than a few seconds you might try clicking the refresh button in your browser window.
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 mamaness@bellsouth.net for the link.
This week, Monday through Thursday there will be someone in the church office from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. each day, and you may make an appointment to see the pastor at these or other times. Please remember to enter from the south entrance near the Pastor’s office. No other doors will be open for church business. The preschool is open but you should still come in by the south entrance because the north entrance from the parking lot must be dedicated for the little children of the preschool. Please let friends with preschool aged children know that they can enroll the children in our preschool.
WAYS to give:
1. Online giving is available through our website 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
