Pastor: David Range
October 23, 2022
Miramar United Methodist Church
Order of Worship
October 23, 2022
8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN 110 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God+
1 A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
our helper he, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
2 Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing,
were not the right man on our side, the man of God's own choosing.
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabaoth his name, from age to age the same;
and he must win the battle.
3 And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear, for God has willed his truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word shall fell him.
4 That Word above all earthly powers no thanks to them abideth;
the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
the body they may kill: God's truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever!
WORDS: Martin Luther, ca. 1539; trans. by Frederick H. Hodge, 1853 Music: Martin Luther, ca. 1539; harm. from The New Hymnal for American Youth, 1930
PRAYER
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Great And Mighty
Great and mighty is the Lord our God: Great and mighty is He
Great and mighty is the Lord our God: Great and mighty is He
Lift up your banner let the anthem ring praises to our King.
Great and mighty is the Lord our God: Great and mighty is He
I Shall Not Be Moved
I shall not be, I shall not be moved; I shall not be, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
1 The church of God is marching, I shall not be moved
The church of God is marching, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
2 O come and join the army, I shall not be moved
O come and join the army, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
3 King Jesus is our Captain, I shall not be moved
King Jesus is our Captain, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
4 Fighting sin and Satan, I shall not be moved
Fighting sin and Satan, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved
5 On my way to heaven, I shall not be moved
On my way to heaven, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
I shall not be, I shall not be moved; I shall not be, I shall not be moved
Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved.
Standing In The Need Of Prayer
It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer
It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer1 Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me O Lord,
standing in the need of prayer.
Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me O Lord,
standing in the need of prayer.It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer
It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer2 Not the preacher, not the deacon, but it’s me O Lord,
standing in the need of prayer
Not the preacher, not the deacon, but it’s me O Lord,
standing in the need of prayer.It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer
It’s me, it’s me O Lord, standing in the need of prayer
WORDS: Afro-American spiritual MUSIC: Afro-American spiritual; arr. by William Farley Smith, 1986I Cast All My Cares Upon You
I cast all my cares upon you
I lay all of my burdens down at your feet
and anytime…..I don’t know what to do
I will cast all my cares upon youHe Is Here
He is here, Hallelujah! He is here, Amen!
He is here, Holy, Holy, I will bless His name again
He is here, listen closely, hear Him calling out your name
He is here, you can touch Him, you will never be the same.
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Happy birthday to you, Jesus loves you it’s true,
May the Lord bless and keep you,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy Anniversary to you, happy Anniversary to you
Happy Anniversary dear friends, happy Anniversary to you
TODAY: Charge Conference, Hollywood Hills UMC, 3:00 p.m.
TODAY: Church Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Farm Share truck unloading at 12:00 Noon
TUESDAY: BOLD Justice Community Problems Assembly 7:30 p.m. at San Isido Roman Catholic Church, 2310 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd, Pompano Beach, FL 33069. Those who wish to drive please come to our parking lot by 6:15 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Bible Study 7:00 p.m.
THURSDAY: Food Distribution starts at 8:00 a.m.
THURSDAY: Choir Practice at 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: Children’s Club at 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY: Norland UMC in association with the Nicaraguan American Nurses Association presents a Health Fair starting at 10:00 a.m. Featuring health screenings and consultations. Please see flyer at end of bulletin for details.
SATURDAY: Youth Group Trunk or Treat 4-5:30 p.m.
NEXT SUNDAY: Joint 10:00 a.m. service, and Pastors Appreciation Sunday! Let’s give thanks.
SUNDAY November 13, after the 11:00 a.m. service the UWF, United Women in Faith will be packing Thanksgiving baskets. They look forward to your usual great support. Please see flyer at end of bulletin for more information, and Save the Date.
On Thanksgiving, November 24, we will be partnering again with Branches to delivery 500 meals from our fellowship hall. You are invited to read the flyer at the end of the bulletin to see what kind of foods are needed. Also, contributions of money are greatly appreciated. Any food that is donated that is not used for the Thanksgiving meal will be given out at our normal Thursday food distributions. We are thankful for the UWF baskets and the regular food distributions which in the month of November will be on November 10 and on Wednesday November 23.
The Pre School still has some spaces for 3-year-olds and VPKs for this school year. Please drop in to see the Director Marleni, or call the preschool for an appointment at 954 981 9269.
Upper Room Devotionals for September/October are still available. New devotionals for November/December are now available.
Please pick one up as you leave the sanctuary.
The Church Council has made it optional to wear a mask in the sanctuary for worship. Please follow your conscience as you are led.
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: 2 Timothy 4.6-8
Please stand for the gospel according to Luke 18:9-14
CHILDREN’S TIME
CONFIRMATION at 11:00
Brothers and Sisters in Christ; through the Sacrament of Baptism, we are initiated into Christ’s holy church. We are incorporated into God’s mighty acts of salvation and given new birth through water and the Spirit. All this is God’s gift, offered to us without price. Through confirmation we renew the covenant declared at our baptism, acknowledge what God is doing for us, and affirm our commitment to Christ’s holy church.
Those making a confession of faith and being confirmed at 11:00 are Sydney Shaw and Robert Pollard. These persons before you have come forward to declare they are followers of Jesus Christ and to confess their faith and witness to God’s grace. They are ready to take on the responsibilities of full membership. We ask them to respond to these questions as a testimony to their faith, and I ask you, members of the congregation, to pledge to help them in this task.
The questions for those becoming full members today:
On behalf of the whole Church, I ask you: Do you renounce the spiritual forces of wickedness, reject the evil powers of this world, and repent of your sin? I do.
Do you accept the freedom and power God gives you to resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves? I do.
Do you confess Jesus Christ as your Savior, put your whole trust in his grace, and promise to serve him as your Lord, in union with the Church which Christ has opened to people of all ages, nations, and races? I do.
Now of the congregation I ask:
Do you, as Christ’s body, the Church, reaffirm both your rejection of sin and your commitment to Christ? We do.
Will you nurture one another in the Christian faith and life and include these persons now before you in your care? With God’s help we will.
We come now to lay hands on your shoulders as a sign of commendation:
Sydney Shaw, Robert Pollard— the Holy Spirit work within you, that having been born through water and the Spirit, you may live as a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. Amen
You stand before us today having affirmed your faith in Christ. We pray the Holy Spirit will continue to work within you, that having been born through water and the Spirit, you may live as a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. Amen.
I ask you, as members of Christ’s universal church, will you be loyal to Christ through The United Methodist Church, and do all in your power to strengthen its ministries? I will
As members of this congregation will you faithfully participate in its ministries by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness? I will.
Members of the household of faith, I commend these persons to your love and care. Do all in your power to increase their faith, confirm their hope, and perfect them in love.
We give thanks for all that God has already given you and we welcome you in Christian love. As members together with you in the body of Christ and in this congregation of the Miramar United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.
The God of all grace, who has called us to eternal glory in Christ, establish you and strengthen you by the power of the Holy Spirit, that you may live in grace and peace. Amen
The Right Hand of Fellowship. You may greet the new members with applause.
Hymn 381 Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us+
1 Savior, like a shepherd lead us, much we need thy tender care;
In thy pleasant pastures feed us, for our use thy folds prepare.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, thine we are.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast bought us, thine we are.
2 We are thine, thou dost befriend us, be the guardian of our way;
Keep thy flock, from sin defend us, seek us when we go astray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Hear, O hear us when we pray.
3 Thou hast promised to receive us, poor and sinful though we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us, grace to cleanse, and power to free.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! We will early turn to Thee.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! We will early turn to Thee.
4 Early let us seek thy favor, early let us do thy will;
Blessed Lord and only Savior, with thy love our bosoms fill.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.
Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus! Thou hast loved us, love us still.
WORDS: Attr, to Dorothy A. Thrupp, 1836 MUSIC: William B. Bradbury, 1859
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 Apportionments
Next Sunday our Mission Offering goes to FLUMC Children’s Home
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
Sunday School children go out to their classes
“Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world,
red or yellow, black or white, they are precious in his sight,
Jesus loves the little children of the world..”
TIME OF SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 512 Stand By Me+
1. When the storms of life are raging, stand by me; (stand by me)
when the storms of life are raging, stand by me; (stand by me)
When the world is tossing me, like a ship upon the sea,
thou who rulest wind and water, stand by me. (stand by me)
2. In the midst of tribulation, stand by me; (stand by me)
in the midst of tribulation, stand by me; (stand by me)
When the host of hell assail, and my strength begins to fail,
thou who never lost a battle, stand by me. (stand by me)
3. In the midst of faults and failures, stand by me; (stand by me)
in the midst of faults and failures, stand by me; (stand by me)
When I’ve done the best I can, and my friends misunderstand,
thou who knowest all about me, stand by me. (stand by me)
4. In the midst of persecution, stand by me; (stand by me)
in the midst of persecution, stand by me; (stand by me)
When my foes in war array undertake to stop my way,
thou who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me. (stand by me)
5. When I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me; (stand by me)
when I’m growing old and feeble, stand by me; (stand by me)
When my life becomes a burden, and I’m nearing chilly Jordan,
O thou Lily of the Valley, stand by me. (stand by me)
WORDS: Charles Albert Tindley, ca. 1906 MUSIC: Charles Albert Tindley, ca. 1906; arr. by William Farley Smith, 1989
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 Humbly signing up for the duration Pastor David Range
*HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 578 God of Love and God of Power+
God of love and God of power, grant us in this burning hour
Grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
2. We are not the first to be banished by our fears from thee;
Give us courage, let us hear heaven’s trumpets ringing clear.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
3. All our lives belong to thee, thou our final loyalty;
Slaves are we whene’er we share that devotion anywhere.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
4. God of love and God of power, make us worthy of this hour;
Offering lives if it’s thy will, keeping free our spirits still.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
WORDS: Gerald H. Kennedy, ca. 1939 MUSIC: Joachim Neander, 1680
BENEDICTION
+All music under ccli #24249
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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
