Pastor: David Range
October 29, 2023
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
October 29, 2023 Joint 10:00 a.m. service
Pastor Appreciation Sunday
Speaker: Dr. Simon Osunlana, Southeast District Superintendent
Worship Leader: Brother Willard Kennedy
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
GATHERING: Musical Prelude Dr. Hubert Fulford and the Choir
CALL TO WORSHIP Willard Kennedy
*PROCESSIONAL HYMN 98 To God be the Glory+
1. To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!
2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!
3. Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing thru Jesus the Son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!
WORDS: Fanny J. Crosby, 1875 MUSIC: William H. Doane 1875
OPENING PRAYER Willard Kennedy
RESPONSIVE READING Fay Harley
Leader: The heavens are telling of the Glory of God and the firmament proclaims God’s handiwork.
All: We come together to sing of God’s glory
Leader: We come today to rejoice in God’s work.
All: We come today to give thanks for God’s call and for those who said yes
Leader: Our Pastor has been called to guide us, show us the way and lead us unto Christ at all times.
All: Let us honor the calling of our pastor and appreciate him as God’s appointed servant who will guide us always
Leader: Our pastor is committed to teaching the principles of the kingdom of heaven and we shall always hearken to the call that the Lord has bestowed upon him
All: We will always respect the calling of our Pastor and through the Holy Spirit we are committed to hear the word of God as God speaks to us through Him.
Leader: We come to worship the God who calls and ordains; the God who loves and redeems.
All: Let us worship the Lord in spirit and in truth. Amen
*HYMN 301 Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
1 Jesus, keep me near the cross; there a precious fountain,
Free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary's mountain.
In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find, rest beyond the river.
2 Near the cross, a trembling soul, love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star, sheds its beams around me.
In the cross, in the cross be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find, rest beyond the river.
3 Near the cross! O lamb of God, bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day with its shadow o'er me.
In the cross, in the cross be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find, rest beyond the river.
4 Near the cross I'll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find, rest beyond the river.
Words to Pastor from Kathy Kelly, vice-chair of the Staff Parish Relations Committee
Prayer for the pastoral family, by Joyce Hemmans, Outreach Ministry Chair –Praying for Pastors David and CJ, and their son Ben, also prayer for Pastor Rudolph Garnes.
Words by Dr. Judith Pierre Okerson, Chair of the Administrative Council
Words by Roland Abel, Finance Committee Chair
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Florrette Douglas, Pastor Appreciation Team Member
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: Please greet Pastor David immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall
TODAY: Church Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Bible Study at 7:00 p.m. on Pastor’s Zoom link, please write him for the link at miramarpastor@gmail.com
THURSDAY: Choir at 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY: 2:00 p.m. Memorial Service in our sanctuary for A.J. Grossman who passed away on October 14. Please keep his wife Jeannie Grossman and his family and friends in your prayers.
NEXT SUNDAY: Services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. with Holy Communion
If you are worshiping with us online, please prepare the elements at home and share in this sacred meal.
United Methodist Men meets after the second service.
FRIDAY, November 10 at 1:00 p.m. will be the memorial service for Roy Crooks, who passed away on October 7. Please keep the family in your prayers.
SUNDAY, November 12 the United Women in Faith will be packing Thanksgiving Baskets to give away, 12:30 to 2:30
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”.
Words by Phyllis Abel, Pre School Board Chair
Words by Florrette Douglas, Trustee
Words by Audley Codner, President, United Methodist Men
Words by Ola Duhaney, President, United Women in Faith
Contribution by Sunday School and Youth Group Children
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP
He Has Made Me Glad
I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say “this is the day that the Lord has made”
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad…..He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
He has made me glad…..He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad
Therefore The Redeemed Of The Lord
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
And come with singing unto Zion;
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
And come with singing unto Zion;
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head.
They shall obtain gladness and joy;
And sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
And come with singing unto Zion;
And everlasting joy shall be upon their head.
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty
Father in heaven, how we love you,
We lift your name in all the earth;
May your kingdom be established in our praises,
As your people declare your mighty works.
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come;
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty,
Who reigns for evermore.
Father of mercy, be exalted,
May Jesus’ name be lifted high;
For his sacrifice of love has won my pardon,
And his resurrection power gives me life.
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty,
who was, and is, and is to come;
Blessed be the Lord God Almighty,
Who reigns for evermore.
SCRIPTURE: 1 Timothy 5:17-19 (NLT) read by Liezette Abel Ruffin
*HYMN 145 Morning Has Broken+
1 Morning has broken like the first morning;
Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!
2 Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from Heaven,
Like the first dewfall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass.
3 Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning,
Born of the one light Eden saw play!
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God’s re-creation of the new day!
WORDS: Eleanor Farjeon, 1931 MUSIC: Trad. Gaelic melody; harm. By Carlton R. Young, 1988
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS Vicky Weller, Pastor Appreciation Committee member
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 Pastor David Range
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 140 Great is thy Faithfulness+
1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see:
all I have needed thy hand hath provided--
Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
WORDS: Thomas O. Chisolm, 1923. MUSIC: William M> Runyan, 1923
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND THE LORD’S PRAYER Pastor David Range
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.
SPECIAL MUSIC Choir
SERMON Dr. Simon Osunlana, Southeast District Superintendent
HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 593 Here I am Lord+
1 I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in dark and sin my hand will save.
I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright.
Who will bear my light to them? Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.
2 I, the Lord of snow and rain, I have borne my people's pain.
I have wept for love of them. They turn away.
I will break their hearts of stone, give them hearts for love alone.
I will speak my word to them. Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.
3 I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will tend the poor and lame.
I will set a feast for them. My hand will save.
Finest bread I will provide till their hearts be satisfied.
I will give my life to them. Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.
WORDS: Dan Schutte, 1981 MUSIC: Dan Schutte, 1981; adapt. by Carlton R. Young, 1988
BENEDICTION
+All music under ccli #24249
Please greet Pastor David and his family immediately after the service in the Fellowship Hall
How do children learn to worship?
1. By being taught that they have a place in the community of the church.
2. By seeing, hearing, feeling, even smelling, the sanctuary as a place of welcome and worship.
3. By being around other children in the worship service.
4. By watching how adults sing, pray, and make offerings.
5. By sharing in prayers, communion, and worship with adults.
6. By being given ways to watch for God’s presence in their own lives, and encouraged to share where they notice God.
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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
