Pastor: David Range
September 15, 2024
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
September 15, 2024 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. services
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
CALL TO WORSHIP
HYMN 160 Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart+
1 Rejoice, ye pure in heart; rejoice, give thanks and sing;
your glorious banner wave on high, the cross of Christ your King.
Rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), rejoice, give thanks and sing.
2 Your clear hosannas raise, and alleluias loud;
whilst answering echoes upward float, like wreaths of incense cloud.
Rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), rejoice, give thanks and sing.
3 Yes, on through life's long path, still chanting as ye go;
from youth to age, by night and day, in gladness and in woe.
Rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), rejoice, give thanks and sing.
4 At last the march shall end; the wearied ones shall rest;
the pilgrims find their heavenly home, Jerusalem the blest.
Rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), rejoice, give thanks and sing.
5 Praise God who reigns on high, the Lord whom we adore,
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one God forevermore.
Rejoice (rejoice), rejoice (rejoice), rejoice, give thanks and sing.
WORDS: Edward H. Plumptre, 1865 MUSIC: Arthur H. Messiter, 1889
PRAYER
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP
Jubilate, everybody
Jubilate, everybody,
serve the Lord in all your ways,
and come before His presence singing:
enter now His courts with praise.
For the Lord our God is gracious,
and His mercy everlasting.
Jubilate, jubilate, jubilate Deo!
King of kings and Lord of lords
King of Kings and Lord of Lords, glory, hallelujah!
King of Kings and Lord of Lords, glory, hallelujah!
Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!
Jesus, Prince of Peace, glory, hallelujah!
Sophie Conty and Naomi Batya ©1980 Maranatha! Music
In heavenly armor we’ll enter the land
1 In heavenly armor we’ll enter the land,
The battle belongs to the Lord!
No weapon that’s fashioned against us will stand,
The battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
2 When the power of darkness comes in like a flood,
The battle belongs to the Lord!
He’s raised up a standard, the power of His blood,
The battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
3 When your enemy presses in hard do not fear
The battle belongs to the Lord!
Take courage my friend your redemption is near
The battle belongs to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
We sing glory, honor, power and strength to the Lord!
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
TONIGHT: Church Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY: Admin/Church Council, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY: Both Roland Abel’s and Joyce Hemmans’ Bold Justice House meeting 7:30 p.m. in different rooms
THURSDAY: United Women in Faith meeting in the fellowship hall, 7:00 p.m. Choir at 7:00
SATURDAY: Food distribution, 10:00 a.m.
NEXT SUNDAY: 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services
Looking ahead:
TUESDAY, September 24 all men are invited to join in a conversation on Zoom or by phone about how we can meet together for the common good, and enjoy our fellowship and plan some events. Please see the flier.
WEDNESDAY, September 25 Bible Study online with pastor David at 7:00 p.m. Please ask him for the Zoom link in order to join.
SUNDAY, September 29 is the fifth Sunday of the month so we will celebrate our life in Jesus with one joint 10:00 a.m. service. If you are interested in becoming a member of the church, or finding out more information about who we are and what we do you are invited to meet with the pastor and some longer serving members in the pastor’s office right after the service.
At the New Members Session, a date will be set to give the right hand of fellowship.
Later that day all are invited to the church conference (formerly the charge conference) to be held in the Hollywood Hills UMC, at 400 North 35 Ave, Hollywood at 3:00 p.m. This year the District Superintendent, the Rev. Dr. Simon Osunlana, is inviting the churches to bring their whole congregation.
October 15 BOLD Justice (Broward Organized Leaders Doing Justice) Community Problems Assembly at 7:30 p.m. in Merrell United Methodist Church, 3900 North State Road 7 (441) in Lauderdale Lakes with our District Superintendent giving the reflection. Those willing to drive or those needing a place in a vehicle please meet in our parking lot in order to leave around 6:30 p.m.
The United Women in Faith invites you to join them November 15 to 18, 2024 for a cruise aboard the MSC Divina! Please contact Gwen Pickering at 954 305 2468 to book your cruise!
Please note: If you have children in need of our wonderful preschool care or know a family looking for a place for a child, you are invited to visit the director, Marleni, or any of the staff. Places are available.
The Christmas Concert that the United Methodist Men sponsor will take place on Sunday, December 8 at 6:00 p.m. and we invite everyone who wants to perform in this home-grown concert to speak to Willard Kennedy or any of the men’s group. We look forward to this fun and holy time.
Our member Roland Abel is available to help you with details surrounding the voting process. Please access his knowledge if you need help.
Here are some things to make sure you make your mark on history as you vote in this election:
• Today, check or update your voter status or register at @TurboVote.org
• after Sept. 15 download your sample ballot to begin research on candidates and ballot issues
• Oct. 7 is your deadline to register to vote in Florida
• Oct. 24 is the deadline to request a vote by mail in ballot
• early voting is Oct. 21 to Nov. 3
• voting in your assigned precinct in-person is on Nov. 5 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Mission Offering today is for BOLD Justice
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”.
Responsive reading: Psalm 119: 97 to 104
Oh, how I love your instructions!
I think about them all day long.
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide.
Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.
I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments
I have refused to walk on any evil path,
so that I may remain obedient to your word.
I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.
How sweet your words taste to me;
they are sweeter than honey.
Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 3:14-19 (New Living Translation)
CHILDREN’S TIME
*HYMN 451 Be Thou My Vision+
1 Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me, save that thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day and by night,
waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.
2 Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word;
I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;
thou and thou only, first in my heart,
great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.
Great God of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
WORDS: Ancient Irish; trans. by Mary E. Byrne, 1905 MUSIC: Trad. Irish melody; harm. by Carlton R. Young, 1963
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Please pass the offering bags along each row at the direction of the ushers. Instructions for giving online, by check or text are in the section after the Order of Service.
The Mission Offering today is for BOLD Justice
Next Sunday our Mission Offering goes to Apportionment
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
HYMN 191 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.
WORDS: St. 1 Anna B. Warner, 1860; Sts. 2-3 David Rutherford MacGuire MUSIC: William B. Bradbury, 1862
TIME OF SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 704 Steal Away to Jesus+
Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus!
Steal away, steal away home, I ain't got long to stay here.
1 My Lord, He calls me, He calls me by the thunder;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul. I ain't got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away; steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home. I ain't got long to stay here.
2 Green trees a bending, poor sinners stand a trembling;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul; I ain't got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away; steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home. I ain't got long to stay here.
3 My Lord, He calls me, He calls me by the lightning;
The trumpet sounds within-a my soul; I ain't got long to stay here.
Steal away, steal away; steal away to Jesus.
Steal away, steal away home. I ain't got long to stay here.
WORDS: Afro-American spiritual MUSIC: Afro-American spiritual; adapt. and arr. by William Farley Smith, 1986
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 How to not have a fair summer religion Pastor David Range
HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 398 Jesus Calls Us O’er the Tumult+
1. Jesus calls us o'er the tumult
of our life's wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying, "Christian, follow me!"
2 . As of old the apostles heard it
by the Galilean lake,
turned from home and toil and kindred,
leaving all for Jesus' sake.
3 Jesus calls us from the worship
of the vain world's golden store,
from each idol that would keep us,
saying, "Christian, love me more!"
4. In our joys and in our sorrows,
days of toil and hours of ease,
still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
"Christian, love me more than these!"
5 Jesus calls us! By thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear thy call,
give our hearts to thine obedience,
serve and love thee best of all.
WORDS: Cecil Frances Alexander. 1852 MUSIC: William H. Jude, 1874
BENEDICTION
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We give God thanks for this opportunity to worship together in-person in our sanctuary as well as online. Wearing your mask is optional as the Covid virus, although still present, is no longer a healthcare emergency. Please continue to get your booster shots as they become available. 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 X.com (formerly Twitter) and 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.
The other way to “gather” in virtual worship is through the X.com (formerly known as 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 x.com 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 Error! Filename not specified. 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 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
