BULLETIN | Livingston UMC

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Prelude

Chris Warner, Organist

Welcome

Pastor Angie

Mission Statement

Jen Brizendine

To follow God’s calling, reaching out in His love, hospitality, hope, and healing so that all may experience and share the joy of belonging to Him, regardless of race, ethnicity, disability, economic status, living situation, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

*Call to Worship

Leader: If you need good news,
All: settle into this space.
We have good news to share.
Leader: If you need a word of hope,
All: then trust us when we say,
there is hope enough to go around.
Leader: If you need a glimmer of joy,
All: then you’re in luck!
We have resilient joy abounding.
Leader: If you need to feel God’s presence in your midst,
All: then know that this is God’s house.
Leader: This is the good news of the gospel.
All: God is here. Love is real. Joy is on the move.
Let us worship our with-us God!

*Opening Hymn

Lord God, Your Love Has Called Us Here

Brian Wren and Henry Carey; Tune: CAREY'S (SURREY)

1 Lord God, your love has called us here,
as we, by love, for love were made;
your living likeness still we bear,
though marred, dishonored, disobeyed;
we come, with all our heart and mind,
your call to hear, your love to find.

2 We come with self-inflicted pains
of broken trust and chosen wrong,
half-free, half-bound by inner chains,
by social forces swept along,
by powers and systems close confined,
yet seeking hope for humankind.

3 Lord God, in Christ you call our name,
and then receive us as your own;
not through some merit, right, or claim,
but by your gracious love alone;
we strain to glimpse your mercy seat,
and find you kneeling at our feet.

4 Then take the towel, and break the bread,
and humble us, and call us friends;
suffer and serve till all are fed,
and show how grandly love intends
to work till all creation sings,
to fill all worlds, to crown all things.

5 Lord God, in Christ you set us free
your life to live, your joy to share;
give us your Spirit's liberty
to turn from guilt and dull despair,
and offer all that faith can do,
while love is making all things new.

The First Reading

Ephesians 3:20-21

Children's Moments

Taelyn Meli-King

Jesus Loves the Little Children

George Frederick Root and Clare Herbert Woolston

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world.
Morning, evening, day, and night,
They are precious in His sight—
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Prayer Requests / Prayers of the People

Please text any prayer requests to Pastor Angie at (614) 309-6645.

If you prefer your prayer request remains private, or for others to know only that you request prayer, please indicate such when sending your request.

Prayer Response - The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Offering

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Offertory Music

*Doxology - *Lenten Doxology (OLD 100TH)

Praise God throughout these forty days.
Praise Christ, our Lord, whom God did raise.
And praise the Spirit who imparts
God's love in Christ into our hearts.
Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication

*Praise Time

Draw the Circle Wide

Words: Gordon Light; Music: Mark A. Miller

Chorus:
Draw the circle,
draw the circle wide.
Draw the circle,
draw the circle wide.
No one stands alone,
we'll stand side by side.
Draw the circle,
draw the circle wide. (x2)

Bridge:
Draw the circle wide,
draw it wider still.
Let this be our song:
no one stands alone.
Standing side by side,
draw the circle,
draw the circle wide. (x2)

Chorus x1

Bridge x1

Tag:
Draw the circle,
draw the circle wide.

If You Believe (If You Believe And I Believe)

John L. Bell

© 1991 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3 © Words: DH (Admin. by Wild Goose Resource Group) and Music: 1991 WGRG, Iona Community, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 3DH (Admin. by Wild Goose Resource Group) | CCLI Song # 4643805

If you believe and I believe
and together we pray,
the Holy Spirit must come down
and set God's people free,
and set God's people free,
and set God's people free;
the Holy Spirit must come down
and set God's people free.

*The Gospel Reading

Mark 6:32-44

Message

Tell Me Something Good:

The Good News Is...Together, the Impossible is Possible

Pastor Angie

*Closing Hymn

Human Minds Just Can’t Imagine

1 Human minds just can’t imagine
all that God can bring to bear
Through our small and separate beings,
even when we join to share
Still we follow where Christ leads us,
many pieces of one whole
That we might allow our dreaming
to transform our broken world

2 God, expand our dreams and vision
when we think our gifts too small
Help us trust your great provision
and to answer when you call
You who gave us time and talents
will uphold and see us through
As we join together in the work
you’ve given us to do

3 Like the grains of wheat are gathered
from the vast and rolling fields
Like the grapes from viny branches
whose small fruit the wine will yield
We re-member as one body,
each of us a crucial part
In the global church professing:
we belong to God’s own heart

*Benediction & Sending Forth

Postlude

We encourage parishioners to remain seated and enjoy the talents of our organist during the Postlude.