BULLETIN | Livingston UMC

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Prelude

Sing a New Song

Arranged by Mary McDonald
Tune: NICAEA
by John B Dykes

Chris Warner, Organist

Welcome

Rev. Dr. Rebeka Maples

*Call to Worship

Noelle Russell

Leader: God of delight,
your Wisdom sings your Word
at the crossroads where humanity and divinity meet.
All: Invite us into your joyful Trinity
where you know us and call us by name,
Leader: in each beginning,
All: in every redemption,
Leader: in the diverse ministries you entrust to us,
All: in the faith that acts,
Leader: in the hope that does not disappoint,
All: and in the love that endures. Amen.

*Opening Hymn

Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty

Words: Reginald Heber; Music: John B. Dykes

1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,
which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,
perfect in power, in love and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity.

The First Reading

Psalm 8

Children's Moments

Jen Brizendine

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

Feel free to text any prayer requests to Rev. Rebeka at (614) 203-6752.

Prayer Response - Serenity Prayer

God, give us grace to accept with serenity
the things that cannot be changed,
courage to change the things
which should be changed,
and the wisdom to distinguish
the one from the other.
Living one day at a time,
enjoying one moment at a time,
accepting hardship as a pathway to peace,
taking, as Jesus did,
this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it,
trusting that You will make all things right,
if I surrender to Your will,
so that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
and supremely happy with You forever in the next.
Amen.

The Offering

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Offertory Music

Offertory on “Resignation”

Arranged by James Koerts (1976-2023)
Tune: RESIGNATION
William Walker’s Southern Harmony, 1835

Chris Warner, Organist

*Doxology - Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication

*Praise Time

Across the Lands

Keith Getty and Stuart Townend

1 You're the Word of God the Father
from before the world began;
every star and every planet
has been fashioned by Your hand.
All creation holds together
by the power of Your voice.
Let the skies declare Your glory;
let the land and seas rejoice!

Refrain
You're the Author of creation,
You're the Lord of everyone,
and Your cry of love rings out
across the lands.

2 Yet You left the gaze of angels,
came to seek and save the lost
and exchanged the joy of heaven
for the anguish of a cross.
With a prayer You fed the hungry,
with a word You calmed the sea;
yet how silently You suffered,
that the guilty may go free.
[Refrain]

3 With a shout You rose victorious,
wresting victory from the grave
and ascended into heaven,
leading captives in your way.
Now You stand before the Father,
interceding for Your own;
from each tribe and tongue and nation
You are leading sinners home.
[Refrain]

Eternal God Transcending Time

Carl P. Daw

1 Eternal God transcending time,
yet mindful of the fears,
the hopes, the questions raised for us
by ever-changing years:
so guide us through our pilgrim days
that we may find a home
where justice, truth, and mercy meet,
fulfilled in your shalom.

2 Incarnate God revealed in time,

true word in flesh retold,
who marked the years from birth to death,
then rose to break death's hold:
by your becoming one with us,
help us to know and claim
the unity of all baptized
in your redeeming name.

3 Life-breathing God enlivening time,
a waking heart and tongue,
inspiring prophets, bringing hope,
consoling old and young:
draw us to those denied your gifts
by bias, want, or strife,
convert our wills and form through us
new channels of your life.

4 Great Triune God, so bless the time
entrusted to our care,
that all our varied ministries
may form a common prayer;
then when time ceases,
bring us where divisions are undone,
that in your presence, joined in praise,
at last we may be one.

*The Gospel Reading

John 16:12-15

Message

What Kind of Math Is This?

Rev. Dr. Rebeka Maples

*Closing Hymn

Come, Join the Dance of Trinity

Richard Leach

1 Come, join the dance of Trinity,
before all worlds begun
the interweaving of the Three:
the Father, Spirit, Son.
The universe of space and time
did not arise by chance,
but as the Three in love and hope,
made room within their dance.

2 Come, see the face of Trinity,
newborn in Bethlehem;
the bloodied by a crown thorns
outside Jerusalem.
The dance of Trinity is meant
for human flesh and bone;
when fear confines the dance in death,
God rolls away the stone.

3 Come speak aloud of Trinity,
as wind and tongues of flame
set people free at Pentecost
to tell the Savior's name.
We know the yoke of sin and death,
our necks have worn in smooth;
go tell the world of weight and woe
that we are free to move!

4 Within the dance of Trinity,
before all worlds begun,
we sing the praises of the Three:
the Father, Spirit, Son.
Let voices rise and interweave,
by love and hope set free,
to shape in song this joy, this life:
the dance of Trinity.

*Benediction & Sending Forth

Postlude

Holy, Holy, Holy!

Arranged by Chester Nordman
by John Dykes

Chris Warner, Organist

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