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Worship Materials and Bulletin March 14, 2021 Streaming License Number: 20160536 Copyright License: 2880734 Video License: 504308177 This Sunday morning at 10:45, we will worship in person indoor in the sanctuary with all safety precautions in place, and we will livestream the worship service to Facebook. There will be no outdoor or Kids’ worship or Sunday school at this time. You can access the livestreamed service at https://www.facebook.com/CrievewoodUMC/ And please note that next Sunday, March 21st, we will start our worship services at an earlier time at 9:30 am. Please share this bulletin with any members that you think might not see this email before Sunday. Thank you. Prayer List Ecumenical Prayer Cycle: Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden Cumberland River District Prayer Cycle: Liberty UMC (Sumner County), Rehoboth UMC, Salem UMC Crievewood UMC: https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/ (a password is necessary) Crievewood PrayerMost gracious God, thank you for all the gifts you have bestowed on Crievewood United Methodist Church over the generations. By your Holy Spirit, grant us the grace that welcomes all of your children. Make us a community that reflects the full diversity of Christ’s body. Help us grow to love one another as You love us. Empower us to reveal Christ through worship and service. In your holy name we pray. Amen.  Worship Order Words of Welcome: Rev. John Hill Centering Music: Precious Lord, Take My Hand: Caleb Dinger, Piano Call to Worship: written by Carolyn Binford:led by Chelsey HedglinIn these times, Lord, may we be open to your presence! We come searching for you, O Lord! We try to be strong and depend upon you, but we are impatient! We come to You wanting and waiting, O Lord! Help us to love each other as You have loved us. We accept your generous love, O Lord! Through your Word equip us to face the world around us, which can at times be frightening. We come to you seeking your Comfort, O Lord! Let us forgive each other as you have forgiven us. In your Name let us find forgiveness, O Lord! Hymns: 10000 Reasons and For All the Saints 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) Chorus Bless the Lord O my soul O my soul Worship His holy name Sing like never before O my soul I’ll worship Your holy name Verse 1 The sun comes up it’s a new day dawning It’s time to sing Your song again Whatever may pass and whatever lies before me Let me be singing when the evening comes Repeat Chorus Verse 2 You’re rich in love and You’re slow to anger Your name is great and Your heart is kind For all Your goodness I will keep on singing Ten thousand reasons for my heart to find Repeat Chorus Verse 3 And on that day when my strength is failing The end draws near and my time has come Still my soul will sing Your praise unending Ten thousand years and then forevermore Repeat Chorus For All the Saints verses 1, 2, 4, and 6 Verse 1 For all the saints, who from their labors rest, who thee by faith before the world confessed, thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia, Alleluia!Verse 2 Thou wast their rock, their fortress, and their might, thou, Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight; thou, in the darkness dear, their one true light. Alleluia, Alleluia! Verse 4Oh, blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine, yet all are one in thee, for all are thine. Alleluia, Alleluia!Verse 6 From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast, through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, singing to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, Alleluia! Opening Prayer: The Loss Walk by Andrea Dewey: read by Chelsey HedglinI went hiking. Descending into the gully. And as I walked, I spoke her name. Chloe, little sprout. She’d be at home among these trees and bushes and leaves. For even though it was mid-winter, green shone through all around. Chloe, little sprout. And, as the waterfalls spoke loudly around me. It must have been God’s whisper that took her heartbeat. Mother Earth’s womb was warmer than mine. Chloe, little sprout. In the hope of life, there’s the promise of death. She will be my reminder of that. And so I left her there, beneath the moss, to return to the earth before she even graced it. Chloe, little sprout. Scripture Reading: John 11:1-6, 17, 32-44: Rev. John HillNow a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This illness does not lead to death; rather it is for God’s glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, after having heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” Sermon: The Uncertainty of Mortality: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin Instrumental Reflection: In Christ Alone: Caleb Dinger, Piano Pastoral Prayer: Rev. John Hill Invitation to Offer Tithes and Gifts: Rev. John Hill https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/Give Offertory Anthem: My Life Flows On Hailee Hunt-Hawkins, Vocalist; Caleb Dinger, Instrumentalist Prayer of Confession: from the Book of Worship, page 143: led byRev. Chelsey Hedglin Holy God, before you our hearts are open, and from you no secrets are hidden. We bring to you now our shame and sorrow for our sins. We have forgotten that our life is from you and unto you. We have neither sought nor done your will. We have not been truthful in our hearts, in our speech, in our lives. We have not loved as we ought to love. Help us and heal us, raising us from our sins into a better life, that we may end our days in peace, trusting in your kindness unto the end. Amen. Kyrie Words of Assurance Hear the Good News: Christ died for us while we were yet sinners. That proves God’s love toward us. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Glory to God! Amen. Closing Hymn: Hymn of Promise Hymn of Promise In the bulb, there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody; there’s a dawn in every darkness, bringing hope to you and me. From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. In our end is our beginning; in our time, infinity; in our doubt, there is believing; in our life, eternity. In our death, a resurrection; at the last, a victory, unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see. Benediction: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin  Today we will celebrate UMCOR Sunday, one of six special offerings in The United Methodist Church that supports ministries shared by all churches in the denomination. UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, acts on our behalf when there is a crisis. From the Philippines to Pennsylvania, Brazil to Burundi, UMCOR works to meet people’s daily needs such as health care, food, hygiene and job security. UMCOR equips local churches, annual conferences and nonprofit organizations to be in mission with their communities, to respond to those left most vulnerable during challenging times. And UMCOR doesn’t just respond to the emergency for the short term. Working with local organizations, churches in the community and United Methodist volunteers, UMCOR builds relationships and helps communities rebuild in the years following a disaster. UMCOR can do this because the funds given through UMCOR Sunday. Join with those millions of United Methodists to help cover the costs of doing business. From training Conference Disaster Coordinators and Early Response Teams to keeping the office lights on, the UMCOR Sunday special offering equips the organization to respond quickly to disasters. UMCOR’s 80-year history is grounded in the teachings of Jesus Christ to alleviate human suffering. Responding to people suffering from the effects of war, civil unrest, storms, wildfires, famines or floods, UMCOR steps in on your behalf in times of crisis to help individuals, families and communities too overwhelmed to recover on their own. Please give as generously as you are able. |