Worship Materials and Bulletin
March 21, 2021
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This Sunday morning at 9:30, 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/
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Prayer List
Ecumenical Prayer Cycle:
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Cumberland River District Prayer Cycle:
First UMC White House, Walnut Grove UMC,
and Pleasant Grove UMC (Robertson County)
Crievewood UMC:
https://crievewoodumc.org/prayer-list/
(a password is necessary)
Crievewood Prayer
Most 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. Chelsey Hedglin
Centering Music: Mazurka F. Chopin, Op. 17, No.4: Caleb Dinger, Piano
Call to Worship: written by Cherie White: led by John Hill
God of grace, we gather in your name at this time of uncertainties.
See us, hear us, sustain us, heed our pleas, do not forsake us.
God walks with us and talks with us. Be fully present!
Thanks be to God whom we seek and trust.
Hymns: Make Me a Captive, Lord and Great Are You Lord
Make Me a Captive, Lord
Verse 1
Make me a captive, Lord,
and then I shall be free.
Force me to render up my sword,
and I shall conqueror be.
I sink in life’s alarms
when by myself I stand;
imprison me within thine arms,
and strong shall be my hand.
Verse 2
My heart is weak and poor
until it master find;
it has no spring of action sure,
it varies with the wind.
It cannot freely move
till thou hast wrought its chain;
enslave it with thy matchless love,
and deathless it shall reign.
Verse 3
My power is faint and low
till I have learned to serve;
it lacks the needed fire to glow,
it lacks the breeze to nerve.
It cannot drive the world
until itself be driven;
its flag can only be unfurled
when thou shalt breathe from heaven.
Verse 4
My will is not my own
till thou hast made it thine;
if it would reach a monarch’s throne,
it must its crown resign.
It only stands unbent
amid the clashing strife,
when on thy bosom it has leant,
and found in thee its life.
Great Are You Lord
Verse
You give life You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope You restore every heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
Chorus
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise
We pour out our praise
It’s Your breath in our lungs
So we pour out our praise to You only
Verse
You give life You are love
You bring light to the darkness
You give hope You restore every heart that is broken
And great are You Lord
Repeat Chorus
Bridge (2x)
And all the earth will shout Your praise
Our hearts will cry these bones will sing
Great are You Lord
Repeat Chorus
Opening Prayer: Uncertainty Haikus by Cherie White: read by Chelsey Hedglin
Oh, uncertainty!
Its who, what, when, where and how
Leaves surrender on a bough.
Oh, uncertainty!
Painful, anguish, questioning…
Mortality … Foe!
Oh, uncertainty!
Worry, worry, surrender,
No! Obedience. Yes, Lord!
Ah! Uncertainty!
Common woe; accept no more!
Faith alone atones!
Scripture Reading: Luke 19:1-10: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin
He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see him, because he was going to pass that way. When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried down and was happy to welcome him. All who saw it began to grumble and said, “He has gone to be the guest of one who is a sinner.” Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.” Then Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he too is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.”
Sermon: The Uncertainty of Surrender: Rev. John Hill
Instrumental Reflection: Just As I Am/ I Surrender All Medley: Caleb Dinger, Piano
Pastoral Prayer: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin
Invitation to Offer Tithes and Gifts: Rev. Chelsey Hedglin
https://onrealm.org/CrievewoodUMC/Give
Offertory Anthem: The Zacchaeus Song
Hailee Hunt-Hawkins, Vocalist; Caleb Dinger, Instrumentalist
The Zacchaeus Song
Jesus our Lord came to seek and to save
He sought me out and He called my name
Foolish and proud like a sheep gone astray
He said Child to your house I will come today
Much I have gained but I’ll give even more
Half of my wealth it was robbed from the poor
O this injustice Lord Help me restore
For You called me by name and said sin no more
Salvation has come
Salvation has come to this house today
He said it’s more blessed to give than receive
To open my hands to the ones I’ve deceived
To bring reparation of all I have thieved
Hallelujah Hallelujah yes now I can see
What I’ve taken from the poor
I will give it all away
And their cries won’t be ignored
I will give it all away
Let your justice be restored
I will give it all away
What I thought was mine is yours
I will give it all away
Jesus our Lord comes to seek and to save
The broken the lost and the sheep gone astray
O lay down your treasures for they’re just
Golden chains
He says Child I will come to your house today
Zacchaeus was a wee little man
And a wee little man was he
He climbed up in a sycamore tree
For the Lord he wanted to see
And when the Savior passed that way
He looked up in the tree
And said, ‘Zacchaeus, you come down!
For I’m going to your house today!
For I’m going to your house today!’
CCLI Song # 7158506
Prayer of Confession: from the Book of Worship, page 336:
led by Rev. John Hill
O merciful God, in compassion for your sinful children you sent your Son Jesus Christ to be the Savior of the world. Grant us grace to feel and to lament our share of the evil that made it necessary for him to suffer and to die for our salvation. Help us by self-denial, prayer, and meditation to prepare our hearts for deeper penitence and a better life. And give us a true longing to be free from sin, through the deliverance won by Jesus Christ our Redeemer. 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: Take My Life, and Let It Be
Take My Life, and Let It Be
Verse 1
Take my life, and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;
let them flow in ceaseless praise.
Take my hands, and let them move
at the impulse of thy love.
Take my feet, and let them be
swift and beautiful for thee.
Verse 2
Take my voice, and let me sing
always, only, for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from thee.
Take my silver and my gold;
not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect, and use
every power as thou shalt choose.
Verse 3
Take my will, and make it thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is thine own;
It shall be thy royal throne.
Take my love, my Lord, I pour
at thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
ever, only, all for thee.
Benediction: Rev. John Hill