LOVE the Lord your GOD with all your HEART and with all your SOUL ...
LOVE the Lord your GOD with all your HEART and with all your SOUL and with all your MIND. This is the FIRST and greatest commandment. LOVE your NEIGHBOR as yourself.
ORDER OF WORSHIP “There are those who give little of the much which they have. Their desire for recognition make their gifts unwholesome. There are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” —Kahlil Gibran Please silence all cell phones. THE GATHERING AND QUIET PREPARATION
Toccata on “Old Hundredth”
Lau
*THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION NO. 384 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” *THE CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, who is good. People: God’s love is from everlasting to everlasting! Leader: Come, let us praise God joyfully. People: Let us come to God with thanksgiving! Leader: For this good world; for things great and small, beautiful and awesome; for seen and unseen splendors; People: Thank you, God! Leader: For human life; for talking and moving and thinking together; for common hopes and hardships we share as Christ’s body; People: For work to do and strength to work; for exchanges of love and caring support! Leader: For the church into which we have been called and our life together, we praise you, O God. People: Above all, O God, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ, and for the joy of serving you with all of our heart, soul and mind! Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, who is good. People: God’s love is everlasting! Thanks be to God! *THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE NO. 139 *** THE TIME OF WELCOME AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE The Ritual of Friendship folder is found at the center aisle; please sign and pass. THE STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
Natalie Fitch
(Verse 1)
THE ANTHEM (9:30) (11:00)
“Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above” Covenant Choir “Sing a Little Song of Praise” Sonshine Choir
Jody Lindh Douglas E. Wagner
*** THE INVITATION TO PRAYER A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS OF HEART (from Howard Thurman) Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. Here is the citadel of all my desiring, where my hopes are born and all the deep resolutions of my spirit take wings. In this center, my fears are nourished, and all my hates are nurtured. Here my loves are cherished, and all the deep hungers of my spirit are honored without quivering and without shock. In my heart, above all else, let love and integrity envelop me until my love is perfected and the last vestige of my desiring is no longer in conflict with Thy Spirit. Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart... THE SILENT PRAYER THE DECLARATION OF PARDON Leader: This is the good news which Christ makes known to us: We are forgiven! People: Because we are forgiven, we have peace to share; because we are loved enough, we have love to give; because we are touched by God’s mercy, we have grace to share. Thanks be to God! 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, and the power, and glory, forever. Amen.
THE OFFERING OF OUR TITHES AND GIFTS “If you give, you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use in giving—large or small—it will be used to measure what is given back to you.” Luke 6:38
THE OFFERTORY
“God of the Deep” Chancel Choir
Dan Forrest
*THE DOXOLOGY NO. 94 *THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION *** *THE HYMN OF PREPARATION NO. 402 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” THE SCRIPTURE
Mark 12:41-44 (Pew Bible, page 926) Malachi 3:7-10 (Pew Bible, page 874) This is God’s living Word for God’s living people. ~ “Thanks be to God.”
THE SERMON
First Things First: “Don’t Rip Off the King!” Rev. Gary Haller
*THE HYMN OF DEDICATION NO. 354 “I Surrender All”
(Verses 1, 3, 5)
*THE BENEDICTION Please remain quietly in your pew during the recession of the clergy. *THE POSTLUDE
“A Mighty Fortress”
*Congregation Standing
Paine ***Seating of Worshipers
1589 W. Maple Road • Birmingham, MI 48009 248-646-1200 • www.fumcbirmingham.org Gary Haller, Senior Pastor Zack Dunlap, Lindsey Hall, Dan Hart and Suzanne Walls, Associate Pastors John E. Harnish, William A. Ritter and Robert P. Ward, Pastors Emeriti
ORDER OF WORSHIP “There are those who give little of the much which they have. Their desire for recognition make their gifts unwholesome. There are those who have little and give it all. These are the believers in the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” —Kahlil Gibran Please silence all cell phones. THE GATHERING AND QUIET PREPARATION
Toccata on “Old Hundredth”
Lau
*THE HYMN OF CELEBRATION NO. 384 “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” *THE CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, who is good. People: God’s love is from everlasting to everlasting! Leader: Come, let us praise God joyfully. People: Let us come to God with thanksgiving! Leader: For this good world; for things great and small, beautiful and awesome; for seen and unseen splendors; People: Thank you, God! Leader: For human life; for talking and moving and thinking together; for common hopes and hardships we share as Christ’s body; People: For work to do and strength to work; for exchanges of love and caring support! Leader: For the church into which we have been called and our life together, we praise you, O God. People: Above all, O God, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ, and for the joy of serving you with all of our heart, soul and mind! Leader: Give thanks to the Lord, who is good. People: God’s love is everlasting! Thanks be to God! *THE CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE NO. 139 *** THE TIME OF WELCOME AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE The Ritual of Friendship folder is found at the center aisle; please sign and pass. THE STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
Natalie Fitch
(Verse 1)
THE ANTHEM (9:30) (11:00)
“Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above” Covenant Choir “Sing a Little Song of Praise” Sonshine Choir
Jody Lindh Douglas E. Wagner
*** THE INVITATION TO PRAYER A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS OF HEART (from Howard Thurman) Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart. Here is the citadel of all my desiring, where my hopes are born and all the deep resolutions of my spirit take wings. In this center, my fears are nourished, and all my hates are nurtured. Here my loves are cherished, and all the deep hungers of my spirit are honored without quivering and without shock. In my heart, above all else, let love and integrity envelop me until my love is perfected and the last vestige of my desiring is no longer in conflict with Thy Spirit. Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart... THE SILENT PRAYER THE DECLARATION OF PARDON Leader: This is the good news which Christ makes known to us: We are forgiven! People: Because we are forgiven, we have peace to share; because we are loved enough, we have love to give; because we are touched by God’s mercy, we have grace to share. Thanks be to God! 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, and the power, and glory, forever. Amen.
THE OFFERING OF OUR TITHES AND GIFTS “If you give, you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use in giving—large or small—it will be used to measure what is given back to you.” Luke 6:38
THE OFFERTORY
“God of the Deep” Chancel Choir
Dan Forrest
*THE DOXOLOGY NO. 94 *THE PRAYER OF DEDICATION *** *THE HYMN OF PREPARATION NO. 402 “Lord, I Want to Be a Christian” THE SCRIPTURE
Mark 12:41-44 (Pew Bible, page 926) Malachi 3:7-10 (Pew Bible, page 874) This is God’s living Word for God’s living people. ~ “Thanks be to God.”
THE SERMON
First Things First: “Don’t Rip Off the King!” Rev. Gary Haller
*THE HYMN OF DEDICATION NO. 354 “I Surrender All”
(Verses 1, 3, 5)
*THE BENEDICTION Please remain quietly in your pew during the recession of the clergy. *THE POSTLUDE
“A Mighty Fortress”
*Congregation Standing
Paine ***Seating of Worshipers
1589 W. Maple Road • Birmingham, MI 48009 248-646-1200 • www.fumcbirmingham.org Gary Haller, Senior Pastor Zack Dunlap, Lindsey Hall, Dan Hart and Suzanne Walls, Associate Pastors John E. Harnish, William A. Ritter and Robert P. Ward, Pastors Emeriti
