BULLETIN | Livingston UMC

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Prelude

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Arranged by Jay Rouse
Tune: FAITHFULNESS
Music by William M. Runyan

Chris Warner, Organist

Welcome

Pastor Angie

*Call to Worship

Taelyn Meli-King

Leader: Our God is a shepherding God.
All: Our God knows us by name.
Leader: Our God will never stop searching for us.
So if you feel lost,
All: then know that God is seeking you.
Leader: If you feel found,
All: then know that God will never leave.
Leader: This is the promise of scripture.
All: This is the promise of God’s love.
Leader: Let us worship our with-us God.

*Opening Hymn

Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Thomas O. Chisholm and William M. Runyan

1 Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

2 Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Refrain

3 Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Refrain

Children's Moments

Denise Russell

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 Pastor Angie at (614) 309-6645.

The Offering

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Offertory Music

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Arranged by James Koerts
Tune: ST. COLUMBIA
Traditional Irish Tune

*Lenten Doxology (Old 100th)

Words: G. W. Dub Shepherd, 2006; Music: Attr. to Louis Bourgeois, 1551

Published by The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church, PO Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003. Web site http://www.umcworship.org.

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

*Hymn

An Outcast Among Outcasts

Richard D. Leach

1 An outcast among outcasts,
dismissed with double scorn,
belittled by the labels:
“unclean” and “foreign born”–
came back with thanks for Jesus,
and then went on his way:
An outcast among outcasts
showed grateful faith that day.

2 An outcast among outcasts,
where three were crucified,
derided by the others
as they hung side by side–
came back from death with power,
God had the final say:
An outcast among outcasts
shows God to us today.

3 For outcasts among outcasts,
the boundaries are redrawn,
by words, “Your faith has saved you,”
by cross and Easter dawn.
The distant longed-for center
of power, peace, and care,
where life is free to flourish,
are found now everywhere.

*The Gospel Reading

Luke 15:1-7

Message

Everything [in] Between: Lost & Found

Pastor Angie

Affirmation of Faith

All: We believe in a seeking God,
a with-us and before-us God,
a chasing-after-us God.
We believe that no matter where we wander
or what mountains we climb, this God—
the God who walked the streets of Jerusalem,
shook hands with lepers,
patted children on the head,
and told stories of love—
is always close at hand.
So on the good days and the hard days,
on the mountains and in the valleys,
we believe that we are always being found.
Thanks be to God for a love like that.
Amen.

*Closing Hymn

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Henry Williams Baker

1 The King of love my shepherd is,
whose goodness faileth never.
I nothing lack if I am his,
and he is mine forever.

2 Where streams of living water flow,
my ransomed soul he leadeth;
and where the verdant pastures grow,
with food celestial feedeth.

3 Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed,
but yet in love he sought me;
and on his shoulder gently laid,
and home, rejoicing, brought me.

4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill,
with thee, dear Lord, beside me;
thy rod and staff my comfort still,
thy cross before to guide me.

5 Thou spreadst a table in my sight;
thy unction grace bestoweth;
and oh, what transport of delight
from thy pure chalice floweth!

6 And so through all the length of days,
thy goodness faileth never;
Good Shepherd, may I sing thy praise
within thy house forever.

*Benediction & Sending Forth

Postlude

Praise Ascending

David Paxton

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