Pastor: David Range
April 7, 2024
Miramar United Methodist Church
in the heart of Miramar, a place for gathering, healing, and sending out friends, helping to create a sense of family to find new life in Christ.
Part of the United Methodist family where we make disciples for the
Transformation of the world.
Order of Worship
April 7, 2024 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services
Please see the end of the bulletin for some additional important information
CALL TO WORSHIP
*HYMN 304 Easter People, Raise Your Voices+
1. Easter people, raise your voices, sounds of heaven in earth should ring.
Christ has brought us heaven’s choices; heavenly music, let it ring.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Easter people, let us sing.
2. Fear of death can no more stop us from our pressing here below.
For our Lord empowered us to triumph over every foe.
Alleluia! Alleluia! On to victory now we go.
3. Every day to us is Easter, with its resurrection song.
When in trouble move the faster to our God who rights the wrong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! See the power of heavenly throngs.
WORDS: William M. James, 1979 MUSIC: Henry T. Smart, 1867
*PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
What a Mighty God We Serve
What a mighty God we serve
What a mighty God we serve
Angels bow before him
Heaven and earth adore him
What a mighty God we serve
I’m Gonna Sing
I’m gonna sing, sing, sing I’m gonna shout, shout, shout
I’m gonna sing, I’m gonna shout, praise the Lord
When those gates are open wide, I’m gonna sit at Jesus’ side
I’m gonna sing…I’m gonna shout, Praise the Lord.
The Right Hand of God
1. The right hand of God is writing in our land
Writing with power and with love
Our conflicts and our fears, our triumphs and our tears
Are recorded by the right hand of God.
2. The right hand of God is pointing in our land
Pointing the way we must go
So clouded is the way, so easily we stray
But we’re guided by the right hand of God
3 The right hand of God is striking in our land,
striking out at envy, hate, and greed.
Our selfishness and lust,
our pride and deeds unjust,
are destroyed by the right hand of God.
4 The right hand of God is lifting in our land
Lifting the falling one by one
Each one is known by name, and lifted now from shame
By the lifting of the right hand of God
5 The right hand of God is healing in our land,
healing broken bodies, minds, and souls,
so wondrous is its touch
with love that means so much,
when we're healed by the right hand of God.
6 The right hand of God is planting in our land,
planting seeds of freedom, hope, and love.
In these many-peopled lands,
let his children all join hands,
and be one by the right hand of God.
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Birthdays and Anniversaries.
Happy birthday to you, Jesus loves you it’s true,
May the Lord bless and keep you,
Happy birthday to you.
Happy Anniversary to you, happy Anniversary to you
Happy Anniversary dear friends, happy Anniversary to you
TODAY: United Methodist Men’s fellowship after the 11:00 a.m. service.
TONIGHT: Church Prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: NO Bible Study
THURSDAY: Choir 7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: Children’s Club, 7 to 8:30
FRIDAY: Viewing for Michael Adewumi. Please visit with the family from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Fred Hunter’s Funeral Home, 6301 Taft Street, Hollywood.
SATURDAY: The celebration of life service for Michael Adewumi in the church, at 11:00 a.m. Please see the flyer at the end of the bulletin for additional information.
The Youth Group is encouraged to attend the service and repast so there will not be a separate youth group meeting on Saturday.
NEXT SUNDAY: Worship services at 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.
MONDAY April 15 is the next CPR class. If you signed up for the last class and could not make it please confirm with Pastor David that you can make this class so that we can get a firm number of how many would like to come.
United Women in Faith will be having a Garage Sale Saturday April 20, 2024, 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Please see flyer for details.
Allison Feurtado will help you to see the play “Lock Down” at the Everglades High School on May 11 and 12. Please see flyer at the end of the bulletin for details.
The Jamaican Consulate General Miami presents the JamaicaHi-5 Reggae Run May 11. Register at jamaicahi5krun.com. Allison Feurtado will remain after church this Sunday to help with registrations for the MUMC team, so please have your credit/debit card available to process registrations. See flyer at the end of the bulletin for more details.
MONDAY May 27 will be the Memorial Day Picnic from noon to 5:00 p.m. Please plan on coming and to support it ahead of time with your prayers and your contributions of money so that we can bless the community with a meal where everyone is welcomed. Please use one of the picnic envelopes or write it onto your regular offering envelopes where in the “other” blank you write “picnic.”
You may also give online when you fill in the blank with “picnic.” Thank you in advance.
July 1 to 6 are the dates for Summer Camp this year. Please see Pastor David for details or go online to register at https://wwumccc.org/
If you would like to register to vote or receive a mail-in ballot please go to the table in the foyer. If you would like advice as to who to vote for our member Roland Abel is happy to discuss the choices with you so that you may make up your own mind on how you vote.
For Sharing of the Spirit, please wave at the YouTube camera and say, “the peace of the Lord be with you,” and then wave at your neighbor in the sanctuary and say, “and also with you”.
SCRIPTURE: Acts 4:32-35
Please stand for the gospel of John 20:24-31
CHILDREN’S TIME
*HYMN 162 Alleluia, Alleluia +
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to His Name
1 Jesus is Lord of all the earth. He is the King of creation
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to His Name
2 Spread the good news o'er all the earth: Jesus has died and has risen
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to His Name
3 We have been crucified with Christ. Now we shall live forever
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to His Name
4 Come let us praise the Living God, Joyfully sing to our Savior
Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the Risen Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia! Give praise to His Name
WORDS: Donald Fishel, 1973 MUSIC: Donald Fishel, 1979
RECEPTION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Please pass the offering bags along each row at the direction of the ushers. Instructions for giving online, by check or text are in the section after the Order of Service.
The Mission Offering today is for Good Samaritan Fund
Next Sunday our Mission Offering goes to Apportionments
Prayer of Dedication
DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
praise him all creatures here below,
praise him above, ye heavenly hosts,
praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
Sunday School children go out to their classes
HYMN 273 Jesus’ Hands Were Kind Hands+
1. Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all,
healing pain and sickness, blessing children small,
washing tired feet, and saving those who fall;
Jesus' hands were kind hands, doing good to all.
2. Take my hands, Lord Jesus, let them work for you;
make them strong and gentle, kind in all I do.
Let me watch you, Jesus, till I'm gentle too,
till my hands are kind hands, quick to work for you.
WORDS: Hope Publishing Company, 1983 MUSIC: The United Methodist Publishing House, 1989
TIME OF SHARING JOYS & CONCERNS
(please email miramarpastor@gmail.com)
PRAYER HYMN 521 I Want Jesus to Walk with Me+
I want Jesus to walk with me. I want Jesus to walk with me
All along my pilgrim journey, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.
2 In my trials, Lord, walk with me. In my trials, Lord, walk with me.
When my heart is almost breaking, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.
3 When I’m troubled, Lord, walk with me.
When I’m troubled Lord, walk with me.
When my head is bowed in sorrow, Lord, I want Jesus to walk with me.
WORDS: Afro-American spiritual MUSIC: Afro-American spiritual; adapt. by William Farley Smith, 1986
PRAYER OF INTERCESSION AND 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, the power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
SERMON What were they up to? Pastor David Range
HYMN OF PREPARATION 617 I Come with Joy+
1 I come with joy to meet my Lord, forgiven, loved and free,
in awe and wonder to recall his life laid down for me,
his life laid down for me.
2 I come with Christians far and near to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love in Christ's communion bread,
in Christ's communion bread.
3 As Christ breaks bread and bids us share, each proud division ends.
The love that made us makes us one, and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends.
4 And thus with joy we meet our Lord. His presence, always near,
is in such friendship better known; we see and praise him here,
we see and praise him here.
5 Together met, together bound, we'll go our different ways,
and as his people in the world, we'll live and speak his praise,
we'll live and speak his praise.
WORDS: Brian Wren, 1968 MUSIC: The Southern Harmony 1835; harm. By Charles H. Webb, 1987
HOLY COMMUNION
The Lord be with you. And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Blessed are you, our Alpha and our Omega,
whose strong and loving arms encompass the universe,
for with your eternal Word and Holy Spirit you are forever one God.
Through your Word you created all things and called them good,
and in you we live and move and have our being.
When we fell into sin, you did not desert us.
You made covenant with your people Israel
and spoke through prophets and teachers.
In Jesus Christ your Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
full of grace and truth.
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Holy are you, and blessed is Jesus Christ, who called you Abba, Father.
As a mother tenderly gathers her children,
you embraced a people as your own
and filled them with a longing for a peace that would last
and for a justice that would never fail.
In Jesus' suffering and death you took upon yourself our sin and death
and destroyed their power for ever.
You raised from the dead this same Jesus,
who now reigns with you in glory,
and poured upon us your Holy Spirit,
making us the people of your new covenant.
On the night before meeting with death, Jesus took bread,
gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to the disciples, and said:
"Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
When the supper was over Jesus took the cup,
gave thanks to you, gave it to the disciples, and said:
"Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant,
poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts,
that in the breaking of this bread and the drinking of this wine
we may know the presence of the living Christ
and be renewed as the body of Christ for the world,
redeemed by Christ's blood.
As the grain and grapes, once dispersed in the fields,
are now united on this table in bread and wine,
so may we and all your people be gathered from every time and place
into the unity of your eternal household
and feast at your table for ever.
Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and for ever. Amen.
Hymns to be sung while Communion is being served.
Hymn 303 The Day of Resurrection
1. The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad;
the Passover of gladness, the Passover of God.
From death to life eternal, from earth unto the sky,
our Christ hath brought us over, with hymns of victory.
2. Our hearts be pure from evil, that we may see aright
the Lord in rays eternal of resurrection light;
and listening to his accents, may hear, so calm and plain,
his own "All hail!" and, hearing, may raise the victor strain.
3. Now let the heavens be joyful! Let earth the song begin!
Let the round world keep triumph, and all that is therein!
Let all things seen and unseen their notes in gladness blend,
for Christ the Lord hath risen, our joy that hath no end.
WORDS: John of Damascus; trans. by John Mason Neale, 1862 MUSIC: Henry T. Smart, 1835
Hymn 327 Crown Him with Many Crowns
1 Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing, who died, and rose on high,
who died, eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die.
3 Crown Him the Lord of peace, whose power a scepter sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease, and all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end, and round His pierced feet
Fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.
4 Crown Him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side,
those wounds yet visible above, in beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail! For Thou hast died for me;
thy praise and glory shall not fail throughout eternity.
WORDS: Matthew Bridges, 1851, and Godfrey Thring, 1874 MUSIC: George J. Elvey, 1868
Hymn 328 Surely the Presence of the Lord
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place;
I can feel His mighty power and His grace.
I can hear the brush of angels’ wings,
I see glory on each face;
Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place.
WORDS: Lanny Wolfe, 1977 MUSIC: Lanny Wolfe, 1977
Hymn 338 Where He Leads Me
1. I can hear my Savior calling, I can hear my Savior calling,
I can hear my Savior calling, "Take thy cross and follow, follow Me."
Where He leads me I will follow, where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
2 I'll go with Him through the garden, I'll go with Him through the garden,
I'll go with Him through the garden, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
Where He leads me I will follow, where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
3 I'll go with Him through the judgment, I'll go with Him through the judgment,
I'll go with Him through the judgment, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
Where He leads me I will follow, where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
4 He will give me grace and glory, He will give me grace and glory,
He will give me grace and glory, and go with me, with me all the way.
Where He leads me I will follow, where He leads me I will follow,
Where He leads me I will follow, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
WORDS: E. W. Blandy, 1890 MUSIC: John S. Norris, 1890
Hymn 337 Only Trust Him
1. Come, every soul by sin oppressed, there’s mercy with the Lord,
And He will surely give you rest by trusting in His Word.
Only trust Him, only trust Him, only trust Him now;
He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.
2. For Jesus shed His precious blood rich blessings to bestow;
Plunge now into the crimson flood that washes white as snow.
Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now;
He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.
3. Yes, Jesus is the truth, the way, that leads you into rest;
Believe in Him without delay and you are fully blest.
Only trust Him, only trust Him, Only trust Him now;
He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.
4. Come, then, and join this holy band, and on to glory go,
To dwell in that celestial land where joys immortal flow.
Only trust Him, only trust Him, only trust Him now;
He will save you, He will save you, He will save you now.
WORDS & MUSIC: John Stockton; TUNE: STOCKTON
HYMN OF SENDING FORTH 308 Thine Be the Glory+
1 Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son;
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
Kept the folded grave-clothes where thy body lay.
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
2 Lo! Jesus meets thee, risen from the tomb;
lovingly he greets thee, scatters fear and gloom.
Let the church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,
For our Lord now liveth; death has lost its sting.
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
3 No more we doubt thee, glorious Prince of life!
Life is naught without thee; aid us in our strife.
Make us more than conquerors, through thy deathless love;
Bring us safe through Jordan to thy home above.
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
Endless is the victory thou o’er death hast won.
WORDS: Edmond L. Budry, 1904; trans. By R. Birch Hoyle, 1923 MUSIC: Harmonia Sacra, ca. 1753; arr. from G. F. Handel, 1747
BENEDICTION
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We give God thanks for this opportunity to worship together in-person in our sanctuary as well as online. Wearing your mask is optional as the Covid virus, although still present, is no longer a healthcare emergency. Please continue to get your booster shots as they become available. Greet each other in a way that is comfortable to you. (A wave, an elbow or fist bump is still acceptable!) We are always happy (and look forward) to have you join us in the sanctuary, but for those who would like to continue to participate from home, we will continue to live stream the services on X.com (formerly Twitter) and youtube.com.
To join us on youtube.com simply type Miramar UMC in the search bar and then you should see the service live streamed. If you subscribe to our service through youtube.com you can set up reminders for the day before or 15 minutes before, whatever you like.
The other way to “gather” in virtual worship is through the X.com (formerly known as Twitter) service available by going to our miramarumc.org website. Pass around the information so that others may join in worship by clicking on the x.com icon on the home page. We will continue our 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services (except when we have a fifth Sunday of the month 10:00 a.m. service.) If you lose the service for a few seconds do not worry it will probably come back, but if it is longer than a few seconds you might try clicking the refresh Error! Filename not specified. button in your browser window.
Please email your prayer requests for uplifting on Sundays by sending them to miramarpastor@gmail.com. It is best if you send them by Saturday NOON if possible.
Our church prayer meeting is online on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and you may contact Marvia Aitken or Vinessa Edwards for the link.
WAYS to give:
1. Online giving is available through our website
www.MiramarUMC.org. On the home page the ‘Donate’ icon (a hand with a dollar sign above it) is located at the top left corner and on the right under “Contact Us” you will see the same icon along with “Donate Online.” Click on either location for instructions. If you need help call the church office at 954-989-4711. Thanks to all who have signed up for this. The regular tithes and offerings of the church are a great source of blessing.
2. You can also mail a check to Miramar United Methodist Church. If you have your offering envelopes you will see that the address of the church is printed for mailing purposes and your offering can be mailed in this envelope when you apply a stamp. You may also use a regular envelope and address it to: MUMC, 2507 Utopia Drive, Miramar FL 33023. Just put your check inside, mark which funds you would like to support, put a stamp on and let the United States Postal Service do the rest! Or bring it by after the Sunday services, someone will be in the church for one hour after the worship finishes as well as Mon-Thurs 1-5 pm. We trust God will keep us strong.
3. Also, we have the option of giving by text! Use 833-931-1791 to GivePlusText and when you text any amount, by putting that number in the message, you will be prompted to register, then fill out the details of your name, address and means of payment, and the contribution will go in! If you enter an email address you will get an immediate receipt. It is easy! If you have an Apple phone you may also get Vanco’s GivePlusMobile by downloading the app from the App Store. You may also look up YouTube videos to show how all this is done.
Thank you for your prayers! Grace and peace, Pastor David
