Worship Bulletin 1.23.22

9:30 am The Gathering Lyrics

Child Of Love

I was walking the wayside
Lost on a lonely road
I was chasing the high life
Tryna satisfy my soul

All the lies I believed in
Left me crying like the rain
Then I saw lightning from Heaven
And I’ve never been the same

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love

I’ve felt the sting of the fire
But I saw You in the flames
Just when I thought it was over
You broke me out of the grave

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love

I am a child of love, yeah, oh
I am a child of love

Nothing can change the way
You love me
Nothing can change the way
I belong to You
Yes I do
Nothing can separate

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I am a child of love

I’m gonna climb a mountain
I’m gonna shout about it
I am a child of love
I found a world of freedom
I found a friend in Jesus
I am a child of love, oh yeah

Yeah, I am a child of love
I am a child of love

All My Hope

I’ve been held by the Savior
I’ve felt fire from above
I’ve been down to the river
I ain’t the same, a prodigal returned

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday’s gone
All my sins are forgiven
I’ve been washed by the blood

I’m no stranger to the prison
I’ve worn shackles and chains
But I’ve been freed and forgiven (yes I have)
I’m not going back
I’ll never be the same
That’s why I sing…

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday’s gone
All my sins are forgiven
I’ve been washed by the blood

There’s a kind of thing that just breaks a man
Break him down to his knees
God, I’ve been broken more than a time or two (yes, Lord)
I’m not going back
I’ll never be the same
Come on and sing…

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday’s gone
Yes, all my sins are forgiven
I’ve been washed by the blood

All my hope is in Jesus
Thank God that yesterday’s gone
Yes, all my sins are forgiven
Oh, I’ve, I’ve been washed by the blood
I’ve been washed by the blood
And I’ve been washed by
The blood

Benediction

Go into the world
Showing how much He loves you
Walk in the world
In merciful ways, He loves you
He loves you

Emmanuel on Earth

Yours is the body
The hands and the feet
And Yours are the eyes to look compassionately
To bless you and me
Bless you and me
He will bless you and me

Go into the world
Showing how much He loves you
Walk in the world
Meaningful ways, He loves you
He loves you

Emmanuel on Earth
God with us on Earth

Yours is the body
The hands and the feet
And Yours are the eyes to look compassionately
To bless you and me
Bless you and me
He will bless you and me
To bless you and me
Bless you and me
To bless you and me

Go into the world
Showing how much He loves you

11:00 am Traditional Worship Bulletin

Traditional Worship Service
January 23, 2022 | 11:00 am

“Y’all are the Body of Christ”
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Third in the series Taking Love Seriously
Dr. Tim Bruster and Rev. Lance Marshall
Co-Senior Pastors

Welcome
Rev. Lance Marshall, Co-Senior Pastor

Prelude: “Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts”
Emma Lou Diemer, arranger
Peggy Graff, organist

*Call to Worship
Matt Britt, Associate Director of Youth Ministries
One: Brothers and sisters in Christ: Through the Sacrament of Baptism, we become part of God’s family and God’s story, and we are given new birth through water and the Spirit.
All: All of this is God’s gift, offered to us without price. Thanks be to God!
One: Through confirmation – the claiming of our faith as our own – we renew the covenant declared at our baptism, acknowledge the work God is doing in our lives and the world around us, and accept the Christian community as our home.
All: This is our home, where we are seen, we are known and we are loved, just as we are. Thanks be to God!
One: Our story is not yet complete. There is still work to be done as the hands and feet of God in this world, showing kindness, compassion and love to the stranger and neighbor alike.
All: Our work is not yet finished. Thanks be to God! Amen.

*Hymn 158: “Come, Christians, Join to Sing”
Come, Christians, join to sing:
Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ our King:
Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice,
before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!

Come, lift your hearts on high:
Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky:
Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend;
to us he’ll condescend;
his love shall never end:
Alleluia! Amen!

Praise yet the Lord again:
Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain:
Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven’s blissful shore
his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore:
Alleluia! Amen!

**Please be seated

Faith Like a Child
“Mister Mark” Burrows, Director of Children’s Ministries

Service of Confirmation
Kat Bair, Director of Youth Ministries

Vows of Confirmation into Membership
Dr. Tim Bruster and Rev. Lance Marshall, Co-Senior Pastors

Act of Confirmation and Baptism

*Congregational Blessing
All: We give thanks for all that God has already given you and we welcome you in Christian love. As members together with you in the body of Christ and in this congregation of the United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant to faithfully participate in the ministries of the Church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness, that in everything, God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.

*Hymn 408: “The Gift of Love”
Though I may speak with bravest fire,
and have the gift of all inspire,
and have not love, my words are vain,
as sounding brass, and hopeless gain.

Though I may give all I possess,
and striving so my love profess,
but not be given by love within,
the profit soon turns strangely thin.

Come, Spirit, come, our hearts control,
our spirits long to be made whole.
Let inward love guide every deed;

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
Evan Stanfill, Middle School Program Director
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon: “Y’all are the Body of Christ”
Dr. Tim Bruster, Co-Senior Pastor

Pastoral Prayer

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 the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)

Announcements

Offertory: “One Faith, One Hope, One Lord”
Craig Courtney, composer
Taylor White, trumpet
Choral Union
Thomas Williams, director

*Doxology 95
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.
Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God above, ye heavenly host.
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Benediction
All: Do all the good you can, by all the means you can,
in all the ways you can, in all the places you can,
at all the times you can, to all the people you can,
as long as ever you can.

*Postlude: “Postlude on “Built on the Rock””
Gilbert M. Martin, arranger

Confirmation class of 2022
Emma Atkinson, Marjorie Bailey, Harmon Baker, Sarah Barkley, Laila Bartell, Blake Bates, Carter Bates, Grant Bates, Sophie Casagrande, Carter Childs, Jackson Childs, Adelaide Childs, Dominick Connaughton, Lane Daley, Carson Dilday, George Factor, Raegan Florsheim, Charlotte Gibbs, Abigail Hamilton, Leyla Hatton, Luke Hellmers, Caroline Herron, Taylor Higgins, Oliver Horsch, Riggs Huggins, Bennett Klaus, Caroline Knutson, Avery Kostohryz, Jane Langston, Sasha Lipscomb, Andrew Longsworth, Lylah Mills, Madison Miner, Mollie Mitchell, Leah Mocek, Genevieve Monroe, Claire Moore, Johnie Morgan, Elaine Nethery, Madeline Noss, John Pace, Lowe Pace, Grayson Palmer, John Hudson Parcells, Campbell Parchman, Layla Parker, Adelaide Patyk, Alice Pepper, Jack Piwetz, Eleanor Sanders, Hunter Schrimpf, Austin Shuman, Madeline Simmons, Annabelle Smith, Mary Smith, Sophia Smith, Mattie Speed, Olivia Tooke, Emma Turner, Catherine Vaughan, Benjamin Vaughn, Thomas Walker, Andrew Wallace, Kiska Whittier, Thomas Yancey

Download Traditional Worship Bulletin 1.23.22

Notes from First Church:

Welcome to First United Methodist Church of Fort Worth – we are glad you’re here to worship with us today!

Please let us know you are here by filling out the attendance pad as it comes by.

Asterisks (*) indicate times when you are invited to stand as you are able.

“Faith Like a Child” is our children’s sermon developed for young worshipers of all ages.

In addition to your regular contribution, every one dollar ($1) bill placed in the offering plate during the month of January will support the Car Seats/Mission Clients program.

The flowers in the sanctuary are in honor of the 2022 Confirmation class, given by Lisa Helm and the FUMC Fort Worth.

Join us for GROW Bible Study:
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10:00 – 11:00 am
Room 350
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Room 350 & Zoom

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