Worship Bulletin 2.26.23

The Gathering Lyrics

Oh How I Need You

Lord I find You in the seeking
Lord I find You in the doubt
And to know You is to love You
And to know so little else

I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You, mhmm

Lord I find You in the seeking
Lord I find You in the doubt
And to know You is to love You
And to know so little else

I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You

Lord I find You in the morning
Lord I seek You everyday
Let my life be for Your glory
Woven in your threads of grace

I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You

Light glorous light
I will go where You shine
Break the dawn
Crack the skies
Make the way bright before me
In your light I will find all I need
All I need is You (hey, come on)

Light glorous light
I will go where You shine
Break the dawn
Crack the skies
Make the way bright before me
In your light I will find all I need
All I need is You, oH

Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You
Oh how I need You

Brokenness Aside

Will your grace run out
If I let you down
‘Cause all I know
Is how to run

‘Cause I am a sinner
If it’s not one thing it’s another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies
But You are a Savior
And You take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful

Will You call me child
When I tell you lies
‘Cause all I know
Is how to cry

‘Cause I am a sinner
If it’s not one thing it’s another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies
But You are a Savior
And You take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful

You make it beautiful
You make it beautiful

‘Cause I am a sinner
If it’s not one thing it’s another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies
But You are a Savior
And You take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful, oh yeah

‘Cause I am a sinner
If it’s not one thing it’s another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies, oh yeah
But You are a Savior
And You take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful

I am a sinner
If it’s not one thing it’s another
Caught up in words
Tangled in lies, oh yeah
But You are a Savior
And You take brokenness aside
And make it beautiful
Beautiful

You make it beautiful
Beautiful
You make it beautiful
Beautiful

You make it
You make it beautiful
You make it beautiful

You make it beautiful
You make it beautiful

Traditional Worship Bulletin

Traditional Service
February 26, 2023 | 11:00 am

“Tough Love”
Matthew 18:21-35
Rev. Lance Marshall
Senior Pastor

Welcome and Announcements
Dr. Mike Marshall, Associate Pastor

Prelude: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”
David Schelat, arranger
Peggy Graff, organist

*Call to Worship
One: Ashes have been smeared and sins have been confessed;
All: we follow our faithful Lord.
One: These times, they are troubling. This journey, it is hard;
All: we follow our faithful Lord.
One: It is God who sustains, not the temptations of this world;
All: we follow our faithful Lord.
One: In the Lord is our trust, our protection from harm;
All: We follow our faithful Lord.
One: Come, let us worship the One whom we serve;
All: We follow our faithful Lord. Amen.

*Hymn 66: “Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven”
1. Praise, my soul, the King of heaven,
to the throne thy tribute bring;
ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore God’s praises sing.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.

2. Praise the Lord for grace and favor
to all people in distress;
praise God, still the same as ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious now God’s faithfulness.

3. Father-like, God tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame God knows;
mother-like, God gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet God’s mercy flows.

4. Angels in the heights, adoring,
you behold God face to face;
saints triumphant, now adoring,
gathered in from every race.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace.

*Affirmation of Faith 881
Rev. Zhenya Gurina Rodriguez, PhD, Associate Pastor
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Gloria Patri 70
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

**Please be seated

Psalter Reading: Psalm 130
Thomas Williams, Director of Music and Worship Arts
Sung Response: O how He loves you and me! O how He loves you and me! He gave His life. What more could He give?
O how He loves you; O how He loves me; O how He loves you and me!
One: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice!
All: Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
One: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
All: But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be worshiped.
One: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, in the Lord’s word I hope;
All: my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
One: O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, with the Lord is plenteous redemption.
All: And the Lord will redeem Israel from all iniquities.
Sung Response: O how He loves you and me! O how He loves you and me! He gave His life. What more could He give?
O how He loves you; O how He loves me; O how He loves you and me!

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

Anthem: “This is My Father’s World”
Paul Christiansen, arranger
Adoramus Chamber Choir
Alison Haygood, director

Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35
James Patterson, lay reader
God speaks to us through the reading of scripture.
Thanks be to God.

Sermon Series: Holy Humility
Rev. Lance Marshall, 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)

Offertory: “Cantate Domino”
Hans Leo Hassler, arranger

*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
One: Our gathering will soon be ended. Where will we go, and what will we do?
All: We will go out to be God’s people in the world.
One: May grace, peace, hope, love, and joy forever accompany you. Amen.

*Congregational Benediction: “I Surrender All” (refrain)
I surrender all, (I surrender all,) I surrender all, (I surrender all,)
All to thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.

*Postlude: “Christ, Who Makes Us Blessed”
S. Bach, composer

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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.

In addition to your regular contribution, every one dollar ($1) bill placed in the offering plate during the month of February will support the rental assistance/mission clients program.

Lent Banners
The season of Lent provides a blessed opportunity for reflection as we approach the altar of our Lord’s sacrifice with hope in His mercy.

The seasonal wall hangings (paraments) reflect the themes and color of this liturgical season. The purple of Lent represents sorrow and repentance. Grey, the color of ashes, calls us back to Ash Wednesday, when we received this symbol of mourning and humility on our foreheads. The tan fabric suggests desert sands and the arid nature of sin.

The coarse ropes suspended between the fabric panels also carry symbolic meaning. The five groupings of ropes remind us of the five wounds Christ bore on the cross. The rope itself is a symbol of the betrayal of Christ as the soldiers bound him after the kiss of Judas. The stones, woven into the ropes, represent the sin that weighs down our souls. The knots in the ropes suggest the discord in our families, the hurts between married couples, and the absence of peace and joy caused by our pride and failure to depend on God.

These paraments provide a visual reminder of the mercy God offers us not only in the Lenten Season but also throughout the entire year.

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