Cue: 1 Page: 1 Welcome to Marvell United Methodist Church Thank you for sharing your Sunday worship with us. May 21, 2023 ----- Cue: 1 Page: 2 Our Mission: Empowering the generations to serve Christ. ----- Cue: 1 Page: 3 Prelude ----- Cue: 1 Page: 4 Lighting of the Candles ----- Cue: 1 Page: 5 Greeting ----- Cue: 2 Page: 1 Choral Call to Worship Majesty, Worship His Majesty Page #176 ----- Cue: 2 Page: 2 Majesty, worship his majesty; unto Jesus be all glory, honor, and praise. Majesty, kingdom authority, flow from his throne unto his own; his anthem raise. 176. Majesty, Worship His Majesty Jack Hayford (1981) © 1981 Rocksmith Music c/o Trust Music Management. ----- Cue: 2 Page: 3 So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus. Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King. Majesty, worship his majesty, Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings. 176. Majesty, Worship His Majesty Jack Hayford (1981) © 1981 Rocksmith Music c/o Trust Music Management. ----- Cue: 3 Page: 1 Announcements ----- Cue: 3 Page: 2 Our service is on facebook now. The youth will meet Wednesday. The Southeast District Conference will be today at 3:30 p.m. at Lakeside UMC in Pine Bluff. ----- Cue: 3 Page: 3 Next Sunday is Pentecost Sunday – wear something red. Bobby Dubach’s birthday is Wednesday, please send him a card. ----- Cue: 4 Page: 1 Hymn of Praise Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Page #133 Please Stand as We Sing ----- Cue: 4 Page: 2 What a fellowship, what a joy diving, leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 4 Page: 3 Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 4 Page: 4 O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms; O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 4 Page: 5 Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 4 Page: 6 What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 4 Page: 7 Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms; leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. 133. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms Elisha A. Hoffman (1887) Public Domain ----- Cue: 5 Page: 1 Liturgy Read together in an attitude of prayer Please all stand and join in. ----- Cue: 5 Page: 2 Lord of life, we do not know the face of the future any more than your disciples did. Like them, we have many questions: how to live and bear witness. ----- Cue: 5 Page: 3 Like them, we thirst for the spring waters of the Spirit to inspire us in our living to give us a heart language in our testimony. ----- Cue: 5 Page: 4 You have been raised in glory that we might rise with dignity. You live in power that we might live in peace. ----- Cue: 5 Page: 5 You are present everywhere that we might be fully present in our own lives. This we believe, this we step out on. Amen. ----- Cue: 6 Page: 1 Gloria Patri Glory Be to the Father Page #70 Please Stand as We Sing ----- Cue: 6 Page: 2 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. 070. Glory Be to the Father Unknown Public Domain ----- Cue: 7 Page: 1 Children’s Time Jesus Loves Me Page #191 ----- Cue: 7 Page: 2 Jesus loves me! This I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong; they are weak, but he is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. 191. Jesus Loves Me Anna B. Warner (1860) © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House ----- Cue: 7 Page: 3 Children’s Time ----- Cue: 8 Page: 1 Libby James & Abbie Perkins graduated last week Mason Clement graduated Jane Hindsley graduated last week ----- Cue: 8 Page: 2 Joys and Concerns ----- Cue: 8 Page: 3 Prayer Requests ----- Cue: 8 Page: 4 David Gillanders Emily Johnson Carrie Davison Bonnie & Curtis Pettie Kohen Gregory Bobby Dubach ----- Cue: 8 Page: 5 Peyton Upton Jimmy Miller David Treadaway David Newcomer Billy Terrell Tonya Newsom ----- Cue: 8 Page: 6 Grace Henderson Gary Maskell Steve Chastain Sue Lester Shelvie Moneyham Carrie Simmons ----- Cue: 8 Page: 7 Betty Jo Hall Ashley Woodyard DeBolt Judy Bellamy & Debbie Gordon Miranda Racca Mary K Byrd Carolyn Sue Campbell ----- Cue: 8 Page: 8 Hazel Storey Carol Leindecker Chance Adams Nathan Turner Albert Godfrey Lindell Smith ----- Cue: 8 Page: 9 Joyce Summerhill Ned Young Bevely Hopper Ron Jackson James Jackson Deanie Duffel Shafer ----- Cue: 8 Page: 10 Lauren Jackson Garner Billy Smith Rebecca Ferguson Jared Lee Russell Lee Glen & Deb Hosey ----- Cue: 8 Page: 11 Courtney Turner Lannie Travis Clarence Wooten Brenda Woodyard Betty Bryant Ashlyn Lundquist ----- Cue: 8 Page: 12 Sue Burgess Prudence, Jake & Brie Heffner Linda McDade/Alex, Patrick & Rachel Lee Ann McFarland Steven Jones Zach Miller ----- Cue: 8 Page: 13 Johnny Turner Bill Brown Robert Dennis Dale Tyner Dale Webster Laurel Coker-Catlett ----- Cue: 8 Page: 14 Sherry Lynn Kemmer The Family of Alan Wildshuetz Continued Prayer List ----- Cue: 8 Page: 15 Prayers of Thanksgiving ----- Cue: 8 Page: 16 Kohen Gregory finished her treatments & is at home Bill & Connie are in North Carolina at their grandson’s confirmation Colby Davison will graduate this week ----- Cue: 9 Page: 1 Morning Prayer Pastor Kenny ----- Cue: 9 Page: 2 The Lord's Prayer ----- Cue: 9 Page: 3 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. ----- Cue: 9 Page: 4 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. ----- Cue: 10 Page: 1 Our Offering ----- Cue: 10 Page: 2 The Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Page #95 Please Stand as We sing ----- Cue: 10 Page: 3 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 095. Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Thomas Ken (1674) Public Domain ----- Cue: 11 Page: 1 Anthem Choir ----- Cue: 12 Page: 1 Scripture Luke 24:44-53 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 2 He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.” Luke 24:44 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 3 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. Luke 24:45 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 4 He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, Luke 24:46 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 5 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:47 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 6 You are witnesses of these things. Luke 24:48 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 7 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.” Luke 24:49 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 8 When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. Luke 24:50 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 9 While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven. Luke 24:51 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 10 Then they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. Luke 24:52 ----- Cue: 12 Page: 11 And they stayed continually at the temple, praising God. Luke 24:53 ----- Cue: 13 Page: 1 Message Blessing With Lifted Hands Pastor Kenny Lee ----- Cue: 14 Page: 1 Hymn of Invitation Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Page #301 Please Stand as We Sing ----- Cue: 14 Page: 2 Jesus, keep me near the cross; there a precious fountain, free to all, a healing stream, flows from Calvary’s mountain. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 3 In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 4 Near the cross, a trembling soul, love, and mercy found me; there, the bright and morning star sheds its beams around me. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 5 In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 6 Near the cross! O Lamb of God, bring its scenes before me; help me walk from day to day with its shadow o’er me. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 7 In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 8 Near the cross, I’ll watch and wait, hoping, trusting ever, till I reach the golden strand just beyond the river. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 14 Page: 9 In the cross, in the cross, be my glory ever, till my raptured soul shall find rest beyond the river. 301. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross Fanny J. Crosby (1869) Public Domain ----- Cue: 15 Page: 1 Benediction ----- Cue: 16 Page: 1 Closing Response Blest Be the Tie That Binds Page #557 ----- Cue: 16 Page: 2 Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. 557. Blest Be the Tie That Binds John Fawcett (1782) Public Domain ----- Cue: 17 Page: 1 Thank you for worshiping with us at the Marvell United Methodist Church Please join us each Sunday morning -----