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5th Sunday of Easter

Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas


May 2, 2021 / 10:45 A.M.

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CHIMING OF THE HOUR

GREETING Dr. Steve Pulliam

OPENING VOLUNTARY Partita on ‘Come, Christians Join to Sing’ Matthew Corl


Scott Montgomery, organ

* CALL TO WORSHIP (based on Psalm 27; John 4:23) Rev. Greg Gibson
Leader: Let us worship God, our light and our salvation.
People: The Lord is the stronghold of our lives.
Leader: We desire to live in God’s house
and to seek God in his holy temple.
People: We have come with shouts of joy,
to sing and to make music to the Lord.
Leader: Let us worship God in spirit and in truth.
All: Teach us your ways and make straight our paths
in this hour of worship and always.

* OPENING HYMN 73 O Worship the King LYONS


1. O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing God's power and God's love;
our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.
2. O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.
3. Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
4. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

* SCRIPTURE LESSON John 15:1-8


This is the Word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.

SERMON Resurrection Response: Dr. Steve Pulliam


ABIDE
CALL TO CONFESSION (based on Isaiah 54:7-8) Rev. Greg Gibson
God’s Word assures us:
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. In humility and faith, let us confess our sin to God.

PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND PARDON


O God, our Father, you have loved us with a love beyond our understanding,
and you have set us on paths of righteousness for your name’s sake.
As we remember the lavish gift of your grace symbolized in baptism, O God,
we praise you and give you thanks that you forgive us our failings.
Grant us now, we pray, the grace to die daily to sin,
and to rise daily to new life in Christ,
who lives and reigns with you, and in whose strong name we pray. Amen.

GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERING

OFFERTORY ANTHEM Living Bread Gilbert Martin


Choral Scholars

* GREAT THANKSGIVING
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.
The pastor gives thanks, remembering God’s acts of salvation, and concludes:
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven,
We praise your name and join their unending hymn:

The pastor continues the thanksgiving and concludes:


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:

The pastor invokes the present work of the Holy Spirit and then praises the Trinity, concluding:
All honor is yours, Almighty Father, now and forever:
RECEIVING THE BREAD AND CUP

COMMUNION MUSIC Abide with Me arr. Cindy Berry


Frode Gundersen, piano

RECEIVING PRAYER & INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

* CLOSING HYMN 540 I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord ST. THOMAS


1. I love thy kindom, Lord, the house of thine abode,
the church our blest Redeemer saved with his own precious blood.
2. I love thy church, O God! Her walls before thee stand
dear as the apple of thine eye, and graven on thy hand.
3. Beyond my highest joy I prize her heavenly ways,
her sweet communion, solemn vows, her hymns of love and praise.
4. Sure as thy truth shall last, to Zion shall be given
the brightest glories earth can yield, and brighter bliss of heaven.

BENEDICTION

CLOSING VOLUNTARY Postlude on ‘St. Thomas’ George Burdett


Scott Montgomery, organ

(*) The asterisk indicates to stand, as you are able.

WORSHIP LEADERS
Dr. Steve Pulliam, Executive Pastor
Rev. Greg Gibson, Missions Pastor
Dr. Frode Gundersen, Director of Music & Worship
Scott Montgomery, Associate Music Director & Organist
Dennese Adkins, Gloria Deveraux, Ethan Godfrey & Staceé Lyles, Choral Scholars
Amy Hardin & Lawson Templeton, Audio/Visual

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
We are so glad that you have chosen to be with us this morning. We are mindful during this pandemic just
how special worshipping together is. In our effort to keep everyone as safe as possible, we are asking that
everyone adhere to the following directives while in the sanctuary.
1. Masks must be worn over your nose and mouth as you enter and exit the sanctuary.
2. Once you are seated in your pew, you have the option to remove your mask.
3. Please refrain from physical contact with others, outside of your family groups.
No handshaking, embracing, or touching.
4. Please remain seated and enjoy the closing voluntary. An usher will indicate when your row
may depart. You will leave via the window aisles, and exit through the north doors.
5. We ask that you take everything with you when you leave.
6. We encourage you to drop your offering in the plate by the door as you leave.
7. Thank you for joining us today, and we wish you a wonderful week ahead!

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