Sparta Hill United Methodist Church
26 Gillie Roache Lane
Evergreen, AL 36401
Phone: (251) 966-
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REV. JANET SACK, PASTOR
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GATHERING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPENING VERSE: (Psalm 29:1-
1 Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name; worship the LORD in holy splendor. 3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD, over mighty waters.
OPENING HYMN
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
TITHES AND OFFERINGS
ALL THINGS COME OF THEE
OLD TESTAMENT: Isaiah 6:1-
6:1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” 4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. 7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.” 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”
HYMN OR SPECIAL MUSIC
NEW TESTAMENT:
John 3:1-
3:1. Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus [a] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with that person.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.” [b] 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You [c] must be born from above.’ [d] 8 The wind [e] blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 11 “Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen, yet you [f] do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
SERMON ................................................... ‘The Way God Loves Us’
PASTOR JANET SACK
HYMN
CALL TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP
HOLY COMMUNION
HOLY COMMUNION SERVICE -
THANKSGIVING AND COMMUION
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up you 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 appropriate to the occasion,
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:
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.
Pastor continues the Thanksgiving. The institution of the
Lord’s Supper is recalled. The Pastor 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.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
The pastor invokes the present work of the Holy Spirit
and then praises the Trinity, concluding:
All honor and glory is yours, almighty Father (God) now and for ever.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN BENEDICTION
SPARTA HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
PASTOR: REV. JANET SACK
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
**NOTE: Choir Practice Each Saturday Before
The 2nd And 4th Sunday, At 9:00 A.M.