This Week's Bulletin
1st Sunday of Lent
* Indicates that worshippers are to stand if able.
Congregational responses are in bold print.
Worship Leader: Aaron Lewis
ENTRANCE & PRAISE
Prelude “Prelude in B Minor” John Kwon
(J.S. Bach)
Greetings Rev. Sang Hun Han
Announcements Aaron Lewis
*Opening Hymn “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed” UMH #359
1. Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote that sacred head for sinners such as I?
**Refrain: At the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light,
and the burden of my heart rolled away; it was there by faith
I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day.
2. Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree?
Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree! **
3. Well might the sun in darkness hide, and shut its glories in,
when God, the mighty maker, died for his own creature's sin. **
4. Thus might I hide my blushing face while his dear cross appears;
dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt mine eyes to tears. **
*Call to Worship
L: “Come walk with me!” the Savior calls.
C: Out of the darkness and into the light, we come.
L: “Come walk with me,” the Savior bids.
C: And one by one we come. White hair and black hair, red,
brown, blue and green. Builders and bloomers, Generation
X, Y, and Z.
L: “Come walk with me,” the Savior invites.
C: To laugh, to cry, to dance, to mourn, to eat, to drink, to sing,
to party, to live, we come.
L “Come Walk with me,” the Savior summons.
C: We come, gathered into One – to the cross, to the tomb, to
the garden, to the seashore, to the world, no longer
strangers, but friends. Amen.
Passing Peace of Christ “O How He Loves…” TFWS #2108
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!
Children's Message:
Children's Church:
Joys and Concerns
Pastoral Prayer
Lord’s Prayer (Screen)
Contemplation Hymn “Come and Find the Quiet Center” TFWS #2128
1. Come and find the quiet center in the crowded life we lead, find
the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed:
Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes that we can see
all the things that really matter, be at peace, and simply be.
2. Silence is a friend who claims us, cools the heat and slows the pace,
God it is who speaks and names us, knows our being, touches base,
making space within our thinking, lifting shades to show the sun,
raising courage when we're shrinking, finding scope for faith begun.
3. In the Spirit let us travel, open to each other's pain, let our loves and
fears unravel, celebrate the space we gain: There's a place for deepest
dreaming, there's a time for heart to care, in the Spirit's lively scheming
there is always room to spare.
PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE
*Scripture Reading Genesis 9:8-15 Aaron Lewis
8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
This is the Word of Life for all the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Offering Our Gifts to God’s Service
Offertory Anthem “Are You Washed in the Blood” John Kwon (E.A. Hoffman)
*Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” #UMH 95
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.
*Prayer of Dedication
Gracious God, help us remember that all belongs to you. Take these offerings and use them for your glory. Take our lives, and use us, always and everywhere, for your glory. In Christ’s name.
Amen.
You may give your offering at www.bfvumc.org/online-giving
or mail it to:
Bethany of Fox Valley UMC
2200 Ridge Ave. Aurora, IL. 60504
Message: “Walk with Me: The Rainbow” Rev. Sang Hun Han
SENDING FORTH
Closing Hymn: “Walk with Me” TFWS #2242
**Refrain: Walk with me, I will walk with you and build the land that
God has planned where love shines through.
1. When Moses heard the call of God he said, "Lord, don't send me."
But God told Moses, "You're the one" to set my people free." **
2. Now Peter was a most unlikely man to lead the flock; but Jesus
knew his holiness and he became the Rock. **
4. And when you share your faith with me and work for life made new,
the witness of your faithfulness calls me to walk with you. **
Benediction Rev. Sang Hun Han
Postlude “Were you there?” John Kwon
We are glad that you joined us this morning in worship.
We hope that you find strength, renewal, and a sense of peace
going through the coming week.