This Week's Bulletin
Fifth Sunday in Lent
* Indicates that worshippers are to stand if able.
Congregational responses are in bold print.
Worship Leader: Aaron Lewis
ENTRANCE & PRAISE
Prelude “The Trusting Heart to Jesus Clings” John Kwon
Greetings Rev. Sang Hun Han
Announcements Aaron Lewis
*Opening Hymn “My Jesus, I Love Thee” UMH #172
1. My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; for thee all the follies of sin I resign. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
2. I love thee because thou hast first loved me, and purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree; I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow; if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
3. In mansions of glory and endless delight; I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright; I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow;
if ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
Call to Worship
People of God, come and worship the Lord.
We come to know Christ and the power of his resurrection.
The world tells us to trust in our achievements and accomplishments.
But we count all things as loss compared to the surpassing
worth of knowing Christ.
We have not yet reached the goal, but we press on in faith.
We forget what lies behind and strain forward to what lies
ahead.
Christ Jesus has made us his own.
Therefore, we press on toward the goal for the prize of God’s
heavenly call.
Come, let us worship the God who calls us forward in faith.
With grateful hearts, we worship the Lord
*Passing Peace of Christ TFWS #2108
“O How He Loves You and Me”
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
Silent Prayer & Pastoral Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer (Screen)
Contemplation Hymn “More Like You” TFWS #2167
More like you Jesus, more like you. Fill my heart with your desire
to make me more like you. More like you Jesus, more like you.
Touch my lips with holy fire and make me more like you.
Lord, you are my mercy, Lord, you are my grace. All my deepest
Sins have forever been erased. Draw me in your presence. Lead
Me in your ways. I long to bring you glory in righteousness and praise.
PROCLAMATION & RESPONSE
Scripture Reading Philippians 3:4-14 (NIV) Aaron Lewis
4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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 “The Old Rugged Cross” John Kwon
*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
Accept, O Lord, these offerings your people make to you, and grant that the work to which they are devoted may prosper under
your guidance, to the glory of your name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 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: “A New Creation” Rev. Sang Hun Han
SENDING FORTH
Closing Hymn “Lamb of God” TFWS #2113
1. Your only Son, no sin to hide, but you have sent him from your side, to walk upon this guilty sod, and to become the Lamb of God,
**Refrain: O Lamb of God, sweet Lamb of God, I love the holy Lamb
of God! O wash me in his precious blood- my Jesus Christ, the Lamb
of God.
2. Your gift of love they crucified, they laughed and scorned him as he died, the humble king, they named a fraud and sacrificed the Lamb of God. **
3. I was so lost I should have died, but you have brought me to your
side, to be led by your staff and rod, and to be called a lamb of God. **
*Benediction Rev. Sang Hun Han
Postlude Traditional Anglican Melody 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.