Sunday, January 17
Welcome!
Worship at Home for Sunday, January 17, 2021
Welcome
Prelude
Prelude
“Toccata No. 8 – HANSON PLACE” (“Shall We Gather At the River”) arr. Joel Raney
Call to Worship
Arise, shine; for our light has come.
The glory of the Lord has appeared to us.
For darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples.
But the Lord will be our everlasting light.
His glory will shine upon us forever.
Opening Hymn UMH #189 Fairest Lord Jesus (vs. 1 & 4)
Arise, shine; for our light has come.
The glory of the Lord has appeared to us.
For darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples.
But the Lord will be our everlasting light.
His glory will shine upon us forever.
Opening Hymn UMH #189 Fairest Lord Jesus (vs. 1 & 4)
1. Fairest Lord Jesus, ruler of all nature,
O thou of God and man the Son,
thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.
O thou of God and man the Son,
thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,
thou, my soul’s glory, joy, and crown.
4 Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations!
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor, praise, adoration,
now and forevermore be thine.
(words and music in public domain)
Prayers of the People
Hymn of Preparation UMH #368 My Hope Is Built (vs. 1 & 3)
1. My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain: On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
3. His oath, his covenant, his blood
supports me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. (Refrain)
(words and music in public domain)
Scripture Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 and I Corinthians 1:18-25 (NRSV)
Message “Now and Not Yet” Rev. Don Finch
Invitation to Offering
How manifold are your works, amazing God! When there is darkness in our lives, we can look to you for light and for hope and for renewal of life. Your Spirit comes and we are lifted up and linked to one another. We bring our offerings as an expression of thanksgiving for all your gifts. May your glory be proclaimed in all we give and all we do, when we are together and when we are apart, so that we do your will wherever we are. Amen.
Offertory
“Be Not Afraid” Craig Coutney
Paula Jameson, solo
Paula Jameson, solo
Lord’s Prayer
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH #465 Holy Spirit, Truth Divine (vs. 1 & 4)
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH #465 Holy Spirit, Truth Divine (vs. 1 & 4)
1. Holy Spirit, Truth divine, dawn upon this soul of mine;
Word of God and inward light, wake my spirit, clear my sight.
Word of God and inward light, wake my spirit, clear my sight.
4. Holy Spirit, Right divine, King within my conscience reign;
be my Lord, and I shall be firmly bound, forever free.
(words and music in public domain)
Benediction
No matter where God meets us, God is for us; no matter where God leads us, God is with us; no matter what God asks of us, God will see us through, so let us be courageous in everything we do.
No matter where God meets us, God is for us; no matter where God leads us, God is with us; no matter what God asks of us, God will see us through, so let us be courageous in everything we do.
Postlude
“Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation” arr. Robert Hobby
CCLI #12393
CVLI #03793174
PerformMusic #662
CVLI #03793174
PerformMusic #662
Sunday, January 10
Welcome!
Worship at Home for Sunday, January 10, 2021
Welcome
Happy Epiphany! Welcome to worship with Christ Church United Methodist in Tucson. I am pastor Beth and I am so glad you have joined us today for worship! This Sunday we are celebrating the first Sunday in the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is a special time of revelation, noticing God’s presence among us, listening to God calling each of us to participate in the Good News of the gospel. Today we will be hearing a message from retired pastor Rev. Bob Kuyper on one of my favorite passages of scripture, thank you Pastor Bob! As always, I invite you to go deeper with CCUM by visiting our website and if God is nudging you, calling you to participate in the Good News in a new or different way this year, let us know how we can support you. Now let us worship together.
Prelude
Happy Epiphany! Welcome to worship with Christ Church United Methodist in Tucson. I am pastor Beth and I am so glad you have joined us today for worship! This Sunday we are celebrating the first Sunday in the season of Epiphany. Epiphany is a special time of revelation, noticing God’s presence among us, listening to God calling each of us to participate in the Good News of the gospel. Today we will be hearing a message from retired pastor Rev. Bob Kuyper on one of my favorite passages of scripture, thank you Pastor Bob! As always, I invite you to go deeper with CCUM by visiting our website and if God is nudging you, calling you to participate in the Good News in a new or different way this year, let us know how we can support you. Now let us worship together.
Prelude
“The Ash Grove” arr. Dale Wood
Call to Worship
Confirmed and affirmed by Your Spirit we face the temptations of everyday wildernesses that seek to drive us from the truth, we are God’s beloved children, with whom God is well pleased. Today let us remember that affirmation, let us be confirmed by the calling God has for each and all of us. Today let us be blessed once more by the call to follow and find what it is God has in store for us as the nets of our needs burst with blessings abounding. Amen.
Opening Hymn UMH #578 God of Love and God of Power (vs. 1 & 4) CCLI Song #576791
Confirmed and affirmed by Your Spirit we face the temptations of everyday wildernesses that seek to drive us from the truth, we are God’s beloved children, with whom God is well pleased. Today let us remember that affirmation, let us be confirmed by the calling God has for each and all of us. Today let us be blessed once more by the call to follow and find what it is God has in store for us as the nets of our needs burst with blessings abounding. Amen.
Opening Hymn UMH #578 God of Love and God of Power (vs. 1 & 4) CCLI Song #576791
1. God of love and God of power, grant us in this burning hour
grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
grace to ask these gifts of thee, daring hearts and spirits free.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
4. God of love and God of power, make us worthy of this hour;
offering lives if it’s thy will, keeping free our spirits still.
God of love and God of power, thou hast called us for this hour.
Prayers of the People
Hymn of Preparation UMH # 338 Where He Leads Me (vs. 1)
I can hear my Savior calling, (x3)
“Take thy cross and follow, follow me.”
“Take thy cross and follow, follow me.”
(words and music in public domain)
Scripture 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (NRSV)
Message”Whom May I Say is Calling?”
Pastor Bob Kuyper
Invitation to Offering
God who calls us from the lake shores of life, who meets us in the wildernesses of wondering, abundance is your promise to all who follow you. We hear you declaring that the time has come for good news to ring out, for release, for recovery, for freedom, and favor to reign upon all in new ways. Let us participate in sharing this message of redemption through our gifts and offerings so that all might hear your call. Amen.
Offertory
God who calls us from the lake shores of life, who meets us in the wildernesses of wondering, abundance is your promise to all who follow you. We hear you declaring that the time has come for good news to ring out, for release, for recovery, for freedom, and favor to reign upon all in new ways. Let us participate in sharing this message of redemption through our gifts and offerings so that all might hear your call. Amen.
Offertory
“All Things Bright and Beautiful” arr. John Rutter
Kathy Ferguson, piano
Kathy Ferguson, piano
Lord’s Prayer
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH #398 Jesus Calls Us (vs. 1, 3, 5)
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH #398 Jesus Calls Us (vs. 1, 3, 5)
1. Jesus calls us o’er the tumult
of our life’s wild, restless sea;
day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
saying, “Christian, follow me!”
3. Jesus calls us from the worship
of the vain world’s golden store,
from each idol that would keep us,
saying, “Christian, love me more!”
5. Jesus calls us! By thy mercies,
Savior, may we hear thy call,
give our hearts to thine obedience,
serve and love thee best of all.
(words and music in public domain)
Benediction
No matter where God meets us, God is for us, no matter where God leads us, God is with us, no matter what God asks of us God will see us through, so let us be courageous in everything we do.
No matter where God meets us, God is for us, no matter where God leads us, God is with us, no matter what God asks of us God will see us through, so let us be courageous in everything we do.
Postlude
“Toccata No. 1 – HYFRYDOL” arr. Joel Raney
CVLI #03793174
CCLI #12393
PerformMusic #662
CCLI #12393
PerformMusic #662
Sunday, January 3
Welcome!
Worship at Home for Sunday, January 3, 2021
Welcome
Welcome to worship with Christ Church United Methodist in Tucson. I am pastor Beth and I am so glad you have joined us today for worship! What a beautiful way to start of a new year. We recorded this communion on Dec. 6th, and we will be using it today in our service of communion, remember in the United Methodist Church all people are welcome at God’s table and take a moment now to pause our video and find something to eat and drink for that part of the service. Maybe getting more involved in church is one of your new year resolutions, if so find all the different ways to connect to the ministries of the church online at CCUMtucson.org. And now, let us worship together.
Prelude
Welcome to worship with Christ Church United Methodist in Tucson. I am pastor Beth and I am so glad you have joined us today for worship! What a beautiful way to start of a new year. We recorded this communion on Dec. 6th, and we will be using it today in our service of communion, remember in the United Methodist Church all people are welcome at God’s table and take a moment now to pause our video and find something to eat and drink for that part of the service. Maybe getting more involved in church is one of your new year resolutions, if so find all the different ways to connect to the ministries of the church online at CCUMtucson.org. And now, let us worship together.
Prelude
Fugue and Harmonization on ST. ANNE Hal H. Hopson
Call to Worship
A new year has begun, are we ready? Are we ready to set aside those things which we confuse as treasure? Are we ready to step out on faith? Are we ready to forgive? Are we ready to release our doubts and fears? Let us be a people ready to embrace the turning of time and welcome the new year as we praise and say: O Lord, how majestic if your name in all the earth! We are yours and we are ready!
Opening Hymn UMH #117 O God, Our Help in Ages Past (st. 1 & 4)
A new year has begun, are we ready? Are we ready to set aside those things which we confuse as treasure? Are we ready to step out on faith? Are we ready to forgive? Are we ready to release our doubts and fears? Let us be a people ready to embrace the turning of time and welcome the new year as we praise and say: O Lord, how majestic if your name in all the earth! We are yours and we are ready!
Opening Hymn UMH #117 O God, Our Help in Ages Past (st. 1 & 4)
1. O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home!
4. A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun.
our shelter from the stormy blast, and our eternal home!
4. A thousand ages, in thy sight, are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night, before the rising sun.
(words and music in public domain)
Scripture Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, 15 and Luke 12:15-34 (NRSV)
Hymn of Preparation UMH #383 This Is a Day of New Beginnings (st. 1, 3, 5)
Hymn of Preparation UMH #383 This Is a Day of New Beginnings (st. 1, 3, 5)
CCLI Song #231043
1 This is a day of new beginnings, time to remember and move on,
time to believe what love is bringing, laying to rest the pain that’s gone.
3 Then let us, with the Spirit’s daring, step from the past and leave behind
our disappointment, guilt, and grieving, seeking new paths, and sure to find.
5 In faith we’ll gather round the table to taste and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings; our God is making all things new.
Message Time and Treasure
Pastor Beth
Invitation to Offering
Holy God and Parent of us all: we have moved through this season of vision and dreams to Christmas, and we are reminded that beyond our earthly sight, you have given us a vision of you that transforms the world. Through the saving, redeeming work of the Incarnation, we have become heirs of your dream, and our redemption is the magnificent gift of our vision for salvation. We give our gifts, and we give ourselves as the only fitting response to your adoption of us. Lead us in your way into this new year. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Offertory
Holy God and Parent of us all: we have moved through this season of vision and dreams to Christmas, and we are reminded that beyond our earthly sight, you have given us a vision of you that transforms the world. Through the saving, redeeming work of the Incarnation, we have become heirs of your dream, and our redemption is the magnificent gift of our vision for salvation. We give our gifts, and we give ourselves as the only fitting response to your adoption of us. Lead us in your way into this new year. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Offertory
Great Is Thy Faithfulness arr. Janet P. Tolman
Communion for Christmas
One: O come, o come Emmanuel,
All: And in our heart teach peace to dwell!
One: We are your people waiting and hoping in this Advent time
All: We lift our hearts up to you in love and thanksgiving
One: O come, o come Emmanuel,
All: And in our heart teach peace to dwell!
One: We are your people waiting and hoping in this Advent time
All: We lift our hearts up to you in love and thanksgiving
One: We give our thanks to you Emmanuel, God with us, for you entered into time so that you might know our birth, our lives, our heartbreaks, our joys, and even our death. You have come among us as a reminder of your steadfast love that delivers us each moment to the new possibilities of life in your Spirit.
And so we praise your name and join the unending hymn saying:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, from everlasting to everlasting the stars and earth declare your glory, blessed are we for you have looked upon us with favor and called us to be your people.
You came among us through your Son Jesus Christ, so that the hungry are fed, the lost are found, and the world might know your love. By his birth you remind us to seek you in unexpected places, by his life you remind us that you meet us in the stranger, by his death you remind us that you are with us always, and by his resurrection we remember that there is no death in you.
On that night when Jesus ate his final meal among his friends, gathered together and waiting as we wait now, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples and said: “take eat, this is my self given for you”
Each time we eat it is in remembrance of you, dear Teacher
When the supper was over Jesus took the cup, gave thanks to his disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you, this is my love, the cup of the new covenant poured out for all for the forgiveness of sins”
Each time we drink it is in remembrance of you, dear Redeemer
We feast together in remembrance of God’s mighty acts and we offer our own lives in praise and thanksgiving that we might be the peacemakers and hope bringers of the gospel’s ancient mystery of faith
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here and on these gifts of bread and cup, make them be for us the essence and love of Christ that we might embody for the world the compassion of Christ to all.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world so that one day we may all feast together in the Kingdom of God.
In the name of the Eternal Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, Amen.
Receiving the Elements at this time you are welcome to eat and drink knowing that we share this meal together in spirit.
Let us eat and drink together now, knowing that though we are many, we are united in the sharing of this meal. Amen.
Communion Hymn UMH 624 Bread of the World (st. 1 & 2)
1. Bread of the world in mercy broken,
wine of the soul in mercy shed,
by whom the words of life were spoken,
and in whose death our sins are dead:
2. Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
look on the tears by sinners shed;
and be thy feast to us the token
that by thy grace our souls are fed.
wine of the soul in mercy shed,
by whom the words of life were spoken,
and in whose death our sins are dead:
2. Look on the heart by sorrow broken,
look on the tears by sinners shed;
and be thy feast to us the token
that by thy grace our souls are fed.
(words and music in the public domain)
Prayer after Receiving
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH#707 Hymn of Promise (st. 1 & 2) CCLI Song #126529
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, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Closing Hymn UMH#707 Hymn of Promise (st. 1 & 2) CCLI Song #126529
1 In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free!
In the cold and snow of winter there’s a spring that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
2 There’s a song in every silence, seeking word and melody;
there’s a dawn in every darkness bringing hope to you and me.
From the past will come the future; what it holds, a mystery,
unrevealed until its season, something God alone can see.
Benediction
The Word has become flesh and dwelt among us. Let Christ’s light shine in the darkest corner of your life. Let Christ’s love shine in the darkest corners of our world. God is with us. Alleluia. Amen.
Postlude
The Word has become flesh and dwelt among us. Let Christ’s light shine in the darkest corner of your life. Let Christ’s love shine in the darkest corners of our world. God is with us. Alleluia. Amen.
Postlude
Toccata on ST. ANNE Gordon Young
CVLI #03793174
CCLI #1239
3PerforMmusic #662
CCLI #1239
3PerforMmusic #662
