March 29, 2020 “Is Resurrection Possible?”
Interactive Order of Worship
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Call to Worship: Elemental - El Dorado (Roland Orzabal & Alan Griffiths)
This race is already run
Get off your horse, get on this train
"Welcome to the real world"
I said "Welcome to the real world"
Are we rushing like the wind?
Naked out and naked in
"Welcome to the free world"
I said " Welcome to the me world"
Are we rushing like the wind?
Put your loving arms around
Did you lose your faith in God, no?
Does your conscience always get you down?
Fall to pieces, rough and tumble
Does your conscience always get you down?
[chorus]
These days it's all in the mind
It's elemental
Don't say you’re up when you’re down
It's elemental
Put your loving arms around
This your new year's resolution
Put your loving arms around
Nothing doing resolution
Put your loving arms around
Take another leap in the dark
With a humble heart
Do yourself some good
What did you become?
Patience, be sure
Baby, baby
[chorus]
These days it's all in the mind
It's elemental
Don't say you’re up when you’re down
It's elemental
Passing of the Peace: Through the act of passing the peace of Christ, we offer our sincere desire to love our neighbor.
As you can, greet one another in the live stream chat on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook.
Zoom Fellowship Coffee Hour: Immediately following worship on Zoom
Announcements:
Jubilee Fund: This fund is designated to helping reduce the burden of debt in our community. As we make our way through the pandemic, the economic pressures are going to be challenging. If you feel led, you can now donate through Venmo!
VENMO: You can find us here: https://venmo.com/LAFirstUMC
Skid Row Community Handwashing Campaign: http://skidrowpower.com/handwashing/
How you can help:
Build a DIY handwashing station and drop it off at LA CAN ( 838 E 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021). We will place it in Skid Row where it can best serve residents
Drop off (or ship) supplies to LA CAN. We need parts to build more DIY handwashing stations, and supplies to keep them working, like liquid soap and paper towels.
Donate to LACAN to support our handwashing campaign. Follow our social media to see how your donations are making a difference.
Report the status of Handwashing Stations so we can update our map. Send us your field reports at handwashing@skidrowpower.com (note the address, the status, and if possible attach a photo or video).
Zoom Bible Study: LA First UMC Bible Study - Psalm 139
Time: Monday evenings at 6:30 PM PST
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Praying with the Daily Examen: What is the Examen?
St. Ignatius of Loyola created the Examen to be a very short prayer that can be prayed at any time. In the Examen, we review our recent past to find God and his blessings in our daily life. Ignatius would say that the Examen should be the most important moment of our day, because this moment affects every other moment.
Relish the moments that went well and all of the gifts you have today.
Request that the Spirit lead you through your review of the day.
Review your day.
Repent of any mistakes or failures.
Resolve, in concrete ways, to live tomorrow well.
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CALL TO PRAYER How the City Sings - El Dorado (Sam Carter)
As the morning mumbles
As the sleepers rise
As the main road rumbles
As I rub my eyes
[Chorus]
I can hear the city sing
How the city sings
I can hear the city sing
a million hymns
As the office closes
and the streetlights spark
As the foxes scurry
Out into the dark
[Chorus]
I can hear the city sing
How the city sings
I can hear the city sing
a million hymns
[Chorus 2]
When we sing can you hear
pure delight pure delight
When we sing can you feel
joy that nothing can conceal
When we sing can you hear
pure delight pure delight
When we sing can you feel
joy that nothing can conceal
When my troubles chew me
and worry at my bones
May a melody renew me
A rhythm walk me home
[Chorus]
I can hear the city sing
How the city sings...
I can hear the city sing
a million hymns
[Chorus 2]
When we sing can you hear
pure delight pure delight
When we sing can you feel
joy that nothing can conceal
Joys and Concerns: We believe that the best way to bear our burdens is to share them with one another. You are invited to share your joys and concerns so that our community can hold these things in our hearts as we lift them to God together.
You are invited to share your prayers in the Facebook Live Chat, or on the YouTube Live chat. https://www.lafirstumc.org/worship-without-walls
Psalm 130: A Reading by Members of LA First UMC
Come Thou Fount: Come Thou Fount - El Dorado (Robert Robinson)
Come Thou fount of every blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the mount, I'm fixed upon it
Mount of Thy redeeming love
Here I raise my Ebenezer
Hither by Thy help I've come
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure
Safely to arrive at home
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wandering from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Interposed His precious blood
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let that goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
GOSPEL READING: John 11:1-45
One: This is the word of God, for us, the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God!
SERMON: Is Resurrection Possible?
Rev. Mandy Sloan McDow
Invitation to the Table: As we understand the Body of Christ to be inclusive, we understand God’s table of grace and fellowship can extend into our homes. As you’re able, bring your own elements to this time. Bread, Juice, Coffee, Muffins… the Body of Christ is comprised of wonder and mystery. Today, we celebrate that God can reach us where we are, even if we are not together.
The Great Mystery of our Faith
All: Christ has died
Christ is risen.
Christ will come again.
The 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,
for ever and ever. Amen.
Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus/ Time After Time: So Sweet to Trust - El Dorado (William J. Kirkpatrick & Louisa M. R. Stead)
Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
And to take him at his word
Just to rest upon his promise
And to know, "Thus saith the Lord."
[chorus]
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more
Time After Time
Lying in my bed, I hear the clock tick and think of you
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new
Flashback, warm nights almost left behind
Suitcases of memories, time after…
Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear what you've said
Then you say, Go slow. I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
[chorus]
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time
After my picture fades and darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm OK
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time
[chorus]
If you're lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time
[chorus]
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him
How I've proved him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus
O for grace to trust him more!
Benediction
Remember:
God is with you,
God is for you,
God refuses to be God without you.
And may all of God’s people say: Amen.
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