January 18, 2026 Sunday Morning Worship 1st United Methodist, Elizabethton, TN

Описание: The Chiming of the Hour
Welcome and Meet and Greet Bill Heaton
Prelude “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah”1
† Processional Hymn “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”2
†Lighting of the Altar Candles
† Greeting (Litanies and Other Prayers)
Are you troubled by the fickleness of human love?
Come and worship the Lord, whose love is faithful.
Are you troubled by the harshness of human judgments?
Come and worship the Lord, whose judgments are healing.
Are you troubled by the pride of human righteousness?
Come, let us worship the Lord, whose righteousness is pure.
Let us praise the Lord our God,
Whose love helps us to be faithful.
Whose judgments bring about healing,
Whose righteousness makes us pure.
† Opening Prayer Bill Heaton
† Gloria Patri, UMH No. 70 “Glory Be to the Father”3
Affirmation of Faith “A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada”
Children’s Procession “Jesus Loves Me”4
Children’s Time Pastor Mark
Special Music, UMH “Open Hearts, Open Doors”5
Scripture and Sermon Rev. Mark B. McFadden
Isaiah 62:1-5 “Restoration”
Prayer of Confession         (Feasting on the Word)
God, we have chased after foolish things.
We have spent our strength on vanity.
Deliver us from arrogance and forgive our self-concern,
So that we find our reward with you. 
Declaration of Pardon (Nathan Nettleton)
The Lord’s mercy spans the sky.
Our salvation lights up like the dawn.
Seek shelter under the warmth of God’s wings.
The Lord embraces all life in tender mercy.
Having been reconciled to God and one another through Jesus Christ,
Our sins are forgiven;
Dwell in peace with God and one another.
So be it!
Prayers of the People
Lord's Prayer
Presentation of Tithes & Offerings
The Offertory “He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought”6
† Doxology “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”7
†Hymn, UMH 140 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”8
†Benediction
† Postlude “Lead On, O King Eternal”9

MUSIC SELECTION CREDITS
UMH 127 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CCLI# 3014813 CWM RHONDA John Hughes, arr. By Mark Kellner © 1997 PsalmSinger Music
UMH 154 All Hail the Power of Jesus Name CCLI# 25400 CORONATION Words: Edward Perronet, 1779 Music: Oliver Holden, 1792 PUBLIC DOMAIN  
The United Methodist Hymnal No.70 CCLI # 7106692 WORDS: Lesser Doxology, 3r-4th cent. MUSIC: Charles Meineke, 1844 © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House PUBLIC DOMAIN
The United Methodist Hymnal No.191 CCLI # 2648376 JESUS LOVES ME Words: Anna B. Warner, 1860; Music: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1862 PUBLIC DOMAIN
Open Hearts, Open Doors CCLI# 7021536 ST PETER Words and Music by Ruth Elaine Schram. Hymn tune by Alexander Reinagle, 1830. © 2013, Lorenz Publishing Co.
UMH 128 He Leadeth Me CCLI# 3318681 HE LEADETH ME Music by William B. Bradbury. Arr. Lani Smith © 2010 Lorenz Publishing Co.
The United Methodist Hymnal No.95 CCLI 56204 PUBLIC DOMAIN. Words: Ken Thomas, 1674. Music: Attributed to Louis Bourgeois, 1551 PUBLIC DOMAIN
UMH 140 Great Is Thy Faithfulness CCLI# 18723 FAITHFULNESS Words: Thomas O. Chisholm, 1923 (Lam. 3:22-23) Music: William M. Runyan, 1923. © 1923, renewed 1951 Hope Publishing Co.
UMH 580 Lead On, O King Eternal CCLI# 7212244 LANCASHIRE Henry Smart. Arr. By Fred Bock © 1974 by Fred Bock Music Company.