Northern Konxions United Methodist Church

Northern KonXions United Methodist Church

Mailing address: PO Box 397, 2 Chapel St. Belfast NY 14711

Website: nkxumc.com Email: office@nkxumc.com

Mission Hub: 8989 Main Street, Rushford

Campuses: 2 Chapel Street, Belfast; 25 Minard St., Fillmore

Pastor Craig Buelow Office (585)365-1043 Cell (716) 410-6049

 

Good Morning or Welcome!

 

Call to worship: We gather on a somber holiday weekend of remembrance. We remember with sadness those we and others have loved and lost. Let us not glorify the conflicts and violence that tear our loved ones from us. Let us, rather, give glory to God, who calls us to use our freedom peaceably. Our God is a God of all nations and peoples. May our worship of God unite rather than divide.

 

Hymn or Praise: Remember your Chains (Steven Curtis Chapman)

I COULDN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT HE WAS THINKING

AS HE STARED OUT THE WINDOW THROUGH THE SKY

IT SEEMED HE WAS TAKING HIS LAST LOOK AT FREEDOM

FROM THE HOPELESS, LONGING LOOK IN HIS EYES

 

THERE WERE CHAINS ON HIS HANDS, AND CHAINS ON HIS FEET

AND AS I PASSED HIM BY, THE THOUGHT CAME TO ME...

 

Refrain: (SO) REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS , REMEMBER THE PRISON THAT ONCE HELD YOU, BEFORE THE LOVE OF GOD BROKE THROUGH

 

REMEMBER THE PLACE YOU WERE WITHOUT GRACE, WHEN YOU SEE WHERE YOU ARE NOW, REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS, AND REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS ARE GONE!

 

THERE'S NO ONE MORE THANKFUL TO SIT AT THE TABLE

THAN THE ONE WHO BEST REMEMBERS HUNGER'S PAIN

AND NO HEART LOVES GREATER THAN THE ONE THAT IS ABLE

TO RECALL THE TIME WHEN ALL IT KNEW WAS SHAME

THE WINGS OF FORGIVENESS CAN TAKE US TO HEIGHTS NEVER SEEN

BUT THE WISEST ONES

WHOA, THEY WILL NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHERE THEY WERE SET FREE

LOVE SET THEM FREE!

 

AND IN THE LIGHT OF ALL THAT WE'VE BEEN FORGIVEN OF

WE WILL FIND OUT HEARTS FULLER AND FREER

TO GIVE AND RECEIVE GOD'S LOVE

 

IMAGINE WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE IF JESUS HAD NOT SET YOU FREE

REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS ARE GONE

REMEMBER ALL THAT ONCE HELD YOU

BEFORE THE LOVE OF GOD BROKE THROUGH

REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS, AND REMEMBER YOUR CHAINS ARE GONE

 

Invocation: May the Peace which passes all understanding, which has its source within the very nature of Father, Son and Spirit be with us as we meet,

to still our souls and join our hearts as one. May the gentle whisper of the God of peace speak to us through our worship, the reading and

understanding of scripture, and be the message of our lives as we leave this place.

 

Psalms: 23 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Psa 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

 

Hymn of Centering: 472 Nearer to the Heart of God

There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God; a place where sin cannot molest, near to the heart of God. O Jesus, blest Redeemer, sent from the heart of God, hold us who wait before thee near to the heart of God.

 

 

There is a place of comfort sweet, near to the heart of God; a place where we our Savior meet, near to the heart of God. O Jesus, blest Redeemer, sent from the heart of God, hold us who wait before thee near to the heart of God.

 

 

There is a place of full release, near to the heart of God; a place where all is joy and peace, near to the heart of God. O Jesus, blest Redeemer, sent from the heart of God, hold us who wait before thee near to the heart of God.

 

 

Children’s moment: yes

Children stay for reading

 

Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-8 (MSG) Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion! Dress up in your Sunday best, Jerusalem, holy city! Those who want no part of God have been culled out. They won't be coming along.

Isa 52:2 Brush off the dust and get to your feet, captive Jerusalem! Throw off your chains, captive daughter of Zion!

Isa 52:3 GOD says, "You were sold for nothing. You're being bought back for nothing."

Isa 52:4 Again, the Master, GOD, says, "Early on, my people went to Egypt and lived, strangers in the land. At the other end, Assyria oppressed them.

Isa 52:5 And now, what have I here?" GOD's Decree. "My people are hauled off again for no reason at all. Tyrants on the warpath, whooping it up, and day after day, incessantly, my reputation blackened.

Isa 52:6 Now it's time that my people know who I am, what I'm made of—yes, that I have something to say. Here I am!"

Isa 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger bringing good news, Breaking the news that all's well, proclaiming good times, announcing salvation, telling Zion, "Your God reigns!"

Isa 52:8 Voices! Listen! Your scouts are shouting, thunderclap shouts, shouting in joyful unison. They see with their own eyes GOD coming back to Zion.

 

Please stand if you are able for the gospel reading

2Co 5:11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others; but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.

2Co 5:12 We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast in outward appearance and not in the heart.

2Co 5:13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

2Co 5:14 For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that one has died for all; therefore all have died.

2Co 5:15 And he died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them.

2Co 5:16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one from a human point of view; even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view, we know him no longer in that way.

2Co 5:17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

2Co 5:18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation;

2Co 5:19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.

2Co 5:20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

2Co 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

 

This is the Word of God for the people of God Thanks be to God!

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Pause for a moment of reflection

Communion:

Joys and concerns:

 

Lords 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. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever, Amen

Hymn of Sending: 377 It is Well with my Soul

 

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrow like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul Refrain

 

Refrain

It is well with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul

 

Though Satan should buffet, Though trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control, That Christ has regarded my helpless estate, And hath shed his own blood for my soul Refrain

 

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole, Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! Refrain

 

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight, The clouds be rolled back as a scroll. The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend, Even so, it is well with my soul Refrain