Dayton United Methodist Church

  Call to worship: L: You in your fields! Come into the barn, for the voice of the Lord cracks over the grain. P: The skies are clapping their dappled hands and tramping upon the ground. L:You in your boots! Come into the shore, for the voice of the Lord breaks over the deep.  P: The floods are lifting up their voice and pounding upon the strand. L: You in your shops! Come down to the cellar, for the voice of the Lord whirls over the rooftops. P: The winds are stripping the forests bare and shaking windows in their frames. L: You in your fields, your boats, your ships, come into the temple where all shall cry, ”Glory!” A: Give glory to God, who thunders above! Give glory to God, who rumbles below! Give glory to God, from here to beyond! Opening Hymn:   Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty   #64 1. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! ...

  Call to worship: L: Come to the birthplace, and we shall become one, even as parent and child are one. P: We come to the God who gives us life, whose life in the world is borne by our labor. L: Let us come singing, and we shall be one, even as melody and harmony are one. P: We come to the God who gives us song, and to whose lead we lend our voices. L: Letus come dancing, and we shall be one, even as rhythm and motion are one. P: We come to the God who gives us dance, and to whose movements we adapt our step. A: Welcome to the birthplace, and we shall be one. We come to our God: we shall be one! Opening Hymn:   Surely the Presence of the Lord    #328 Surely the presence Of the Lord is in this place I can feel His mighty power And His grace I can hear the brush of angel's wings I see glory on each face Surely the presence Of the Lord is in this place Opening Prayer: Spirit, we call! And many are the names by which we call you. You are Creator: fathe...

  Call to worship: L: Come to the birthplace, and we shall become one, even as parent and child are one. P: We come to the God who gives us life, whose life in the world is borne by our labor. L: Let us come singing, and we shall be one, even as melody and harmony are one. P: We come to the God who gives us song, and to whose lead we lend our voices. L: Let us come dancing, and we shall be one, even as rhythm and motion are one. P: We come to the God who gives us dance, and to whose movements we adapt our step. A: Welcome to the birthplace, and we shall be one. We come to our God: we shall be one! Opening Hymn:   All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name    #154 1. All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall; bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all. 2. Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, ye ransomed from the fall, hail him who saves you by his g...

  Call to worship: L: O sing a new song to the Lord our God, a song resounding to the ends of the earth! P: A song of birth and gladness. L: A song of life and peace!  P: A song of love and victory, L: O let your voices roar with the seas! Clap hands with the floods and shout with the hills! A: For our blinded eyes are opened, and our deafened ears unstopped; our crippled feet are leaping, and our muted tongues have found their song! Opening Hymn:   Victory In Jesus  #370 I heard an old, old story, How a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning, Of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins And won the victory. Chorus O victory in Jesus, My Savior, forever. He sought me and bought me With His redeeming blood; He loved me ere I knew Him And all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory, Beneath the cleansing flood. I heard about His healing, Of His cleansing pow'r revealing. How H...