Dayton United Methodist Church

  Call to worship: L: If the fiend of fear darkens your step, if the demon of pride dogs your trail,  P: Retreat into the hiding place; God shall surround you with love. L: If the frost of winter nips at your heels, if the chill of death sits on your bones, P: Come unto the hiding place; God shall wrap you in deliverance. A: Blessed are they who hide in the Lord, for nothing is hidden that shall not be revealed. Blessed are they who trust in the Lord, for they shall find refuge and strength. Opening Hymn:   Fairest Lord Jesus   #189 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. 2 Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, robed in the blooming garb of spring: Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, who makes the woeful heart to sing. 3 Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight, and all the twinkling starry host: Jesus shines brig...

Call to worship: L: If you cry the cry of the brokenhearted, your God shall hear and bind you up.  P: If we plead the plea of the outcast, our God shall hear and bring us in. A: Let us rejoice, and bind up all wounds; let us rejoice, and bring all peoples in! For the world is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof, and we are God’s people together! Opening Hymn:   Praise to the Lord, the Almighty   #139 1. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise him, for he is thy health and salvation! Join the great throng, Psaltery, organ and song, Sounding in glad adoration! 2. Praise to the Lord! Over all things he gloriously reigneth. Borne as on eagle wings, safely his Saints he sustaineth. Hast thou not seen. How all thou needest hath been Granted in what he ordaineth? 3. Praise to the Lord, who doth prosper thy way and defend thee. Surely his goodness and mercy shall ever attend thee. Ponder anew, What the Almighty can do, Who with his love doth b...

  Call to worship: L: The works of God endure forever!  P: Great are they, and greatly to be praised. L: Our God is the God of quail and manna, P: Our God is the God of the fiery pillar, L: Our God is the God of the prophet’s mountain, P: Our God is the God of the promised land. A: Faithful and just ate the works of heaven! Come, let our praise endure forever! Come, let us sing to the Lord our God! Opening Hymn:   God Hath Spoken by the Prophets   #108 1 God hath spoken by the prophets,  spoken the unchanging Word, each from age to age proclaiming, God the One, the righteous Lord! 'Mid the world's despair and turmoil,  one firm anchor holdeth fast: God eternal reigns forever, God the first, and God the last. 2 God hath spoken by Christ Jesus, Christ, the everlasting Son; brightness of the Father's glory, with the Father ever one; spoken by the Word incarnate, God of God, ere time was born; Light of Light, to earth descending, Christ, as God in human form. ...

  Call to worship: L: We have heard the profit's cry;  P: The appointed hour has come. L: We have heard the profit's cry;  P: The realm of heaven has entered out midst. L: We have heard the profit's cry;  P: Let us turn from our nets and follow the Lord! L: We have heard the profit's cry;  A: Let us set our hearts and hopes on God! Opening Hymn:   Lord of the Dance   #261 1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun, and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth. At Bethlehem I had my birth. [Refrain:] Dance, then, wherever you may be; I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he. 2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee, but they would not dance and they would not follow me; I danced for the fishermen, for James and John; they came to me and the dance went on. (Refrain) 3 I danced on the sabba...