Dayton United Methodist Church

  Call to worship: L: Sing aloud with gladness!  P: Shout with great rejoicing! L: Proclaim the news with all your hearts!  P: And praise the heavens with all your souls! A: God has saved all the peoples! Opening Hymn :   Hail to the Lord’s Anointed #203 1. Hail to the Lord's Anointed, great David's greater Son! Hail in the time appointed, his reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, to set the captive free; to take away transgression, and rule in equity. 2. He comes with succor speedy to those who suffer wrong; to help the poor and needy, and bid the weak be strong; to give them songs for sighing, their darkness turn to light, whose souls, condemned and dying, are precious in his sight. 3. He shall come down like showers upon the fruitful earth; love, joy, and hope, like flowers, spring in his path to birth. Before him, on the mountains, shall peace, the herald, go, and righteousness, in fountains, from hill to valley flow. 4. To him shall prayer unc...

  Call to worship: L: Let us lift up the name of our God! P: Let us praise the faithfulness of the Lord! L: For just as the Lord’s greatness fills the heavens, P: The Lord’s love embraces the earth, L: Preserving our life in the midst of trouble. A: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God! Opening Hymn:   It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord   #352 Refrain: It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. 1 Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Not my brother, not my sister, but it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. [Refrain] 2 Not the preacher, not the deacon, but it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Not the preacher, not the deacon, but it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. [Refrain] 3 Not my father, not my mother, but it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. Not my father, not my mother, but it’s me, O Lord, stan...

Call to worship: L: The God who answers in a day of trouble is among us,  P: And, behold, it is very good! L: The God who lights a candle during the night is here, P: And, behold, it is very good! A: Hearts, rejoice! For peace has triumphed over trouble, and morning has broken eternal light! Opening Hymn:   Jesu, Jesu   #432 [Refrain:] Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show us how to serve the neighbors we have from you. 1 Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their feet, Master who acts as a slave to them. (Refrain) 2 Neighbors are rich and poor, neighbors are black and white, neighbors are near and far away. (Refrain) 3 These are the ones we should serve, these are the ones we should love; all these are neighbors to us and you. (Refrain) 4 Loving puts us on our knees, serving as though we are slaves, this is the way we should live with you. (Refrain) 5 Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their feet, this is the way we...

  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! ...