MESSAGES FOR THE EASTER SEASON:
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05/24/2020 – Ascension Sunday
Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
- PRELUDE: “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee” UMH #175
WORDS: Attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th Century; translated by Edward Caswell, 1849; MUSIC: John B. Dykes, 1866. Copyright Status Public Domain; Sung and produced by Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
- GREETING: Good morning and welcome from Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
Malone: Centenary UMC Ascension Sunday, May 24, 2020
- MESSAGE: 05/24/2020 “Waiting for the Wind” by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
- VIDEO: 05/24/2020: “It’s Our Turn Now” by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
VISUAL LITURGY & MUSIC SELECTIONS:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: //RISE// A poetic reflection on the Ascension of Christ
- ANTHEM: “You Are Mine” TFWS #2218 LYRICS PDF
WORDS & MUSIC: David Haas, 1991
Copyright 1991 GIA Publications, Inc.; Used with Permission – CCLI
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: //CHRIST BE WITH ME// The Irish Prayer
with music by The Brilliance
- Choral Benediction for the Easter Season: Christ the Lord Has Risen Today Lyrics written by Charles Wesley, copyright status is Public Domain; sung and produced by Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
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05/17/2020 – 6th Sunday of Easter Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
- PRELUDE: “If Ye Love Me” Composed by Thomas Tallis 1565 – John 14:15-21; Copyright Status Public Domain; Sung and produced by Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
- GREETING: Good morning from Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
- MESSAGE: 05/17/2020 “Believing is Seeing” by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
- VIDEO: 05/17/2020: “If You Love Me” by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
VISUAL LITURGY & MUSIC SELECTIONS:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: //WE BOW BEFORE THE ONE//
Saint Paul’s Prayer from Ephesians 3:14-21 rendered by Chris Neufeld-Erdman [PDF]
READING FROM THE GOSPEL:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Another Advocate John 14:15-21
- ANTHEM: “Abide With Me” UMH#700
Lyrics: Henry F. Lyte, 1847; Music: W.H. Monk, 1861
copyright status is Public Domain; sung and produced by Daniel Craig,
Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
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05/10/2020 – 5th Sunday of Easter
- Worship with Bishop Mark Webb & Upper New York Cabinet:
“No matter what, no matter when… God is!”
- VIDEO: 05/10/2020: “Who Can We Trust?” by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
SPECIAL THOUGHT: A Litany for Mother’s Day
- Leader: Mothers come in many different forms, and today we celebrate them all!
- All: Thank God for mothers!
- Leader: Everyone here is either a son or a daughter.
- All: Thank God for my mother!
- Leader: For those women who have joined God in Heaven
- and whom we miss dearly here on earth.
- All: Thank God for the mothers of the past.
- Leader: For every woman who is working day and night to raise her children right now.
- All: Thank God for the mothers of today.
- Leader: For all the women who are expecting, but aren’t quite mothers yet!
- All: Thank God for the soon-to-be-mothers.
- Leader: For the women who took in others’ children through adoption and foster care.
- All: Thank God for the mothers with hearts so big.
- Leader: For those women who have lost a child to death and must carry on.
- All: Thank God for the mothers who are so strong.
- Leader: For all the women who have desperately wanted to have children of their own,
- but chose instead to mother everyone else.
- All: Thank God for the mothers in spirit.
- We thank you, Lord, for the women who have
- influenced our lives in so many ways.
- We pray that we will honor them in everything we do.
- Amen.
“A Litany for Mother’s Day.” Copyright © 2003, 2007 Peggy Emerson. Published by The General Board of Discipleship. Any local church or United Methodist agency may reprint any or all of this page as long as the following copyright notice appears: “Copyright © 2003, 2007 Peggy Emerson. Published by The General Board of Discipleship. Used with permission.”
Mother’s Amazing Grace
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05/03/2020 – 4th Sunday of Easter Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
- GREETING: “In Communion” by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
- READING FROM THE GOSPEL: John 10:1-10
- MESSAGE: 05/03/2020 “The Lord is MY Shepherd
[The Good Shepherd]” by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain [PDF] - “The Good Shepherd Window” at CUMC [SHEPHERD]
- VIDEO: 05/03/2020: “We Know the Voice…” by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
VISUAL LITURGY & MUSIC SELECTIONS:
READING FROM THE PSALM 23:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Fill the Land featuring Kelly Ann Hall [PDF]
- ANTHEM: “Since Jesus Came Into My Heart” Video / Lyrics
Lyrics: Rufus H. McDaniel, 1914; Music: Charles H. Gabriel, 1914
copyright status is Public Domain; sung and produced by Daniel Craig,
Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
- Choral Benediction for the Easter Season: Christ the Lord Has Risen Today Lyrics written by Charles Wesley, copyright status is Public Domain; sung and produced by Daniel Craig, Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
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04/26/2020 – 3rd Sunday of Easter Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
READING FROM THE GOSPEL: Luke 24:13-35
MESSAGE: 04/26/2020 “Let Those Who Have Eyes See…”
by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain
VIDEO: 04/26/2020: “Back to Normal” by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
FOR FURTHER STUDY on Luke 24:13-35
VIDEO: 04/26/2020: “Look at Jesus” featuring Anglican Bishop [Thomas] N. T. Wright on what he’d say to his children on his death bed. THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE Production
VISUAL LITURGY & MUSIC SELECTIONS:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: BE BEFORE US, JESUS
[‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus] featuring Kelly Ann Hall
- ANTHEM: “Hard Times Come Again No More” written by Stephen Foster; sung and produced by Daniel Craig,
Associate Professor of Music, University of Southern Indiana
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Death Is Only The Beginning [PDF]
- Choral Benediction for the Easter Season: Christ the Lord Has Risen Today
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04/19/2020 – 2nd Sunday of Easter Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
VIDEO: 04/19/2020: A Prayer in the Midst of Social Isolation by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain [with special thanks to Rev. Thom Shuman]
VIDEO: 04/19/2020: I Want To See by Pastor Carl Chamberlain
VISUAL LITURGY SELECTIONS:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Praise Song for the Pandemic [PDF]
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Death Is Only The Beginning [PDF]
SPECIAL MUSIC FOR THE EASTER SEASON:
- THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE: Wait For It / At Last [POEM] [LYRICS]
EASTER SUNDAY
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04/12/2020 – Easter Sunday Bulletin / Lectionary / Prayer
SPECIAL MESSAGES FOR EASTER MORNING:
- VIDEO: Easter Sunday: He’s Out There by Pastor Heidi Chamberlain –
[with special thanks to Rev. Thom Shuman for the inspiration of his Easter Reflection] - VIDEO: Easter Sunday: Things Will Be Different by Rev. Carl D. Chamberlain
- VIDEO: Rolling Away the Stones An Easter Message from Bishop Mark Webb
SPECIAL MUSIC FOR EASTER MORNING:
- VIDEO: WERE YOU THERE? // featuring Andrea Thomas – #VIGIL
- VIDEO: LORD HAVE MERCY // featuring Greg & Lizzy – #VIGIL
- VIDEO: I HAVE SEEN THE LORD // featuring John Finch – #VIGIL
- Our Choral Benediction for the Season of Lent: Bind Us Together
A sower doesn’t keep seeds in the bag. We are now the scattered people of God.
Take root; bloom; bear a rich harvest. — Thom Shuman