Order of Worship

January 19, 2025

Dearborn First UMC

22124 Garrison Street, Dearborn, MI 48124

www.dearbornfirstumc.org     office@dearbornfirstumc.org

~ We invite you to quiet your hearts and minds for worship as our prelude begins ~

Prelude
Chancel Choir
“Deep River”

GATHERING

Welcome Statement
Pastor Suzy Todd

Welcome to Dearborn First United Methodist Church. We believe that all people are made in God's image and are loved by God. We believe that the church should act as Christ acted, opposing all oppression, persecution and ostracism. Therefore, we welcome, empower and celebrate people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds; all sexual orientations and gender identities; all socio-economic and immigration statuses; all abilities and ages. We embrace the full diversity of God’s glorious creation because we believe that is the only way to live into the kin-dom to come. 

Life of the Church
Matt Roush

*Call to Worship
Pastor Suzy Todd

We seek God 

There is revelation in every experience of love.

We seek knowledge

There is revelation where science uncovers the Logos

We seek wisdom

There is revelation in the voices preserved through scripture 

We seek community

There is revelation when we join the traditions of our ancestors

*Opening Hymn
UMH #89 “Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” v.1-4

Family Moment
Tracy Lahay

*CONFESSION & PARDON
Pastor Suzy Todd

Gracious God,
We believe that you offer to us and our world a whole and good life. 
Forgive us for when we fail to embrace this life with the fullness of our being.
Forgive us for the times we do not love you with all of our strength.
Forgive us when we deny the role of our intellect in relationship with you. 
For all that we have done to deny each other and ourselves the fullness of life - body, mind and soul -  we ask your forgiveness and your mercy.

Siblings in Christ,
As you choose again this day to love God with the fullness of being, mind and strength
know that God has forgiven you and offers to you a new and full life.
Praise be to  God, now forever. Amen.

PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD

Meditation
Chancel Choir
“Anthem of Faithfulness”

Sermon
Pastor Suzy Todd
“A Mindful Faith”

Romans 12:2, Proverbs 18:12-15
Proverbs 8:8-12, 

Pastoral Prayer and Prayers of the People
Pastor Suzy Todd

The Lord’s 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. 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, forever. Amen.

RESPONSE TO THE WORD PROCLAIMED

Offering
Matt Roush

Offertory
UMH #472 “Near to the Heart of God” v.1-3

Doxology
UMH #95 “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”

Prayer of Dedication
Pastor Suzy Todd

Closing Hymn
UMH #374 “Standing on the Promises” v.1,2,4

SENDING

Benediction
Pastor Suzy Todd

~ We invite you to go in peace or remain in quiet meditation during the postlude ~

Postlude
Bob Barnhart
“Sortie in D”