A TIME OF PRAYER

Choral Call to Prayer His Name Is Wonderful No. 174

Prayer/Lord's Prayer

Choral Response

CHORAL ANTHEM How Can I keep From Singing? Robert Lowry

arr. Craig Courtney

SCRIPTURE Psalm 71:1-6

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

HYMN (remain seated) Fairest Lord Jesus No. 189

SERMON

OFFERING

Call to Stewardship and Mission

Offertory There'll Be Heavenly Music In The Air Kevin G. Pace

Doxology/Prayer of Dedication

Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him,

all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

COMMUNION Lord I Need You Reeves, Carson/arr. Mark Hayes

*HYMN Jesus Shall Reign No. 157

*BENEDICTION

God calls us forth to live to live by faith.

Christ leads us to act and speak with love.

The Spirit strengthens us to persevere.

We go in the power of God’s love.

CHORAL RESPONSE Majesty No. 176

POSTLUDE Be Ye Blessed Chester Nordman

* Please stand as able.

Music Director: Julia Burns Piano/Keyboard: Dennis Eiler Organ: Brad Bettencourt

Psalm 71

In you, O Lord, do I seek refuge;

let me never be put to shame.

In your righteousness, deliver me and set me free;

incline your ear to me and save me.

Be for me a stronghold to which I may ever resort;

send out to save me, for you are my rock and

my fortress.

Deliver me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,

from the grasp of the evildoer and the

oppressor.

For you are my hope, O Lord God,

my confidence, even from my youth.

Upon you have I leaned from my birth,

when you drew me from my mother’s womb;

my praise shall be always of you.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels,

but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a

clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers,

and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,

and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,

but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give away all

my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that

I may boast,* but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or

boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its

own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not

rejoice in wrongdoing but rejoices in the truth. It

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things.

Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will

come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as

for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know

only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when

the complete comes, the partial will come to an

end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I

thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I

became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For

now we see in a mirror, dimly,* but then we will see

face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will

know fully, even as I have been fully known. And

now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and

the greatest of these is love.

ATTENDANCE GIVING

WEEK 8:30 10:30

IN-

PERSON

VIDEO TOTAL

01/05 40 56 96 10 106 $9,464

01/12 41 56 97 04 101 $7,026

01/19 47 49 96 15 111 $3,618

01/26 37 46 83 9 92 $14,092

Our Fiscal Year started July 1 Weekly Oering Needed $6,321

STEWARDSHIP REPORT:

STEWARDSHIP REPORT: YTD Received $211,006

YTD Budgeted $186,930 LA Fire Relief: $9,340

Today's Liturgist: Joyce Singelman

First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande

275 N. Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande 93420

(805) 481-2692 fumcag@sbcglobal.net worshipweekly.com

First United Methodist Church of Arroyo Grande

275 N. Halcyon Road, Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

805 481-2692 fumcag@yahoo.com worshipweekly.com

Abbreviation Legend

CH--Criswell Hall

S--Sanctuary

K--Kitchen

L--Library---

Room #123

MMR--McMillen

Room #113

PS--Pastor's Study

HR--Handbell

Mon Feb 3 6 PM Gerry's Quilt Class-CH

Tue Feb 4

9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 10;00 AM Sew & Sews-MMR, 11:00

AM Chair Yoga-CH, 1:00 PM Bible Study-Criswell Hall, 5:00 PM Bell

Choir Rehearsal-Handbell Room.

Wed Feb 5 9 AM Church Work Morning-Criswell Hall, 10 AM MME-MMR.

Thu Feb 6

9:00 AM Senior Exercise-CH, 11:00 AM Chair Yoga-CH, 5:00 PM

Bell Choir Rehearsal-Handbell Room, 6:30 PM Chancel Choir

Rehearsal-Sanctuary.

Fri Feb 7

Sat Feb 8

Sun Feb 9

8:30 AM Contemporary Service-Sanctuary.

10:30 AM Traditional Service-Sanctuary. S

Superbowl Chili after 2nd service

February 2, 2025 10:30 AM

ORDER OF WORSHIP

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY

PRELUDE Do Lord Traditional/arr Brent Edstrom

INTROIT Majesty No. 176

*THE CALL TO WORSHIP

The word of God calls to love in action

and guides us into pathways of service.

The word of God calls us to worship and praise,

strengthening our journeys of faith.

May God bless us with faith, hope, and love

as we come to worship this day.

*OPENING HYMN Shine, Jesus Shine TFWS #2173

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPENING PRAYER

Wrap us in the arms of your love, Holy One, we need your healing grace.

As we gather to worship, tame our pride, teach us patience, and touch us with kindness.

Open our eyes, that we may see ourselves as you see us.

Open our hearts to your Spirit of gentleness, that our words may be true

and that our love may be pure.

Bind us in a love that does not fail or fade, that we may bear all things, believe all things,

And hope all things through your love, which never ends. Amen.

CHILDREN'S MOMENT Carolyn Russell

Today's Hosts:

ELT/Endowment

Sun. Feb. 9

UWF

Donations through UMC

for Southern California Fire Relief:

Make checks payable to the church.

Write FIRE on the memo line or on the

envelope.

2025 Membership Class

Wherever you are on the faith journey, we welcome you

to come to a gathering on February 23, 2025, from 9:45

am to 10:15 am at church.

Upcoming Memorials

FUMCAG Sanctuary

2/8/2025 10 AM Bill Weitkamp

2/15/202511 AM Wayne Huggins

Sunday February 9 after

second service

Superbowl Chili takeout

$20 serves 2

Sunday

February 16

UMM Sweetheart Pancake

Breakfast

Serving 9:15-10:45 AM

Tickets $10 per person