for the July 4th Weekend Service
July 5, 2020


Sources of Information for Today's Online Service
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service. One particularly rich source of information for the 4th of July was www.history.com with its many links to related topics. Some of those topics have been converted to local documents among the ones listed below.

For the Independence Day Weekend

Independence Day
About the Declaration of Independence
Read The Declaration of Independence
Declaration Chronology of Events
Why do we Celebrate July 4th with Fireworks?
9 Things You May Not Know
Top 5 Myths about July 4
How the Declaration of Independence was Drafted
a July 1, 1917 article from the New York Times

For the topic of "Freedom"
Freedom Quotes

From an online Search for answers to:
"What is Christian Freedom?", the responses were:
Answer 1, Answer 2, Answer 3

Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Worship Planning Notes
Preaching Notes
Some Hymns suggested for this Day
431 - . Verses . About - Let There Be Peace on Earth
435 - . Verses - O God of Every Nation
437 - . Verses . About - This is My Song
486 - . Verses . From Ocean Unto Ocean (in "The (old) Methodist Hymnal")
490 - . Verses - God Bless Our Native Land (in "The (old) Methodist Hymnal")
......... . Sing Along with Tennessee Ernie Ford
519 - . Verses. About - Lift Every Voice and Sing
548 - . Verses - In Christ there is No East or West
569 - . Verses - We've a Story to Tell to the Nations
586 - . Verses - Let My People Seek Their Freedom
696 - . Verses - America the Beautiful
697 - . Verses - America (My Country, 'tis of Thee)
698 - . Verses - God of Our Fathers (God of the Ages)
717 - . Verses - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Here are a few more "Sing-a-Long" songs for the day
. Sing Along - The Star Spangled Banner with Pat Boone
. Sing Along - God Bless the USA with Lee Greenwood
. Sing Along - This Land is Your Land with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
. Sing Along - This is My Country with Tennessee Ernie Ford
. Sing Along - God Bless America with Tennessee Ernie Ford
. Sing Along . About - God Bless America with Kate Smith

And One More for Listening
. About - What Is America to Me?, sung by Frank Sinatra