Bethel Church Service
Second Sunday of Easter
Service of Singing Favorite Hymns
April 27, 2025
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Gathering
Arthur brings the light of Christ to the altar
Good Morning......we're going to have an old-fashioned Hymn Sing...
...Birthdays...a birthday coming up May 5...and Lexie's is on May 10...
...Happy Birthday/Anniversary to you
This is the first Sunday after Easter and we are celebrating...
...each of these hymns is a personal testimony...
Hymn: "Because He Lives"
The 'Story of the Hymn’
Praises, Joys and Concerns
Prayer Concerns
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord's Prayer
Review John Wesley's 'Directions for Singing' on the back of the bulletin
Choral reading of Psalm 100 in the bulletin
Introduction of the Service...
...Janie and Craig......and the hymnals...
UMH-the red United Methodist Hymnal, CH-the brown Cokesbury...
and TFWS-the black Faith We Sing songbook
First Hymn: CH 121 "The Church in the Wildwood"
...visiting the Little Brown Church in the Vale
There are 22 more hymns to sing....so settle back for this service in song
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Hymn: CH 62 "In the Garden"
Hymn: UMH 348 "Softly and Tenderly"
Hymn: UMH 534 "Be Still My Soul"
Hymn: UMH 405 "Seek Ye First"
Hymn: UMH 593 "Here I Am, Lord"
Hymn: UMH 347 "Spirit Song"
Hymn: UMH 504 "The Old Rugged Cross"
Hymn: UMH 467 "Trust and Obey"
Hymn: UMH 707 "Hymn of Promise"
Hymn: UMH 703 "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Hymn: UMH 706 "Soon and Very Soon"
Hymn: UMH 572 "Pass it On"
Hymn: UMH 520 "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See"
Hymn: UMH 526 "What a Friend We Have in Jesus"
Hymn: CH 110 "There's Within My Heart a Melody"
Hymn: TFWS 2282 "I'll Fly Away"
Hymn: CH 95 "Beulah Land"
Hymn: UMH 431 "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
Hymn: UMH 156 "I Love to Tell the Story"
Hymn: CH 96 "Wonderful Words of Life"
Hymn: UMH 701 "When We All Get to Heaven"
Last Hymn: TFWS 2223 "We Are One in the Spirit"
Arthur takes the light of Christ...
...from the altar...
...back into the world
Closing Words...
....Join Hands for the Closing Chorus..."Bind Us Together".....
...and Benediction
Admin Council Meeting
after the service
There were 16 here for the service today
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