ST. JOHN’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
“Bringing People to Christ and Christ to People”
July 19, 2026 9:45
a.m.
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
PRELUDE (Please prepare your hearts and minds for worship.)
LIGHTING OF THE ALTAR CANDLES
WELCOME – A hearing assistance system and large print materials are available. Please see an usher.
*CALL TO WORSHIP (*Please rise in body or spirit.)
Leader: Great is our God and abundant in power, with wisdom beyond our understanding.
People: It is God who numbers all the stars and gives each of them a name, yet bends and heals the broken hearted and binds up all their wounds.
Leader: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
People: And also with you.
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Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death. 18When I
said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. 19When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.
The Word of God for the People of God.
Thanks be to God.
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
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. Amen.
*BLESSING THE OFFERING
SHARING OUR JOYS AND CONCERNS PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
HYMN Battle Hymn (vs 1,4,5) UMH 717
SCRIPTURE
Ephesians 2:1-6
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us
alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
MESSAGE “God Helps Those Who Help Themselves”
*HYMN Change My Heart O God FWS 2152
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*BENEDICTION
*CHORAL BENEDICTION He Is Lord UMH 177
EXTINGUISHING OF ALTAR CANDLES POSTLUDE
Announcements
July 21 – Pasta and Games
July 28 – Pizza. Popcorn and a Movie
Monthly requests include diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, pancake mix, mixed vegetables, soups and toilet paper. A special request for
items that be included in children’s snack bags.
Donations due first Sunday each month.
Requests include: corn flour, vegetable oil, sugar, spaghetti noodles and sauce, rice, beans, and feminine hygiene products.
NEWSLETTER – Submit information by the 20th of the month to Paul Nelson at pnelson37@gmail.com
St. John’s United Methodist Church 312 East Main Street P. O. Box 236 Fruitland, Maryland 21826
410-742-5592
stjohnsfruitland@gmail.com www.stjohnsfruitland.org Pastor Shannon Harris
Cell: 410-777-0162
E-mail: pastorslharris@gmail.com