Let us be reminded that the days are surely coming when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Abbreviations:

UMH: United Methodist Hymnal
TFWS: The Faith We Sing
W&S: Worship and Song

Theme Hymn:

How Firm a Foundation UMH 529

Service Music:

Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying TFWS 2193
Sent Out in Jesus’ Name TFWS 2184

Music Notes

Isaiah 65:17-25

And here’s the mark, the sign of the proclaimed kingdom: there will be joy in the people of the kingdom. There will be delight, not hate or division, not laughter that demeans and diminishes, but laughter that rejoices in the community that we will become in the kingdom of God in all its surprising diversity. The struggles of the poor, infant mortality, inadequate health care in old age, homelessness and hunger, and more will all disappear in the kingdom. We long for an inclusive kingdom of joy, not a country made great based on fear, scarcity, hatred, and an abusive hierarchy instead of equality rooted in the recognition of our heritage as children of God. We seek a joyful kin-dom of relationship and unity, a joyous expression that is felt in all of creation. The world will no longer suffer from our greed and our fear of scarcity. It will be a source of sustained and sustainable joy for all creatures.