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Listen Now: A Bold Promise – Advent 2015 Week 1

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Prepare for Jesus – An Advent Study series – Download all of our Advent/Christmas materials and view all of our events.

Advent Week 1 – November 29th

Message: A Bold Promise – Listen Now!

Scriptures: John 1:1-5     and    Luke 1:26-37

Pastor LuAnn Rourke

Here’s a YouTube playlist containing the songs that were part of worship this morning. Listen & Enjoy!


*Note – this version of It Came Upon the Midnight Clear contains a verse that isn’t a part of the United Methodist Hymnal and that we didn’t sing in church (this verse is however part of the original poem). However, this verse has been really speaking to your webmaster and so I included this version. Here’s the lyrics for this verse that many may not have heard before.

Yet with the woes of sin and strife
The world has suffered long;
Beneath the angel-strain have rolled2
Two thousand years of wrong;
And man, at war with man, hears not3
The love-song which they bring;4
O hush the noise, ye men of strife,5
And hear the angels sing.

Unison Prayer:

God of promise and hope, we present ourselves to you, knowing you are the source of all good gifts. Help us to live each day seeking to offer love and compassion for the least, the lost, and the lowliest in a way that is pleasing to you. We pray this in the name of the Christ who comes to bring us hope. Amen.

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Listen Now: Prepare the Way – Advent 2015 Week 2

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Advent Week 2 – December 6th

Message: Prepare the Way – Listen Now!

Scriptures: Matthew 3:1-6

Holy Communion

Pastor LuAnn Rourke

Here’s a YouTube playlist containing the songs that were part of worship this morning. Listen & Enjoy!

 

Unison Prayer:

God of love and mercy, call us once again to prepare for the coming of your Son. Fill our prayers with adoration and devotion. Fill our songs with joy and praise. Fill our lives with mercy and grace. Use us, and these gifts we bring this day, to help bring about a world where your love, mercy and grace reign supreme. We pray this in the name that is above all others, Jesus the Christ. Amen.

 

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Listen Now: While We Wait – Advent 2015 Week 3

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Advent Week 3 – December 13th

Message: While We Wait – Listen Now!

Scriptures: Luke 1:39-45

Pastor LuAnn Rourke

Here’s a playlist of the songs we sang this week.

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Listen Now: God is With Us – Advent 2015 Week 4

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Advent Week 4 – December 20th

Message: God is With Us – Listen Now!

Scriptures: Matthew 1:18-22

Pastor LuAnn Rourke

Here’s a YouTube playlist of all of the songs that were part of worship this morning.  We started the worship service watching this same video that starts the playlist.

Unison Prayer:

Heavenly Father, in the midst of a season so focused on shopping and finding the right gift, we remember that all our giving has its foundation in the amazing gift you gave to us: putting on flesh and coming in the form of a child, Emmanuel, God with us! May what we give today, and in the days to come, be bathed in the knowledge that yours is the most perfect gift andthe only thing we really need. We pray in the holy name of the Christ child, the Prince of Peace. Come Lord Jesus! Amen. 

 

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Listen Now: Prepare for Jesus – Celebrate the Light – Christmas Eve

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Christmas Eve – December 24th 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm

Message: She Said Yes! – Listen Now!

Featuring candle lighting and Holy Communion

Pastor LuAnn Rourke

During worship, we sing Silent Night by candlelight. Here’s what the sanctuary looks like.

Silent Night - Christmas Even Sanctuary

 

During the 7:00pm worship, we also have a special family time. All ages gather up front to play carols on the Happy Bells. Here’s how this looks. It’s a highlight for many kids.

Happy Bells

 

After Communion, we watched this video

 

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Epiphany – Sermons from the Sunday after Christmas until the start of Lent

Prepare Ye Series – Advent 2020 (From 11/29 thru Christmas Eve)

Special Sundays (including All Saints and Stewardship Sunday)

Changing Colors – Fall 2020 Series

The Blessings of Sabbath – September 2020

View all past online worship experience choices

Youth Social Media Links

Missions

Mission Projects – 2020

Everyone can participate!

  • Ongoing – LOVE Pantry – Accepting cash donations and non-perishable food donations
    • Fill a grocery bag from the gathering area labelled with a current need
  • Knitting with Jesus – Meets on Thursdays @ 1pm
  • Aluminum & Steel Tabs and Bottle Caps – Den & Karen Nichols collect these in support of Ronald McDonald House, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The monies earned from this collection go to providing a place for families to stay at Ronald McDonald house while their children are being treated there.
  • Ongoing – Collect items for Operation Christmas Child.  Toys, hygiene products, crayons, hats, gloves, etc. must be able to fit in shoe box, no liquids, and no weapon or war like toys. Bring them to church office or youth ministry!

If you have a need or can fulfill a need in our community, please connect with our church office.

Regular Worship Activities

Bethany United Methodist Church - Clio, MI

In Person worship & activities temporarily suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Please stay in touch with us here on our website and on our Facebook page where we worship together online.

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Sunday:

9am – Sunday School – Join Online

10:30am – Online Worship on Facebook

Learn about Activities for Youth & Children

1st Sunday (when in person) – Communion – The UMC has an open table.

1st Thursday of every month – Grief Support Group at 7pm Meeting digitally for now, contact us for details.

Praise God through Bible study, music, and fellowship. Bible study groups for youth and adults available.

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Bethany United Methodist Church
353 Vienna Street
P.O. Box 327
Clio, Michigan 48420
Phone: 810-686-5151
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Current Office Hours (December 2020) Mon & Wed 10am – 1pm

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