Easter Sunday    April 4, 2021 Sunrise Worship  6:30 am

Morgan’s Chapel United Methodist Church

Rev. Robert McMillan, Pastor

Easter Sunday  ⬧  April 4, 2021

Sunrise Worship  6:30 am


Draping the Cross


Welcome  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan  

The Easter Greeting

Pastor: Christ is risen!

People: Christ is risen indeed!  

All: Alleluia!


Hymn   Up from the Grave He Arose


An Easter Prayer

All: Lord God, walk with us in this time of worship, as you walked with Mary in the garden. Speak our names, that we might hear your voice. Show us your grace, that we might experience your presence and know your love. Grant us faith, even as we gather at the tomb, that we might believe in your resurrection.  In the risen Christ’s name we pray. Amen.


In the Garden  ⬧  Cathy Peterson


Mark 16:1-8  ⬧  Miranda Griffiths 


Meditation  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan


Holy Communion


Hymn   He Lives


Benediction  ⬧  Rev. Robert McMillan

The tomb is empty, Christ has risen.

As you journey in faith, may your life be full, 

your love be abundant, and your hope be eternal.

Live this day and always for Christ Jesus

because the Risen Christ lives in you.


All: Alleluia! Christ is Risen! Amen!


Please join us in the Enfinger Center for breakfast after this service.


Up From the Grave He Arose


Low in the grave He lay, Jesus my Savior! 

Waiting the coming day, Jesus, my Lord! 


CHORUS: Up from the grave He arose, 

with a mighty triumph o’er His foes; 

He arose a victor from the dark domain, 

and He lives forever with His saints to reign. 

He arose! He arose! Alleluia! Christ arose! 


Vainly they watch His bed, Jesus, my Savior! 

Vainly they seal the dead, Jesus, my Lord! 

CHORUS 


Death cannot keep his prey. Jesus my Savior! 

He tore the bars away. Jesus, my Lord! 

CHORUS 



In the Garden  


I come to the garden alone 

While the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear, falling on my ear,
The Son of God discloses.

CHORUS: And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own,
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me,
Within my heart is ringing.
CHORUS


He Lives 


I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today, 

I know that He is living whatever men may say; 

I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer; 

and just the time I need Him, He’s always near. 


CHORUS: He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! 

He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. 

He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! 

You ask me how I know He lives? 

He lives within my heart! 


In all the world around me I see His loving care, 

And though my heart grown weary, I never will despair; I

 know that He is leading through all the stormy blast, 

The day of His appearing will come at last. 

(CHORUS) 


Rejoice, rejoice, O Christian, lift up your voice and sing 

Eternal alleluias to Jesus Christ the King! 

The hope of all who seek Him, the help of all who find, 

None other is so loving, so good and kind.

(CHORUS)

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Go and Tell

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Mark 16:1-8

Lexham English Bible

Jesus Is Raised

16 And when[a] the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome purchased fragrant spices so that they could go and[b] anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning on the first day of the week they came to the tomb after[c] the sun had risen. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” 4 And when they[d] looked up, they saw that the stone had been rolled away (for it was very large). 5 And as they[e] were going into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. 6 But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene who was crucified. He has been raised, he is not here! See the place where they laid him! 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.” 8 And they went out and[f] fled from the tomb, because trembling and amazement had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[g]

The Shorter Ending of Mark

[[So they promptly reported all the things they had been commanded to those around Peter. And after these things, Jesus himself also sent out through them from the east even as far as the west the holy and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.]]

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  1. Mark 16:1 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was over”)

  2. Mark 16:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go”) has been translated as a finite verb

  3. Mark 16:2 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“had risen”)

  4. Mark 16:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“looked up”) which is understood as temporal

  5. Mark 16:5 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“going”) which is understood as temporal

  6. Mark 16:8 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb

  7. Mark 16:8 The Gospel of Mark ends at this point in some manuscripts, including two of the most important ones, while other manuscripts supply a shorter ending (sometimes included as part of v. 8), others supply the traditional longer ending (vv. 9–20), and still other manuscripts supply both the shorter ending and vv. 9–20; due to significant questions about the authenticity of these alternative endings, many scholars regard 16:8 as the last verse of the Gospel of Mark

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The Coming Kingdom

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Mark 11:1-11

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Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”

4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,

“Hosanna![a]”

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]

10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!”

“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

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  1. Mark 11:9 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise; also in verse 10

  2. Mark 11:9 Psalm 118:25,26

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Written on Our Hearts

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Jeremiah 31:31-34

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31 Look, the days are coming,” declares[a] Yahweh, “and I will make[b] a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made[c] with their ancestors[d] on the day of my grasping them[e] by their hand, bringing them out from the land of Egypt, my covenant that they themselves broke, though I myself was a master over them,” declares[f] Yahweh. 33 “But this is the covenant that I will make[g] with the house of Israel after those days,” declares[h] Yahweh: “I will put my law in their inward parts and on their hearts[i] I will write it, and I will be to them God, and they themselves will be to me people. 34 And they will no longer teach each one his neighbor, or each one his brother, saying,[j] ‘Know Yahweh,’ for all of them will know me, from their smallest[k] and up to their greatest,”[l] declares[m] Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will no longer remember.”

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  1. Jeremiah 31:31 Literally “a declaration of”

  2. Jeremiah 31:31 Literally “cut”

  3. Jeremiah 31:32 Literally “cut”

  4. Jeremiah 31:32 Or “fathers”

  5. Jeremiah 31:32 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  6. Jeremiah 31:32 Literally “a declaration of”

  7. Jeremiah 31:33 Literally “cut”

  8. Jeremiah 31:33 Literally “a declaration of”

  9. Jeremiah 31:33 Hebrew “heart”

  10. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “to say”

  11. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “small”

  12. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “great”

  13. Jeremiah 31:34 Literally “a declaration of”

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The Light Has Come

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John 3:14-21

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14 And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,[a] thus it is necessary that the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”[b]

God’s Love for the World

16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge[c] the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is not judged,[d] but the one who does not believe has already been judged,[e] because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed. 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.

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  1. John 3:14 An allusion to Num 21:5–9

  2. John 3:15 Some interpreters and Bible translations extend the quotation of Jesus’ words through v. 21

  3. John 3:17 Or “he should condemn”

  4. John 3:18 Or “condemned”

  5. John 3:18 Or “been condemned”

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Living in Community

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Ten Commandments

20 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from the house of slaves.

3 “There shall be for you no other gods before me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a divine image with any form that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth below or that is in the water below the earth. 5 You will not bow down to them, and you will not serve them, because I am Yahweh your God, a jealous God, punishing the guilt of the parents on the children on the third and on the fourth generations[a] of those hating me, 6 and showing loyal love to thousands of generations[b] of those loving me and of those keeping my commandments.

7 “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your God,[c] because Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.[d]

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  1. Exodus 20:5 “Generations” is understood from comparison with parallel verses (compare Exod 34:6–7; Deut 7:9)

  2. Exodus 20:6 “Generations” is understood from comparison with parallel verses ( compare Exod 34:6–7; Deut 7:9)

  3. Exodus 20:7 Literally “take up/bear/carry the name of Yahweh your God for what is worthless/false/empty”

  4. Exodus 20:7 Literally “bears his name for what is false”

What's in a Name

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Genesis 17:1-7

Lexham English Bible

Abram and Circumcision, the Sign of the Covenant

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17 When[a] Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to Abram. And he said to him, “I am El-Shaddai;[b] walk before me and be blameless 2 so that[c] I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you exceedingly.”[d] 3 Then Abram fell upon his face and God spoke with him, saying, 4 “As for me, behold, my covenant shall be with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 Your name shall no longer be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. 6 And I will make you exceedingly[e] fruitful. I will make you a nation, and kings shall go out from you. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you.

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Genesis 17:15-16

Lexham English Bible

15 And God said to Abraham, “as for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, for Sarah shall be her name. 16 And I will bless her; moreover, I give to you from her a son. And I will bless her, and she shall give rise to nations.[a] Kings of peoples shall come[b] from her.”

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  1. Genesis 17:16 Literally “she shall become to nations”

  2. Genesis 17:16 Or “be”

God the Protector

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Genesis 9:8-17

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8 And God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you and with your seed after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and every animal of the earth with you, from all that came out of the ark to all the animals of the earth. 11 I am establishing my covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, nor will there ever be a flood that destroys the earth.” 12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you, and between every living creature that is with you for future generations. 13 My bow I have set in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of the covenant between me and between the earth. 14 And when I make clouds appear over the earth the bow shall be seen in the clouds. 15 Then[a] I will remember my covenant that is between me and you, and between every living creature, with all flesh. And the waters of a flood will never again cause the destruction[b] of all flesh. 16 The bow shall be in the clouds, and I will see it, so as to remember the everlasting covenant between God and between every living creature, with all flesh that is upon the earth.” 17 And God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am establishing between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

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  1. Genesis 9:15 Or “And”

  2. Genesis 9:15 Literally “be to destroy”

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Jesus in the House

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Mark 1:29-39

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Many at Capernaum Are Healed

29 And so then he departed from the synagogue and[a] came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, suffering with a fever, and at once they told him about her. 31 And he came and[b] raised her up by[c] taking hold of her[d] hand, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

32 Now when it[e] was evening, when the sun had set, they began bringing[f] to him all those who were sick[g] and those who were demon-possessed. 33 And the whole town was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick[h] with various diseases and expelled many demons. And he did not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Preaching Throughout Galilee

35 And getting up early in the morning while it was very dark, he departed and went to a deserted place, and there he was praying. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched diligently for him. 37 And they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you!” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this very reason.” 39 And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

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  1. Mark 1:29 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“departed”) has been translated as a finite verb

  2. Mark 1:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came”) has been translated as a finite verb

  3. Mark 1:31 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“taking hold of”) which is understood as means

  4. Mark 1:31 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  5. Mark 1:32 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)

  6. Mark 1:32 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began bringing”)

  7. Mark 1:32 Literally “who were having badly”

  8. Mark 1:34 Literally “who were having badly”

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Make a Joyful Noise! Lift your voices in Praise!

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Wesley’s directions for singing are meant to offer practical ways we worship together.  Here they are:

  • Directions for Singing. That this part of Divine Worship may be the more acceptable to God, as well as the more profitable to yourself and others, be careful to observe the following directions.

  • I. Learn these Tunes before you learn any others; afterwards learn as many as you please.

  • II. Sing them exactly as they are printed here, without altering or mending them at all; and if you have learned to sing them otherwise, unlearn it as soon as you can.

  • III. Sing All. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a slight degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up and you will find a blessing.

  • IV. Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, than when you sung the songs of Satan.

  • V. Sing modestly. Do not bawl, so as to be heard above or distinct from the rest of the congregation, that you may not destroy the harmony; but strive to unite your voices together, so as to make one clear melodious sound.

  • VI. Sing in Time: whatever time is sung, be sure to keep with it. Do not run before nor stay behind it; but attend closely to the leading voices, and move therewith as exactly as you can. And take care you sing not too slow. This drawling way naturally steals on all who are lazy; and it is high time to drive it out from among us, and sing all our tunes just as quick as we did at first.

  • VII. Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your Heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve of here, and reward when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.

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February 2021 Scriptures MCUMC

Feb 7th Mark 1:29-39 Jesus in the house

Feb 14th Mark 9:2-9 More than we can understand Transfiguration Sunday

Feb 17th Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 Yet Even Now Ash Wednesday

Feb 21st Genesis 9:8-17 God the Protector

Feb 28th Genesis 17:1-7,15-16 What's in a Name


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Let's Go Fishing

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Jonah 3:1-5

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Jonah Goes to Nineveh

3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[a] three days' journey in breadth.[b] 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

10 And God saw their deeds—that they turned from their evil ways—and God changed his mind about the evil that he had said he would bring upon them, and he did not do it.[a]

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  1. Jonah 3:10 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

Jonah 3:10 in all English translations

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  1. Jonah 3:3 Hebrew a great city to God

  2. Jonah 3:3 Or a visit was a three days' journey

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Come and See

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John 1:43-51

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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 On the next day he wanted to depart for Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, “Follow me!” 44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets wrote about—Jesus son of Joseph from Nazareth!” 46 And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see!”

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Look! A true Israelite[a] in whom is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you[b] were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these!” 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly I say to all of you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

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  1. John 1:47 Literally “truly an Israelite”

  2. John 1:48 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“were”) which is understood as temporal

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Order Out of Chaos

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The Creation

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth— 2 Now[a] the earth was formless and empty, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light!” And there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good, and God caused there to be a separation between the light and between the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

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  1. Genesis 1:2 Or “And”

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God's Own People

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Ephesians 1:3-14Lexham English Bible

Praise to God for Spiritual Blessings

3 Blessed is[a] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him in love,[b] 5 having predestined us to adoption through Jesus Christ to himself according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace that he bestowed on us in the beloved, 7 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, 8 that he caused to abound to us in all wisdom and insight, 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him, 10 for the administration of the fullness of times, to bring together all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in him 11 in whom also we were chosen, having been predestined according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 that we who hoped beforehand in Christ should be for the praise of his glory, 13 in whom also you, when you heard[c] the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also when you believed you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.

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  1. Ephesians 1:3 Or “blessed be”

  2. Ephesians 1:4 Or “before him, having predestined us in love” (the phrase “in love” could go either with v. 4 or v. 5)

  3. Ephesians 1:13 This participle (“hearing”) and the following one (“believing”) are understood as temporal

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Listening

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Luke 2:22-40

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The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple

22 And when the days of their purification were completed according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him[a] to the Lord 23 (just as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male that opens the womb will be called holy to the Lord”)[b] 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what was stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”[c]

The Prophecy of Simeon

25 And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was[d] Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he would see the Lord’s Christ.[e] 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus so that they could do for him according to what was customary under the law, 28 he took him in his[f] arms and praised God and said,

29 “Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord,
    according to your word.
30 For my eyes have seen your salvation
31     that you have prepared in the presence of all the peoples,
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and glory to your people Israel.”

33 And his father and mother were astonished at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed[g]— 35 and a sword will pierce your own soul also, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed!”

The Testimony of Anna

36 And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher (she was advanced in years,[h] having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[i] 37 and herself as a widow up to eighty-four years)[j] who did not depart from the temple with fastings and prayers, serving night and day. 38 And at that same hour she approached and[k] began to give thanks[l] to God, and to speak about him to all those who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

39 And when they had completed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. 40 And the child was growing and becoming strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him.

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  1. Luke 2:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

  2. Luke 2:23 An allusion to Exod 13:2, 12, 15

  3. Luke 2:24 A quotation from Lev 5:11; 12:8

  4. Luke 2:25 Literally “to whom the name”

  5. Luke 2:26 Or “Messiah”

  6. Luke 2:28 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun

  7. Luke 2:34 Or “rejected”

  8. Luke 2:36 Literally “with many days”

  9. Luke 2:36 Literally “from her virginity”

  10. Luke 2:37 Or “eighty-four years as a widow”

  11. Luke 2:38 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“approached”) has been translated as a finite verb

  12. Luke 2:38 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to give thanks”)

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Christmas Eve 2020

The church family at Morgan’s Chapel

warmly welcomes you to worship this evening.

We also invite you to worship with us each

Sunday morning at 9:30 am.

May we all be blessed this Christmas as we celebrate

the birth of the Christ Child.

”Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift”

2 Corinthians 9:15

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At the Christmas season the United Methodist Church

receives a special offering to support the work of the

United Methodist Children’s Home (UMCH). Historically, this has been called the ”White Christmas” offering, but in fact these gifts go on giving all year round, providing a safe and loving place to call home to children who have been orphaned, abandoned, or

neglected. Donation envelopes are in your bulletin if you

would like to share in supporting this important ministry.

Our offering plate is at the back of the sanctuary. 

Morgan’s Chapel United Methodist Church

Christmas Eve 2020

Music for Gathering Cathy Peterson

Welcome Rev. Robert McMillan

Prelude 🟇 Cathy Peterson

Opening Prayer 🟇 Rev. Robert McMillan

Lighting of the Advent Wreath

Rev. Robert McMillan

#234 “O Come All Ye Faithful”

Isaiah 9:2, 6-7; Micah 5:2 🟇 John Bullard

#230 “O Little Town of Bethlehem”

Luke 2:1-7 🟇 Sue Harmon

#217 “Away in a Manger”

“What Child Is This”

Rev. Robert McMillan, Dean Mott, Cathy Peterson

Luke 2:8-20 🟇 Dotty Mott

#240 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”

Matthew 2:1-12 🟇 Jim Donaldson

#254 “We Three Kings”

Message: Rev. Tammy McMillan

John 1:1-5, 14 🟇 Miranda Griffiths

#246 “Joy to the World”

Holy Communion

#239 “Silent Night” 🟇 Lighting of the Candles

Benediction Rev. Tammy McMillan

Postlude 🟇 Cathy Peterson

Morgan’s Chapel United Methodist Church


Rev. Robert McMillan, Pastor

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6325 Bon Secour Highway / Post Office Box 88


Bon Secour, Alabama  36511  (251) 949-7400


Pastor’s Phone 405-204-1462 cell

Pastor’s Email: revrobertmcmillan@yahoo.com

Church web site: MorgansChapel.org

Church Email: info@morganschapel.org

Facebook: Facebook.com/MorgansChapel

Worship 9:30 a.m.

Bread Day Food Pantry: Wednesdays 8:00 am 

_We are called to be the visible love of Jesus Christ _


_in our community._

What Child Is This?

YouTube Video Link

This week’s documentation (bulletin, prayer list, hymns, etc )

Luke 1:26–38 The Lexham English Bible

The Prediction of Jesus’ Birth

26 Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee ⌊named⌋g Nazareth, 27 to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man ⌊named⌋h Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary. 28 And he came to her and* said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” 29 But she was greatly perplexed at the statement, and was pondering what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her,

“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

31 And behold, you will conceive in the womb and will give birth to a son,

and you will call his name Jesus.

32 This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High,

and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

33 And he will reign over the house of Jacob ⌊forever⌋,i

and of his kingdom there will be no end.

34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?” 35 And the angel answered and* said to her,

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you,

and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth—she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For ⌊nothing will The Lexham English Bible