HYMN OF DISCIPLESHIP

“The Church’s One Foundation”

The Church's one foundation Is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
She is his new creation By water and the Word.
From Heav'n he came and sought her To be his holy bride;
With his own blood he bought her,
And for her life he died.
Elect from ev'ry nation, Yet one o'er all the earth;
Her charter of salvation: One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses, Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses With ev'ry grace endued.
Yet she on earth has union With God, the Three in One,
And mystic sweet communion
With those whose rest is won.
O Blessed heav'nly chorus! Lord, save us by your grace,
That we, like saints before us, May see you face to face.
BETHEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Cabaruan, Santo Tomas, La Union
Ground-Breaking Service
November 11, 2019
Let us gather together…
GATHERING SONG
“Majesty, Worship His Majesty” UMH#176
Majesty, worship his majesty;
Unto Jesus be all glory, honor, and praise. Majesty, kingdom authority,
flow from his throne unto his own;
His anthem raise. So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus.
Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King.
Majesty, worship his majesty,
Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings.

*CLOSING PRAYER Pastor

… para iti panagdaydayaw …
+BENEDICTION Pastor

+THREEFOLD AMEN GREETINGS Liturgist/People

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
+POSTLUDE Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it.
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*HYMN OF PRAISE

“O Worship the King”

1. O worship the King, all glorious above,
O gratefully sing God's power and God's love;
our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

2. O tell of God's might, O sing of God's grace,

whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,
 whose chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is God's path on the wings of the storm.
3. The earth with its store of wonders untold,
Almighty, thy power hath founded of old;
hath stablished it fast by a changeless decree,
and round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.
4. Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.
5. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail;
thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.
*OPENING PRAYER ALL
Be present with us, gathered together here to set apart this ground upon
which we stand to the honor and glory of your great name. Let your Spirit
descend upon your church that will come together here, and within these
walls let your glory dwell. Fill with your love all who shall seek your face
here; and as they depart from this place, go with them in the peace and
power of your Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
… para iti pannakaibingay ken panagtulnog iti Sasao ti Dios …
*SCRIPTURE READING Hebrews 11:8-10
MESSAGE OF LIFE Ptr. Cesar T. Reyes Jr.
OFFERING
BREAKING OF GROUND Pastor/People
To the glory of God, in the presence of this congregation, I now direct
that ground be broken for the Bethel United Methodist Church. The
responsibility and the privilege rest upon us to cause a building to rise
here that shall be a house of this people of God and a place devoted to the
worship of Almighty God and to the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ.
(As each one of those selected turns a spadeful of earth, the pastor
says one of the following sentences, to which the people respond)
That a church may meet here where children shall learn to love God and
grow in grace and goodness, and in favor with God and all people,
we break this ground today.
That a church may meet here where youth shall be inspired to pray and
serve,
That a church may meet here
where the weary and heavy laden shall find inner peace
that the world can neither give nor take away,
That a church may meet here where God is worshiped in prayer and
praise, where the Word of God shall be so read and preached that it shall
become the living Word, and the Sacraments so celebrated
that all life shall become sacramental,
That a church may meet hereAlmighty and everlasting
where multitudes shall beGod, ever exalted
refreshed yet alw
in spirit,
relieved from pain,
released from bondage, and redeemed from sin,
That a church may meet here where the grace of God may make our
human lives into a Christ-like love and our homes places of living witness
for that realm where Christ is Lord,
That a church may meet here from which, by the power of your Holy
Spirit, your people are sent forth into this community and all the world
as champions of justice and peace to all peoples,
*THE LORD'S PRAYER
Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.