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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | november 16, 2025

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
Ancient Words | arr. Craig Courtney
Ensemble

WELCOME | Pastor Cathy Johns

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Connie Bookholt, liturgist
Come, people of God, and give thanks for the one who never leaves our side.
We give thanks for God’s constant care and never-ending love.

When life is full of joy, God celebrates with us.
When the path is hard, God carries us through.

In every season, we trust the plans God is shaping for our good.
In times of peace and times of struggle, God’s love remains our strength.

Come and worship the God who listens, who loves, and who walks beside us always.
With grateful hearts, we lift our praise to the one who is faithful forever.

* GATHERING HYMN
Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 66 (verses 1,2,3,4)
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven, to the throne thy tribute bring;

ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, evermore God’s praises sing.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting king.

Praise the Lord for grace and favor to all people in distress;

praise God, still the same as ever, slow to chide, and swift to bless.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious now God’s faithfulness.

Father-like, God tends and spares us; well our feeble frame God knows;

mother-like, God gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes.

Alleluia! Alleluia! Widely yet God’s mercy flows.

Angels in the heights, adoring, you behold God face to face;

saints triumphant, now adoring, gathered in from every race.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace.

Henry Francis Lyte | music & words: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Loving God, we thank you for a love that never ends—a love from which we can never be separated. You are the God who walks beside us— leading us through green pastures and guiding us through the darkest valleys. You listen when we cry out, and you rejoice with us when our hearts are glad. In the midst of any trial, any moment of need, you are our refuge and strength, our comfort when the way is difficult. When storms rage around us, you provide calm and peace. Teach us to lean on your provision, to rest on your promises, and to remember that we are never alone. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We believe in God the Creator,

who created and is creating everything.

God loves and cares for all creatures great and small,

and provides food to sustain all Creation.

We believe in Jesus, The Christ,

who redeemed and is redeeming all things:

The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus reveals the depth of God’s love for the world.

We are all unique, individual and beloved.

We believe in the Holy Spirit,

who guided and is guiding everything:

the universe, the world, the plants and animals, and us.

The Holy Spirit flows through the Church, the Body of Christ,

to bring hope, peace, joy, and love to the world.

We believe that God is present among us, working in and through our lives.
God is continuing to restore all of Creation and make all things new.

* GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEMBERS | Mel White
pastor Members of the household of God, I commend these persons to your love and care. Do all in your power to increase their faith, confirm their hope, and perfect them in love.

all We give thanks for all that God has already given you, and we welcome you in Christian love. As members together with you in the body of Christ and in this congregation of the United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant to faithfully participate in the ministries of the church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness, that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.

MUSIC MINISTRY
Now I’m Found | Tim Osiek
Ensemble

SCRIPTURE
John 9:1-11 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
¹As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. ²His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” ³Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. ⁴We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, ⁷saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. ⁸The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” ⁹Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am he.” ¹⁰But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” ¹¹He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.”

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God

MESSAGE
Things Jesus Never Said | Everything Happens for a Reason | Pastor Cathy Johns

OFFERING | Pastor Doug Johns
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

· Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes

· Give online at christchurchfl.org/give

· Text GIVE to 954.880.3885

· Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Connect cards may also be placed with your offering. Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness as we reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Psalm 100 | Caleb French
Chancel Choir
Make a joyful noise to God all ye nations! Serve the Lord with gladness, come before his presence with singing! Come before his presence with a song. Know ye that the Lord, he is God. It is he that has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter ye his gates with thanks, enter ye his course with praise. For the Lord is good, and his mercy is everlasting! And his truth endures from generation to generation. Make a joyful noise to God!

* DOXOLOGY
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.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MORNING PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be 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 OF COMMITMENT
Standing on the Promises | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 374 (verses 1,2,4)
Standing on the promises of Christ my King,
through eternal ages let his praises ring;
glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
standing on the promises of God.

(refrain) Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God my Savior;
standing, standing, I’m standing on the promises of God.

Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
when the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
by the living Word of God I shall prevail,
standing on the promises of God. (refrain)

Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
listening every moment to the Spirit’s call,
resting in my Savior as my all in all,
standing on the promises of God. (refrain)

* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
Spirit Song | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 347
O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Go Out with Joy | Mary McDonald
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday when we continue the series Things Jesus Never Said with the message God Won’t Give you More than you can Handle, based on Psalm 46:1-3.

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