11 AM Worship Bulletin

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11AM Order of Worship

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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | january 11, 2026

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

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
This Little Light of Mine | arr. John Behnke
Wes Kassulke, organ
John Behnke | © Concordia Publishing House | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

WELCOME | Pastor Doug Johns

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
Please see below.

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Jeanne Deinken, liturgist
Come, people of God, and bring your prayers.
We come with gratitude, for God hears every cry.
Sometimes the answers are clear and bring joy.
Sometimes the answers are mysterious and hard to understand.
Yet in all things, God is faithful and good.
We give thanks for every answer, seen and unseen.
Let us worship the One who listens, responds, and loves without end.
With thankful hearts, we praise the Lord!

* GATHERING HYMN
How Firm a Foundation | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 529 (verses 1,2,3,5)
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

is laid for your faith in his excellent word!

What more can he say than to you he hath said,

to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,

for I am thy God and will still give thee aid;

I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand

upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;

for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless

and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

“The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,

I will not, I will not desert to its foes;

that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”

unknown | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, we give you thanks for the gift of prayer and for the promise that you hear us—in words spoken clearly and in longings we cannot name. When we are uncertain or unsure how to pray, you send your Spirit to intercede on our behalf. We thank you for answering in ways that reveal your love, even when those answers surprise us, stretch us, or challenge our understanding. Give us faith to trust that you are at work in all things, shaping our lives and forming us more fully into the likeness of Christ. Send us forth as people who pray boldly and give thanks continually. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
We believe in God, maker of heaven and earth. God shattered the darkness with light, setting in the sky a radiant sun. God transformed the night sky with brilliant stars. God overcomes every darkness with glorious light. God placed a star in the sky to guide people near and far to Jesus, The Christ-Child.

We believe in Jesus Christ, the Light of the World. He brings hope to those filled with grief and sorrow. He brings healing and strength to the weak. He brings direction and purpose to those who have lost their way. Through his life, death, and resurrection, Jesus revealed the depths of God’s love for all people.

We believe in the Holy Spirit who activates the light of Christ within us, calling us to be the hands and feet of Jesus. The Spirit shapes all who follow Jesus into the image and likeness of Christ, equipping us to serve one another in his name. We believe that Christ’s light still shines in the darkness and the darkness will not overcome it.

* 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

MUSIC MINISTRY
I Believe | Eric Levisalles
Richard Christobal Harris, tenor
WORSHIPCast | © 1998 Universal Music Publishing (50%)/Pulse Productions SARL (50%) | Universal Music Publishing Limited | all rights reserved

SCRIPTURE
Romans 8:24-30 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
²⁴For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, for who hopes for what one already sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷And God, who searches hearts, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

²⁸We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. ³⁰And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

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

MESSAGE
Breakthrough Prayer | How God Answers Prayer! | Pastor Doug Johns

OFFERING | Pastor Cathy 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

Celtic Prayer | arr. John Purifoy
Chancel Choir; Melvin White, conducting
Hear my voice, most gracious Lord. O hear the prayer within my soul. May the words rise to you with songs of praise. Give me peace, touch my heart to feel your everlasting love. Hear my prayer, holy Lord, in the morning when I rise. Lead my life, most faithful Lord, to see your thoughts and know your will. For my soul longs to dwell within your care. Give me strength, guide my steps to live according to your word. Lead my life, holy Lord, in the beauty of your grace. Search me, O Lord, and know my heart. Try me, O God, and know my thoughts. Find any wrong that swells within my heart. And lead me forevermore in your everlasting love. I will sing with all my heart; I sing of God’s unchanging love. For his mercy endures forevermore. May my trust rest in God to know the fullness of his grace. Hear my prayer, holy Lord, in the stillness of this hour.

* 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
Trust and Obey | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 467 (verses 1,2,4)
When we walk with the Lord in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will, he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

(refrain) Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. (refrain)

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet,
or we'll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do, where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. (refrain)

Daniel Brink Towner, John Henry Sammis & Russell Mauldin | © words: public domain | music: 2010 Belden Street Music Publishing | CCLI License # 487103

* 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.

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday for the message Nothing Broken Beyond Repair, based on Isaiah 61:1, Matthew 11:28-29, Luke 4:18.

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