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Today’s Sermon: Out of Control
Scripture: Acts 2:1-18, 37-42, Numbers 11:16-17, 24-29, Psalm 33:6-12
Many of us like to be in control, and one of the revelations of this season of pandemic is just how little control we actually have. But in the story of Pentecost, even when God empowers people to build and lead the church, we see that control wasn’t God’s top priority.
Online Service – Songs
Hymn #144 This Is My Father's World
The Heart of Worship
When the music fades
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring
Something that’s of worth
That will bless your heart
I’ll bring You more than a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the ways things appear
You’re looking into my heart
I’m coming back to the heart of worship
And it’s all about You
All about You, Jesus
I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it
When it’s all about You
It’s all about You Jesus
King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I’m weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Every single breath
I’ll bring You more than just a song
For a song in itself
Is not what You have required
You search much deeper within
Through the way things appear
You’re looking into my heart
I’m coming back to the heart of worship
And it’s all about You
All about You, Jesus
I’m sorry Lord for the thing I’ve made it
When it’s all about You
It’s all about You Jesus
Its all about you
Jesus
How Great Is Our God
Verse 1
The splendor of the King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps Himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
And trembles at His voice
Chorus 1
How great is our God
Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see how great
How great is our God
Verse 2
And age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End
The Godhead three in one
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb
Misc 1
(Bridge)
Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God
Online Service – Scripture
Acts 2:1-18, 37-42
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.” All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?” But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit;
and they shall prophesy.
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.” And he testified with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
There go the ships,
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.
These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;
when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.
When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
and you renew the face of the ground.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—
who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!
Online Service – Liturgy
Apostles Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate
Was crucified, died, and was buried;
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
He ascended into heaven,
Is seated at the right hand of the Father,
And will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting.
Amen.
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 and the power and the glory,
forever. Amen.
Invitation, Confession, and Pardon
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,
who earnestly repent of their sin
and seek to live in peace with one another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
Merciful God,
we confess that we have not loved
you with our whole heart.
We have failed to be an obedient church.
We have not done your will,
we have broken your law,
we have rebelled against your love,
we have not loved our neighbors,
and we have not heard the cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Hear the good news:
Christ died for us while we were yet sinners;
that proves God’s love toward us.
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Glory to God. Amen.
Hi Lakeside Family!
We miss you and look forward to getting back together for worship. Please see below for ways for us to stay connected and serve our community. We are praying for you.
How We Will Worship
While in-person worship is suspended, we will continue to offer Sunday morning worship at 10:00am via our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.
All live or pre-recorded services will remain available on our Facebook Page, so even if you cannot be online at 10:00am, you can watch it later.
For those who don’t have Facebook, you can view the service at LakesideUMC.net/live
How We Will Gather
We launched a Facebook Group for Lakeside UMC. You are invited to join the group by clicking the following link and requesting entrance: https://www.
This is different than our Facebook Page, which many of you follow. Whereas the page is primarily an outward facing resource, the Group is meant to be a place where we can connect with one another, build community, and continue the work of discipleship. We also have dedicated groups for our Preschool Ministry, Youth Ministry, and Kids Ministry.
We also have several groups that are meeting through zoom. If you are interested, please see our life groups page : LakesideUMC.net/lifegroups.
How We Will Care For One Another
We have created a congregation care plan, and we need your help. If you would like to be checked in on occasionally by a fellow Lakeside member, or you would like to volunteer to check in on your fellow congregation members, please fill out the form here: https://lakesideumc.
Support for Pastor Cameron And His Family
Our staff has been so moved by the outpouring of love and prayer our congregation has shared for Pastor Cameron and his family. There are three primary ways you can support their family at this time:
- Send cards or notes to Lakeside, which we will pass on.
- Contribute to their GoFundMe campaign: https://www.
gofundme.com/f/cameron- lashbrook - Send gift cards for the following locations to Lakeside, which we will pass on: Zoe’s Kitchen, Currito, Panera, Publix, Chiantis
Ways to HELP
Grace & Grits
Because of concern around the safety of guests and volunteers, First UMC plans to shift to an additional grocery distribution day instead of a hot meal until at least August of 2020.
Here are the ways in which we can help:
- If you know anyone in need of grocery assistance, please refer them to First UMC’s alleyway entrance off of Fifth Street in downtown Sanford either Fridays from 10am-12pm or Sundays from 1pm to 3pm. All are welcome! They provide grains, canned and fresh proteins, bread and pastries, canned and fresh vegetables, fruit, snack foods and occasionally other things acquired from Second Harvest such as orange juice or children’s snack items. Folks are simply required to give their name, family size, and answer preference questions like whether they’d like the additional items available.
- The Society of St. Andrew’s gleaning program makes it possible for groups to pick otherwise unused fresh produce to be distributed to folks at their bi-weekly grocery distribution. If you have a group that would like to glean, you can contact Kelly at Society of St Andrew, coordinate a group gleaning, and work with them to drop it off at First UMC at their next available days.
- If you are in a low risk group and would like to help distribute food to the community in safe and efficient way, please contact us. First UMC often times need a small group of folks to help with this.
- If you are in a low risk group and would like to help to sort the food on Thursdays, please contact us.
Drive Through Food Donation: Wednesday, June 3rd- 11:00am-2:00pm
Since we aren’t able to serve at Grace in Grits on June 3rd like originally scheduled, we have planned a Drive Through Food Donation to help support their food pantry. Bring your non perishable food donation by Lakeside. We’ll serve a community all while getting to see familiar faces while social distancing. You won’t even have to get out of the car. We hope to see you there!
Florida United Methodist Children’s Home
We will be collecting monetary donations for the Children’s Home between Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Please make sure your donations are marked with FUMCH. Thank you so much. If you are interested in learning more about the great work the Children’s Home is doing, please visit their website at https://www.fumch.org
Non Perishable Food Drive
We are collecting non perishable food items for a few of the local food pantries who are running low on supply. Please drop off your donations at the church between 10am and 12pm on Mondays and Wednesdays. You can leave outside of the doors to the church and our staff will bring in and make sure it gets to the food pantries in need.
Atria Pen Pal
When was the last time you had a pen pal? Now is the perfect time to embrace the charm of classic correspondence. Choose one of the story-sharing prompts and share a bit about yourself in a card or letter. Then, locate a community of your choice at AtriaSeniorLiving.com. Address your mail to the attention of “Atria Pen Pals” and they will match you with a resident!
Story telling prompts:
- What things from today will only be seen in a museum 100 years from now?
- What message in a bottle would you send to the year 2120?
- If you could be instantly transported to any place on earth, where would you go and why?
https://www.facebook.com/AtriaatLakeForest/?tn-str=k*F&hc_location=group_dialog
Donate Blood
In the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, One Blood is in need of blood donations. They are asking that you make an appointment to help them maintain their social distancing safety protocal.
Click here to make an appointment : https://www.oneblood.org/donate-now/
SCPS Food Pantry Assistance
Below is a list of SCPS schools that are in need of donations to re-stock their Food Pantries for students and their families.
In addition, the Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools is also accepting donations for their Families in Need program, which assists their most-vulnerable and fragile students and families. Those wishing to assist in that area can visit The Foundation for SCPS’s COVID-19 Page.
SCPS-Schools-in-Need-of-Food-Pantry-Items : |PDF|
The Picnic Project COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser
Second Harvest Food Bank has declared The Picnic Project as a Corona Virus Relief Agency and we will be working closely with them and others ensure no one goes hungry during these uncertain times.
For more information about this fundraiser, please check out their Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/donate/648213262420166/2995507870538823/
WAYS TO GIVE
GIVE ONLINE
Give a one-time or recurring contribution via credit/debit card or bank draft.
This is a great way to give when you can’t be here in person!
TRADITIONAL METHODS
You can give via cash or check through the offering plates at worship services or by mailing your gift to the church.
TEXT TO GIVE
Send a text message with the amount of your donation to 84321. If this is your first time using text to give you will be guided through a few quick steps for set up.