Gathering Music

We Lift Our Hands in Sanctuary – Kurt Carr
We lift our hands in the sanctuary.
We lift our hands to give You the glory.
We lift our hands to give You the praise,
And we will praise You for the rest of our days; Yes
We will praise You for the rest of our days.

We clap our hands in the sanctuary
We clap our hands to give You the glory.
We clap our hands to give You the praise,
And we will praise You for the rest of our days, yes
We will praise You for the rest of our days.

We sing our song in the sanctuary
We sing our song to give You the glory.
We sing our song to give You the praise,
And we will praise You for the rest of our days; Yes
We will praise You for the rest of our days.

Jesus, we give You the praise.
Emmanuel, we lift up Your name,
Heavenly God, coming Messiah;
And we will praise You for the rest of our days, Yes
We will praise You for the rest of our days,

Hallelujah in the sanctuary
Hallelujah we give You the glory.
Hallelujah we You the praise,
And we will praise You for the rest of our days;
Yes, we will praise You for the rest of our days.

Way Maker – Sinach

(x2) You are here, Moving in our midst
I worship you, I worship you
You are here, Working in this place
I worship you, I worship you

(x2) Way maker, Miracle worker
Promise keeper, Light in the darkness
My God, That is who you are

You are here, Touching every heart
I worship you, I worship you
You are here, Healing every heart
I worship you, I worship you
You are here, Turning lives around
I worship you, I worship you
You are here, Mending every heart
I worship you, I worship you

(x2) Way maker, Miracle worker
Promise keeper, Light in the darkness
My God, That is who you are

(x2) You wipe away all tears
You mend the broken heart
You’re the answer to it all
Jesus

(x2) Way maker, Miracle worker
Promise keeper, Light in the darkness,
My God, That is who you are

You are here, Touching every life
I worship you, I worship you
You are here, Meeting every need
I worship you, I worship you

Call to Worship

Rutendo Makarau

Leader: Come! Let us gather. Feel and smell the love in the air.
People: We are here, called to love God and one another.
Leader: Come, be ready to both receive and give.
People: We are here, ready to receive God’s blessings and give to those in need.
Leader: Come and be willing to offer all you have for God’s glory.
People: We are here, offering our time and our very selves as a sweet aroma to God in our midst.

Opening Song

Every Praise is to Our God – Hezekiah Walker

CHORUS x3
Every praise is to our God
Every word of worship with one accord
Every praise every praise is to our God
Sing hallelujah to our God
Glory hallelujah is due our God
Every praise every praise is to our God

Bridge A x2 or x3
God my Savior
God my Healer
God my Deliverer
Yes You are Yes You are

Bridge B
Yes You are
Yes You are

ENDING A
Every praise is to our God
Every word of worship with one accord

ENDING B x4
Every praise every praise
Every praise every praise

Opening Prayer

Janice Marie Beauchamp

Scripture Reading

Jacqualine Chipongo

John 12:1-8, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Mary Anoints Jesus
12 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’s feet, and wiped them[a] with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it[b] so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

Leader: The Word of God for the people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.

Introduction of Speaker

Eulynis Matthias-Fridie

Sermon

“The Lavish Scent of Love”

Roeline Ramirez

Musical Response

I Surrender All – UMH 354
Words: J. W. Van Deventer

1. All to Jesus I surrender;
   all to him I freely give;
   I will ever love and trust him,
   in his presence daily live.

Refrain:
I surrender all, I surrender all,
all to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.

2. All to Jesus I surrender;
   humbly at his feet I bow,
   worldly pleasures all forsaken;
   take me, Jesus, take me now. [Refrain]
3. All to Jesus I surrender;
   make me, Savior, wholly thine;
   let me feel the Holy Spirit,
   truly know that thou art mine. [Refrain]
4. All to Jesus I surrender;
   Lord, I give myself to thee;
   fill me with thy love and power;
   let thy blessing fall on me. [Refrain]
5. All to Jesus I surrender;
   now I feel the sacred flame.
   O the joy of full salvation!
   Glory, glory to his name! [Refrain]

Blessing

Roeline Ramirez

Sending Song

O Happy Day – UMC 391 Philip Doddridge

1. O happy day, that fixed my choice
   on thee, my Savior and my God!
   Well may this glowing heart rejoice,
   and tell its raptures all abroad.

Refrain:
Happy day, happy day,
when Jesus washed my sins away!
He taught me how to watch and pray,
and live rejoicing every day.
Happy day, happy day,
when Jesus washed my sins away!

2. O happy bond, that seals my vows
   to him who merits all my love!
   Let cheerful anthems fill his house,
   while to that sacred shrine I move.
   (Refrain)
3. It’s done: the great transaction’s done!
   I am the Lord’s and he is mine;
   he drew me and I followed on,
   charmed to confess the voice divine.
   (Refrain)
4. Now rest, my long-divided heart,
   fixed on this blissful center, rest.
   Here have I found a nobler part;
   here heavenly pleasures fill my breast.
   (Refrain)
5. High heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
   that vow renewed shall daily hear,
   till in life’s latest hour I bow
   and bless in death a bond so dear.
   (Refrain)