11 AM Worship Bulletin

11 AM SERVICE

11AM Order of Worship

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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | january 25, 2026

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

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
Soon and Very Soon | arr. Linda Scholes
Wes Kassulke, piano
WORSHIPCast | Andrae Crouch, Linda Scholes | © 1976 CROUCH MUSIC (ASCAP) and BUD JOHN SONGS (ASCAP) | all rights reserved

WELCOME | Pastor Monique McBride

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

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

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Connie Booth, liturgist
In every season of life, our hearts search for the presence of God.
We come, yearning for the one who gives life its true meaning.

When our spirits feel dry, God meets us with strength and renewal.
When we feel empty, God fills us with grace that sustains and restores.

God’s love is richer than anything this world can provide.
Our hearts respond with praise, and our lives are lifted in joy.

Come, let us worship the one who satisfies our deepest hunger.

Let us praise the God who fills us and sustains us!

* GATHERING HYMN
Come, Christians, Join to Sing | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 158 (verses 1,2,3)
Come, Christians, join to sing: Alleluia! Amen!
loud praise to Christ our king: Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice, before his throne rejoice;
praise is his gracious choice. Alleluia! Amen!

Come, lift your hearts on high: Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky: Alleluia! Amen!
He is our guide and friend; to us he’ll condescend;
His love shall never end: Alleluia! Amen!

Praise yet the Lord again: Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain: Alleluia! Amen!

On heaven’s blissful shore his goodness we’ll adore,
singing forevermore: Alleluia! Amen!

Austin Cole Lovelace & Christian Henry Bateman | © words: public domain | music: 1964, 1995 Abingdon Press | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Loving God, we gather today with hearts that yearn for your presence. You know the places within us that feel empty, tired, or stretched thin. Meet us here with the fullness of your grace. Let your love steady us, your strength uphold us, and your goodness renew our hope. Fill us with the assurance that you are near—closer than our breath and faithful beyond our understanding. Pour your Spirit into the empty spaces of our hearts. Shape our lives so that our words and actions reflect the joy of belonging to you. 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
Precious Jesus | Jay Althouse
Leigh Neely, soprano

SCRIPTURE
Psalm 63:1–5 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
¹O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
²So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
³Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
⁴So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

⁵My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,

and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

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

MESSAGE
Have You Ever Been Thirsty? | Rev. Brian Carr, director of church relations for Residing Hope

OFFERING
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

Come to the Water | arr. Lynda Hasseler
Chancel Choir
O let all who thirst; let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without price. Why should you pay the price, except for the Lord? And let all who seek, let them come to the water. And let all who have nothing, let them come to the Lord: without money, without strife. Why should you spend your life, except for the Lord? And let all who toil, let them come to the water. And let all who are weary, let them come to the Lord: all who labor, without rest. How can your soul find rest, except for the Lord? And let all the poor, let them come to the water, bring the ones who are laden, bring them all to the Lord: bring the children without might. Easy the load and light: come to the Lord.

* 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
Great is Thy Faithfulness | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 140 (verses 1,2,3)
Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
there is no shadow of turning with thee;
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

(refrain) Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
all I have needed thy hand hath provided;
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!

Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. (refrain)

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! (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
Maestoso | Dietrich Wierczeyko
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday for the message, What awaits you? Embracing God’s Promise Through Renewal, based on 1 Corinthians 3:6-13

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