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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | may 10, 2026

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

to each other and our community.

WELCOME TO WORSHIP | 11am | sunday | may 3, 2026

WELCOME | Pastor Doug Johns

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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PRELUDE
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing | Ron Mallory
Handbell Choir
Ron Mallory | © 2015 Alfred Music | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Leigh Neely, liturgist
Come, people of God, drawn by the one who forgives us fully and loves us completely.
We come grateful for mercy that restores us and grace that makes us whole.
God has released us from the weight of our failures and the burden of our past.
As we have been forgiven, we choose to forgive.
Christ calls us to be living signs of God’s forgiveness in a hurting world.
We will offer compassion where there is bitterness, kindness where there is injury,
and peace where there is division.
Let us worship the God who forgives, renews, and sends us out in love.
With grateful hearts, we commit to sharing God’s love and forgiveness with everyone we meet.

* GATHERING HYMN

Where Charity and Love Prevail | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 549 (verses 1,2,4,6)
Where charity and love prevail, there God is ever found
brought here together by Christ’s love, by love are we thus bound.

With grateful joy and holy fear true charity we learn;
let us with heart and mind and strength now love Christ in return.

Let strife among us be unknown, let all contention cease,
be Christ the glory that we seek, be ours his holy peace.

Love can exclude no race or creed if honored be God’s name,
our common life embraces all whose maker is the same.

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, we give you thanks for the limitless love you have for us. You see our brokenness, our failures, and our wandering hearts—and still, you choose to forgive. Teach us not only to receive your forgiveness but to live it. Shape our hearts so that we may release the grudges we carry and the wounds we hold too tightly. Give us courage to forgive as you forgive—freely, generously, and without condition. Let our lives bear witness to your mercy. In our words, in our actions, and in our relationships, may others encounter your healing love through us. Make us instruments of your peace, that your forgiveness might flow outward into a world longing for grace. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Affirmation of Faith for Eastertide
We believe in God, maker of heaven and earth. God’s nourishes and blesses the world, showering all of creation with life, food, and strength. God’s mercy and grace welcomes the lost and restores the broken. We believe in Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord, whose victory over sin and death brings healing, hope, light, and joy. Jesus calls us to share the good news that hope is stronger than despair, that light is stronger than darkness, and that love is stronger than death. We believe in the Holy Spirit, who invites us to transform the world with the power of God’s boundless love. This same Spirit, not only calls us, but equips us to be the hands and feet of our Risen Lord today, the one who makes 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

MUSIC MINISTRY
I Love to Tell the Story | arr. John A. Behnke
Handbell Choir
John A. Behnke | © 2018 The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers, Inc. | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

SCRIPTURE
Matthew 18:23-35 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition
23 “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. 24 When he began the reckoning, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him, 25 and, as he could not pay, the lord ordered him to be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions and payment to be made. 26 So the slave fell on his knees before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ 27 And out of pity for him, the lord of that slave released him and forgave him the debt. 28 But that same slave, as he went out, came upon one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him by the throat he said, ‘Pay what you owe.’ 29 Then his fellow slave fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ 30 But he refused; then he went and threw him into prison until he would pay the debt. 31 When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their lord all that had taken place. 32 Then his lord summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Should you not have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?’ 34 And in anger his lord handed him over to be tortured until he would pay his entire debt. 35 So my heavenly Father will also do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

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

MESSAGE
Signs of the Kingdom | Learning to Forgive | 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 25th 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

When the Kingdom Comes | Susan Naylor Callaway
Chancel Choir
When the kingdom comes, wars will cease. When the kingdom comes, only peace. Pain will pass away, night will turn to day, love will make a way when the kingdom comes. When the kingdom comes, eyes will see. When the kingdom comes for you and me. We’ll glorify his name! His majesty proclaim! We’ll never be the same when the kingdom comes. Come, Lord Jesus. Come and free us. How we long to see your face. King of Glory, end the story. Bring your kingdom to this place. When the kingdom comes, it won’t be long. When the kingdom comes, we’ll sing the song he gave to you and me. And for eternity, like Jesus we will be when the kingdom comes!

John A Ray & Susan Naylor Callaway | words & music © 2000 Lorenz Publishing Company, assigned to Lorenz Publishing Company (admin. by Music Services) | all rights reserved | used with permission under One License #A-726973

* 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
Together We Serve | LYONS
Together we serve, united by love,
inviting God’s world to the glorious feast.
We work and we pray through sorrow and joy,
extending your love to the last and the least.

We seek to become a beacon of hope,
a lamp for the heart and a light for the feet.
We learn, year by year, to let love shine through
until we see Christ in each person we meet.

We welcome the scarred, the wealthy, the poor,
the busy, the lonely, and all who need care.
We offer a home to those who will come,
our hands quick to help, our hearts ready to dare.

Together, by grace, we witness and work,
remembering Jesus, in whom we grow strong.
Together we serve in Spirit and truth,
remembering love is the strength of our song.

* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
He Lives (refrain) | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 310
He lives, he lives, Christ Jesus lives today!
He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way.
He lives, he lives, salvation to impart!
You ask me how I know he lives. He lives within my heart.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Joyful Recessional | Phil Lehenbauer
Chuck Stanley, organ

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Join us next Sunday as we begin the series, Jesus, with the message, Jesus: Who He Was, based on Ezekiel 34:30-31 & Zechariah 9:9-11.

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