OUR SAVIOUR’S
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
January 18, 2026
In the Name and Fellowship of Jesus Christ, you are welcomed to our faith community.
We are so glad that you chose to join us this morning to worship with us. Whatever your circumstances: married, single, single again, with or without children, looking for a home church or “just browsing,” you are welcome at Our Saviour’s. Please record your visit with us. Sign the attendance pad and pass it to the other end of the pew. You can also fill out a Connect Card and place it in the offering plate or the office, we'd like to know how we can serve you or minister to you. We’d love to stay in touch with you, and provide you with information about our church ministries and programs, you can also check out our website at www.osumc.org. You are invited to join us for coffee hour where we can get to know you better. Again, thanks for joining us today! We hope to see you again very soon. God bless you.
Words in red type to be read by the congregation.
An asterisk(*) indicates to please stand in body or in spirit, as you are able.
Order of Worship
Announcements
Joyce Kiepura
Prelude
Fairest Lord Jesus, with Prelude Op. 28 No. 15
Frederick Chopin
Ricardo Pedroza
Welcome
Pastor Heewon Kim
*Hymn
Spirit of the Living God
United Methodist Hymnal 393
sing twice
Children's Time
Krista Schalberg
Prayers of the People/Lord's Prayer
Paula Schray
Offertory
The Solid Rock
William Bradbury
arr. Mark Hayes
Ricardo Pedroza
*Hymn
Glory Be to the Father
United Methodist Hymnal 71
*Prayer of Dedication
Ever-present and calling God,
knowing us from the beginning and naming us as your own,
you have entrusted us with the holy work of your church:
to go where you send us and to do what you call us to do.
Remind us that you have not left us alone,
but that your grace goes before us
and your strength works through us.
Use our gifts, offered with gratitude and hope,
to shine your love to the ends of the earth.
In the name of Christ, your Servant and our Savior, we pray. Amen.
Gift of Music
Blessed Assurance
Phoebe Knapp
arr. by Joel Raney
Colette Reid
Suzanne Clarke
Scripture Reading
Brian English
John 14:12-14, 15-20, 26
Acts 1:1-8
John 14:12-14; 15-20 CEB
12 I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father can be glorified in the Son. 14 When you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.
I won’t leave you as orphans
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion,[a] who will be with you forever. 17 This Companion is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can’t receive because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be with you.
18 “I won’t leave you as orphans. I will come to you. 19 Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you.
John 14:26
26 The Companion,[a] the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I told you.
Acts 1:1-8
The risen Jesus with his disciples
1 Theophilus, the first scroll I wrote concerned everything Jesus did and taught from the beginning, 2 right up to the day when he was taken up into heaven. Before he was taken up, working in the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus instructed the apostles he had chosen. 3 After his suffering, he showed them that he was alive with many convincing proofs. He appeared to them over a period of forty days, speaking to them about God’s kingdom. 4 While they were eating together, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised. He said, “This is what you heard from me: 5 John baptized with water, but in only a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
6 As a result, those who had gathered together asked Jesus, “Lord, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now?”
7 Jesus replied, “It isn’t for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 Rather, you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Leader: This is the word of God for the People of God
All: Thanks be to God Amen
Message
Church:
Created to Sail
Pastor Heewon Kim
*Hymn
Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
United Methodist Hymnal 500
verses 1, 2, 4, and 5
Blessing
Postlude
Thine Forever, God of Love
Justin Knecht
setting by Matthew Machemer
Ricardo Pedroza
Our Saviour’s United Methodist Church
Mission Statement
Growing Each Day by Worshiping God; Loving One Another; and Serving Others
A Safe Sanctuary Congregation
701 E. Schaumburg Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60194
Church Phone: 847/352-8181
E-mail: churchoffice@osumc.org
Web address: www.osumc.org
Prayer Requests: pray@osumc.org
Regular Worship Service:
Sundays - 9:30 A.M.
Sunday School – 9:30 A.M.
To learn about our upcoming events please visit our calendar:
Chairperson - Mark Fletcher (mkfletch19971@comcast.net)
Vice-Chair - Dan Meyer (danmoscar71896@gmail.com)
Recording Secretary - Marcia Needler (marcia@osumc.org)
Lay Leader - Brian English (bmenglish1989@gmail.com)
Finance Chairperson - Linda DeMore (ldemore009@gmail.com)
Finance Vice-Chairperson - Phil Prather (pbprather@gmail.com)
Trustees Co-Chairperson - John Kostecki (johnkostecki6@gmail.com)
Trustees Co-Chairperson - Phil Dyer (phildyer15@gmail.com)
Staff Parish Committee Chairperson - Greg Van Dahm (gmvandahm@gmail.com)
U.M. Men’s Representative - Barry Maurizio (bjmaurizio@gmail.com)
U.M. Women’s Representative - Mary Legg (marysnyderlegg@comcast.net)
Youth Representative - Chase Reabe
Pastor Heewon Kim (pastorheewon@osumc.org)