OUR SAVIOUR’S
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
May 18, 2025
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
Adagio
Edvard Grieg
arr. Lani Smith
Ricardo Pedroza
Welcome/Prayer
Pastor David Lagos-Fonseca
*Hymn
Glorify Thy Name
The Faith We Sing 2016
Children's Message
Nicole Gavina
Sharing of Joys and Concerns/Lord's Prayer
Paula Schray
Offertory
At the Name of Jesus
Ralph Vaughn Williams
arr. Hugh Livingstone
Ricardo Pedroza
*Hymn
Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
United Methodist Hymnal 94
*Prayer of Dedication
May this act of giving be a gesture of our willingness to follow where you lead.
In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Gift of Music
Shepherd of My Heart
Dick Tunney
Martha Pedroza
Scripture Reading
Kate Hoopes
Hebrews 10:25 (ESV)
Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Romans 12:4-5 (ESV)
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Leader: This is the Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God. Amen.
Message
Church Membership
Why Bother?
Pastor David Lagos-Fonseca
Reception of New Members
Ann Cramton
Pat Flynn
Mary Legg
Presentation of New Members
Joyce: Ann, Pat, and Mary have found a home here, have heard God call them beloved, and feel beloved by this congregation. Now they seek to deepen their relationship and commitment to this church community.
Questions for New Members
Pastor David: Dear Ann, Pat, and Mary, today we make a covenant. We make promises to one another, before God, so that we can depend on each other through the good and hard seasons of life. You have a church and a family. And so now I ask you: As members of Christ’s universal church, will you be loyal to The United Methodist Church, and do all in your power to strengthen its ministries?
New Members: I will.
Pastor David: As members of this congregation, will you faithfully participate in its ministries and mission by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, your service, and your witness so that together we may grow stronger in expressing God’s love for all creation?
New Members: I will.
Promise From the Church
Pastor David: Members of the household of God, do you promise to help Ann, Pat, and Mary find their place in the Body of Christ, to pray with and for them, to welcome them fully in holy friendship, to be presence for them in times of distress and servants to them in times of need? If so, please answer: We promise, with the help of God.
Congregation: We promise, with the help of God.
The Congregational Response
Pastor David: I commend Ann, Pat, and Mary to your love and care. Do all in your power to increase their faith, confirm their hope, and perfect them in love.
Congregation: We joyfully welcome you into the common life of our church. We promise you our friendship and prayers as we share in the hopes and labors of this church. As members together with you in the body of Christ and in this congregation of The United Methodist Church, we renew our covenant faithfully to participate in the ministries of the church by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service, and our witness that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. By the power of the Holy Spirit, may we grow together in faith and be witnesses to the love of God and the peace of Christ.
Blessing on Members
Pastor David: Loving God, give to your children: Ann, Pat, and Mary strength for life’s journey, courage in times of suffering, the comfort of faith, love that cannot die, laughter in the company of friends, and the hope of new life; through Jesus Christ, who makes us one.
And now, the God of all grace, who has called us to eternal glory in Christ, establish you and strengthen you by the power of the Holy Spirit, that you may live in grace and peace. Amen.
*Hymn
The Summons
The Faith We Sing 2130
Blessing
Postlude
Holy, Holy, Holy
John Dykes
arr. Benjamin Culli
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:
~ OSUMC Members of the Reconciling Church Task Force ~
Martha Walker
Cindy Rucks
Phil Dyer
Diane Dyer
Barry Maurizio
Brian English
Jenny Beutin
Barbara Garvin (Alternate)
~SINGLE BOARD MEMBERS ~
Single Board Chairperson
Dan Meyer
Lay Leader
Brian English
Finance Chairperson
Michele Anderson
Finance Vice Chair
Phil Prather
Trustees Chairperson
Bob Garvin
Trustees Vice Chair
John Kostecki
Pastor Parish Committee Chairperson
Faith Folkes
Pastor Parish Committee Chairperson Vice Chair
Matthew Williams
U.M. Men’s Representative
Barry Maurizio
United Women in Faith Representative
Mary Legg
Youth Representative
Angelina Mheenbeek
Recording Secretary
Marcia Needler