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Galatians 6:1-16 This week, we’re reminded of the power — and the cost — of living into God’s new creation. Paul’s message to the Galatians still speaks loudly today: when division, judgment, and exclusion threaten to unravel community, the Spirit calls us to choose a better way — the way of love, solidarity, and gentle correction. Yes, the world is weary. Yes, justice is hard. And yes, it can feel like we’re swimming upstream when we try to live with grace in a graceless time. But do not grow weary. Because what we sow in love, we will reap in peace. 💛 Let us live according to the Spirit — welcoming the outsider, resisting the urge to divide, and trusting that God’s mercy is greater than our weariness. #DoNotGrowWeary #NewCreation #LiveTheSpirit #SolidarityNotDivision #Galatians6 #FaithInAction #LoveYourNeighbor #ChooseLove #SeasonAfterPentecost #FaithAndJustice #UMC #SundayWorship #NewHopeUMC Click here to tithe: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/give/give-online/ Submit prayer requests here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/care/prayer-request/ Access this week’s bulletin here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/worship/worship-bulletin/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/connect/sign-up-for-email/ CCLV: 505458540 CCLI: 2919260 Photo Credit: ID 54324030 © Blazej Lyjak | Dreamstime.com
Sunday Worship July 6, 2025
Lift High the Cross UMH 159
Here I Am, Lord UMH 593
Galatians 5:1, 13-25 What does freedom really mean? This week, we’re rethinking freedom—not as license to indulge ourselves, but as the power to choose love. True freedom isn’t doing whatever we want; it’s choosing to bind ourselves to others with compassion, empathy, and justice. Paul tells the Galatians: “Do not use your freedom for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.” This isn’t the kind of freedom that pretends anger or injustice don’t exist. It’s the kind that sees anger as love in action, a cry for dignity for our neighbors. It’s not control. It’s not quiet compliance. It’s the courageous, messy, Spirit-led choice to show up for others again and again. Freedom is not easy. But choosing our neighbors may be the boldest—and most needed—freedom of all. ✨ #FreedomInChrist #LoveYourNeighbor #Galatians5 #FaithInAction #ChooseLove #LifeInTheSpirit #SeasonAfterPentecost #FaithAndJustice #UMC #SundayWorship #NewHopeUMC Click here to tithe: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/give/give-online/ Submit prayer requests here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/care/prayer-request/ Access this week’s bulletin here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/worship/worship-bulletin/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/connect/sign-up-for-email/ CCLV: 505458540 CCLI: 2919260
Sunday Worship June 29 2025
1 Kings 19:1-15 This week begins our long journey through the Season after Pentecost—a time to reflect on how God’s presence transforms our everyday lives. Our focus is holy rest—the kind Elijah receives when he's at his breaking point, afraid and overwhelmed after standing up for what’s right. His reward? A nap. A snack. The still, small voice of God. In a world still filled with injustice masquerading as law, we are reminded: doing the work of mercy and justice is exhausting. And yet, we are not alone. God meets us not in fire or earthquake, but in silence. In rest. In renewal. ✨ Justice work is sacred work. And sometimes, it starts with a nap and a snack. ✨ God strengthens us with quiet presence and calls us to keep going—not with violence, but with love, mercy, and courage. ✨ As Paul reminds us, we are ALL one in Christ. There is no hierarchy in God’s kingdom. Only belonging. This week, rest in God. Let that rest restore you for the work ahead. #HolyRest #SeasonAfterPentecost #FaithAndJustice #UMC #StillSmallVoice #Elijah #Galatians3 #DoJusticeLoveMercy #GodIsWithUs #GodIsLove #UnityInDiversity #SundayWorship #NewHopeUMC Click here to donate to Justice in Action: https://www.givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/justice-in-action Click here to tithe: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/give/give-online/ Submit prayer requests here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/care/prayer-request/ Access this week’s bulletin here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/worship/worship-bulletin/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/connect/sign-up-for-email/ CCLV: 505458540 CCLI: 2919260 Photo Credit: ID 46308290 © Charon | Dreamstime.com
Sunday Worship June 22, 2025
Precious Lord, Take My Hand UMH 474
Just As I Am, Without One Plea UMH 357
Have Thine Own Way, Lord UMH 382
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 This week, we wrap up the festival season with Trinity Sunday—a day that invites us into the deep and beautiful mystery of God’s nature: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. From the awe-inspiring majesty of creation in the Psalms, to the peace and grace we receive through Christ in Romans, our scriptures reveal a God who has been with us from the very beginning—creating, redeeming, and sustaining. The Trinity isn’t just a theological puzzle—it’s a vision of divine relationship. A unity in diversity. A call to live in love, connection, and grace with one another in a world that often feels fractured and divided. In the triune God, we see what it means to be truly in relationship—and we’re invited to mirror that in our own lives. As we move forward into the "ordinary" season, may we be anything but ordinary in how we reflect God’s extraordinary love. ✨ One God. Three Persons. Infinite grace. ✨ #TrinitySunday #FromTheBeginning #GodIsLove #UnityInDiversity #FaithfulLiving #Proverbs8 #Romans5 #Psalm8 #MysteryOfFaith #ChurchLife #SundayWorship #NewHopeUMC Click here to donate to Justice in Action: https://www.givetolincoln.com/nonprofits/justice-in-action Click here to tithe: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/give/give-online/ Submit prayer requests here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/care/prayer-request/ Access this week’s bulletin here: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/worship/worship-bulletin/ Sign up for the newsletter: https://newhopeumclincolnne.org/connect/sign-up-for-email/ CCLV: 505458540 CCLI: 2919260 Photo Credit: ID 68635545 © Romolo Tavani | Dreamstime.com
Sunday Worship June 15, 2025
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