April 3, 2019 | 7:30 AM

United Methodist Church

 Greetings
• Worship Leader: “Your life is a sacred journey. And
it is about change, growth, discovery, movement,
transformation, continuously expanding your vision of
what is possible, stretching your soul, learning to see
clearly and deeply, listening to your intuition, taking
courageous challenges at every step along the way. You
are on the path … exactly where you meant to be right
now … And from here, you can only go forward, shaping
your life story into a magnificent tale of triumph, of
healing, of courage, of beauty, of wisdom, of power, of
dignity and of love.”
THE SYMBOLIC
OFFERING
 CANDLES
• Lord, you asked us to light the world. May
this candle symbolize our hearts, rekindle
us with the fire of your love and help us to
keep them burning for the people who
need Your light. Do not allow that Your
light will be extinguished by our negligence
and selfishness.
 FLOWERS
• Lord, we bring You a profession of colors
and hues through these flowers, symbolic
of our eagerness and joy in serving You.
We hope that our lives will be like these
flowers. In simplicity, we find satisfaction,
and in simplicity we find the power to hope
and work for peace.
 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
• We bring You dear God, these fruits and
vegetables as symbol of Your blessings
and kindness. We hope that one day
everyone’s basket will be filled with bounty,
and that no one will be hungry nor thirsty.
Help us to struggle and work out this
desire.
 GROCERIES
• They are gift from the sea, land and in the
air, they all contributed for the benefits of
mankind.
 RICE AND BREAD
• God said: I have provided all kinds of grain
and fruits to eat.
 MONETARY OFFERING
• O gracious God, we offer to You our
heartfelt thanks for these possessions,
believing that all these come from You.
 BIBLE
• The Holy Bible is God’s love letter to all of
us. And it was written the promises and
that whosever believes in God will not be
lost but have everlasting life.
 THE PHILIPPINE FLAG
• We offer to You Lord, the symbol of our
beloved country and our school. It reveals
the ideas and aspirations of our youth as
they undergo the stages of formation so
that they may be prepared to respond to
the needs of our society.
 MEDALS, RIBBONS &
CERTIFICATES
• We offer You these medals, ribbons and
certificates as special symbols of
recognition that speaks of our love,
gratitude and promise to do the mission
each of us has to fulfill. May these merits
be our inspiration in doing our duties at
home and in our community as a whole.
CALL TO WORSHIP
• Leader: We have sensed God’s intimate
presence throughout the whole School Year.
Now, we gather to worship and glorify the source
of our success, our Great Almighty God.
• People: Yes, worship is our celebration of the
steadfast love of God to us and for all His
creation.
• All: GOD IS WITH US ALWAYS IN SPIRIT AND
IN TRUTH WITH THANKSGIVING FOR GOD’S
PRESENCE, WE COME TOGETHER THIS
MORNING TO PRAISE & THANK HIM.
 STANDING ON THE
PROMISES
Standing on the promises of Christ my Standing on the promises of Christ the
King, Lord,
Through eternal ages let His praises ring, Bound to Him eternally by love’s strong
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing, cord,
Standing on the promises of God. Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the promises of God. (Repeat
Chorus: Standing, standing, Chorus)
Standing on the promises of God my
Savior; Standing on the promises I shall not fall,
Standing, standing, List’ning every moment to the Spirit’s call.
I’m standing on the promises of God. Resting in my Savior as my All in all,
Standing on the promises of God. (Repeat
Standing on the promises that cannot fail, Chorus)
When the howling storms of doubt and
fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God. (Repeat
Chorus)
•
 LITANY OF THANKSGIVING
Leader: For the Bonfal Proper National High School where joys and
sorrows, problems and successes are shared. Where songs of
inspiration are sang, toys played, stories full of lessons are heard.
Where learning and working together are encouraged.
People: For all of these, WE ARE THANKFUL O, LORD.
Leader: For our PRINCIPAL and all TEACHING STAFF with loving
patience in teaching students to be a good and productive citizens with
courage and self-confidence and equip to face the challenge of
tomorrow.
People: For all of these, WE ARE THANKFUL O, LORD.
Leader:For Dear Parents, bravely sending their children. For
GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES and SIGNIFICANT OTHERS’
who unselfishly supported their children to school.
People: For all of these, WE ARE THANKFUL O, LORD.
 IF MY PEOPLE’S HEARTS
ARE HUMBLED
(Tune: 526.What a Friend We Have in Jesus)
If my people’s hearts are humbled, if they pray and
seek my face
If they turn away from evil, I will not withhold my
grace.
I will hear their pray’rs from heaven, I will pardon
every sin
If my people’s hearts are humbled, I will surely
heal their land.
LITURGY OF THE
WORD
 1st Reading –
Jeremiah 31:3-4; 29:11-14
The Lord God has this to say to you today: I have loved
you with an everlasting love and I am constant in my
affection for you. I will build you up and I will protect you in
good times and in bad. So be happy and go forth in the
dancing of the merrymakers. I have plans in my heart for
you: plans for peace, not disaster, plans to give you a
future and a reason to hope. And remember, when you call
upon me and come and pray to me I will hear you. You will
seek me and find me: when you seek me with all your
heart, I will be found by you.
This is the Word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God.
 2nd Reading –
Romans 12:9-18
Do not let your love be a pretense but sincerely prefer good to evil.
Love each other as much as brothers and sisters should and have a
profound respect for each other. Work for the Lord with untiring effort
and with great earnestness of spirit. If you have hope, this will make
you cheerful. Do not give up if trials come and keep on praying. If any
of the saints are in need you must share with them and you should
make hospitality your special care. Bless those who persecute you:
never curse them, bless them. Rejoice with those who rejoice and be
sad with those in sorrow. Treat everyone with equal kindness; never be
condescending but make real friends with the poor. Do no allow
yourself to become self-satisfied. Never repay evil with evil but let
everyone see that you are interested only in the highest ideals. Do all
you can to live at peace with everyone.
This is the word of the Lord
All: Thanks be to God.
 GOSPEL
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John As the Father has
loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my
commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my
Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told ylete. My
command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love
has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are
my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants,
because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead I have
called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have
made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and
appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last. Then the Father
will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love
each other. This is the Gospel of the Lord
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
 MESSAGE
THROUGH SONG
 SALAMAT
• Salamat sa Yo aking Ama
Salamat sa Yong mga likha
Salamat sa liwanag ng araw at
buwan
Salamat sa Yo O Diyos
• Salamat sa bugtong Mong anak
Salamat sa Kanyang pagliligtas
Salamat sa buhay na walang
hanggan
Salamat, salamat sa Iyo
• Walang hanggang pasasalamat
Ang sa Yo’y aming sasambitin
Maging sa huling sandali ng
aming buhay
Pasasalamat s Iyo’y walang
hanggan
Salamat sa buhay kong ito
Salamat at ako’y Iyong binago
Salamat sa walang hanggang pag-
ibig Mo
Salamat sa Yo O Diyos
Salamat sa mga magulang ko
Salamat sa mga kapatid ko
Salamat sa lahat ng kaibigan ko
Salamat Salamat sa Iyo
Salamat sa bawat pagsubok
Salamat sa tibay ng loob
Salamat sa landas ng pagbabago
Salamat sa Yo O Diyos
Salamat sa wagas na pag-ibig mo
Salamat inibig Mo ako
Salamat sa bawat taong nagmamahal
Salamat Salamat sa Iyo
PROCLAMATION OF
THE WORD
REV. JAIME R. BOLUSAN, PhD.
Administrative Pastor
Bonfal United Methodist Church
TAKING THE BREAD
AND CUP
INVITATION: The Minister
Christ our Lord invites to his table all that love him and
seek to grow into his likeness. Let us draw near with faith,
make our humble confession, and prepare to receive this
Holy Sacrament.
CONFESSION AND PARDON:
All Together: We do not presume to come to your table,
merciful Lord, trusting in your own goodness but in your
unfailing mercies. We are not worthy that you should
receive us, but give your word and we shall be healed,
through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
THE PARTAKING OF
THE ELEMENT
THE PRAYER AFTER THE SACRAMENT:

All Together: Most bountiful God, we give you thanks for

the world you have created, for the gift of life, and for giving
yourself to us in Jesus Christ, whose holy life, suffering and
death, and glorious resurrection have delivered us from
slavery to sin and death. We thank you that in the power of
your Holy Spirit, you have fed us in this sacrament, united
us with Christ, and given us a foretaste of your heavenly
banquet. We are your children and yours is the glory, now
and forevermore, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 AFFIRMATION OF THE FAITH
• I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven
and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead
and buried, the third day He rose from the dead. He
ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of
God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to
judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the
life everlasting. Amen.
THANKSGIVING AND
COMMITMENT
THE CALL OF OFFERINGS OF THANKSGIVING, ETC.
Worship Leader: “God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that
always, having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an
abundance for every good deed.” - II Corinthians 9:8

* THE DOXOLOGY: 384.Love Divine All Loves

Excelling
Lord thou love the cheerful giver, who with open heart and hand
Blesses freely as a river, that refreshes all the land.
Grant us then the grace of giving, with a spirit large and free,
That our life and all our living, we may consecrate TO THEE…
 THE OFFERTORY PRAYER
• In Unison: O Lord, our God, send down
upon us Thy Holy Spirit, we beseech
Thee, to cleanse our hearts, to hallow our
gifts, and to perfect the offering of
ourselves to Thee, through Jesus Christ
our Lord, Amen.