06/19/2026
Hello Friends,
For those of you joining us online the Sunday morning online, here is our church bulletin. We will be spending some time looking at the Nicene Creed, why this historic document is still relevant and meaningful to us today. May your weekend be blessed!
BANGOR FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
JUNE 21, 2026
WORDS OF WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS , INTRODUCTION
CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Gracious Lord, we have gathered in your sanctuary, your sanctuary of love and acceptance, today, looking to You to be comforted and strengthened, healed and reconciled, filled with your presence and inspired by the Holy Spirit. Fill our hearts and minds with your presence as we study, discern and come to understand the scope and breath of the Nicene Creed.
All: During our special time with You today Lord, open our eyes that we may see and understand your words for us, our ears that we may hear and obey your call on our lives, and our hearts that we may accept and direct your call toward fulfillment of our lives and the lives of others.
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Leader: We know down deep that we have fallen short of being faithful to your call on our lives. But we are comforted that You are a healing God, that You reach out and patiently wait for our return and that your steadfast love is ever ready to welcome us.
All: We praise You that in the risen Christ Jesus, You meet us with grace, embrace us in acceptance, and affirm us as a forgiven people. We give thanks to You that by your Holy Spirit. You move us to change our direction, receive your love, and become what we most truly are, a people made in your image.
*HYMN 1 Holy, Holy, Holy
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
NICENE CREED
We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father, through him all things were made. For us and our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in the one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING 1: Galatians 1: 6-9
*HYMN 2 The Church is One Foundation
SCRIPTURE READING 2: 1 John 4: 1-6
*HYMN 3 Come Thou Almighty King
SCRIPTURE READING 3: Psalm 8
*HYMN 4 This is My Father’s World
SCRIPTURE READING 4: Mark 9: 2-4, 7
*HYMN 5 He is Lord
SCRIPTURE READING 5: John 1: 1-4, 9, 14, 18
SCRIPTURE READING 6: Luke 1: 26-28, 31, 34-35
*HYMN 6 Joy to the World
SCRIPTURE READING 7: Luke 24: 50-53
SCRIPTURE READING 8 : Genesis 1: 1-12
*HYMN *7 Spirit of the Living God
SILENT PRAYER / LORD’S PRAYER
OFFERTORY PRAYER
Christ has taught us it is more blessed to give than receive. With the help of the Holy spirit, let us present our offerings to the service of the church and commit them to God’s blessing for those who give and those who receive. Amen
*HYMN 8 The Church is One Foundation
BENEDICTION Dr. Jeff Fister
BENEDICTION RESPONSE: How Firm a Foundation
