06/07/2026
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CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ORDER OF WORSHIP
June 7, 2026
2nd Sunday of Pentecost
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
SONG “Trust and Obey” UMH 467
When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way
While we do His good will
He abides with us still
And with all who will trust and obey
Trust and obey
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey
Not a shadow can rise
Not a cloud in the skies
But His smile quickly drives it away
Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear
Can abide while we trust and obey
Trust and obey
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey
Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way
What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear only trust and obey
Trust and obey
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus
But to trust and obey
CCLI Song # 7056336 Daniel Brink Towner | John Henry Sammis | Russell Mauldin
© Words: Public Domain; Music: 2010 Belden Street Music Publishing
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved.
CCLI License # 11042915
PRAYER
Gracious God,
thank you for the beauty, kindness, faith, and care we see in Fairmont through our church, our neighbors, our schools, our caregivers, and our ministries of mercy.
Open our eyes to those carrying heavy burdens: hunger, homelessness, addiction, loneliness, financial stress, mental health struggles, and fear.
Holy Spirit, move in our city.
Bring unity, compassion, opportunity, renewed hope, and a shared vision for serving the least of these. Make Central a faithful witness of your love in Fairmont.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
PASSING of the PEACE
SONG “My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less” UMH 366
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’; blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name
On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
His oath His covenant His blood
Support me in the whelming flood
When all around my soul gives way
He then is all my hope and stay
On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
When He shall come with trumpet sound
O may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne
On Christ the solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand
CCLI Song # 25417 Edward Mote | William Batchelder Bradbury • © Words: Public Domain
• Music: Public Domain For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved.
CCLI License # 11042915
GOOD NEWS FOR GOD’S CHILDREN
RECOGNITION OF GOD’S TITHES AND OUR OFFERING
You are invited to send in your offering in several ways:
Mail to: Central UMC
301 Fairmont Ave., Fairmont, WV 26554
Setup a recurring payment with your local bank using Bill Pay. There is no charge for this service and it will be sent directly to the church.
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DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow….
THE LORD’S PRAYER
SONG “Be Thou My Vision” UMH 451
Be Thou my Vision O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me save that Thou art
Thou my best thought by day or by night
Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light
Be Thou my Wisdom and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me Lord
Thou my great Father I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one
High King of heaven my victory won
May I reach heaven& #39;s joys bright heaven’s Sun
Heart of my own heart whatever befall
Still be my Vision O Ruler of all
CCLI Song # 7056332 Eleanor Henrietta Hull | Mary Elizabeth Byrne | Russell Mauldin
Words: Public Domain; Music: 2010 Belden Street Music PublishingFor use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved. CCLI License # 11042915
MESSAGE “To Be a Blessing” Pastor Brad Bennett
SCRIPTURE Genesis 12:1-9
12 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot and all the possessions that they had gathered and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran, and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him. 8 From there he moved on to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and there he built an altar to the LORD and invoked the name of the LORD. 9 And Abram journeyed on by stages toward the Negeb.
PRAYER of CONFESSION
God of fire and wind, we confess we have missed the movement of your Spirit in our lives and in your world. We have not been a Spirit-led church. We have not pursued your anointing or your sanctifying presence. We have not lived in holiness. Forgive us, we pray. Free us from bo***ge to life in the Spirit, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Assurance and Pardon
One: Hear the good news! All who believe in Jesus Christ will have streams of living water flowing from within, streams of refreshing and of power. In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven and empowered.
Many: In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven and empowered.
ALL: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Amen!
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING for PENTECOST
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts. The pastor may lift hands and keep them raised.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise.
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God, and spoke to us through your prophets, who looked for that day when justice shall roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,
when nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ.
Your Spirit anointed him to preach good news to the poor,
to proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and to announce that the time had come when you would save your people.
He healed the sick, fed the hungry, and ate with sinners.
By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection
you gave birth to your Church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit.
At his ascension you exalted him to sit and reign with you at your right hand.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread,
gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
When the supper was over he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ,
we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving
as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us,
as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and for ever.
Amen.
SONG “Have Thine Own Way, Lord” UMH 449
Have thine own way, Lord
Have thine own way
Thou art the Potter
I am the clay
Mold me and make me
After thy will
While I am waiting
Yielded and still
Have thine own way, Lord
Have thine own way
Search me and try me
Master today
Whiter than snow Lord, wash me just now
As in Thy presence humbly I bow
Words and Music Public Domain
For use solely with the SongSelect® Terms of Use. All rights reserved.
CCLI License # 11042915
BENEDICTION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Bible Study: Wednesdays at 6pm over Zoom.
Bible Study: Wednesdays at 6pm over Zoom.
June 10, 17 & 24 - No Bible Study
Bible study July 1, 8 & 22
For all Zoom meetings:
wvumc.zoom.us/my/bradbennett Meeting ID: 746 604 2578 passcode: grace Or dial +1 301 715 8592 and enter the Meeting ID: 746 604 2578.
Worship Series:
Forming a Family/Preparing a People (Abraham and Sarah)
June 14 – A Miracle Called Laughter
June 21 – Hearing the Voice
June 28 – God Will Provide
Motivating Recovery: Families and friends walking the path of healing together.
Central’s Parlor: 4th Tuesdays at 6PM (monthly)
Trinity, 407 Cleveland Ave: Thursdays at 6pm (weekly)
PRAYER CONCERNS Doris Cox, Jessica Wolford, Bob Cover, Craig White, Rev. Dick Bowyer, Virginia Hamilton, April Cremeans, Tony Rapoza, Starlit Stone, Lisa Andre, Grant Boyer, Steve Westfall, Jason Leichliter, Cathy Reed, Bill Wilson, Susan Schmidt, Susan Hinerman, Joe Luketic, Dave Raddish, Alex Atwell, Roseann Carr, Jennifer Wella, Dusty Garrison, Mike and Carol Yost, Richard Bennett, Elizabeth Swiger, Dora Kay Grubb, Frank Martino, Linda Ayers, Rod Millson, Harry Windon, Patricia Carr, Betty Smith, Jim Hunt, Don Dotson, Jason Dodd at Woodlawn Assisted Living.
Prayer Room Available:
Did you know we have a prayer room? Located at the end of the hall when you come in the back door, it’s a quiet and powerful place to pray – anytime! However, it’s mostly accessible during office hours, Monday – Thursday, 10am – 2pm. We are placing our current prayer list in the prayer room for your convenience.
First Sunday Pastries
May 3rd, make sure to visit the “Central Perks” coffee bar by the gym to have some coffee and pastry before church. The coffee bar is available before each Sunday Service but the first Sunday of the month offers various pastries to enjoy!
Giving at Central UMC
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method
• Start giving—either one-time or
recurring!
If you have any questions or need help setting things up, please don’t hesitate to contact the church office. (304)366-3351.
Thank you for your faithful and generous giving. Together, we are building the Kingdom of God here in Fairmont and beyond.
Vacation Bible School at Central –
Making a Christian Community - examples in Joseph's Life is the theme of this year's Vacation Bible School! This year's Vacation Bible School is on the books for July 13th-17th for all ages! End of VBS picnic and pool party that Sunday, July 19th! Exciting things are in the works and more details will follow! We need volunteers to help.
June’s Mission Tree
Our mission tree project for June is VBS.
Instead of having a snack during VBS time each evening, we will be sending a snack home with each child. During June, please bring snack crackers, snack cookies/cakes, snack chips, gummy items, juice boxes, etc. Thank you for helping share God’s love to the children that will be attending VBS.
Looking Ahead –
Father’s Day Brunch – Sunday, June 21st following worship
Vacation Bible School – July 13-17th with picnic and pool party on July 19th.
We Will Leave the Light On
We are launching a campaign centered on Light as a symbol of hope. We’re keeping a light on at church as a visible reminder that no one is alone. We’re also inviting our community to keep their heart light on—and to show it by leaving their porch light on too. It’s a simple way to say: we see you, you matter, you’re welcome here, and hope is still shining. The light will change to indicate the cause for prayer. During the month of June we will change the light to GREEN as we pray for spiritual growth, children, families and renewed life in our churches and community. We invite you to turn on your porch light and let your light shine!
2026 Annual Conference Offering – “Rooted In Love”:
This year’s West Virginia Annual Conference Offering supports two important ministries rooted in God’s love. Gifts will help strengthen theological education for clergy in Africa, Europe and the Philippines while also supporting camp scholarships at Sprong Heights Camp and Retreat Center, where young people grow in faith and discipleship. Together, these ministries nurture leaders locally and globally as we share the love of Christ. Please prayerfully consider contributing to this special offering before or during Annual Conference season.
Special Offering:
Our churches will be collecting a special offering on the first Sunday in June to be given at our Annual Church Conference. Please prayerfully consider supporting this ministry.
Church on the Green
You are invited to join Church on the Green, sponsored by Gateway UMC, this summer in downtown Fairmont. Each gathering will include food, music, fellowship, and a message of God’s love.
Church on the Green will be held in the green space beside Huntington National Bank on Adams Street at 6:00 p.m. on June 17, July 15, and August 12.
Come worship with our neighbors and support this wonderful community outreach!
Welcome Home!
