First United Methodist Church Hitchcock

First United Methodist Church Hitchcock Loving church family ready to welcome all with open arms. Come see! Every Sunday at 10:45am

Sunday Worship: 10:45am
Ministers, All Members
Pastor, Reverend Mike Selzer

06/07/2026

A Worship Celebration Of God’s Prophets
Prelude “Praise to The Lord”
Pastor: Jesus said, Congregants: “Remember I am with you always to the end of the age.”
*Call To Worship
Pastor: On this Sunday we come to praise the Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Congregants: We have come to praise God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Pastor: We gather to wade into the depths of the divine mystery of God,, the One-in-Three and Three-in-One. Congregants: We gather seeking an ever-deepening faith in God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Pastor: We gather to witness the interconnectedness of our Triune God, to marvel at the divine dance of partnership and cooperation. Congregants: We gather to accept the invitation to join in the divine dance of God who creates, redeems and sustains all creation.
Pastor: Let us now worship our Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Congregants: With gladness and thanksgiving we worship our Triune God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Our Centering Prayer
Loving God, in that first spark of creativity You set the cosmos into motion. Time after time Your creative presence brings new life and hope. When we look at the heavens; when we gaze at the sun and moon; when we marvel at the beauty of all Your creation we feel small and unimportant. And yet we experience the love, comfort, guidance of the Holy Trinity in the breaking of every new morning of our lives. Thank You God, Amen.
*Introit “Morning Hs Broken” Page 145 The United Methodist Hymnal
Invocation
*Hymn of Truth “Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty”” Page 64 The United Methodist Hymnal
Hymn of Proclamation “How Great Thou Art” Page 77 The United Methodist Hymnal
Sharing Our Blessings And Prayer Requests The Lord’s Prayer
Returning to God A Portion of His Gifts Granted Us
*Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below; praise Him above ye heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
Anthem “All Creatures of Our God and King”
Our Story Old Testament: Genesis 1: 1-4 New Testament Matthew 28:19-20 Disciple: This is the Word of God All: For the children of God
News We Can Use “Actualization of The Holy Trinity”
Sacrament of Holy Communion
The Invitation Page 7 The United Methodist Hymnal
Confession & Pardon Page 8 The United Methodist Hymnal
The Great Thanksgiving Pages 9-11 The United Methodist Hymnal
“Let Us Break Bread Together”
“Alleluia”
Hymn of Peace “It Is Well With My Soul” Page 377 The United Methodist Hymnal
Postlude “Freely, Freely”
Reflective Thoughts
“We do not participate in Holy Communion because we are good; we participate to become good.” John Boscoe
“We embrace the Sacrament of Holy Communion because of the peace it grants us.” David Michaels
“Equate the Sacrament of Holy Communion to a load of laundry. It starts out soiled and comes out clean.” Barney F. Willingham
Our Attendance Goal: 20 Our Average Attendance: 6 Monthly Expenses: $3,791.00 Gifts Received Last Month: $1,258.00


June 7, 2026
Second Sunday After Pentecost
First United Methodist Church
Address:
7101 Methodist Street Hitchcock, TX 77563
Scripture Exploration: 9:30 a.m. Worship Celebration: 10:45 a.m.
Prophets All Are We
Pastor
Reverend Mike Selzer 409.256.6101
Join us On Facebook!

06/07/2026

Pastor Mike's Homily:
June 7, 2026
Genesis 1:1-2, 4a Matthew 28:1-20
As we enter the Ordinary Season in the Liturgical Calendar it is a good time to focus on something extraordinary, the Holy Trinity.. Among all the days in the liturgical calendar Trinity Sunday seems abstract. Easter has a story we can grab on to. The same is true with Christmas, Epiphany, and Pentecost. How can we understand and apply our Trinitarian belief especially since Christianity is the only faith that believes in a Triune God? Let’s begin with the word trinity. It specifically denotes that God is a unity of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The word “trinity” is not in the Bible. It is generally acknowledged that Tertullian either coined the term or was the first to use it in reference to God. The great church councils of the fourth and fifth centuries used two primary pieces of scripture to canonize the formula of the Trinity, Mathew 28: 19, and 2nd Corinthians 13:14. The Trinity seems to be a mystery needing to be solved. People seem to want something tangible they can identify with to better understand the concept of the Trinity. Down through the ages there have been analogies attempting to simplify the concept. I will give you two. Water exists as liquid, ice, and steam; three forms, one substance. That does not work because the Trinity does not exist separately. The same is true regarding the tree analogy. The roots of the tree are God the Father. The trunk is God the Son. The branches are the Holy Spirit. Although each element of a tree is wood that analogy does not work because the Trinity does not separately exist. Here is an explanation that might be helpful. Each of the three persons of the Trinity glorifies the other. The Holy Spirit is in the Father and the Father is in the Holy Spirit. The Son is in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is in the Son. The Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father. The Holy Spirit is not the Father and the Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is not the Son. The Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Father. God is the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is God. God is the Son and the Son is God. God is the Father and the Father is the Son. God is Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Now that your head is spinning we need to recognize Scripture is theocentric and not Christocentric. Scripture is about God and how God works through Christ and the Holy Spirit. The opening of Scripture sets the tone how we are to understand God. God is one. God creates, sustains, orders, and preserves. Genesis 1: 1-4 is our starting point. “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters…And God saw that the light was good.” Note the three specifics: God creating, the wind or spirit is from God, and goodness of light. That immediately brings to mind John 1:5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” Too make things a bit perplexing is wondering if God was alone when he created the heavens and earth. We have to ask that question because we read the words from Lady Wisdom in Provers 8:17-30, “I was there when he set the heavens into place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the craftsman at his side.” As entertaining as it might be to debate whether or not God was alone when he created the heavens and earth it really matters naught. The real issue is not if a separate entity was there with God or what preceded what, The issue is who was the creator. The passage makes clear it was the ordering and creative activity of God at the very beginning as he is now and ever shall be. Our God is seemingly just too big and mysterious to be described as a single divine entity. The spirit or wind of God sweeps, hovers, and broods over the world in a way that documents a relationship both inside and outside of the Godhead. But most remarkable is the creative ordering made tangible and visible through the light that shines forth; the light that breaks the darkness through in the spirit of our risen Christ. How are we to grab on to and apply those bits of information in common sense ways? We are a lot like the eleven disciples described at the end of Matthew that went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus directed them to go. When they saw Jesus they worshipped him, but they like a majority of Jesus followers today still had some doubts about it all. Jesus looked at them square in their eyes and in a firm voice declared, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Imagine sitting there with the eleven disciples hearing Jesus say that. They had to be thinking the same as we, “Ok, now what.” After a short pause Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit., and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Did Jesus issue a commandment to make disciples in his name. No! He said to make disciples in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. In other words he said to do so in the name of the divine Holy Trinity. This is the point at which Trinity Sunday becomes real to you and me. Jesus tells we his followers to reenact his story in the baptism of new disciples enfolding them in the life of our Trinitarian God with the Son as their Immanuel, the Father loving them as his own, and the Spirit descending upon them as a dove to lead them out. Lead them out teaching others everything Jesus commanded. This is not information to be rehearsed. Rather it is a baptismal commissioning to be enacted by his disciples teaching all others Jesus taught as a new way of living in the world. Understand the teachings of Jesus are not the last word because the Holy Trinity never has a last word. Jesus is not to be a memory but the one who is named Immanuel, God with us revealed in us. Revealed in and through us to execute the commission Jesus bestowed upon us. We are to teach them Jesus is with them. Jesus is merciful. Jesus will save them. Jesus will make it well with their souls. Let us prepare to execute the divine commission bestowed us by first embracing the Sacrament of Holy Communion ensuring it well with our souls.
In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Amen

05/31/2026

A Worship Celebration Of God’s Prophets
Prelude “Praise to The Lord”
Pastor: Jesus said, Congregants: “Remember I am with you always to the end of the age.”
*Call To Worship
Pastor: On this Trinity Sunday, we come to praise the Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Congregants: We have come to praise God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Pastor: We gather to wade into the depths of the divine mystery of God,, the One-in-Three and Three-in-One. Congregants: We gather seeking an ever-deepening faith in God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Pastor: We gather to witness the interconnectedness of our Triune God, to marvel at the divine dance of partnership and cooperation. Congregants: We gather to accept the invitation to join in the divine dance of God who creates, redeems and sustains all creation.
Pastor: Let us now worship our Triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! Congregants: With gladness and thanksgiving we worship our Triune God who creates, redeems, and sustains all creation.
Our Centering Prayer
Loving God, in that first spark of creativity You set the cosmos into motion. Time after time Your creative presence brings new life and hope. When we look at the heavens; when we gaze at the sun and moon; when we marvel at the beauty of all Your creation we feel small and unimportant. And yet we experience the love, comfort, guidance of the Holy Trinity in the breaking of every new morning of our lives. Thank You God, Amen.
*Introit “Morning Hs Broken” Page 145 The United Methodist Hymnal
Invocation
*Hymn of Truth “Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty”” Page 64 The United Methodist Hymnal
Hymn of Proclamation “How Great Thou Art” Page 77 The United Methodist Hymnal
Sharing Our Blessings And Prayer Requests Pastoral Prayer The Lord’s Prayer
Hymn of Thanksgiving “For the Beauty of the Earth” Page 92 The United Methodist Hymnal
Our Affirmation of Faith “A Modern Affirmation” Page 885 The United Methodist Hymnal
*Gloria Patria Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
Returning to God A Portion of His Gifts Granted to Us
*Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below; praise Him above ye heavenly hosts; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen
Anthem “All Creatures of Our God and King”
Our Story Old Testament: Genesis 1: 1-2,4a New Testament Matthew 28:19-20 Disciple: This is the Word of God All: For the children of God
News We Can Use “Actualization of The Holy Trinity”
Hymn of Response “Rescue The Perishing” Page 591 The United Methodist Hymnal Our Benediction
Hymn of Reconciliation
Shalom to you now, shalom, my friends. May God’s full mercies bless you my friends. In all your living and through your loving, Christ be your shalom, Christ be your shalom.
Postlude “Sent Forth By God’s Blessings”

Our Attendance Goal: 20 Our Average Attendance: 7 Monthly Expenses: $3,791.00 Gifts Received This Month: $1,040.00

May 31, 2026
Trinity Sunday
First United Methodist Church
Address:
7101 Methodist Street Hitchcock, TX 77563
Scripture Exploration: 9:30 a.m. Worship Celebration: 10:45 a.m.
Prophets All Are We
Pastor
Reverend Mike Selzer 409.256.6101
Join us On Facebook!

05/31/2026

Pastor Mike's Homily:
May 31, 2026
Genesis 1:1-2, 4a Matthew 28:1-20
Today we celebrate Trinity Sunday. Among all the days in the liturgical calendar Trinity Sunday seems abstract. Easter has a story we can grab on to. The same is true with Christmas, Epiphany, and Pentecost. How can we understand and apply our Trinitarian belief especially since Christianity is the only faith that believes in a Triune God? Let’s begin with the word trinity. It specifically denotes that God is a unity of three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The word “trinity” is not in the Bible. It is generally acknowledged that Tertullian either coined the term or was the first to use it in reference to God. The great church councils of the fourth and fifth centuries used two primary pieces of scripture to canonize the formula of the Trinity, Mathew 28: 19, and 2nd Corinthians 13:14. Despite this the Trinity seems to be a mystery needing to be solved. Down through the ages there have been analogies attempting to simplify the concept. I will give you two. Water exists as liquid, ice, and steam; three forms, one substance. That does not work because the Trinity does not exist separately. The same is true regarding the tree analogy. The roots of the tree are God the Father. The trunk is God the Son. The branches are the Holy Spirit. Although each element of a tree is wood that analogy does not work because again the Trinity does not separately exist. Here is an explanation that might be helpful. Each of the three persons of the Trinity glorifies the other. The Holy Spirit is in the Father and the Father is in the Holy Spirit. The Son is in the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is in the Son. The Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father. The Holy Spirit is not the Father and the Father is not the Holy Spirit. The Son is not the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is not the Son. The Father is not the Son and the Son is not the Father. God is the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is God. God is the Son and the Son is God. God is the Father and the Father is the Son. God is Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Now that your head is spinning we need to recognize Scripture is theocentric and not Christocentric. Scripture is about God and how God works through Christ and the Holy Spirit. The opening of Scripture sets the tone how we are to understand God. God is one. God creates, sustains, orders, and preserves. Genesis 1: 1-4 and 4a is our starting point. “In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters…And God saw that the light was good.” Note the three specifics: God creating, the wind or spirit is from God, and goodness of light. That immediately brings to mind John 1:5, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” Too make things a bit perplexing is wondering if God was alone when he created the heavens and earth. We have to ask that question because we read the words from Lady Wisdom in Provers 8:17-30, “I was there when he set the heavens into place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Then I was the craftsman at his side.” As entertaining as it might be to debate whether or not God was alone when he created the heavens and earth it really matters naught. The real issue is not if a separate entity was there with God or what preceded what, The issue is who was the creator. The passage makes clear it was the ordering and creative activity of God at the very beginning as he is now and ever shall be. Our God is just too big and mysterious to be described as a single divine entity. The spirit or wind of God sweeps, hovers, and broods over the world in a way that documents a relationship both inside and outside of the Godhead. But most remarkable is the creative ordering made tangible and visible through the light that shines forth; the light that breaks the darkness through in the spirit of our risen Christ. How are we to grab on to and apply those bits of information? We are a lot like the eleven disciples described at the end of Matthew that went to Galilee to the mountain where Jesus directed them to go. When they saw Jesus they worshipped him, but they like a majority of Jesus followers today still had some doubts about it all. Jesus looked at them square in their eyes and in a firm voice declared, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Imagine sitting there with the eleven disciples hearing Jesus say that. They had to be thinking the same as we, “Ok, now what.” After a short pause Jesus said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit., and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Did Jesus issue a commandment to make disciples in his name. No! He said to make disciples in the name of the Father and of the Son and the Holy Spirit. In other words he said to do so in the name of the divine Holy Trinity. This is the point at which Trinity Sunday comes into view as Jesus tells his followers to reenact his story in the baptism of new disciples enfolding them in the life of our Trinitarian God with the Son as their Immanuel, the Father loving them as his own, and the Spirit descending upon them as a dove to lead them out. Lead them out teaching others everything Jesus commanded. This is not information to be rehearsed. Rather it is a baptismal commissioning to be enacted by his disciples teaching all others Jesus taught as a new way of living in the world. Understand the teachings of Jesus are not the last word because the Holy Trinity never has a last word. Jesus is not to be a memory but the one who is named Immanuel, God with us revealed in us. Revealed in and through us as we execute the great commission Jesus bestowed upon us to rescue the perishing; rescue those dying not living their baptism teaching all that Jesus is always with us. Jesus is merciful. Jesus will save.
Let us now depart to execute our great commission granted to us by the Holy Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen

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