Wellsville United Methodist Church

09/06/2026

WELLSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH September 6, 2026

In Person and Church@Home on-line Worship Service 10:45 a.m. each Sunday Morning.
Sound and Worship: Kristal Crist
Lay Leader: Beth Watson
Pianist: Virgilene Swift
Pastor: Kyungbum Kyun

Pastor K’s Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 785-883-2737
Website: www.umcwellsville.org

CCLI 2509493 (copyright license)

Church @ Home on-line: Leave a comment in the comment section to let us know how we can pray for you today, let us know how many are joining us, let us know how we might connect with you.

Prelude:
We Gather to Worship God
Call to Worship:
Pastor: Family of God, we live in a world full of conflict and division.
People: God calls us to be a people of reconciliation.
Pastor: We live in a world full of misinformation and confusion.
People: God calls us to be a people of truth and clarity.
Pastor: We live in a world that wants to settle disputes with harmful words and actions.
People: God calls us to be a people who make peace through compassion and honesty.
Pastor: We live in a world that does not understand the ways of Jesus.
People: Yet Jesus teaches us to be a people of reconciliation and peace for the good of the whole world. Thanks be to God! Amen.

*Opening Hymn: TFWS 2164, Sanctuary
Lord, prepare me to be a sanctuary,
pure and holy, tried and true.
With thanksgiving, I'll be a living
sanctuary for You.
Prayer of Confession
Pastor: Gracious God, before we ever learned to love, You loved us first.
People: Yet we confess that we have not always extended that same grace to one another.
Pastor: We have allowed disappointment, judgment, and old wounds to become greater than love.
People: Wash our hearts in the grace of Jesus Christ and free us from what we continue to hold against one another.
Pastor: Pour Your Holy Spirit upon us, that our words may bring grace, our hands may serve, and our gifts may build up Your people.
People: Teach us to love deeply, serve faithfully, and glorify Christ in all that we do.
All: Amen.
Words of Assurance
Pastor: Hear the Good News: The love of God is greater than our failures, and His grace covers what we cannot make right on our own.
People: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven, restored, and made new.
Pastor: The Holy Spirit continues to work within us, giving us grace to love, strength to serve, and gifts to share.
People: We are stewards of God’s grace, called to serve one another in love.
Pastor: Through Jesus Christ, receive forgiveness, peace, and new life.
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.

The Giving Time

*Doxology: UMH 95: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

Joys & Concerns - The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen

Children’s Time

*We Hear God’s Word: 1 Peter 4:8-11 (NRSVUE)
Above all, maintain constant love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.
Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.

Message Title: “Love That Covers”

Sacrament of Holy Communion (UMH Page 13)

Taking The Bread and Cup
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
Leader and People:
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.
Leader and People:
Christ has died;
Christ has risen;
Christ will come again.
Leader and People:
Amen.
*Closing Hymn: W&S 3040, You Are My All in All
1 You are my strength when I am
weak,
You are the treasure that I seek.
You are my all in all.
Seeking you as a precious jewel,
Lord, to give up I’d be a fool.
You are my all in all.
Jesus, Lamb of God,
worthy is your name.
Jesus, Lamb of God,
worthy is your name.
2 Taking my sin, my cross, my
shame,
rising again I bless your name,
you are my all in all.
When I fall down you pick me up.
When I am dry you fill my cup.
You are my all in all. (Refrain)

Taking the Light of God out into the World

The Benediction

Postlude

Wellsville UMC address:
302 Locust Street
PO Box 458
Wellsville, KS 66092
Giving Options:
• Mail to the address above
• Drop your check off at Mid-America Bank & ask that your name be put on the deposit slip.
• Work with your bank to begin Electronic Funds Transfer from your account to the church account.

09/04/2026

A Moment of Reflection | September 4

Sometimes we wish God would show us the whole road ahead.

But often, God gives us enough light for just the next step.

When we are unsure which way to go, we do not have to have everything figured out. We can pause, pray, and trust that God is walking with us.

“I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go.”
— Psalm 32:8

Prayer
God, when I am unsure of the way ahead, help me trust Your guidance. Give me wisdom for today and courage to take the next step. Amen.

09/03/2026

This Sunday is Communion Sunday. All are welcome at the Lord's table.

09/02/2026

09/01/2026

Bible Study tonight @ 6:30 pm. All are invited and welcome to attend.

08/30/2026

WELLSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH August 30, 2026
Todays Worship Leader is Paul Rayson
In Person and Church@Home on-line Worship Service 10:45 a.m. each Sunday Morning.
Sound and Worship: Kristal Crist
Comments: Lay Leader, Beth Watson
Pianist: Virgilene Swift
Pastor: Kyungbum Kyun

Pastor K’s Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 785-883-2737
Website: www.umcwellsville.org

CCLI 2509493 (copyright license)

Church @ Home on-line: Leave a comment in the comment section to let us know how we can pray for you today, let us know how many are joining us, let us know how we might connect with you.

Prelude:
We Gather to Worship God
Call to Worship:
Leader: Sometimes God calls us through burning bushes, telling us to go free a whole people despite our insecurities and fears.
People: God, help us accept your call on our lives.
Leader: Sometimes God calls us, and we don’t understand the full meaning of the call, the ways our families, friends, and communities may resist the good news and us as messengers of it.
People: God, help us accept your call on our lives.
Leader: Sometimes God calls us to a path that is harder than we think we can handle, asking us to trust that God will provide what we need.
People: God, help us accept your call on our lives.

Leader: Beloved, God’s call takes many forms. Sometimes it feels as natural as breathing, and sometimes we want to run as far as we can. But take assurance in this: You are not alone. God is with us, and God’s call can be trusted, because no matter where it leads, God is there.
People: God, help us accept your call on our lives and to trust that what you equip us to do is what you call us to do as members of the Body of Christ. Thanks be to God! Amen.

*Opening Hymn: UMH 62, All Creatures of Our God and King (vs 1 thru 5)
1. All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing,
O praise ye! Alleluia!
O brother sun with golden beam,
O sister moon with silver gleam!
(Refrain)
O praise ye! O praise ye!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. O brother wind, air, clouds, and rain,
by which all creatures ye sustain,
O praise ye! Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
ye lights of evening, find a voice! (Refrain)
3. O sister water, flowing clear,
make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
O brother fire who lights the night,
providing warmth, enhancing sight, (Refrain)
4. Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfoldest blessings on our way,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
let them God's glory also show! (Refrain)

5. All ye who are of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O praise ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
praise God and on him cast your care! (Refrain)

Prayer of Confession
Leader: Gracious God, You have done great things for us, restoring what was lost and filling our lives with abundance, yet we confess that we often fail to see it.
People: Forgive us for eyes that look but do not truly see, and hearts that hear but do not truly understand.
Leader: We walk past the seeds You have planted in our lives, distracted by worry, distant riches, and the cares of this world.
People: Clear the thorns that choke Your word within us, and soften the hard ground of
our hearts.
Leader: Open our eyes to see what You see: Your abundance around us and Your harvest waiting to grow.
People: Renew our sight, restore our faith, and make us good soil for Your kingdom.
All: Amen.
Words of Assurance
Leader: Hear the Good News: Blessed are your eyes, for they see; blessed are your ears, for they hear.
People: God restores what the years have eaten away and fills our lives to the full.
Leader: Through Christ, the seed of God's word takes root in us and bears fruit beyond measure.
People: We are forgiven, we are renewed, and we are made ready to see
as God sees.
Leader: Go forth trusting in God's abundance, seeing the harvest already growing among us.
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.

The Giving Time

*Doxology: UMH 95: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

Joys & Concerns - The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen

Children’s Time

*We Hear God’s Word: Joel 2:21-24; Matthew 13:16-23 (NRSVUE)
Joel 2:21-24 (NRSVUE)
Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!
Do not fear, you animals of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
O children of Zion, be glad, and rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given the early rain for your vindication; he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the later rain, as before.
The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with w**e and oil.

Matthew 13:16-23 (NRSVUE)
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
“Hear, then, the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, that person immediately falls away.
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.
But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.

Message Title: “Do You See What God Sees”

*Closing Hymn: UMH 92, For the Beauty of the Earth
1. For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies;
(Refrain)
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.

2. For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light; (Refrain)
3. For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony
linking sense to sound and sight; (Refrain)
4. For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild; (Refrain)
5. For thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love; (Refrain)
6. For thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven: (Refrain)

Taking the Light of God out into the World

The Benediction
Postlude

Wellsville UMC address:
302 Locust Street
PO Box 458
Wellsville, KS 66092
Giving Options:
• Mail to the address above
• Drop your check off at Mid-America Bank & ask that your name be put on the deposit slip.
• Work with your bank to begin Electronic Funds Transfer from your account to the church account.

08/26/2026

Stay Salty: Being the Church in a Changing World 🧂

Join clergy and laity across the district for a day of worship, learning, and connection!

Saturday, Sept 19, 2026 | 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Asbury UMC, Prairie Village, KS
Free (lunch included)

Featuring special guest Rev. Dr. Lovett H. Weems Jr. speaking on "The Future of the UMC," plus sessions on hospitality, leadership, and church life.

Bring a friend from the congregation --> registration required (see flyer QR code). We'd love to see you there!

08/23/2026

WELLSVILLE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH August 23, 2026

In Person and Church@Home on-line Worship Service 10:45 a.m. each Sunday Morning.
Sound and Worship: Kristal Crist
Comments: Lay Leader, Beth Watson
Pianist: Virgilene Swift
Pastor: Kyungbum Kyun

Pastor K’s Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Office Phone: 785-883-2737
Website: www.umcwellsville.org

CCLI 2509493 (copyright license)

Church @ Home on-line: Leave a comment in the comment section to let us know how we can pray for you today, let us know how many are joining us, let us know how we might connect with you.

Prelude:
We Gather to Worship God
Call to Worship:
Pastor: In a world where powerful people make decisions to lift themselves up and cast others aside, how does God teach us to use our power?
People: God teaches us to protect the vulnerable, resist the oppressors, and persist in doing good.
Pastor: In a world where power means might, how does God show us what power means?
People: God shows us through the midwives’ daring, Peter’s truth-telling, and Jesus’ humility.
Pastor: In a world where power is held over people’s heads, how does God exercise power?
People: God exercises power with—with the oppressed, with the outcasts, with the poor and downtrodden.

Pastor: Beloved, we gather to recognize our world as it is and to grow as disciples and imitators of Christ. So, how will you use your power today?
People: We will side with the vulnerable, build community in the margins, and love all of our neighbors with the exuberant and all-encompassing love of Christ. Amen.

*Opening Hymn: UMH 558, We Are the Church (vs. 1, 2 & 4)
I am the church! You are the church!
We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, all around the world!
Yes, we're the church together!
1 The church is not a building,
the church is not a steeple,
the church is not a resting place,
the church is a people. (Refrain)
2 We're many kinds of people,
with many kinds of faces,
all colors and all ages, too,
from all times and places. (Refrain)
4 And when the people gather,
there's singing and there's praying,
there's laughing and there's crying
sometimes, all of it saying: (Refrain)

Prayer of Brokenness and Confession
Pastor: Gracious God, You have made us one body in Christ, yet we confess that we often live as though we belong only to ourselves.
People: Forgive us when we compare ourselves with others or fail to value the gifts You have given.
Pastor: At times we overlook those who serve quietly or think our own gifts are more important than others.
People: Teach us to honor every member of the Body of Christ with humility and love.

Pastor: When we forget that we need one another, remind us that every gift comes from Your Spirit.
People: Unite us in faith, strengthen us in love, and make us one in Christ.
All: Amen.
Words of Assurance
Pastor: Hear the Good News: God has joined us together as one body through Jesus Christ.
People: We belong to Christ, and we belong to one another.
Pastor: Through His grace we are forgiven, and through His Spirit we are gifted for His work.
People: Every member is loved, every gift is valued, and every life has a purpose.
Pastor: Go forth in the peace of Christ, serving together as one body.
People: Thanks be to God! Amen.

The Giving Time

*Doxology: UMH 95: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Amen.

Joys & Concerns - The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen

Children’s Time

*We Hear God’s Word: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27 (NRSVUE)
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot would say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
And if the ear would say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many members yet one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect,
whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member, that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.
If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
Leader: The Word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.

Message Title: “One Body, Many Gifts”

*Closing Hymn: TFWS 2223, They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
1 We are one in the Spirit,
we are one in the Lord,
we are one in the Spirit,
we are one in the Lord,
and we pray that all unity
may one day be restored:
And they’ll know we are
Christians by our love, by our love;
yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

2 We will walk with each other,
we will walk hand in hand,
we will walk with each other,
we will walk hand in hand,
and together we’ll spread the news
that God is in our land: (Refrain)
3 We will work with each other,
we will work side by side,
we will work with each other,
we will work side by side,
and we’ll guard human dignity
and save human pride: (Refrain)
4 All praise to the Father,
from whom all things come,
and all praise to Christ Jesus,
God’s only Son,
and all praise to the Spirit,
who makes us one: (Refrain)

Taking the Light of God out into the World

The Benediction

Postlude

Wellsville UMC address:
302 Locust Street
PO Box 458
Wellsville, KS 66092
Giving Options:
• Mail to the address above
• Drop your check off at Mid-America Bank & ask that your name be put on the deposit slip.
• Work with your bank to begin Electronic Funds Transfer from your account to the church account.