OUR SAVIOUR’S
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
March 30, 2025
In the Name and Fellowship of Jesus Christ, you are welcomed to our faith community.
We are so glad that you chose to join us this morning to worship with us. Whatever your circumstances: married, single, single again, with or without children, looking for a home church or “just browsing,” you are welcomed at Our Saviour’s. Please record your visit with us. Sign the attendance pad and pass it to the other end of the pew. You can also fill out a Connect Card and place it in the offering plate or the office. We'd like to know how we can serve you or minister to you. We’d love to stay in touch with you, and provide you with information about our church ministries and programs “you can also check out our website at www.osumc.org. You are invited to join us for coffee hour where we can get to know you better. Again, thanks for joining us today! We hope to see you again very soon. God bless you.
Words in red type to be read by the congregation.
An asterisk(*) indicates to please stand in body or in spirit, as you are able.
Order of Worship
Announcements
Joyce Kiepura
Prelude
Morning Has Broken
Eleanor Farjeon
Traditional Scottish
Penny Libert
Kevin Scott
Welcome/Prayer
Pastor David Lagos-Fonseca
*Hymn
To God Be The Glory
United Methodist Hymnal 98
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Look on us, merciful God, as we really are. Please penetrate beyond our outward show into our true selves, that we may find the courage of self-honesty and repentance, and receive the blessing of forgiveness. Lord have mercy on us.
Amen.
Words of Assurance and Confession
Leader: At morning, noon and sunset, God is available to those who sincerely desire the healing grace of Christ Jesus. There is Divine renewal in every breath we draw, and in every Bible promise we take to heart.
So hear the good news: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
Congregation: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. Thanks be to God! Amen.
Sharing of Joys and Concerns/Lord's Prayer
Joyce Kiepura
Offertory
You Raise Me Up
Rolf Løvland
Brendan Graham
Penny Libert
Kevin Scott
*Hymn
Praise God, From Whom all Blessings Flow
United Methodist Hymnal 95
*Prayer of Dedication
Loving God, receive our gifts, we pray, so that others might be transformed even as we are. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.
Gift of Music
Be Strong in the Lord
Tom Fettke
Chancel Choir
*Gospel Reading
Barry Maurizio
John 12: 1-11 (ESV)
12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” 6 He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of my burial. 8 For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”
9 When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus.
Reader: This is the Word of God for the People of God.
Congregation: Thanks be to God. Amen.
Message
The Fragrance of Love
Pastor David Lagos-Fonseca
*Hymn
Blessed Assurance
United Methodist Hymnal 369
Blessing
Postlude
This Little Light of Mine
Anonymous
Penny Libert
Kevin Scott
Our Saviour’s United Methodist Church
Mission Statement
Growing Each Day by Worshiping God; Loving One Another; and Serving Others
A Safe Sanctuary Congregation
701 E. Schaumburg Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60194
Church Phone: 847/352-8181
E-mail: churchoffice@osumc.org
Web address: www.osumc.org
Prayer Requests: pray@osumc.org
Regular Worship Service:
Sundays - 9:30 A.M.
Sunday School – 9:30 A.M.
To learn about our upcoming events please visit our calendar:
~ OSUMC Members of the Reconciling Church Task Force ~
Martha Walker
Cindy Rucks
Phil Dyer
Diane Dyer
Barry Maurizio
Brian English
Jenny Beutin
Barbara Garvin (Alternate)
~SINGLE BOARD MEMBERS ~
Single Board Chairperson
Dan Meyer
Lay Leader
Brian English
Finance Chairperson
Michele Anderson
Finance Vice Chair
Phil Prather
Trustees Chairperson
Bob Garvin
Trustees Vice Chair
John Kostecki
Pastor Parish Committee Chairperson
Faith Folkes
Pastor Parish Committee Chairperson Vice Chair
Matthew Williams
U.M. Men’s Representative
Barry Maurizio
United Women in Faith Representative
Mary Legg
Youth Representative
Angelina Mheenbeek
Recording Secretary
Marcia Needler