To God be the glory, great things He has done;
So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
And opened the life gate that all may go in.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has
done.
O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
To every believer the promise of God;
The vilest offender who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has
done.
Great things He has taught us, great things He
has done,
And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son;
But purer, and higher, and greater will be
Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory, great things He has
done.
Welcome to
Bell United Methodist
Church
Announcements
Maundy Thursday Service at Bell Church:
Thursday March 28th at 8:00 p.m.
Good Friday Service at Bell Church: Friday
March 29th at 8:00 p.m.
Announcements
The Leicester Community Sunrise Service
will be held Sunday March 31st at 7 a.m. at
Newfound Baptist Church. Breakfast served
after the service.
Announcements
“Telling Your Story: Faith Sharing in the 21st
Century” workshop Monday March 25th at
6:30 p.m. It’s not too late… Please join us!
Bell Church thanks Clifford Smathers for
providing recent hedge trimming and other
landscaping services at both the church and
the cemetery.
Announcements
Bell Church thanks Dan Worley and Carl
Black for work done on our outside
lighting and other inside tasks.
We are not alone, we live in God's world.
We believe in God:
who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new,
who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the church:
to celebrate God's presence,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death,
God is with us.
We are not alone.
Thanks be to God. Amen.
Hosanna, loud hosanna,
the little children sang,
through pillared court and temple
the lovely anthem rang.
To Jesus, who had blessed them
close folded to his breast,
the children sang their praises,
the simplest and the best.
From Olivet they followed
mid an exultant crowd,
the victor palm branch waving,
and chanting clear and loud.
The Lord of earth and heaven
rode on in lowly state,
nor scorned that little children
should on his bidding wait.
"Hosanna in the highest!"
that ancient song we sing,
for Christ is our Redeemer,
the Lord of heaven our King.
O may we ever praise him
with heart and life and voice,
and in his blissful presence
eternally rejoice!
Prayer Requests
Pastor Dustin James
Bob Maxwell
Don Meadows
Ruth Robinson
Mike Duckett
Ellington & Bernice Putman
George Mears
Alice Lutz
Mabel Lusk
Betty Rogers
Rebecca McGargle
John Saunders
Fanny Crosby
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
weep o'er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;
strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
back to the narrow way patiently win
them; tell the poor wanderer a Savior has
died.
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
Fanny Crosby
Thou my everlasting portion,
more than friend or life to me,
all along my pilgrim journey,
Savior, let me walk with thee.
Close to thee, close to thee,
close to thee, close to thee,
all along my pilgrim journey,
Savior, let me walk with thee.
Lead me through the vale of
shadows,
bear me o'er life's fitful sea;
then the gate of life eternal
may I enter, Lord, with thee.
Close to thee, close to thee,
close to thee, close to thee,
all along my pilgrim journey,
Savior, let me walk with thee.
Fanny Crosby
Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
hear my humble cry;
while on others thou art calling,
do not pass me by.
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Thou the spring of all my comfort,
more than life to me, whom have I
on earth beside thee? Whom in
heaven but thee?
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
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.
Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
11 When they were approaching Jerusalem, at
Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of
Olives, he sent two of his disciples 2 and said to
them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and
immediately as you enter it, you will find tied
there a colt that has never been ridden; untie it
and bring it.
3 If
anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing
this?’ just say this, ‘The Lord needs it and will
send it back here immediately.’” 4 They went
away and found a colt tied near a door, outside
in the street. As they were untying it, 5 some of
the bystanders said to them, “What are you
doing, untying the colt?” 6 They told them what
Jesus had said; and they allowed them to take
it.
7 Then
they brought the colt to Jesus and threw
their cloaks on it; and he sat on it. 8 Many
people spread their cloaks on the road, and
others spread leafy branches that they had cut
in the fields. 9 Then those who went ahead and
those who followed were shouting,
“Hosanna!
Blessed is the one who comes in the name of
the Lord!
10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our
ancestor David!
Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
11 Then
he entered Jerusalem and went into the
temple; and when he had looked around at
everything, as it was already late, he went out
to Bethany with the twelve.
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain
Free to all, a healing stream
Flows from Calvary’s mountain.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
Near the cross, a trembling soul,
Love and mercy found me;
There the bright and morning star
Sheds its beams around me.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
Near the cross! O Lamb of God,
Bring its scenes before me;
Help me walk from day to day,
With its shadows o’er me.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.
Near the cross I’ll watch and wait
Hoping, trusting ever,
Till I reach the golden strand,
Just beyond the river.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever;
Till my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river.