Please join us each Sunday at 10:15 am for Morning Services
Fifth Sunday /4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday March 30th, 2025
Liturgist: Youth
Pastor: Rev. David W. Mantz
Music Director: Michael Petruzzi
*Congregation standing as they are able
Liturgist Greeting and Announcements
Our Annual Spring SPRC Meeting – Will be on Friday, March 28th, at 7 p.m. via Zoom.
Breakfast with the Bunny – Saturday, April 5th, sittings at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Reservations Required, Pancakes/Sides/Crafts, Adults $10. Youth $6. Cash Only, For Reservations call (203)-802-0223 or (203)-217-7758
Diaper Collecting for the month of April—This campaign is a shared mission with our Parish partners. Our donations will be delivered to NOW Inc. in Waterbury for their Diaper Bank for Children and Adults.
Lenten Plans – Our Valley Parish of eight churches is partnering for several services this Lenten season. Ansonia will host Ash Wednesday; Seymour will host Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday will be in Naugatuck.
Easter Flowers– Order forms for Easter Flowers are now available in the narthex. The deadline for ordering is Palm Sunday, April 13th.
Soup and Bread Supper – On Wednesday, April 9th, Ansonia will host at 6:30 pm.
The Ecumenical Food Bank – Needs year-round instant oatmeal, ketchup, apple juice, pork and beans, canned fruit, pudding, instant coffee, both regular and decaf, sugar, and canned meat.
Future Dates for Your Calendar
Saturday, April 5th, 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. – Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
Wednesday, April 9th, 6:30 p.m. – Soup/Bread Supper at Ansonia UMC
Saturday, April 12th, 9 a.m. – Church Spring Clean-up
Sunday, April 13th – Palm Sunday, Easter Flower orders due
Bible Study – Wednesday, April 16th at 7 p.m. via Zoom. No Bible Study for the next 2 weeks
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Intercessory Prayer – Monday at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom.
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Memory Verse – Luke 13:5
5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
*Call To Worship (Together In Unison)
We can worship God anywhere, of course – in our homes, or in the woods, or on the water – anywhere in God’s creation; but here we worship God in a special setting – in God’s special house. Here we join our voices with Gods people, here we are open to God’s revealed word, and here we prepare ourselves to serve in God’s world.
Opening Hymn
Hymn #383 “This Is a Day of New Beginnings”
Verse 1
This is a day of new beginnings
Time to remember and move on
Time to believe what love is bringing
Laying to rest the pain that’s gone
Verse 2
For by the life and death of Jesus
God’s mighty Spirit now as then
Can make for us a world of difference
As faith and hope are born again
Verse 3
Then let us with the Spirit’s daring
Step from the past and leave behind
Our disappointment guilt and grieving
Seeking new paths and sure to find
Verse 4
Christ is alive and goes before us
To show and share what love can do
This is a day of new beginnings
Our God is making all things new
Verse 5
In faith we’ll gather ’round the table
To show and share what love can do
This is a day of new beginnings
Our God is making all things new
CCLI Song # 2803661
You May Be Seated
Prayer of Confession (Together In Unison)
Forgive us, Father, if we take a negative view of life; if we see the blemish and ignore the beauty; if, when we receive, we question the motive; if we see the glass half empty rather than half full; if we anticipate the worst rather than the best. Pardon us, we pray, for our gloom, and teach us to walk with confidence, trusting in your providence.
A time of silent individual confessional prayer
Words of Assurance
We boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Psalms 95:1-11 (Read Responsively)
UM Hymnal #814
1 O come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
2 Let us come into God’s presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
3 For the LORD is a great God,
and a great Ruler above all gods,
4 in whose hands are the depth of the earth
and also the heights of the mountains.
5 The sea belongs to God who made it,
and the dry land, because God formed it.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
7 For the Lord is our God,
we are the people of God’s pasture,
the sheep of God’s hand.
Hear the voice of the Lord today!
8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your forebears tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
10 For forty years long was I loathed that generation,
and said, ” They are a people who err in heart,
and they do not regards my ways.”
11 Therefore I swore in my anger
that they should not enter my rest.
Pastor’s Greeting / Youth Message
Testimony Time- Joys, Prayers & Concerns
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.
*Hymn of Preparation
Hymn #389 “Freely, Freely”
Verse 1
God forgave my sin in Jesus’ name
I’ve been born again in Jesus’ name
And in Jesus’ name I come to you
To share His love as He told me to
Chorus
He said freely freely
You have received
Freely freely give
Go in My name
And because you believe
Others will know that I live
Verse 2
All power is given in Jesus’ name
In earth and heaven in Jesus’ name
And in Jesus’ name I come to you
To share His power as He told me to
Chorus
He said freely freely
You have received
Freely freely give
Go in My name
And because you believe
Others will know that I live
CCLI Song # 13209
*Message Text
Luke 13:1-9
1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2 And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way?
3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem?
5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
6 And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
7 And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Look, for three years now I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down. Why should it use up the ground?’
8 And he answered him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put on manure.
9 Then if it should bear fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.’”
The Message “Repentance”
Tithes And Offering
Offering Prayer
*Doxology
Hymn #95
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
CCLI Song # 7134391
Closing Hymn
Hymn #664 “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”
Verse 1
Sent forth by God’s blessing, our true faith confessing,
the people of God from his dwelling take leave.
The service is ended; oh, now be extended
the fruits of our worship in all who believe.
The seed of his teaching, receptive souls reaching,
Shall blossom in action for God and for all.
His grace did invite us; his love shall unite us
to work for God’s kingdom and answer his call.
Verse 2
With praise and thanksgiving to you ever living,
The tasks of our every day life we will face,
Our faith ever sharing, in love ever caring,
Embracing your children of each tribe and race.
With your feast you feed us; with your light now lead us.
Unite us as one in this life that we share.
Then may all the living with praise and thanksgiving
Give honor to Christ and his name that we bear.
CCLI License # 1460595
*Benediction
May the Lord sustain you in times of difficulty, comfort you in times of sorrow, encourage you in times of challenge, and give you joy in times of success.
*Postlude
FWS # 2162 “Grace Alone” vs 2
Verse 2
Every soul we long to reach
Every heart we hope to teach
Everywhere we share His peace
Is only by His grace
Every loving word we say
Every tear we wipe away
Every sorrow turned to praise
Is only by His grace
Chorus
Grace alone
Which God supplies
Strength unknown
He will provide
Christ in us
Our cornerstone
We will go forth in grace alone
CCLI Song # 2335524
Please Remember in Prayer
Prayers For Healing and Mercies
- Sam’s mom in hospital
- Geneen Curtis’s Family for loss of her mother.
- Patricia’s doctor found nodules in her pancreas.
- Al’s Family nephew passed away in car crash.
- Tella’s Family son passed away in car crash.
- Margie Paul is still recuperating from fall, she wants to come back home.
- Naugatuck swim team in the NBL Championship.
- School system for people who are losing their jobs working with children.
- The family of Joe Fazzino, who passed away suddenly.
- Rob’s Aunt & Uncle are both in Hospice.
- Darlene, who is undergoing surgery on Feb 25th to remove the tumor.
- Marty Fenton is having carpal tunnel surgery.
- Linda Dozier is having knee replacement surgery.
- Travel mercies for Sam’s safe return home
- Wayne passed his test and is permitted to become a truck driver. He has other certifications that has to get started.
- Jenner’s neighbor Mike is in hospital with organ failures, and friend Mark is having back surgery.
- Family of Sofia she passed away.
- Mike’s co-worker Sue is battling cancer and fell and broke her leg; she will be out of work for 3 months.
- Mary’s sister Laurie, who fell and broke her arm, has to wear a sling, and she also has relatives in CA battling wildfires.
- Rob’s co-worker Laurie who is battling cancer.
- Beverly Carrington’s family relative in hospice.
- Sissy’s brother William Henderson he has a lot of health issues going on.
- Bro Chuck dealing with several health issues
- Aiden McCullouch is 17 years old. His parents are waiting to hear from their doctor if he’s going to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and if he has other issues.
- Izzy Mantz is moving to Texas for a safe transition.
- Cliff Young, in the nursing home, had a fall.
- We pray for all those who are standing in the need of prayer.
- Dorothy’s husband, Mark, has Digestion issues.
- The unsaved that they will come to know Christ.
- Permanent Revival all over the world.
- Our Home Bound: Dale Sweet, Lois Jordon, Linda Dozier, Cliff Young, Janet, and Steve Cronin, Natalie Clark
- Continual prayer for Dawn Mudry’s breathing issues
- Sadia – tumor
- Marilyn – fall & dementia
- Richie for anxiety
- Jenny brain surgery
- Dorothy’s Niece Gabby with digestive issues
- Julianna has health issues. She’s now in need of a Trac tube.
- Jessie – Stroke
- Gary’s brother Richard has slipped disk and Crohn’s; he got shot in the back and is still in recovery.
- Continue prayer for Sissy’s platelet Levels to stay stable.
- Gary T anxiety.
- Ok Sun son and court, needs surgery and help financially..
- Warren Smith for acute Leukemia
- Jeff Crocker and family – he is fighting cancer
- Jan Mizeski – prostate cancer
Our Church
- Church leaders, our Youth, Sunday School, Bible Study
- Our Valley Parish for all our Pastor’s and all our Churches
Our World
- Turkey & Syria earthquake and loss of Life over 35,000 +
- World peace; direction of our nation; immigration crisis: USA leaders
- Mayor Hess and Council; the economy
- Bishop Bickerton, DS Dr. Alpher Sylvester
- Missionaries
- Parents and children; teachers and students
- Veterans, firemen, policemen and others who serve.
- Addiction struggles; mental health issues
- Other community churches and members
- Covid 19 Virus, Cold & Flu Season,
- Flooding in the Mid-West and Pakistan
- The unsaved; missionaries
- Ukraine/Russia solution – safety of innocent people
- Methodist Church – unity in the midst of division
- Haitian people Afghan people, India people, Taiwan people
- Footsteps (TresDias)
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.
Contact Information
Pastor: Rev David W Mantz
Email: dwmantz@gmail.com
Urgent – 845-546-4837 Personal Cell Phone
Pastor’s Office Hours: by appointment
Naugatuck UMC
208 Meadow Street, Naugatuck, CT 06770
Church Office:203-729-4236
Church Email:numcc@gmail.com