Bulletin – Naugatuck United Methodist Church

Please join us each Sunday at 11:00 am for Morning Services

First Sunday / Communion Sunday

Sunday, July 12th, 2026
Liturgist: Austin Herb
Pastor: Rev. David W. Mantz
Music Director: Michael Petruzzi

*Congregation standing as they are able

Liturgist Greeting and Announcements

Food Share at the Salem School – Every other Wednesday from 12 – 1 p.m.

The Ecumenical Food Bank requires a consistent supply of instant oatmeal, ketchup, apple juice, pork and beans, canned fruit or fruit cups, and canned meat.

Future Dates for Your Calendar
Monday – Friday, July 27-31, 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Summer 2026 VBS
Sunday, August 23rd, 11 a.m. – Church Picnic at Hop Brook Lake

Bible Study – Will resume in the Fall via Zoom; please contact the pastor for the Zoom link.
Intercessory Prayer – Monday at 6:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please contact the pastor for the Zoom Link.

Memory Verse

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, – Psalm 33″12a

*Call to Worship (Together in Unison)

Come, Lord Jesus, walk among us. Fill our darkness with your light, touch our brokenness with your healing touch, address our weariness with your quiet strength, and accompany our gladness with your benediction.

*Opening Hymn

Hymn #714 “I Know Whom I Have Believed”

Verse 1
I know not why God’s wondrous grace
to me is daily shown,
nor why, with mercy, Christ in love
redeemed me for his own.

Chorus
But “I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.”

Verse 2
I know not how this saving faith
to me he did impart,
nor how believing in his word
wrought peace within my heart.

Chorus
But “I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.”

Verse 3
I know not how the Spirit moves,
convincing us of sin,
revealing Jesus through the Word,
creating faith in him.

Chorus
But “I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.””

Verse 4
I know not when my Lord may come,
at night or noon-day fair,
nor if I’ll walk the vale with him,
or meet him in the air.

Chorus
But “I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I’ve committed
unto him against that day.”

CCLI Song # 31762

Prayer of Confession (Read In Unison)

We remember, Lord, the times we were unloving and rude, the times we were less than truthful, the times we criticized instead of encouraged, the times we passed up an opportunity to help and heal. Pardon us, we pray and extend your grace as we seek to follow Christ with more consistency.

A time of silent individual confessional prayer

Words of Assurance

The seasons change, life ebbs and flows, and friendships flourish and wane, but God’s Love and care for us are constant. Believe this and go in peace.

Psalm 13:1-6 (Read Responsively)

UM Hymnal # 746

1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I bear pain in my soul, and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

3 Consider and answer me, O LORD my God!
lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed over him”;
lest my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
5 But I trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with me.

Pastor’s Greeting

Testimony Time, Prayers, Joys & Concerns

Hymn of Preparation

Hymn # 717 “Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Verse 1
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage
Where the grapes of wrath are stored
He hath loosed the fateful lightning
Of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on