A Service of Thanksgiving and Resurrection Hope Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conference

Thursday, June 9, 2016– 4:30 p.m.

*Asterisk indicates the congregation will please stand together in heart or posture

PRELUDE

*PROCESSIONAL HYMN OF PRAISE For All The Saints UMH #711 *GREETING AND CALL TO WORSHIP Ms. Destinee Rendon

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!. – Psalm 27:1, 13, 14

God, our Creator, We give you thanks for those who have been leaders for us. Help us inherit from them that which will make us more fully your people. Where they had offered us blessing of love, may we incorporate those gifts into our lives. Where they had struggled, may we learn from them. May the honor that we convey toward those we recognize today reflect the honor that we feel toward you. Amen.

*HYMN I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry TFWS #2051 PRAYERS AND REMEMBRANCE Rev. Alice Shirley

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying:

Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb.

Let us give thanks for these brothers and sisters in Christ to whom God has granted rest from their labors.

Reading of the names of the known clergy and lay members who have joined the Church Triumphant since we last assembled

Almighty God, we give you thanks for these your servants whom we remember today. Grant us grace to follow them as they followed Christ. Bring us, with them, to those things no eye has seen, nor ear heard, which you have prepared for those who love you.

Give us faith to look beyond touch and sight, and seeing that we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, enable us to run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Bring us at last to your eternal peace, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

PROCLAMATION

GOSPEL READING - Mark 5:21-43 Rev. Anita Hahn

*HYMN Thine Be the Glory UMH #308

SERMON “Get Up” Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton

*HYMN Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know UMH #163 *DISMISSAL WITH BLESSING Bishop Keaton

*RECESSIONAL HYMN He Lives UMH #310

*POSTLUDE Worship Leaders Bishop Jonathan D. Keaton Rev. Jan Griffith, Executive Assistant to Bishop Keaton Rev. Alice Shirley, Conference Secretary Ms. Destinee Rendon, daughter of Rev. Randy C. Grimmett

Rev. Anita Hahn, daughter of Rev. Ralph H. Dude and District Superintendent, West Michigan Conference of The United Methodist Church

Bell Ringer: Rev. Mary Alice Cunningham, Virden and Girard UMC’s Organist: Mr. Jed Poust, Moline Riverside UMC

American Sign Language interpreters are available by request during the 2016 Annual Conference as a ministry of Illinois Great Rivers Conference Deaf and Hard of Hearing Ministry. Please contact Carrie Grieme at 217-473-0073.

The Allen Bravura Digital (sampled pipe voices and sound) Organ and the Yamaha Concert Artist Grand Piano is being provided by Church Organ Network and Piano Network of Peoria, Effingham, Springfield, Champaign. Visit Web sites: ChurchOrganNetwork.com or StartPianoNow.com. Representatives Larry A Waldhoff ph. 217-343-1795, Al Murphy ph. 217-868 4403, Don Bauer ph. 309-657-5138, Jon Ligon 309 966 0434, or Matt Waldhoff 217 652 2790 can be available in exhibit area during conference for information regarding models and specifications.

Visual arts are provided by the IGRC Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Please contact Doug Grogan, chapter chairperson, at 309-673-3641.

Video presentations were produced by the IGRC Communications Team, Paul Black, Communications Director.

CCLI Event License applied for; license number available from the IGRC Communications Team.