Little Falls United Methodist Church

 

Sunday Worship Service

 

March 22, 2026 - 10 am

 

 

139 Main Street, Little Falls, NJ 07424

Office Phone: (973) 256-0993

Website: www.LittleFallsUMC.org

Email: Info@LittleFallsUMC.org

 

We are “A Welcoming Community of Faith, Hope,

Mission and Outreach Sharing Christ’s Love”

Our Mission is “Making Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World”

 

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God,

to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,

which is your spiritual worship.” (Romans 12:1)

 

 

Called to Praise

 

⭻Prepare your heart and body for Worship

 

Greeting & Announcements
 

• We have ‘In-Person’ & ‘Online Worship’ on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at 10am.

 

• You can join our Online Worship via YouTube or Facebook. Type “Little Falls United Methodist Church” in the search window on YouTube or Facebook. Please use the link below to join in Online Worship. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lfumc

 

• Prayer Concerns & Joys – If you would like to share your concerns and joys with the congregation, please email Pastor Jin (jkim@littlefallsumc.org) or complete the online form, www.littlefallsumc.org/prayer.

 

• Altar Flowers – Thank you, Linda Timms, for providing the Altar Flowers in Honor of Mother’s Birthday! If you would like to offer the altar flowers, please contact Janet (973) 896-8936 or ladyteddy@aol.com. 

 

• Fellowship Time after Worship – Let us enjoy a good fellowship time every Sunday after Worship. Please help us with hosting the coffee hour. The Sign-up board is on the table in the Narthex. Please contact Cheryle or Kathy F. if you have any questions about the coffee hour.

 

• Sunday, March 22, 2026, is the Fourth Sunday in Lent. During the Lenten Season, we will meditate on Jesus’ sacrificial love for us to experience Jesus’ love for us deeper and closer each Sunday. Join our Sunday Worship! Let us walk the Lenten journey together!

 

• Lenten Study – We have a Lenten Study every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Lee Lounge from Feb. 26 to April 1, 2026. The study guidebook for our Lenten study is An Unlikely Lent: Extraordinary People of the Easter Story. We hope this study leads us to meditate on the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Please join us!

 

• Services in the Passion Week

  • Palm Sunday – at 10 am on March 29, 2026

  • Maundy Thursday Service – at 7 pm on April 2, 2026

  • Good Friday Tenebrae Service – at 7 pm on April 3, 2026

 

• Easter Sunday Worship on April 5, 2024

  • Sunrise Service at 6:15 am (tentatively) at the church front Yard (Main St.)

  • Easter Sunday Service at 10 am in the Sanctuary.

 

• Easter Egg Hunt – Sunday School will host Easter Egg Hunt at 9:30 am on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. All Children are welcome!

 

• Taco Night Fundraiser – Thank those who organized, cooked, helped, supported, and participated in the Taco Night Fundraiser!

 

• Easter Basket Collection – Help UMW fill 50 Easter Baskets for children in need at Oasis (Paterson). Signup sheet is in the Narthex or Contact Melissa. The last day of collection is Sunday, March 22, 2026. The Assembly Date is Sunday March 29th, 2026 after Worship service.

 

• Ladies Tea and Auction – UMW host the annual Ladies and Auction at noon on Saturday, April 18, 2026. The ticket is $25 and will be available on March 1st. Save the date!

 

• Treasured Memories –The next meeting will be held at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. “Treasured Memories” is a grief group for those who have lost their loved ones. The ongoing meeting gathers every 2nd Wednesday of the month in Lee Lounge at 7 pm. Contact Allison for details (973) 800-4152.

 

• Young Adult & Family Gathering – Young Adult and Family Gathering will be held on Sunday, April 19, 2026, from Noon to 1:30pm.

 

• 2025-2026 Kids & Youths for Christ - ‘Kids & Youths For Christ’ is a fun Thursday night program for children (K-12th). We will have Christian education and fun activities such as games, crafts, cooking, biking, movies, mini sports, service projects, etc. The program will be held every first and third Thursday from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. The first day is September 18, 2025, and the last day will be June 4, 2026. This program is free of charge and open to all students. Everyone is welcome. Sign up now at the church website and spread the word to your neighbors!

 

• Online Donation – Online donation is available now. Please visit the church website and click ‘Donation.’ The link is https://www.littlefallsumc.org/donation.  Your financial support and generosity are greatly appreciated and essential for our church ministry and mission. Please consider sending your tithes and offerings to Little Falls UMC (139 Main St. Little Falls, NJ 07424). You can send your offerings and tithes to the church every week. Or you can send offerings and tithes for a month with a check. Thanks again for your generosity!

 

• Shoprite Gift Card – To purchase a Shoprite gift card, contact Pete (973) 595-5765 or detroit50@aol.com.

 

• LFUMC FOOD PANTRY ITEMS NEEDED - Many families depend on the Food Pantry on a regular basis. The Pantry needs the following non-perishable items; canned vegetables, peanut butter, jelly, adult/children’s cereal, pasta & sauce, instant potatoes/rice, tuna, chicken, sardines, fruit, apple sauce, juice, and granola bars.

 

• SOCKS FOR SOULS - Do your feet get cold? Please help Unity Circle to provide new or gently used socks to the homeless. There is a constant need. Please drop off your socks in the large white sock in the Narthex. 

 

• Ongoing Collection - UMW collects postmarked stamp and can pull tabs. Items are donated to different charities and organizations.

 

 

†Call to Worship

Leader: We gather today carrying the weight of our own limitations. We bring our exhausted patience, our conditional love, and the moments we were ready to give up. 

People: Lord, we confess that our love often runs out. 

Leader: But we look to Jesus. Knowing our deepest flaws and our coming failures, He still took a towel and a basin to wash our feet.

People: He loved His own who were in the world, and He loved them to the very end. 

Leader: Through the cross, He proved that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from His grace. 

People: We are held fast by a love that never gives up.

Leader: Come, let us worship the God of relentless grace and unbreakable love!

People: We praise God for God’s unending love for us!

 

†Praise Song                                  Great Is Thy Faithfulness                   UMH 140

 

1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father; 
there is no shadow of turning with thee; 
thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; 
as thou hast been, thou forever wilt be. 

 

Refrain: 
Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! 
Morning by morning new mercies I see; 
all I have needed thy hand hath provided; 
great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! 

 

2. Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, 
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above 
join with all nature in manifold witness 
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. [Refrain] 

 

3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, 
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; 
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, 
blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside! [Refrain]

 

Children’s Time                                                                                      

 

Hymn of Prayer               What Wonderous Love Is This                     UMH 292

 

1. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,

what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What

wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss to

bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,

to bear the dreadful curse for my soul.

 

2. What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul,

what wondrous love is this, O my soul! What

wondrous love is this, that caused the Lord of life to

lay aside his crown for my soul, for my soul, to

lay aside his crown for my soul.

 

3. To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing,

to God and to the Lamb, I will sing; to

God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM, while

millions join the theme I will sing, I will sing; while

millions join the theme I will sing.

 

4. And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,

and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on; and

when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be, and

through eternity I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on, and

through eternity I’ll sing on.

 

Pausing for Silent Prayer and Confession

 

Prayers of the People (Response: God, in Your Mercy, hear our prayers.)

Loving and faithful God, we thank you for your steadfast love that never gives up on us. Even when we fall short, you remain faithful, holding us in your grace. We praise you for your presence in our lives and for the blessings you have given to us. We bring before you the joys of our hearts—moments of hope, healing, and love that remind us of your goodness. We thank you for your work in our families, our church, and our community. We also lift up our concerns to you. Be near to those who are sick, grieving, lonely, or struggling. Strengthen those who are weary, comfort those who are hurting, and surround all in need with your peace. God of unending love, help us to trust that nothing can separate us from your love. Teach us to reflect that same love in our lives, not giving up on others, but caring for one another with compassion and grace. We place all these prayers into your loving hands, in the name of Jesus Christ, who loves us to the end. Amen.

 

The 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.

 

Called to the Word

Prayer for Illumination 

 

Leader: Lord, open our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit, that, as the Scriptures are read and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy what you say to us today. 

All: Amen

 

NT Lesson                                                  Romans 8:31-39

31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?32 He who did not withhold his own Son but gave him up for all of us, how will he not with him also give us everything else? 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ[t] who died, or rather, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? 36 As it is written,

“For your sake we are being killed all day long;
   we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

This ends the NT Lesson. 
Let us turn to the Gospel Lesson. Please stand, if able.

 

†Gospel Lesson                                        John 13:1-11

13 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already decided that Judas son of Simon Iscariot would betray Jesus. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from supper, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

 

This is the word of God for the people of God. 

All: Thanks be to God.

 

Message                               The Love That Never Gave Up                       Rev. Jin Kook Kim

 

Called to Share

Response to Our Generous God 

 

 †Doxology                 Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow                   UMH 95

 

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;

Praise Him, all creatures here below;

Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

 

†Prayer of Dedication

All: Faithful and loving God, we thank you for your love that never gives up on us. In gratitude for all you have given—especially the gift of Jesus Christ—we offer these gifts to you. Receive them and use them for your work, so that others may know your steadfast love. Shape our lives as offerings to you, that we may reflect your love in all we do. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

 

Called to the World

 

†Closing Hymn                             Goodness of God (by Jenn Johnson and others)

 

1. I love You, Lord 

For Your mercy never fails me 

All my days, I've been held in Your hands 

From the moment that I wake up 

Until I lay my head 

Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God 

 

<Chorus> 

And all my life You have been faithful 

And all my life You have been so, so good 

With every breath that I am able 

Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God 

 

2. I love Your voice 

You have led me through the fire 

In the darkest night 

You are close like no other 

I've known You as a Father 

I've known You as a Friend 

And I have lived in the goodness of God (yeah) 

 

<Bridge> 

'Cause Your goodness is running after 

It's running after me 

Your goodness is running after 

It's running after me 

With my life laid down 

I'm surrendered now 

I give You everything 

'Cause Your goodness is running after 

It's running after me (oh-oh)

 

†Benediction                                                                                                         Rev. Jin Kook Kim

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.  Amen.