July 31, 2022
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
Enhance your online worship experience
Whether you’re a first-time online visitor or a life-long member, we welcome and celebrate the ways you enrich our collective worship of a scattered yet gathered Children of God. As we begin our service, we invite you to light a candle, just as we do in the prelude during our in-person worship. Our two altar candles symbolize that Christ was both a human being and God. A light being carried into the world shows that Jesus Christ is for all people - everywhere. Just as a the acolyte carries the lighted candlelight into the congregation, the light symbolizes the light of Jesus Christ preceding us into the world where we as the church are to serve.
Gathering
The Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Great Is Thy Faithfulness arr. James Koerts
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
One: God's love is that of a perfect parent
Many: God lifts us like an infant into arms of care
One: God's love is the healing salve that cures our wounds
Many: God directs us with bands of love and cords of kindness
One: God's love calls us to be faithful in the world
Many: God calls us to love as we have been love
Opening Hymn
O Worship the King UMH# 73
Stanzas 1,2,4, and 5
Concerns & Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer
Rev. Lisa Hartzog UMH# 895
A Reading from the Psalms
Solo
What a Friend We Have in Jesus Janet Sanborn
Soloist Alex Ngamhuy
A Reading from the Old Testament
Sermon
Cords of Kindness and Bands of Love | Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon
Your perfect parent in heaven lifts you to their cheek, holds you in arms of love, and sets you upon your feet to run the paths of abundant life. Rejoice in the knowledge that in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven and made new.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven and made new.
Thanks be to God.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Doxology UMH# 94
Hymn
Blest Be the Tie That Binds UMH# 557
Dismissal with Blessing
Postlude
There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy arr. Mark Sedio
Today’s Worship Participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Liturgist: JoAnn Croom
Handbell Director: Lucy Butterworth
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Wiley Cooper
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