June 26, 2022
Third 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
Lord of All Hopefulness arr. Jason Tonioli
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
One: We were created by God, animated by God's own breath and Spirit.
Many: We came from God, our spiritual parent.
One: God's love of the world is in every part of the creation, integrated into our lives and beings .
Many: God so loves the world that Christ lived and died and remains with us still.
One: Our calling can be challenging but comes from something simple: God is love.
Many: We are called to love one another.
Opening Hymn
This Is My Father’s World UMH# 144
Concerns and Prayers with the Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
Readings from the Old Testament
Musical Praise
God of Grace and God of Glory arr. Cynthia Dobrinski
Handbell Choir, directed by Lucy Butterworth
The Reading from the Gospels
Sermon
First Things First | Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Prayer of Confession & Assurance of Pardon
The love of God abounds. The love of God creates and recreates. That transformative love is at work in you now! 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
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee UMH# 430
Dismissal with Blessing
Postlude
What a Friend We Have in Jesus arr. James Koerts
Today’s Worship Participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Handbell Director: Lucy Butterworth
Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Wiley Cooper
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