June 4, 2023
Trinity Sunday Online Worship + Holy Communion
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:
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Morning Has Broken arr. Lloyd Larson
Welcome and Announcements
Rev. Wiley Cooper, Pastor Emeritus
Call to Worship
All: God so loved the world.
Leader: The loving words God speaks are the life and sustenance of all that exists; sparrows and mountain lions, fish and people.
All: God so loved the world.
Leader: The life Jesus gives is the re-creation and renewed birth of all that is broken and worn.
All: God so loved the world.
Leader: The Spirit’s stirring in our soul is the inspiration for creativity, compassion, joy, and community.
All: Life-giving, life-restoring, life-fulfilling God, may our whole lives be worship. In all things, may we seek to connect with and to reflect your love and your hope. Amen.
Hymn
Come, Thou Almighty King UMH# 61
Children’s Message
Joys and Concerns and Prayers with The Lord’s Prayer
UMH# 895
The Word from Paul the Apostle
Solo
For the Beauty of the Earth Conrad Kocher/Monk
Carol Kinsey
A Reading from the Gospels
Sermon
The Three Faces of Love | Rev. Wiley Cooper, Pastor Emeritus
Confession of Sin and Pronouncement of Pardon
UMH p. 12
Profession of Faith
The Apostles’ Creed UMH# 882
The Great Thanksgiving and Communion
Musical Setting D UMH pp. 23-24
Breaking the Bread
Giving the Bread and Cup
The Prayer of Thanksgiving
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Make a Gift of a Tithe or Offering
Doxology | UMH# 94
Hymn
The Spirit Send Us Forth to Serve TFWS# 2241
Postlude
God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens arr. James Koerts
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Lisa Hartzog
Preaching: Rev. Wiley Cooper, Pastor Emeritus
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Pianist: Patty Higgins
Music Intern: Nick Skaggs
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