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UPCOMING WORSHIP:
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June 30, 2024
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost
We Come Together as God’s People
Prelude Ciacona in F minor Johann Pachelbel
Dawn Waddell, organ (1653-1706)
Welcome Rev. Christopher A. Henry
* Call to Worship Rev. Michael M. Samson
One: God said to Moses,
All: I will make a way out of no way.
One: God said to Isaiah,
All: Look, I am doing a new thing.
One: God said to the women,
All: He is not here; he has been raised.
One: God says to us,
All: Live into hope, for I am your God.
* Prayer of Adoration
* Opening Hymn #457 I Greet Thee, Who My Sure Redeemer Art TOULON
Invitation to Confession
Prayer of Confession
Gracious God,
you call us to follow you and the way of Jesus,
yet we do not always do that.
We get distracted and busy,
and at times become indifferent to the needs of your people.
Forgive us now and lead us back to your way.
In Christ’s name we pray. (Silent Prayer)
Assurance of God’s Grace
* Response of Praise How Blest Are Those ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELEIN
* Passing the Peace of Christ
* Hymn #333 Seek Ye First LAFFERTY
We Experience God’s Word
The Word with Children
Prayer for Illumination. Jack McKinley
First Scripture Lesson Romans 15:13 (p. 1036)
Second Scripture Lesson Jeremiah 29:8-14 (p. 717)
Sermon Rev. Christopher A. Henry
A Future with Hope
“When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart.”
(Jeremiah 29:13)
Moment of Silent Meditation
We Give Thanks to God
* Affirmation of Faith Rev. Madison M. VanVeelen
A New Creed (1968), The United Church of Canada
We are not alone; we live in God’s world.
We believe in God: who has created and is creating,
who has come in Jesus, the Word made flesh,
to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit.
We trust in God.
We are called to be the Church:
to celebrate God’s presence,
to live with respect in Creation,
to love and serve others,
to seek justice and resist evil,
to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen,
our judge and our hope.
In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.
We are not alone. Amen.
Prayers of the People and 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Invitation to Discipleship and Generosity
Offertory Be Still Augustus F. Lowe
Dr. Mitzi Westra, mezzo-soprano
Be still and know that I am God.
For thus saith the Lord, the Holy one of Israel,
In returning and rest shall ye be saved;
in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation.
And I will heal them. Be still. Be still.
Psalm 46:10; Isaiah 30:15
* Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH
* Prayer of Dedication
We Go Forth to Serve
* Closing Hymn #432 Song of Hope Argentine folk melody
* Charge and Benediction
Postlude Dialogue and Trumpet Tune Alfred Fedak
(b. 1953)