June 26 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

 

Third Sunday after Pentecost

Today’s Meditation Verse: “Christ has set us free for freedom. Therefore, stand firm and don’t submit to the bondage of slavery again.” —Galatians 5:1 (CEB)

Welcome... Pastor Charles

Prelude... Marcy Roberts / “O, How I Love Jesus”

*Call to Worship... Ben Glancy

Leader: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. People: Behold our God is a Creator. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Behold our God is a Redeemer. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. Behold our God is a Holy Spirit. Let us worship the God who is one in three, three in one, who heals our brokenness and gathers up all our meanings.

—Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Touch Holiness, ed. Ruth C. Duck and Maren C. Tirabassi. © 1990 The Pilgrim Press.

*Hymn... “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want” (UMH #136)

Morning Prayer... Ben Glancy—To be read responsively

Father, Creator of all, thank You for summer! Thank You for the warmth of the sun and the    increased daylight. Thank You for the beauty we see all around us and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation. Thank You for the increased time we have to be with our friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season. Draw us closer to You this summer.   Teach us how we can pray no matter where we are or what we are doing. Warm our soul with the awareness of Your presence and light our path with Your Word and Counsel. As we enjoy Your creation, create in us a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You. Amen.

Gospel Lesson: Luke 9:51-62... Ben Glancy

*Offering/Doxology (UMH #95)

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations

Pastoral Prayer / The Lord’s Prayer... Pastor Charles

Second Lesson: 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14... Pastor Charles

This is the Word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. 

Sermon... Pastor Charles / “One wild ride”

*Hymn...“The Gift of Love” (UMH #408)

*Words for the Journey... Pastor Charles

*Postlude... Marcy Roberts / “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”