July 23 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Dawn at St. Paul's

Flowers from Bren & Gary Smith and Angela Baker

Fellowship is a treat!

Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

(link to today's service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received Him.”     —Colossians 2:6

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Hyeji Park / “Did You Think To Pray?”, arranged by Linda Hartman

*Call to Worship (From Psalm 34, Psalm 84, and John 6:56-69)...Rebecca Glancy

How lovely is God’s dwelling place. Our souls yearn for God’s presence, our   hearts and flesh cry out for the Living God. The Mighty One is a sun and a shield. God bestows favor and honor. We seek God, and God answers us. God delivers us from our fears. Come into God’s house. Here, even the sparrow finds a home, even the swallow has a nest near God’s altar.

Come all you who thirst, all you who are heavy laden. Come take refuge here.

—Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Before the Amen, Maria Tirabassi and Maren Tirabassi, eds. 

© 2007, The Pilgrim Press.

*Hymn...“Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” (UMH #139)

Statement of Faith...Rebecca Glancy

We know that God is in the world—was and is and will be. God made it all and continues to renew and remake and resurrect. We know God best in the life of Jesus, who was and is our maker of hope, the One who saves. We know the power and energy of God in the Holy Spirit. We are filled with God’s joy and pledged to discipleship and love. We trust in God. We celebrate God. We work together for justice and peace through God. We are never alone. We are free in the chosen bonds of the ways of the Christ. Thanks be to God!

—Reprinted by permission of the publisher from Flames of the Spirit, Ruth C. Duck, ed. © 1985, The Pilgrim Press.

Community prayer requests, concerns, and celebrations

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

First Lesson: Ephesians 6:10-18 (version 1)...Rebecca Glancy

Special Music...Hyeji Park / “To God Be the Glory,” by William H. Doane

Second Lesson: Ephesians 6:10-18 (version 2)...Pastor Charles

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

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “The whole armor”

*Hymn...“Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus” (UMH #514)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Hyeji Park / “I Surrender All,” arranged by Greg Howlett