July 9 @ St. Paul's UMC: Worship

Flowers from Angela Baker

Hank Troy and Wende Harston

Ice cream social!

Let the good times roll!

Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

(link for today's worship service)

Today’s Meditation Verse: “I will perpetuate Your name from one generation to the next so the peoples will praise You forever and always.”  —Psalm 45:17

Welcome...Pastor Charles

Prelude...Hank Troy & Wende Harston / “There’s a Meeting Here Tonight”

*Call to Worship...Claudia Mills

Praise be to God who reigns above the heavens. Praise be to God who dwells withim our hearts.

Let the majesty of creation worship in reverence. Let everyone pray in faith. Praise be to God.

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

*Hymn...“Jesus Loves Me” (UMH #191

Community prayer concerns and celebrations

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

Special Music...Hank Troy and Wende Harston / “Amen”

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 7:24-27...Pastor Charles

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

Sermon...Pastor Charles / “The man who built his house upon a rock”

*Hymn...“My Hope Is Built” (UMH #368)

*Words for the Journey...Pastor Charles

Postlude...Hank Troy and Wende Harston / “Gimme That Old Time Religion”