GREETING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE....................................... “BE
THOU MY VISION”1...................... ARR.
BY MARK HAYES
INTROIT........................... “WE
HAVE COME INTO HIS HOUSE”1...................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
OPENING
TIME OF CENTERING PRAYER
Leader: The psalmist declares, “Lord, you have
searched me and known me.”
Will you open yourselves to
be searched by God?
People: Search us, O God, and know our hearts.
Leader: God searches you, knows you, and loves
you, and invites you to search
out God in return. Will you seek the heart of God?
People: We will search for you, O God, to know
your heart.
Leader: The Triune God who creates all and knows
all is revealed in running
rivers and fluttering
butterflies, in warm sunshine and the smell of the
earth. Will you pay attention?
People: We will pay attention, O God, to your
fingerprint of love on all of
creation.
Leader: Open our hearts today to encounter your
love, holiness, and glory that
create and sustain all that
was, is, and will be.
All: We come today to enter the dance of
the Trinity, the all-knowing
Creator and Sustainer of
life. AMEN.
**HYMN #2130 (TFWS)................................................................................................. “THE
SUMMONS”
God, we cannot escape your love. We can find no place to hide. You search us out
wherever we may be. Your love is like a blanket, protecting us wherever we go. Your
love shields us from evil. We may travel to the moon or to the depths of the ocean -
your love is found even there. We may think ourselves to greater levels of sophistication -
your love is still there. We may fall in the pits of sin - your love is still there. Thank you,
loving God, for your steadfast mercy. Thank you for being there, wherever we may be.
AMEN.
MUSICAL OFFERING......... “DOWN TO THE RIVER TO
PRAY”1...................... CHANCEL
CHOIR
**RESPONSE #454 (UMH)............................................................ “OPEN
MY EYES, THAT I MAY SEE”
SERMON.................................. “GOD
IS CALLING YOU”................................. REV.
ERIC WARNER
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace; where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is
love. There is comfort in life’s darkest hour; there is light and life, there is help and
power in the Spirit, in the
Spirit of the Lord.
PRAYER CONCERNS/PASTORAL PRAYER
I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens down at your feet, and anytime that
I don't
know what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you.
APOSTLES’
CREED AND INVITATION TO HOLY COMMUNION (UMH PAGE 7-8)
GREAT
THANKSGIVING (UMH PAGE 15)
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
trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.
AMEN.
Holy Communion will be served at the chancel rail this morning. At the direction of the ushers,
you will be invited forward. You may kneel or stand at the kneelers. You will then receive a
piece of bread from a communion server. After eating the bread, you will receive the juice and
after drinking the juice, you will be dismissed by the pastor to return to your seat. If you are
unable to come forward for Holy
Communion servers will serve you in your seat.
**HYMN #419 (UMH).......................................................................................... “I
AM THINE, O LORD”
As we prepare to leave this place, turn to a neighbor. Now, look into the eyes of the person in
front of you and say, “You are fearfully and wonderfully made.” May this truth be a blessing
to you this week: the Creator who knows you better than you know yourself fearfully and
wonderfully made you just as you are. Let us go now to speak truth, share love, and recognize
the Creator’s fingerprint in all of creation. AMEN.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords
that cannot be broken.
Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us
together in love.
POSTLUDE.................................. “BIND US TOGETHER”1......................... ARR. BY MARK HAYES
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Flowers on the altar are given in loving memory of our husband, father, and grandfather,
Richard Funke, who died June 2, 2015, by his family.
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**Indicates the
congregation should stand if able
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