Order of Worship

8-16-26

Always maintaining a proper balance between proclamation of the word about life with the deeds which make life good.

Welcome and Announcements

Sue Stuart

Opening Words

Led by Sue Stuart

One: Who are we and what are we called to do?

All: We are the sensitive and responsive ones called to

create a world where every person is radically affirmed and barriers between people become bridges of inclusion, justice, and spirituality.

Prelude

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Call to Worship

Led by Linda Johnston

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

One: How shall we worship God?

All: God has told us what is good.

One: We know what the Lord requires of us:

All: Kindness to care for our neighbors,

One: Justice to make the world an equitable place,

All: And humility in our walk with God.

One: Come then and let us worship:

All: Until what we say and do are one!

Singing Our Welcome Come, Sweet Justice

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

The world is hungry for justice,

God’s Word will point the way.

The One who came to speak the truth,

to challenge those who say:

that we need not care for strangers,

the sick, the lost, the poor,

the voiceless ones, the outcast,

the honored guests of God.

Chorus

O come, O come, sweet justice come.

O come, O come, sweet justice come.

When will we learn how to see them,

each one a child of God?

When will our voices raise for them,

demand their stories heard?

Do we wait until all hope is gone,

their songs to die away?

With passion we must rise up,

risk in the name of God.

Chorus (2x)

Centering Prayer

Shared by Sue Stuart

Spirit of Life and Love, open our eyes to the beauty of our interconnectedness. Open our hearts to the marginalized, and open our minds to the fresh perspectives that guide our journey toward a more compassionate world. Empower us to see beyond barriers and actively work to make the impossible possible.

Celebrations

Sue Stuart

This is our time to share the celebrations of our lives: birthdays, anniversaries, words of kindness and works of peace and justice.

Special Music for Thinking of You Cards

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Invitation to Give

Shared by Linda Johnston

Our offering allows us to share our treasures of time, talent, and resources. We radically commit ourselves to be the church that shares its immeasurable gifts of forgiveness, grace, compassion, acceptance, and loving concern with each other and with ourselves.

QR Code for Giving Page

Dedication of Our Offerings

Shared by Linda Johnston

When we look in the mirror, may we see our sisters and brothers in need - the lonely, the hungry, the searching, the aching. And as we see them, we pray that these gifts we offer may be used to bring them food, hope, companionship, and healing.

Singing Our Faith Come Live in the Light

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

Come! Live in the light!

Shine with the joy and the love of the Lord!

We are called to be a light for the kingdom,

to live in the freedom of the city of God.

Refrain

We are called to act with justice;

We are called to love tenderly;

We are called to serve one another,

To walk humbly with God.

Come! Open your heart!

Show your mercy to all those in fear!

We are called to be hope for the hopeless

So hatred and violence will be no more.

Refrain

Sing! Sing a new song!

Sing of that great day when all will be one!

God will reign, and we’ll walk with each other

As sisters and brothers united in love.

Refrain

The Chime Calls Us to the Word About Life

Sue Stuart

Word About Life Micah 6: 6-8

Shared by Chelsea Gaberdiel

With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on High? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God?

Words for Mission

Led by Linda Johnston

Please stand in mind, body, or spirit

One: Our worship has ended but the offering we make to the

Spirit of Life and Love continues to unfold in what we say

and in what we do everyday.

All: God asks only this: to be kind and merciful, to do

justice, and to walk humbly with God.

One: These are the times!

All: We are the people!

One: All of Creation is blessed!

All: May we love all and serve all!

One: God be with you.

All: And also with you.

One: Amen.

All: Amen

Sending Forth Song Every Step of the Way

Shared by Tanner Bayles

Help me do the justice to be done today.

Help me love kindness in all I do and say

Help me walk humbly with you

O God I pray, every step of the way,

Every step in the way.

(3X)

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