Order of Worship
Prelude
Shared by Christine Kyhn
We welcome Christine to our morning service and we thank her for sharing her gifts of music with us while Travis is traveling for work.
Welcome and Announcements
Pastor Ken
Opening Words
Led by Pastor Ken
One: Who are we and what are we called to do?
All: To create a world where every person is radically affirmed and barriers between people become bridges of inclusion, justice, and spirituality.
Call to Worship
Led by Pastor Ken
One: The earth is turning and the sun is shining.
All: Exploding orb of helium and hydrogen, firing our lives into existence.
One: We are here.
All: We mindfully take our places in life again.
One: Imagine… we are one, connected, human family.
All: Be and know that we are the ones the world awaits.
One: Each of us here and now: a difference, a beautiful presence.
All: God says, “Yes,” to each of us.
Singing Our Faith ~ For The Beauty of the Earth
Please stand if comfortably able by Conrad Kocher & Folliet Pierpont
1. For the beauty of the earth,
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
2. For the wonder of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
3. For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to sound and sight,
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise.
Gathering and Centering Prayer
Shared by Pastor Ken and Travis Meyers
The Word About Life for Today - Matthew 18:15-20
Shared by Pastor Ken
"If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.
But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.
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