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©Order of Worship for Sunday June 28, 2026
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Pride Month
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Prelude:………………“Testify to Love”……………..Greg D.
Words and Music by Paul Field, Hank Pool, Ralph Van Manen, and Robert Riekerk © 1996, 1998 EMI Music Publishing LTD.
Coming of the Light:
Greetings:………………………………….……Pastor Liz
Announcements:………………………………………Lorri B.
Call to Worship/Opening Prayer:………………………..
Loving God,We thank You for the grace to gather together in Your name. As we open our hearts to worship, remind us of Your calling to extend holy hospitality to everyone we meet.
Just as You have welcomed us, give us the courage to welcome the strangers, the messengers, and the “little ones” among us. Help us to see that when we serve and uplift those in need, we are serving You and the One who sent You.
Bless our time of fellowship and worship today. Whether through a kind word, an act of justice, or simply offering a cup of cold water to a weary soul, may our actions reflect Your unconditional love. May we never grow weary of doing what is right, knowing that every act of love offered in Your name is deeply seen and rewarded by You.
In the holy and welcoming name of Jesus, we pray. Amen
Opening Hymns:………..“Welcome”…………..W&S #3152
Words: Laurie Zelmand and Mark A. Miller Music: Mark A. Miller
© 2007 Abingdon Press, admin. By The Copyright Company
1. Let’s walk together for a while and ask where we begin
to build a world where love can grow and hope can enter in,
to be the hands of healing and to plant the seed of peace,
singing welcome, welcome to this place. You’re invited to
come and know God’s grace. All are welcome the love of
God to share ‘cause all of us are welcome here;
all are welcome in this place.
2. Let’s talk together of a time when we will share a feast,
where pride and power kneel to serve the lonely and the least,
and joy will set the table as we join our hands to pray,
singing welcome, welcome to this place. You’re invited to
come and know God’s grace. All are welcome the love of
God to share ‘cause all of us are welcome here;
All are welcome in this place.
3. Let’s dream together of the day when earth and heaven are one, a city built of love and light, the new Jerusalem, where our morning turns to dancing, every creature lifts its voice,
singing welcome, welcome to this place. You’re invited to
come and know God’s grace. All are welcome the love of
God to share ‘cause all of us are welcome here;
All are welcome in this place.
We Will Follow……………………………#3160 W&S
We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow, we will follow him.
We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
Wherever he leads us will follow.
We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
We will follow, we will follow him.
We will follow, we will follow Jesus.
Wherever he leads us will follow.
Passing of the Peace:……………………………….Pastor Liz
Let us offer signs of reconciliation and peace to one another.
Gloria Patri:………“Glory Be to the Father” #71 UMH
Words: Lesser Doxology, 3rd-4th century
Music: Henry W. Greatorex, 1851
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.
Giving of our tithes and offerings:……………..Pastor Liz
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Offertory:………………………………………………..Greg D.
Offertory Response:………… “The Doxology”………..#94 UMH
Words: Thomas Ken, 1674 Music: Geistliche Kirchengesänge, 1623; Adapt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
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Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise God,
all creatures here below: Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise God the
source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power up-lifts! Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prayer After Receiving:……………………………..Pastor Liz
Prayers of the People:…………………………..….Pastor Liz
The Lord’s Prayer:
Gospel Lesson: Matthew 10:40-42………. ……..……
Welcome Christ in those Christ sends
“Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous, and whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple — truly I tell you, none of these will lose their reward.”
Hymn of Preparation:“Jesu, Jesu” #432 UMH
Words: Tom Colvin, 1969 Music: Ghana folk song © 1969 and 1989. Hope Publishing Co.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
1. Kneels at the feet of his friends, silently washes their
feet, Master who acts as a slave to them.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
2. Neighbors are rich and poor, neighbors are black and
white, neighbors are near and far away.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
3. These are the ones we should serve, these are the ones
we should love; all these are neighbors to us and you.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
4. Loving puts us on our knees, serving as though we are
slaves, this is the way we should live with you.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
5. Kneel at the feet of our friends, silently washing their
feet, this is the way we should live with you.
Refrain
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love, show
us how to serve the neighbors we have from you.
Sermon:…………………………………………………Pastor Liz
Closing Hymn: “The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve” #2241 TFWS
Words: Delores Dufnes, OSB Music: USA folk melody
Words © 1993 Delores Durner, admin by OCP Publications
1. The Spirit sends us forth to serve; we
go in Jesus’ name to bring glad tidings to the
poor, God’s favor to proclaim.
2. We go to comfort those who mourn and
set the burdened free; where hope is dim, to
share a dream and help the blind to see.
3. We go to be the hands of Christ, to
scatter joy like seed and, all our days, to
cherish life, to do the loving deed.
4. Then let us go to serve in peace, the
gospel to proclaim. God’s Spirit has empowered
us; we go in Jesus’ name
Dismissal with Blessing:………………………..Pastor Liz
Postlude:……………………………………………………..Greg D.
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Sunday June 28th Worship Service