6/27/2021
Prelude
Call to Worship* :
Leader: Sing praises to God, all you faithful ones
Congregation: God hears us in our fear and our sorrow
Leader: Where there was no way
Congregation: God leads us in a new way
Leader: Where there was no mercy
Congregation: God surprises us with fresh mercy
Leader: Where there was weeping
Congregation: God invites us to step into a new dance.
Singing Our Faith :
“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” #327
1. Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father.
There is no shadow of turning with thee.
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not.
As thou hast been thou forever wilt be.
Refrain: Great is thy faithfulness!
Great is thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
Great is thy faithfulness!
Lord, unto me!
2. Summer and winter, and spring-time and harvest,
sun, moon, and stars in their courses above,
join with all nature in manifold witness
to thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love. Sing Refrain
3. Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide,
strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow;
blessings all mine with ten thousand beside! Sing Refrain
Doxology #119
A. Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
praise him all creatures here below;
praise him above ye heav’nly host;
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
B. Praise God from whom all blessings flow;
in heav’n above and earth below;
one God three persons we adore.
To God be praise forever more. Amen.
The First Word : Lamentations 3:22-33
Opening Prayer**
Hymn: “Fresh as the morning”
1. God of the Bible, God of the Gospel, hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come.
You are our center, daylight or darkness, freedom or prison, you are our home.
Refrain: Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise, god always faithful, you do not change. S ing twice
2. God in our struggles, God in our hunger, suffering with us, taking our part.
Still you empower us, mothering Spirit, feeding sustaining, from your own heart. Sing Refrain
3. Those without status, those who are nothing, you have made royal, gifted with rights,
chosen as partners, mid-wives of justice, birthing new systems, lighting new lights. Sing Refrain
4. Not with your finger, not by your anger, will our world order shange in a day,
but by your people, fearless and faithful, small paper lanterns lighting the way. Sing Refrain
5. Hope we must carry, shinning and certain through all our turmoil, terror ad loss,
bonding us gladly one to another, till our world changes facing the cross. Sing Refrain
Offering
Offering Prayer
Morning Psalm : Psalm 30
Special Music : “He Still Hears” (Phyllis and Rusty)
Joys and Concerns
(If you are on Zoom, please type your joy or concern in the chat box and someone in church will read it for you).
Responsive Prayer*** :
Leader: Bid us rise, Lord
When we are ‘sleeping’,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
and bid us, rise.
Leader: when illness lays us low,
a day, a week, a lifetime:
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
a day, a week, a lifetime:
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Leader: when grief breaks our heart,
and weeping fills our nights and days,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
and weeping fills our nights and days,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Leader: when despair, depression and anxiety
stop us from living well,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
stop us from living well,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Leader: when we are homeless, when we are poor,
when we are friendless and alone,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
when we are friendless and alone,
Congregation: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Leader: when we are ‘sleeping’,
ALL: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Amen
ALL: Jesus take us by the hand
and bid us, rise.
Amen
Gospel Lesson : Mark 5:21-43
Sermon : “Troubling Jesus” (Pastor Rusty)
Hymn : “Go My Children” #433
1. “Go, my children, with my blessing, never alone.
Waking, sleeping, I am with you. You are my own.
In my love’s baptismal river, I have made you mine forever.
Go, my children, with my blessing, you are my own.
2. Go, my children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure.
Here you learned how much I love you, what I can cure.
Here you heard my dear Son’s story, here you touched him, saw his glory.
Go, my children, sins forgiven, at peace and pure.
3. Go, my children, fed and nourished, closer to me.
Grow in love and love by serving, joyful and free.
Here my Spirit’s power filled you, here his tender comfort stilled you.
Go, my children, fed and nourished, joyful and free.
4. I, the Lord, will bless and keep you, and give you peace.
I, the Lord, will smile upon you, and give you peace.
I, the Lord, will be your Father, Savior, Comforter, and Brother.
Go, my children, I will keep you, and give you peace.”
Benediction
Postlude
*written by Rev. Susan A. Blain, and posted on the Worship Ways website. http://uccfiles.com/
**by Rev. Dr. Becky Zahller McNeil from RevGals blog
***by Rev. Dr. Sarah Agnew from RevGals Blog adapted