Bulletin

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JULY 6 ORDER OF WORSHIP

PRELUDE

WELCOME

SONG
“Come to Worship”
by Jerry & Petie Hebenstreit
Come to worship the God who made us.
Worship Jesus, the Christ, who saved us.
And the Spirit,
the source of all truth and life.
Come, you people and join together.
Worship our God, Who reigns for ever
Come, you people,
come, O come, O come.

CALL TO WORSHIP *                                                      
Left Side: We gather to worship and to reaffirm our shared relationship as children of God.
All: How good a thing it is when all of God’s people live together in unity.
Right Side: God welcomes us to our shared experiences of worship, fellowship, prayer and praise.
All: How good a thing it is when all of God’s people live together in unity.
Left: Together and individually, we will be cleansed and refreshed by the holy winds of God’s Spirit, as it blows around and within us.
All: How good a thing it is when all of God’s people live together in unity.
Right: The Lord our God gives new life and new blessings as we come together in the unity of one purpose – to praise and glorify God.
All: How good a thing it is when all of God’s people live together in unity. Let us come with joy and worship the God who has called us together.

OPENING SONG *
“I Come with Joy” (#349)
I come with joy, a child of God,
forgiven, loved, and free,
The life of Jesus to recall,
in love laid down for me,
in love laid down for me.

I come with Christians far and near
to find, as all are fed,
The new community of love
in Christ’s communion bread,
in Christ’s communion bread.

As Christ breaks bread, and bids us share,
each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one,
and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends.

And thus we meet, and better know
the Presence, ever near,
And join our hearts and sing with joy
that Christ is risen here,
that Christ is risen here.

CALL TO CONFESSION *

PRAYER OF CONFESSION *
One: As we come confessing our sins, help us receive your forgiveness like Aaron, rejoicing with precious oil upon his head.
All: Help us receive your blessing like morning dew upon the mountains, valleys and prairies. 
One: Merciful God, we confess that we have not always lived as a loving and united community. 
All: So we ask for your forgiveness, because you love us more than we can imagine, and you can make us whole beyond our wildest dreams. 
Left: We have failed.
All: And God loves us.
Right: We have forgotten.
All: And God loves us.
Left: We have injured.
All: And God loves us.
Right: We have gloated.
All: And God loves us.
Left: We have hoarded.
All: And God loves us.
Right: We have turned away.
All: And God loves us.
One: We seek your forgiveness and we seek reconciliation with you and each other.  Help us, your fractured church to be of one heart and soul, that our proclamation will resonate with great power, and great grace may be upon us all.
All: Assure us of your closeness, and your power, and your mercy, and your ability to bring us into community and change our lives for the good. 

WORDS OF FORGIVENESS *
One: You are more beloved than you can ever know, and God is working in you and in the world beyond our wildest imagining. The beginning of all that is forgiveness. So know that you are indeed forgiven, and be at peace.
All: In Jesus Christ we are all forgiven! Alleluia, Amen.

GLORIA *
Glory to God, whose goodness shines on me,
and to the Son, whose grace has pardoned me,
and to the Spirit, whose love has set me free.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
World without end, without end. Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. Amen.

PASSING THE PEACE

OFFERING

DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise Christ, all people here below;
praise Holy Spirit evermore;
praise Triune God, whom we adore.
Amen.

CHILDREN’S TIME

SONG
“Get Together”
words and music by Chet Powers
Love is but a song we sing
and fear’s the way we die.
You can make the mountains ring
or make the angels cry,
though the dove is on the wing
and you may not know why.

C’mon people now,
smile on your brother.
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now.

Some may come and some may go;
we shall surely pass.
When the one who left us here
returns for us at last.
We are but a moment’s sunlight
fading in the grass.

C’mon people now,
smile on your brother.
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now.

C’mon people now,
smile on your brother.
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now.

If you hear the song I sing
you will understand (listen!)
You hold the key to love and fear
in your trembling hand;
Just one key unlocks them both.
It’s there at your command.

C’mon people now,
smile on your brother.
Everybody get together
try to love one another right now.

C’mon people now,
smile on your brother.
Everybody get together,
try to love one another right now.
…right now, right now.

SCRIPTURE (Psalm 133:1-3)

SERMON

COMMUNION

SONG
“Let Us Break Bread Together”
Let us break bread together on our knees;
let us break bred together on our knees.

Refrain: When I fall on my knees,
with my face to the rising sun,
My God, have mercy on me.

Let us drink wine together on our knees;
let us drink wine together on our knees. [Refrain]

Let us praise God together on our knees;
let us praise God together on our knees.  [Refrain]

SONG
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy”
Holy, holy, holy, holy,
God of power, God of might,
heaven and earth are
full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is the One,
blessed is the One,
blessed is the One
who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna! Hosanna!
Hosanna in the highest!

LORD’S PRAYER
All: 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

PRAYER
One: God, who created us to be in community with one another, to gather together to share in the gifts of God,
All: we give you thanks that at this table you graciously feed us with the bread of life and the cup of salvation.
One: May we who have reached out our hands to receive this sacrament be strengthened in your service;
All: we who have sung your praises tell of your glory and truth in our lives;
One: we who have seen the greatness of your love see you face to face in your kingdom and come to worship you with all your saints forever.
All: Renew us by your Holy Spirit, unite us in the body of your Son, and bring us with all your people into the joy of your eternal kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

CLOSING SONG *
“I Come with Joy” (#349)
And thus we meet, and better know
the Presence, ever near,
And join our hearts and sing with joy
that Christ is risen here,
that Christ is risen here.

Together met, together bound
in friendship we will stay,
And go with joy to love the world
and live the way we pray,
and live the way we pray.

CLOSING MESSAGE

POSTLUDE

*Rise in body or spirit