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Sunday, July 6, 2025 -- 10:30am Worship Service
Greeting & Announcements
Prelude - As the Deer, arr. Tom Fettke, Susan Carey, piano
Call to Worship - (adapted from Psalm 66:1-5) *
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
sing God’s glorious name; shout out glorious praise.
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
All the earth worships you; they sing praises to your name.”
Come and see what God has done:
tell of God’s awesome deeds among all people
+ Hymn 526 - Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Patient God, you call and call and we come up with every excuse why we can’t answer, at least not right now. Forgive our fear. Remind us that when we answer your call, we will not be sent out alone, but filled with your gifts, surrounded by your children, and held in your love. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Rock and Redeemer. Amen. *
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, Gloria Patri
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Prayer for Openness
Holy Spirit, stir in us today some new understanding; some new passion; some new insight into you. As we read your Scriptures, help us to hear your voice. Amen. *
Scripture Reading - Luke 10:1-11; 16-20
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Offering
• Invitation
• Offertory - Psalm 139, Allen Pote, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - Galatians 6: 1-16
My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride. For all must carry their own loads.
Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.
See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand! It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything! As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Sermon - Rev. Kathy Riley
Statement of Faith - (adapted from the Confession of 1967)
To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as God’s reconciling community, to share God’s labor of healing the hostilities which separate people from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. The church follows Christ’s pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
+ HYMN 298 - Lord, You Give the Great Commission
THE LORD’S SUPPER
• Invitation
• Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise…
• Words of Institution
• The Communion of the People
The congregation is invited to come forward to tear off a piece of bread and dip it in the cup. There is gluten-free bread on the table. If you would prefer to receive Communion in your pew, an elder or deacon will serve you. After consuming the bread and the cup and returning to your seat, turn your mind to what God is inviting you to consider in this moment of stillness.
• Prayer after Communion
Lord God, we thank you for our daily bread and we thank you now for this holy meal in remembrance and celebration of the saving love made known to us in Christ. Strengthen us to go into the world as bearers of that love. Amen.
+ HYMN 295 - Go To the World!
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 372, O For a World(verses 1 and 5)
1 O for a world where everyone respects each other’s ways,
where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise.
5 O for a world preparing for God’s glorious reign of peace,
where time and tears will be no more, and all but love will cease.
Postlude - Praeludium, André Raison (1650-1719)
Prelude - As the Deer, arr. Tom Fettke, Susan Carey, piano
Call to Worship - (adapted from Psalm 66:1-5) *
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth;
sing God’s glorious name; shout out glorious praise.
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds!
All the earth worships you; they sing praises to your name.”
Come and see what God has done:
tell of God’s awesome deeds among all people
+ Hymn 526 - Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Patient God, you call and call and we come up with every excuse why we can’t answer, at least not right now. Forgive our fear. Remind us that when we answer your call, we will not be sent out alone, but filled with your gifts, surrounded by your children, and held in your love. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, our Rock and Redeemer. Amen. *
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, Gloria Patri
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Prayer for Openness
Holy Spirit, stir in us today some new understanding; some new passion; some new insight into you. As we read your Scriptures, help us to hear your voice. Amen. *
Scripture Reading - Luke 10:1-11; 16-20
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go on your way; I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on that person, but if not, it will return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome you, eat what is set before you; cure the sick who are there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ But whenever you enter a town and they do not welcome you, go out into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off in protest against you. Yet know this: the kingdom of God has come near.’
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Offering
• Invitation
• Offertory - Psalm 139, Allen Pote, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - Galatians 6: 1-16
My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor’s work, will become a cause for pride. For all must carry their own loads.
Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh, but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all and especially for those of the family of faith.
See what large letters I make when I am writing in my own hand! It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who try to compel you to be circumcised—only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. Even the circumcised do not themselves obey the law, but they want you to be circumcised so that they may boast about your flesh. May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything! As for those who will follow this rule—peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Sermon - Rev. Kathy Riley
Statement of Faith - (adapted from the Confession of 1967)
To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as God’s reconciling community, to share God’s labor of healing the hostilities which separate people from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. The church follows Christ’s pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.
+ HYMN 298 - Lord, You Give the Great Commission
THE LORD’S SUPPER
• Invitation
• Prayer of Great Thanksgiving
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks and praise…
• Words of Institution
• The Communion of the People
The congregation is invited to come forward to tear off a piece of bread and dip it in the cup. There is gluten-free bread on the table. If you would prefer to receive Communion in your pew, an elder or deacon will serve you. After consuming the bread and the cup and returning to your seat, turn your mind to what God is inviting you to consider in this moment of stillness.
• Prayer after Communion
Lord God, we thank you for our daily bread and we thank you now for this holy meal in remembrance and celebration of the saving love made known to us in Christ. Strengthen us to go into the world as bearers of that love. Amen.
+ HYMN 295 - Go To the World!
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 372, O For a World(verses 1 and 5)
1 O for a world where everyone respects each other’s ways,
where love is lived and all is done with justice and with praise.
5 O for a world preparing for God’s glorious reign of peace,
where time and tears will be no more, and all but love will cease.
Postlude - Praeludium, André Raison (1650-1719)