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July 20, 2025
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay
Organist
Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Aaron J. White
Minute for Mission:
Diane Frans – 2025 Pride Parade
Call to Worship:
In Christ the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
Through Christ God reconciled all things to Godself.
In Christ we find our beginning, our purpose, and our own being.
We are Christ’s body, eager to serve.
* Hymn 309 ”Come, Great God of All the Ages”
Please see screens for lyrics.
Confession of Sin:
Merciful Savior, you stand beside us, yet we prefer to stand on our own. You choose us, yet we choose worry. You attend to us, yet we attend to our work. Forgive us, gentle Teacher. Call us by name and visit us once more that we might find at your feet our joy, our purpose, and our hope.
Silence for personal confession
* Assurance of Pardon:
Listen, I will tell you a mystery! By his body and his cross, Jesus reconciles all who were once estranged. Christ in you is the glory of God. Believe the good news.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
* Song of Praise #544 “Bless the Lord”
Please see Sanctuary screens for lyrics.
* Passing the Peace
Prayer for Illumination:
First Scripture:
Colossians 1:15-28
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Anthem:
“Honor and Arms”
Trombone Solo: Dale Irvin
Second Scripture:
Luke 10:38-42
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Time for the Children:
Kathy Sutula
Sermon:
Rev. Aaron J. White
* Hymn 703 “Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me”
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Pastoral Prayer
Congregation Response: We seek your grace.
Invitation to Discipleship
The Lord’s Supper:
Invitation
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.
…Therefore we praise you, joining the song of the universal church and the heavenly choir:
Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,
Hosanna in the highest, hosanna in the highest.
…great is the mystery of faith:
Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
…God of glory, now and forever.
Amen
The Lord’s Prayer:
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 sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled.
The Communion of the People.
Duet: Dale Irvin & Brian Jay “Romance for Trombone & Piano”
The Prayer After Communion.
* Hymn #306 “Blest Be the Tie that Binds”
Please see screens for lyrics.
* Charge & Blessing
…May we receive the blessing of the triune God, and share this blessing with others!
Alleluia! Amen!
* Music for departing
Today’s Scripture readings are from the Inclusive Bible: The First Egalitarian Translation. © 2007 Priests for Equality.
Liturgy for today’s worship service is adapted with permission from the following sources: “Prayer for Illumination” and “Blessing” from Feasting on the Word Worship Companion: Liturgies for Year C, Volume 2 © 2013 Westminster John Knox Press. “Invitation to Discipleship,” “Invitation to the Lord’s Table,” “The Prayer after Communion,” and “Charge” from Connections Worship Companion, Year C, Volume 2. © 2022 Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. “Words of Institution” and liturgy spoken when “The Bread is Broken and the Cup is Filled” from the Book of Common Worship. © 2018 Westminster John Knox Press. All other liturgy from Call to Worship, Vol 58.1 © 2024 The Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All rights reserved.