* Denotes all are invited to stand.
Bold text indicates portions of the service to be spoken or sung by the congregation.
July 5, 2026
Music for Gathering:
Brian Jay, Organist
Welcome & Announcements:
Rev. Cindy Harvey
To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Creator and kept safe for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be yours in abundance.
Minute for Mission:
Earth Care Action Team
Kathleen Keefer
Introit:
Hymn Medley #1
(Hymns #69, #157, #192)
Call to Worship:
We gather around the well of Beer-lahai-roi, the place where God sees us.
We gather to see and be seen. To know and be known. To behold and be held.
We thirst and drink deeply from these living waters.
* Hymn #465 “What A Friend We Have in Jesus”
* Passing of the Peace
Prayer for Illumination
First Reading
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Second Scripture
Matthew 11:16-19,25-30
Time for the Children
Hymn #626 “As the Deer”
Alex McCabe
Hymn Sing Celebration
Hymn Medley #2
(Hymns #721, #819, #275, #370, #697, #300)
Pastoral Prayer
Congregational Response: Hear our prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Invitation to Discipleship
* Hymn Medley #3
(Hymns #826, #853)
* Charge & Blessing
* 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 A, Volume 1 © 2013 Westminster John Knox Press. “Call to Worship,” “Invitation to Discipleship” and “Charge” from Connections Worship Companion, Year A, Volume 1. © 2022 Presbyterian Publishing Corporation. All other liturgy from Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching, and the Arts. Vol 59.1 (online version) © 2025 The Office of Theology and Worship of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). All rights reserved.