Being Present to Worship
Gathering Music
Sharing Time
. . . a time of greeting and sharing those things which inform who we are as a community of faith and how God is moving among us. You are invited to welcome visitors, share joys, prayer requests, and announcements.
Guest and visitors, please fill out one of the “Welcome” Cards found in the pew Bibles and place it in the offering plate.
Moments from the Minutes Janette Hess, Art Hoch
Scripture Interpretation “Grace” John 8: 1-1
Focusing Music “More Than Meets the Eye” (theme song) insert
*Responsive Call to Worship
One: Come all you people.
Left: We come — as youth, as parents, as students, as teachers
Right: We come — male and female.
Women: We come — a tapestry of hope and hurt.
Men: We come — a collage of experience and anticipation.
All: We come — a patchwork quilt of gifts, needs, fears, and hopes.
One: Come all you people — to connect with God and with one another.
All: We come — each of us wondering us — here in this place and in the wider world.
One: Come all you people — to be restored, reminded, remembered, and refreshed.
All: We come.
*Opening Prayer
*Opening Song“Fresh As the Morning (God of the Bible)”insert
Children’s Time
Illustration“A Mack Meets P.C.”
Reflection
Calling Song “Called or Not Called” insert
Invitation to Give
Giving Music “More Than Meets the Eye” – Ken Medema
(composed during Morning Worship, July 19)
Reflection
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Scripture Reading II Corinthians 4: 6-10, 16-18 (The Message)
Reflection
Commitment Song “Will You Let Me Be Your Servant” insert
Reflection
*Sending Song “More Than Meets the Eye” (theme song) insert
*Responsive Blessing – Katie Shaw Thompson
All: Go now in peace
*Sending Music