SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
9:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Méditation
Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: The Lord is our Shepherd, we shall not want.
People: He leads us beside still waters, he restores our souls.
Leader: Even when we walk through the darkest valley, we will fear no evil.
People: For goodness and mercy follow us,
All: All the days of our lives.
*Opening Prayer
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
Found/Tonight
Ben Platt & Lin-Manuel Miranda
We may not yet have reached our glory
But I will gladly join the fight
And when our children tell their story
They’ll tell the story of tonight
They’ll tell the story of tonight
Tonight
Have you ever felt like nobody was there?
Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere?
Have you ever felt like you could disappear?
Like you could fall, and no one would hear?
Well, let that lonely feeling wash away
All we see is light
‘Cause maybe there’s a reason to believe you’ll be okay
For forever
‘Cause when you don’t feel strong enough to stand
You can reach, reach out your hand
And oh
Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away
Oh
No matter what they tell you
Someone will coming running
To take you home
Raise a glass to all of us
Tomorrow there’ll be more of us
Telling the story of tonight
Out of the shadows
The morning is breaking (they’ll tell the story of tonight)
And all is new
All is new
All is new
It’s only a matter of
Time
Even when the dark comes crashing through
When you need a friend to carry you
When you’re broken on the ground
You will be found
So let the sun come streaming in
‘Cause you’ll reach up and you’ll rise again
If you only look around
You will be found
And when our children tell their story
You will be found
They’ll tell the story of tonight
Whoa
No matter what they tell you
Tomorrow there’ll be more of us
Telling the story of tonight
The story of tonight
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Lesson
John 9:1-25
(New Testament Pew Bible pages 89-90)
Sermon
If You See Something, Say Something
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Sacrament of Holy Baptism (11am)
*The Baptismal Creed (Unison)
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Creator, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Excerpted from A Brief Statement of Faith.)
Musical Reflection
Miniature
Flor Peeters (1903-1986)
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
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God, you have so greatly loved us, long sought us, and mercifully redeemed us. Give us grace that in everything, we may yield ourselves, our wills and our works. A continual thank offering to you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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.
Closing Music
Be Thou My Vision (Slane)
Text – Hymnal #450
Alfred Fedak (b. 1953)
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Pianist: Adam Waite
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Vocals: Jayden Greicius
Vocals: Caleb Meyerhoff
Reader: Randy Savoren (9:30am)
Reader: Elyse Coberly (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
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