PRELUDE/ENTRANCE/LIFE OF THE CHURCH
*OPENING SONG
"O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing" UMH 57
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, some of us come today with songs of joy; rejoicing at all God has done for us. People: We come to remember God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.
Liturgist: Some of us come today with songs of mourning in our hearts, feeling the weight of loss, isolation, and loneliness. People: We come to remember God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.
Liturgist: Some of us come today with songs of worry and distress, overwhelmed by the troubles and the sufferings of the world. People: We come to remember God’s steadfast love and faithfulness.
Liturgist: In our joy, our sorrow, our isolation, and our worry, God is faithful! ALL: We come to sing God’s praises, for in all things, God’s steadfast love and faithfulness never fail. Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, May 2026.
Opening Prayer
Liberating God, we seek your journey. With parted waters, set us free. With cloud and fire, guide us. With gushing waters, quench our thirst. With food from heaven, feed us. Draw us out with joy and singing, that we might know your ways. Amen. Posted on the Ministry Matters website.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS AND INTERCESSIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
*FIRST LESSON Romans 10:5-15
*GOSPEL LESSON Matthew 14:22-33
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
SONG OF RESPONSE
“Stand By Me" UMH 512
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*The Apostles’ Creed UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“In Christ There Is No East or West” UMH 548
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
“God Be with You till We Meet Again” UMH 672
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