PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing" UMH 400
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: When we witness our work bear good fruit and rejoice in all God has done among us. People: We gather for worship.
Liturgist: When misunderstanding and misinformation threaten to divide instead of unite us. People: We gather for worship.
Liturgist: When we dance together in the joy of knowing we belong to God and one another. People: We gather for worship.
Liturgist: When we stumble and bumble our way forward as God’s grace guides us into greater love and deeper communion. People: We gather for worship. Thanks be to God. Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, May 2024.
OPENING PRAYER
You who shepherd the lost and comfort the afflicted, Guide our hands to touch the untouchable, Our ears to listen to the hopeless, Our eyes to see the misery of others, Our hearts to feel the pain of prisoners, Empower us to take risks to be channels of healing and mercy, so that this world may be a better place. Amen.
Published in Cláudio Carvalhaes, Liturgies from Below: Praying with People at the Ends of the World (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2020), 102.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
JOYS AND CONCERNS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE Amos 7:7-15
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Mark 6:14-29
MESSAGE “Called by God”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"It Is Well with My Soul" UMH 377
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”A Modern Affirmation” UMH 885
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“He Who Began a Good Work in You" TFWS 2163
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE "Shalom” UMH 666