PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
* SONG
“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” Words on the Screen
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Children of God, when fears press in on every side, we can proclaim with confidence. People: God is our light and salvation! Whom shall we fear?
Liturgist: When our problems overwhelm us and we feel pressed in on every side, we can declare with confidence. People: God is the stronghold of our lives! Of whom shall we be afraid?
Liturgist: No matter the troubles we face, we seek after God and to live in the house of God forever. People: God shelters and protects us in the day of trouble.
Liturgist: Come; let us worship God with joy, for God is our light and salvation! ALL: We come to worship as bearers of the Light. Thanks be to God! Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, July 2025.
OPENING PRAYER (Together)
God of all creation, who called every being into life, who is mindful of humankind in all its diversity, who embodies us with dignity, granting different gifts and talents to shape life in this world, we ask for your Spirit to unite us where we face lack of understanding and disunity in our churches, in our communities, in our countries. And in silence, we lay before you the burdens of our hearts.
(Silence)
We ask for your Spirit to unite us in the face of the conflicts, hatred, and violation of life experienced in so many regions of the earth and, in silence, we bring to you the pain of the victims.
(Silence)
We ask for your Spirit to unite us wherever fear prevents us from caring for our neighbor, from meeting people of different ethnicities, cultures, and faith communities with respect and, in silence; we bring to you the brokenness of human relationships.
(Silence)
God of all creation, in Christ, we are reconciled, and so we ask for your uniting Spirit to help us overcome all our divisions that we may live in peace.
Posted on the Monthly Prayers page of the Christian Aid website, http://www.christianaid.org.uk/.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
SHARING GOD’S PEACE
GOD SIGHTINGS AND SUPPLICATIONS
THE LORD’S PRAYER
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE
A TIME FOR CHILDREN
SPECIAL MUSIC
FIRST SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
*SECOND SCRIPTURE Matthew 4:12-23
MESSAGE
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
“We've a Story to Tell to the Nations” UMH 569
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
“The Apostles’ Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Go, Make of All Disciples" UMH 571
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE “Shalom to You” UMH 666
*Please stand as you are abl