PRELUDE/ENTRANCE
GREETING/ANNOUNCEMENTS
*OPENING SONG
"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" UMH 89
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Liturgist: Welcome all who long to encounter Jesus, the one who loves, tends, sustains, and saves us. People: Jesus said, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”
Liturgist: Welcome all who walk the halls of power, who feel pushed and pulled to fight for position, status, and authority. People: Jesus said, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”
Liturgist: Welcome all who feel burned out, who have given more than they have day in and day out and long for someone to notice that you, too, need help and support. People: Jesus said, “The Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”
Liturgist: Welcome, followers of Christ, who came to serve and show God’s abundant love and grace among us. ALL: We come to worship Jesus who shows us that serving is the fruit of our love and being served by one another is the source of our power as the Body of Christ. Amen.
Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries, July 2024
OPENING PRAYER
Though you are God, with all the influence and status that the name implies, you refused to pull rank, and parade your power among us. Instead, you chose to step down into our experience, living among us, as one of us, with all the struggle and suffering that goes with being human. More than that, you adopted the role of servant, washing feet, serving people of no reputation or social standing, and giving of yourself completely.
As incredible as it sounds, you are the God who serves, and we can respond in no other way than to give ourselves to you in praise. Amen. Adapted from by John van de Laar, and posted on the Sacredise.com website.
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 Mark 10:35-45
SECOND SCRIPTURE Hebrews 5:1-10
MESSAGE “Our Great High Priest”
RESPONSE TO THE WORD
*SONG OF RESPONSE
"Nothing but the Blood" UMH 362
*OFFERING OF OURSELVES
*”The Apostles’ Creed” UMH 881
*DOXOLOGY UMH 95
*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
SENDING FORTH
*SONG OF DISMISSAL
“Blessed Assurance” UMH 369
*BENEDICTION
*PEACE
"God Be with You till We Meet Again" UMH 672
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