January 24, 2021
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”
~ Michelle Obama
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
~ Anne Lamott
“Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don’t. You are in good company… You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.”
~ John Piper
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
~ Nelson Mandela
Prelude
Kevin McCullough
Call to Worship
Songs
Time for Youth
Robbie Frederiksen, Youth Ministry Director
Scripture Lesson
Read by Tom Waldrop
Ruth 2:17-23
Message
“Glimpses of Future Hope”
Offering Prayer
We give our offering hopefully,
hoping that you can use these gifts
hoping that these gifts can further your kingdom
hoping that your kingdom will come.
Your kingdom, your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Amen.
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
The Lord’s Prayer
Song
Sending Forth
May the God of hope,
the God of “Hesed” – of loving kindness,
the God of second chances,
the God of resurrection
bless you with strength and courage
today, and all the days of your life.
Amen.
Postlude
Kevin McCullough