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Sunday, March 19

Posted on March 16, 2023

Fourth Sunday in Lent

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST

GATHERING MUSIC / PRELUDE
Mimi Carlson, flute
Joyce Rhodes, organ

“Prelude & Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque”
~ Claude Debussy

CONGREGATIONAL CENTERING
Pastor Jeffrey

CHORAL INTROIT
Chancel Choir
David Herberg, Directing

“Humble Thyself” ~ TFWS #2131

WORDS OF WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Jeffrey

*CALL TO WORSHIP
Maggie Harris

L:  The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
P:  And also with you. 
L:  Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
P:  That he may teach us his ways and walk his paths.

*OPENING PRAYER (In Unison)
Maggie Harris

O God, our Shepherd and our Guide, thank you for your open invitation to us. You invite us to journey with you through the seasons of our lives and to experience your peace. You invite us to love you, and to know your joy. You invite us to hear your voice and to know the right paths for us to follow. You invite us to be confident in your guidance and accept risk and struggle that lead to new life. As we worship you in this holy space today, may we know your peace, your joy, your guidance and follow in the paths where you lead us. Amen.

*HYMN

        “Great Is Thy Faithfulness” ~ UMH #140

CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.

THE COMMUNITY PROCLAIMS AND HEARS THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (In Unison)
Maggie Harris

Guide us, O God, by your Word and Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in your truth find freedom, and in your will discover your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READING
Maggie Harris

Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

L:  The Word of Life.
P:  Thanks be to God. Amen.

HYMN

“Precious Lord, Take My Hand” ~ UMH #474

COLONET / L4L MISSION UPDATE & VIDEO
Pete Taylor

JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Maggie Harris

God of Light and Love, we worship you with all that we are, and we bless your name for all that we will be as we continue on our lenten journey. We offer you these gifts, that you might bless them and send us out into the world as a church meant for mission, giving glory to your name. Amen.

OFFERTORY
Mimi Carlson, flute
Joyce Rhodes, organ

“The Little Shepherd from the Children’s Corner”
~ Claude Debussy

*DOXOLOGY

“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” ~ UMH #95

ANTHEM
Chancel Choir
Mimi Carlson, flute
David Herberg, Directing

“Come, Follow Me”
~ Elly & Steve Kupferschmid

SCRIPTURE READING
Maggie Harris

John 9:1-25

As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see.

The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar began to ask, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some were saying, “It is he.” Others were saying, “No, but it is someone like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” But they kept asking him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.”

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. Then the Pharisees also began to ask him how he had received his sight. He said to them, “He put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I see.” Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not observe the sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?” And they were divided. So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.” The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but we do not know how it is that now he sees, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” So for the second time they called the man who had been blind, and they said to him, “Give glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “I do not know whether he is a sinner. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.”

  L:    The Word of Life.
  P:  Thanks be to God. Amen. 

SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey

One Thing I Know

THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE WORD

RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
Pastor Jeffrey

Introduction & Presentation of the Candidates ~ UMH #33

Mimi Shilov, Faith Lutheran Church
Cindy Brain: Sponsor

*CLOSING HYMN

“As a Fire is Meant for Burning” ~ TFWS #2237

*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey

*CHORAL BENEDICTION
Chancel Choir
Mimi Carlson, flute
David Herberg, Directing

“May the peace of the Lord”
~ Douglas Wagner
POSTLUDE
Mimi Carlson, flute
Joyce Rhodes, organ

“Arabesque No. 1”
by Claude Debussy

  • Stand as you are able

Filed Under: Worship

Sunday, March 12

Posted on March 8, 2023

Third Sunday in Lent

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE

PRELUDE / INSTRUMENTAL OPENING
The Worship Team

Get Coffee and Be Seated

OPENING MUSIC
The Worship Team

“Come, Now Is the Time to Worship”
~ Brian Doerksen

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Jeffrey D. Hall

OPENING PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Great Is the Lord”
~ Michael & Deborah Smith

CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

John 4:5-26

So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?” (Jews do not share things in common with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water? Are you greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and his flocks drank from it?” Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back.” The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true!” The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When he comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who is speaking to you.”

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Almighty”
~ Wayne Watson

JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

CELEBRATION OF GIFTS
Pastor Jeffrey

Living God, Living Water, we offer our gifts as channels of your love, as vessels of your grace, for all who are thirsty. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

WORSHIP IN SONG

The Worship Team

“You Are My King (Amazing Love)”
~ Billy J. Foote

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

John 4:26-42

Just then his disciples came. They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or, “Why are you speaking with her?” Then the woman left her water jar and went back to the city. She said to the people, “Come and see a man who told me everything I have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?” They left the city and were on their way to him. Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, eat something.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Surely no one has brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work. Do you not say, ‘Four months more, then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, look around you, and see how the fields are ripe for harvesting. The reaper is already receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.” Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I have ever done.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”

SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey

“Living Water”

THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
Pastor Jeffrey

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Forever”
~ Chris Tomlin

*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey

POSTLUDE / INSTRUMENTAL CLOSING
The Worship Team

“Forever”
~ Chris Tomlin

Filed Under: Worship

March “Spire”

Posted on March 1, 2023

March_2023Download

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Sunday, March 5

Posted on March 1, 2023

Second Sunday in Lent

SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey

For God So Loved

THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE WORD

CLOSING HYMN

“Blessed Assurance” ~ UMH #369
(You may substitute the word “love” for “blood.”)

*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey

*CHORAL BENEDICTION
Chancel Choir
David Herberg, Directing

“Lord, Make Us Instruments”

POSTLUDE
Joyce Rhodes, organ

“Toccata from Partita on Heinlein for Organ” – “Forty Days & Forty Nights”
~ arr. Anita Graves

  • Stand as you are able

Filed Under: Worship

Sunday, February 26

Posted on February 24, 2023

First Sunday of Lent

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE

PRELUDE / INSTRUMENTAL OPENING
The Worship Team

Get Coffee and Be Seated

OPENING MUSIC
The Worship Team

“All Things Are Possible”
~ Darlene Zschech

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Jeffrey D. Hall

OPENING PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”
~ Rick Founds

CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’“ But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“O Lord You’re Beautiful”
~ Keith Green

JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

CELEBRATION OF GIFTS
Pastor Jeffrey

Christ walks with us as we walk with one another. We are not alone. May our offerings – financial and otherwise – enable us to be a community for anyone seeking the love of God along their faith journey.

WORSHIP IN SONG

The Worship Team

“We Fall Down”
~ Chris Tomlin

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

Matthew 4:1-11

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished. The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’” Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’” Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor; and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! for it is written, ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only him.’” Then the devil left him, and suddenly angels came and waited on him.

SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey

“Angels in the Wilderness”

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)”
~ Chris Tomlin

*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey

POSTLUDE / INSTRUMENTAL CLOSING
The Worship Team

“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”
~ Rick Founds

Filed Under: Worship

February “Spire”

Posted on January 27, 2023

February_2023Download

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Sunday, January 29

Posted on January 26, 2023

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP SERVICE

PRELUDE / INSTRUMENTAL OPENING
The Worship Team

Get Coffee and Be Seated

OPENING MUSIC
The Worship Team

“Mighty Is Our God”
~ Eugene Greco, Gerrit Gustafson, Don Moen

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pastor Jeffrey D. Hall

OPENING PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Lord, We’ve Come Together to Worship”
~ Brian Doerksen

CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

Romans 13:8-14

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet”; and any other commandment, are summed up in this word, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.

Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Lord, I Lift Your Name on High”
~ Rick Founds

JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Pastor Jeffrey

CELEBRATION OF GIFTS
Pastor Jeffrey

We, in the fullness of our humanity, are the offering God requires. As we worship with our tithes and offerings today, let us not only give of our treasure but give of ourselves, that we may see where we are blessed, and where in turn we may bless others.

WORSHIP IN SONG

The Worship Team

“Shout to the Lord”
~ Darlene Zschech

SCRIPTURE READING
Pastor Jeffrey

Matthew 5:1-12

When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

SERMON
Pastor Jeffrey

“A Few Words from Paul”

WORSHIP IN SONG
The Worship Team

“Great and Mighty Is He”
~ Todd Pettygrove

*BENEDICTION
Pastor Jeffrey

POSTLUDE / INSTRUMENTAL CLOSING
The Worship Team:
Ren Geisick
Toni Kent
Nina Stevenson
Tom Waldrop
Eric Carter
Mike Eshoff
Erik Eastland
David Herberg

Filed Under: Worship

Sunday, January 22

Posted on January 18, 2023

Third Sunday after the Epiphany

THE COMMUNITY GATHERS
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RISEN CHRIST

GATHERING MUSIC / PRELUDE
Joyce Rhodes, organ

                "How Bright and Fair the Morning Star" - 
                       Chorale Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach  

                 "Partita on 'O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright' "  
                        1.   Chorale  
                        2.   Bicinium  
                        3.   Rondo  
                        5.   Pastorale   
                                         ~ arr. Michael Burkhardt  

CONGREGATIONAL CENTERING
Rev. Cindy McCalmont

CHORAL INTROIT
Chancel Choir
David Herberg, Directing

“Lord Make Us Instruments of Thy Peace”
~ Kirk & Deby Dearman

WORDS OF WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ray Owen
Chairperson, Church Council

*CALL TO WORSHIP
Celia Palm

L:  The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
P:  And also with you. 
L:  To those who sit in darkness, light has dawned.
P:  To those who dwell in gloom and despair, God’s glorious presence has appeared.
L:  God is our light and our salvation.
P:  We will follow, unafraid, where God leads us.

*OPENING PRAYER (In Unison)
Celia Palm

God of light and love, we come this morning with eyes to behold the radiance of your love. Open our eyes to the light of your dawn, that our souls may be flooded with mercy and joy. Open our hearts to receive your message of comfort and peace and security, that we may find rest in your loving, protective presence. Open our spirits to follow the path you put before us, that we may lead lives committed to your Way. Amen.

*HYMN

        “Gather Us In” ~ TFWS #2236

CHILDREN DEPART FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
Celia Palm

Parents are invited to accompany their children to Sunday School, sign them in, and return to the sanctuary for worship. After the worship service, parents are asked to return to the classroom and sign their children out.

THE COMMUNITY PROCLAIMS AND HEARS THE WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION (In Unison)
Celia Palm

Guide us, O God, by your Word and Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in your truth find freedom, and in your will discover your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READING
Celia Palm

Isaiah 9:1-4

But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness— on them light has shined. You have multiplied the nation, you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder. For the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Psalm 27:1, 4-9

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? One thing I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock. Now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD. Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, LORD, do I seek. Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!

L:  The Word of Life.
P:  Thanks be to God. Amen.

HYMN

“I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” ~ UMH #206

JOYS AND CONCERNS & THE LORD’S PRAYER
Ray Owen

ANTHEM
Chancel Choir
David Herberg, Directing

“From This Very Place”
~ Stefan Youngblood, arr. Mitch Walker

SCRIPTURE READING
Celia Palm

Matthew 4:18-23

As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea—for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. As he went from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed him.

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people.

 L:    The Word of Life.
P:  Thanks be to God. Amen. 

SERMON
Rev. Cindy McCalmont
Spiritual Care Director, The Terraces of Los Gatos

“The Dark, Too, Blooms and Sings”

THE COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO THE WORD

WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Celia Palm

The Church and its ministry will flourish tomorrow because of the hopeful, expectant generosity that lives in us today. Inspired by the message we have heard, let us gather our gifts together and offer them to God in gratitude, heartfelt commitment, and praise.

OFFERTORY
Joyce Rhodes, Organ

“Creator of the Stars of Night” – tune – “Conditor Alme”
~ arr. A. F. Schultz

*DOXOLOGY

“Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow” ~ UMH #95

*CLOSING HYMN

“Let There Be Light” ~ UMH #440

*BENEDICTION
Rev. Cindy McCalmont

*CHORAL BENEDICTION
Chancel Choir
David Herberg, Directing

“Keep Your Lamps!”
~ arr. Andre Thomas

POSTLUDE
Joyce Rhodes, organ

“Partita on ‘O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright’

  1. Toccata
    ~ arr. Michael Burkhardt
  • Stand as you are able

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