Posts by Zack Benz

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS“Fully Yours/Holy Time” PRAYER WELCOME/CAMP MINUTE CAMP BLESSING & SENDING READING1 Timothy 1:12-17 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love…

PRELUDE “Courante” (A. Corelli)      Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf  CALL TO WORSHIP“I Will Give You as a Light to the Nations” (Carl Schalk)Rebecca Hammond, Elliana Meier, Tim Graf, Josh Eidem WELCOME GATHERING  HYMN“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” PRAYER OF THE DAYGod our creator, you call the most unlikely people to share the good news.  Give us ears to hear how your Spirit is calling us from our comfort zones into a world that needs to see your love, through Jesus Christ,…

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Sanctuary/King of Love” INTERACTIVE MOMENTPastor Kristin CHILDREN’S MESSAGE CAMP BLESSING & SENDING READINGRevelation 22:1-5 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month, and the leaves of the tree…

Prelude“Café Music- Andante”  (Paul Schoenfeld)Rachel Calvert, Anna Vazquez, Tim Graf Welcome  Gathering  Hymn “This is My Song”ELW # 887                                            PRAYER OF THE DAYLoving God, you came to bring peace and new life to this world.   Remind us again of the calling we have to live as peacemakers in this world that needs to know of the true peace that comes from you.  We pray this is Jesus’ name, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now…

INVOCATION WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Story to Tell” INTERACTIVE MOMENTPastor Kristin CHILDREN’S MESSAGE READINGDeuteronomy 6:5-7 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise. READINGPsalm 78:1-4 Give ear, O my…

PRELUDE“Clarinet Concerto in A Major- Adagio” (W. A. Mozart)Linnae Stole, Tim Graf WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP“On the Road With God”VBS Kids & Volunteers CHILDREN’S MESSAGEShawna Berg GATHERING HYMN“Rise, Shine, You People!”ELW # 665 PRAYER OF THE DAY Gracious God, you have given us a story to tell and a witness to pass on to the coming generation. By your Spirit, mark us as a people who leave behind a legacy of love because of the grace we have first received…

INVOCATION WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“My Lighthouse” INTERACTIVE MOMENTPastor Matthew MESSAGEPastor Matthew OFFERING & RESPONSE SONG“Canvas and  Clay” OFFERING PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE CAMP BLESSING & SEND OFF SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG POST-COMMUNION PRAYER BEFORE YOU GO BLESSING CLOSING SONG Prayers As a community of faith we are connected through joy, sorrow, worship, and prayer. Please pray for the people listed below.Your prayers are greatly appreciated! We ask for God’s loving embrace to…

PRELUDE WELCOME OPENING LITURGY“Procession of Light”“Joyous Light of Glory”(Music in printed bulletin) SCRIPTURE READINGGenesis 12: 1-2 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation,    and I will bless you;I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you,    and whoever curses you I will curse;and all peoples on earth    will be blessed…