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WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“Rise”“It Is Well With My Soul” PRAYER READINGDeuteronomy 8:2-4 Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments. He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that…

PRELUDE“Praise!” (Brenda E. Austin)Peace Ringers, Linnae Stole (Director) CALL TO WORSHIP“If Ye Love Me” (Thomas Tallis)Chamber Choir, Larry Bach (Director) WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,our maker, our helper, and our keeper.Amen. Trusting in God’s mercy, let us confess our sinin the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Merciful and loving God,we are your stiff-necked people.We trample on the needy.We grumble about your grace to others.We turn away from…

WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“Let It Be Jesus” PRAYER READINGExodus 14:10-25   As Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked back, and there were the Egyptians advancing on them. In great fear the Israelites cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?  Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let…

PRELUDE“Violin Sonata No. 1” (G. F. Handel) I. Andante II. AllegroRachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,our maker, our helper, and our keeper.Amen. Trusting in God’s mercy, let us confess our sinin the presence of God and of one another. (Silence is kept for reflection.) Merciful and loving God,we are your stiff-necked people.We trample on the needy.We grumble about your grace to others.We turn away from the poor.Have mercy on us and…

WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“Living Waters”“Holy Ground” PRAYER SERVICE OF HOLY BAPTISM SCRIPTUREExodus 15:22-25, 16:4-5, 31-32 Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah.And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” He cried out to…

PRELUDE“Sarabande from Partita in A Minor” (J. S. Bach)Jodi Edstrom WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God,our maker, our helper, and our keeper.Amen. Trusting in God’s mercy, let us confess our sinin the presence of God and of one another. Silence is kept for reflection. Merciful and loving God,we are your stiff-necked people.We trample on the needy.We grumble about your grace to others.We turn away from the poor.Have mercy on us and forgive our sins.Rejoice over us as…

Prelude“Humoresque”  (Antonin Dvorak)Alma Fleming, Tim Graf “Tango” (Salzedo) Esther Gilbertson                                                                                                             Call to Worship“This Little Light of Mine” (arr. Neil A. Johnson) Starlight Singers & Sonshine Singers, Hannah Fleming, Jill Boyd (Directors) WELCOME OPENING RESPONSESCome young ones and old ones, both tall ones and short.come rich ones and poor ones; we’re all God’s cohort. Let’s worship God now, together as one.We worship God now, together as one. With anger or fear,  or hope or depression,gather us God in trust and confession. Let’s worship…

Prelude“Humoresque”  (Antonin Dvorak)Alma Fleming, Tim Graf “Tango” (Salzedo) Esther Gilbertson                                                                                                             Call to Worship“This Little Light of Mine” (arr. Neil A. Johnson) Starlight Singers & Sonshine Singers, Hannah Fleming, Jill Boyd (Directors) WELCOME OPENING RESPONSESCome young ones and old ones, both tall ones and short.come rich ones and poor ones; we’re all God’s cohort. Let’s worship God now, together as one.We worship God now, together as one. With anger or fear,  or hope or depression,gather us God in trust and confession. Let’s worship…

GATHERING MUSIC WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“Fully Yours” (words projected)“Walk in Love” (words projected) PRAYER READINGExodus 14:11-12, 15:24, 16:2-4   They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is this not the very thing we told you in Egypt, ‘Let us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us…

PRELUDE“In Thee is Gladness” (arr. Tim Graf)Tim Graf                                     WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS GREETINGThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. And also with you. GATHERING HYMN“All Are Welcome” (St. 1-2, 5) (words projected)ELW # 641 PRAYER OF THE DAYLoving God, you are attentive to your people’s prayers as we cry out to you. Help us therefore learn to listen to others and grant us hearts that…

GATHERING MUSIC OPENING MUSIC“Holy Ground” PRAYER CHILDREN’S MESSAGEArlene Flancher READINGExodus 3:1-5, 7-8a, 13-15    Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great…

PRELUDE“Plenty Good Room” (arr. Jacqueline B. Hairston)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf                                     WELCOME GATHERING HYMN“Holy, Holy, Holy” (Words Projected) PRAYER OF THE DAYLoving God, you meet us in the wilderness, and you transform our barren spaces into holy ground with your divine presence.  Help us to hear your voice as you call each of us into roles of leadership and service for the sake of your kingdom.   We pray this is Jesus’ name, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…