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WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Love Changes Everything” PRAYER CHILDREN’S MESSAGEShawna Berg READING John 17:20-26 “I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they…

PRELUDE“Wade in the Water” (arr. Jacqueline Hairston)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME  GATHERING HYMN“For the Beauty of the Earth”  (St. 1-2, 4)ELW # 879 PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, our world is torn by ever deepening divisions.   By your Spirit, unify us and make us peacemakers so that your church may lead others in the better way that you have for us.  We pray this is Jesus’ name, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONGS“May the Peoples Praise You” “I Will Follow” PRAYER SERVICE OF HOLY BAPTISM READINGMatthew 4:18-22 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…

PRELUDE“This is My Father’s World” (arr. Duane Funderburk)Rachel Calvert, Jodi Edstrom WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSAlleluia! Christ is risen.Christ is risen, indeed. Alleluia!In the name of ☩ the Onewho was, who is, and who is to come.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. (Silence is kept for reflection.) Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have sinned against you in thought, word, and deed, by what we…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)” PRAYER CAMP SKIT  Sarah Blasing COMMISSIONING OF CAMP LEADERS, COUNSELORS, AND STAFFAt camp this summer, do you promise to do your work as a counselor faithfully and prayerfully?I do, and I ask God to help and guide me. Do you promise to love each camper equally, like they were your own family?I do, and I ask God to help and guide me.  Do you promise to remember that it is your…

PRELUDE Tim Graf WELCOME  GATHERING  SONG“You Are Holy (Prince of Peace)”  PRAYER OF THE DAYO God, by the preaching of your apostle Paul you have caused the light of the gospel to shine throughout the world.  Grant that we may follow his example and be witnesses to the truth of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. CAMP SKIT  Sarah Blasing COMMISSIONING OF CAMP LEADERS, COUNSELORS,…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP ANTHEM“Promised Land”Sonshine Singers, Jill Boyd (Director) SONGS  “I Will Follow”“He Lives” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGJohn 21:1-19 After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. Gathered there together were Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to…

PRELUDE “Thy Holy Wings” (arr. Cathy Moklebust)Grace Notes, Vicki Grant (Director) CALL TO WORSHIP“He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”Starlight Singers, Hannah Fleming (Director) WELCOME  CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSAlleluia! Christ is risen.Christ is risen, indeed. Alleluia!In the name of ☩ the Onewho was, who is, and who is to come.Amen. Let us confess our sin in the assurance of God’s abiding love. Silence is kept for reflection. Most merciful God,we confess that we are captive to sin and cannot free ourselves. We have…

PRELUDE“Courante” (Corelli)Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf GATHERING HYMN“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”ELW #807 WELCOMEPastor Kristin Skare AFFIRMATION OF BAPTISMPastor: We gather in the name of God, who creates, saves, and calls us with love thatlasts forever.ALL: Amen.Pastor: Even before you were born and baptized, God delighted in you and called youBeloved. You were claimed and named in baptism by the death and resurrectionof Jesus Christ. The baptismal promises were spoken to you, with Your family,sponsors, and the congregation gathered around…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “Let Everything (Praise the Lord)” WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG“Let Everything (Praise the Lord)” SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION WORDS OF INSTITUTION THE LORD’S PRAYER COMMUNION SONG“Remembrance (The Communion Song)”   Elliana Meier, Alan Bach, Tim Graf, Rachel Calvert POST-COMMUNION PRAYER ReadingLuke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking…

PRELUDE“I’m Gonna Sing” (arr. Martha Lynn Thompson)Ring of Fire, Linnae Stole (Director) CALL TO WORSHIP“Celtic Dance on ‘Pleading Savior’” (arr. Sondra K. Tucker)Peace Ringers/Ring of FireLinnae Stole (Director) WELCOME Gathering Hymn“Day of Arising” ELW # 374 Prayer of the DayO God, your Son makes himself known to all his disciples in the breaking of bread. Open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in his redeeming work, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,…

WELCOME/CALL TO WORSHIP SONG  “High Praise”“He Lives” PRAYERS OF GOD’S PEOPLE THE LORD’S PRAYER READINGS1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready…