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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.We bring you our song, our laughter and deed.We bring you our sorrow, our worry and creed. Let’s worship God now, together as one.We worship God now, together as one. So weave…

PRELUDE“With Praises Ring” (Barbara B. Kinyon)Grace Notes, Vicki Grant, director CALL TO WORSHIP“I’ve Got the Joy, Joy, Joy”Starlight SingersHannah Fleming, Emma Tewes (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.We bring you our song, our laughter and deed.We bring…

WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“Come People of the Risen King”“Goodness of God” PRAYER READINGPsalm 121   I lift up my eyes to the hills—   from where will my help come?  My help comes from the Lord,   who made heaven and earth.   He will not let your foot be moved;   he who keeps you will not slumber.      He who keeps Israel   will neither slumber nor sleep.     The Lord is your keeper;   the Lord is your shade at your right hand.    The sun shall not strike you by day   nor the moon by night.     The Lord will keep you from all evil;   he will keep your life.   The Lord will keep   your going…

PRELUDE“Gather, Thankful People” (Kathleen Wissinger)Peace Ringers, Linnae Stole (Director) WELCOME CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESSBlessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, who forgives all our sin, whose mercy endures forever. Amen.  Let us confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.  Silence is kept for reflection.  Faithful God, you have shown us the ways of your heart, yet we stray from your paths. We are stuck in sinful systems of oppression and do not embrace the freedom of your faithful promises. We ignore our neighbors. We exploit the earth. We reject your abundance, trusting…

PRELUDE“Shall We Gather at the River” (Robert Lowry)Penny Meier, Orchestra                                                                                      CALL TO WORSHIP “I Will Lift My Eyes to the Mountains” (Michael John Trotta)Canticle Choir, Orchestra, Larry Bach (Director) WELCOME  Litany      Creating God, you made heaven and earth.  You formed us from the dust of the earth and called us very good.  Your breath gave us life. We glorify your creation.  Saving God, you were born to live with and like us.  You have felt our suffering and joy so that we are never alone. …

WELCOME OPENING MUSIC“I Am Set Free”“A Mighty Fortress is Our God” PRAYER READINGActs 2:14-18, 22-24, 32-33, 36 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘In the last days…

PRELUDE“Built on a Rock”Rachel Calvert, Tim Graf WELCOME THANKSGIVING FOR BAPTISMBlessed be the holy Trinity, + one God,who creates, saves, and sends uswith love that lives forever.Amen. Joined to Christ in the waters of baptism,we give thanks for the Great Exchange,the mercy and forgiveness that wrapour true selves in sacred belonging and purpose.Thanks be to God. Alleluia!For a word at the dawn of creation,which spoke water and life into being.Thanks be to God. Alleluia!For the river that carried Moses safely,building…

PRELUDE“Soli Deo Gloria” (Marty Haugen)Tim Graf CALL TO WORSHIP“We Are Marching in the Light of God”Starlight Singers & Sonshine SingersHannah 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.We bring you our song, our laughter and…

PRELUDETim Graf CALL TO WORSHIP“We Are Marching in the Light of God”Starlight Singers & Sonshine SingersHannah 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.We bring you our song, our laughter and deed.We bring you our…

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…