July 13, 2025
WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE
PRELUDE “ Be Thou My Vision” arr. Brad Jacobsen
INTROIT “This is the Day” Pablo Sosa
WELCOME Rev. Trip Porch
One: This is the day that the Lord has made
All: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
*CALL TO WORSHIP
One: God calls us to love with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength.
All: And to love our neighbors as ourselves.
One: Not just those who live nearby, but all people who are deserving of mercy and compassion.
All: We come ready to cross the road and share God's love.
Let us worship God, the One who makes us neighbors to one another.
*HYMN 203 “Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love” CHEREPONI
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Rebekah Gayley
Merciful God, who knows no boundary. We confess that we have limited the expansiveness of your love. We have not always loved our neighbors as ourselves. We have ignored suffering, avoided those who are different, and chosen comfort over compassion. We have drawn lines of who belongs and who does not. Forgive us, heal us, and give us the courage to cross roads and show mercy, just as you have shown mercy to us. Amen.
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*REASPONSE OF PRAISE 659 “Know That God Is Good” MUNGU NI MWEMA
*PASSING OF THE PEACE
One: The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all,
All: And also with you.
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
ANTHEM “Be Thou My Vision” arr. Alice Parker
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Trip Porch
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE Luke 10:25-37 MSG
Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus.
“Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?”
He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?”
He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.”
“Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.”
Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”
Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.
“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,
‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’
“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?”
“The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded.
Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
Holy Wisdom, Holy Word
Thanks be to God
SERMON Rev. Trip Porch
WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD
*HYMN 762 “When the Poor Ones” EL CAMINO
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
TIME OF OFFERING online giving is available at www. indianolapres.org/give
OFFERTORY “Microlude No. 1” Daniel E. Gawthrop
*OFFERTORY RESPONSE 648 “Thankful Hearts and Voices Raise” THANKFUL HEARTS
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Generous God, Take these gifts and use them to heal wounds, lift up the lowly, and bring your love to life in this world. Help us to give not only our money, but also our hearts, our hands, and our lives. Make us true neighbors in all we do. Amen.
*HYMN 747 “The Lord Now Sends Us Forth” ENVIADO
TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING
CHARGE & BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE Three Waltzes from “36 Originaltanze, Op. 9, D. 365” Franz Schubert
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