July 9,2023
WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE
PRELUDE Fanfare Nicolas Jacques Lemmens
WELCOME Rev. Trip Porch
*CALL TO WORSHIP
One: Come, all who thirst
All: Come to the water!
One: You who long for the water of life
All: Come and drink!
One: Dip your soul in the river of God’s goodness;
All: quench your thirst at God’s well of grace.
One: For God is here among us,
All: Offering living water to all!
Let’s worship God together!
*HYMN (see insert) “We Were Born Out of the Waters” NETTLETON
*PRAYER OF CONFESSION Marie Boozer
One: God of Living Water, you call us to come, splash around, and drink.
All: So why do we sit here and claim that there is not enough?
One: You call us to strike the rocks of our world and let your Living Water flow.
All: But we do not trust enough that the spring is there.
We want to find the water on our own, using our own wisdom.
One: You call us to share your Waters of Life with the world around us.
All: But we hold on in scarcity, trying to save up excess for ourselves
Not trusting the abundance you’ve made.
One: For all the times we turn away from you, source of life,
All: Forgive us we pray.
One: for all the times we misuse your resources,
All: Forgive us we pray.
One: for all the times we let others go thirsty instead of offering a drink,
All: Forgive us we pray…
Individual confessions are offered in the silence…
*ASSURANCE OF PARDON
*RESPONSE OF PRAISE 582 “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me” GLORY TO GOD (Vasile)
*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 “Come to the Water” John Foley, SJ
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:6-10 CEB
God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.” God made the dome and separated the waters under the dome from the waters above the dome. And it happened in that way. God named the dome Sky.
There was evening and there was morning: the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.” And that’s what happened. God named the dry land Earth, and he named the gathered waters Seas. God saw how good it was.
Revelation 21:5-7
He also said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” Then he said to me, “All is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will freely give water from the life-giving spring. Those who emerge victorious will inherit these things. I will be their God, and they will be my sons and daughters.
One: Holy Wisdom, Holy Word
All: Thanks be to God
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Marie Boozer
SERMON Rev. Trip Porch
Remembrance of baptism and Blessing
*HYMN No. 480 “Take me to The Water” TAKE ME TO THE WATER
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE with The Lord’s Prayer using debts and debtors
TIME OF OFFERING Love Can Build a Bridge Overstreet/Jarvis/Judd
Joan Krause & Danielle Mann, duet
*OFFERTORY RESPONSE #710 “We Lift Our Voices” OFFERING
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Giver of Life, you make us and all things new.
Make these gifts into a renewing source of eternal life,
To flow from this congregation, to our neighbors,
Until all of this world experiences your replenishment. Amen.
*HYMN NO. 476 “Crashing Waters at Creation” CRASHING WATERS
TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING
CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE 292 “As the Wind Song” (Verse 2) WAIRUA TAPU
As the rainbow after rain,
as the hope that’s born again,
so it is with the Spirit of God,
as the green in the spring,
as a kite on a string,
so it is with the Spirit of God,
making worlds that are new,
making peace come true,
bringing gifts, bringing love to the world,
as the rising of the yeast,
as the wine at the feast,
so it is with the Spirit of God.
Text: Shirley Erena Murray (2004), © 2005 Hope Publishing Company
POSTLUDE Praise Him! Craig Courtney
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