September 13, 2026

WE GATHER IN AWE AND PRAISE

PRELUDE                                                                       “A New Commandment”                                                               Allan Bullard

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: We have come from far away and from right next door.

Many: We have come to be near God, and near each other.

One: Jesus tells us the law can be summed up in one great commandment

Many: Love God with all our heart, and soul, and mind and Love our neighbor as ourselves.

One: Everything God has ever asked of us grows out of these two.

Many: May we slow down long enough to hear them. Let us worship God.

*HYMN 795                                                            “Healer of Our Every Ill”                                   HEALER OF OUR EVERY ILL

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION                                                                                                 Michael Ayers

God who came near,  we have loved the world at a comfortable distance. We have said we love our neighbors  And yet never learned their names. We have kept our love for you private,  as if it were a matter between you and us   alone.  We have been afraid of places we have never been and certain about people we have never met.  We have moved through our days too fast to notice anyone.  Forgive us.  Slow us down. Open our doors.  Give us the courage to be known, and the patience to know.
 Silence for personal confession

*ASSURANCE OF PARDON

*RESPONSE OF PRAISE 582   “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines on Me”   GLORY TO GOD

*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                              “The Ground”  from Sunrise Mass                                       Ola Gjeilo

GODLY pPLAY

    Congregation: May God be with you there   

    Children: May God be with you here.              

CHILDREN’S RECESSIONAL 175      “Seek Ye First” vs. 1

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

SCRIPTURE  Matthew 22:34-40     The VOICE

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, a group of Pharisees met to consider new questions that might trip up Jesus. A legal expert thought of one that would certainly stump Him.

Pharisee: Teacher, of all the laws, which commandment is the greatest?

Jesus (quoting Scripture): “Love the Eternal One your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind.” This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is nearly as important, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The rest of the law, and all the teachings of the prophets, are but variations on these themes.

Holy Wisdom

Holy Word

SERMON                                                                                                 Rev. Trip Porch

WE RESPOND TO GOD’S WORD

*HYMN INSERT                            “Love the Lord Your God”           GREATEST COMMANDMENT

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WELCOMING NEW MEMBERr - Erin Brown

Welcome Erin, We welcome you into this family of faith with joy and thanksgiving . We promise to love, encourage and support you, to share in the good news of the Gospel with you, and to walk alongside you in your journey of faith. Welcome sisters and brothers in Christ! 

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OFFERTORY                            “Beloved, God’s Chosen”                                                       Robert Hobby

                                                                                       Mya Luca, soloist; Emily Foster, keyboard                                                                                                                     

COMMUNION

INVITATION TO THE TABLE

GREAT PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

SHARING OF BREAD AND CUP    501                         “Feed Us Lord”                                                                         FEED US

 PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Thank you, God, for feeding us at the same table as our neighbors, out of the same loaf, from hands that were not our own. Now send us out to the people you have put within reach. Let the grace we have received here show up on our streets this week. Amen.

*HYMN INSERT                        “God of Ever- Blazing Glory”                                                  HYMN TO JOY
                                                                                   Text: David Gambrell, 2008, © 2015, GIA Publications, Inc. used by permission

TIME OF COMMUNITY SHARING

CHARGE & BENEDICTION

BENEDICTION RESPONSE            “The Grace of Our Lord Jesus”                         James A. Brown Jr.

                                                                                                                                                                                 arr. K. Lee Scott 

POSTLUDE                                    “Finale”                              Ellen Jane Lorenz

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