06/07/2026
Sunday Worship - June 7, 2026
This is the livestream of our Sunday worship from the church sanctuary.
Order or Worship
Prelude - Softly and Tenderly (arr. Carlton R. Young)
Ringing of the Church Bell
J. David Rinehart
Call to Worship
Barb Martin
One: Rejoice in the Lord! Praise the Lord with instruments and shouts of joy!
All: God loves justice and righteousness.
One: The earth is full of God’s love.
All: Let all of creation revel in awe of God, our creator.
One: God’s love endures forever. Amen!
All: Let us worship together.
Hymn 667 - When Morning Gilds the Skies
When morning gilds the skies,
my heart awaking cries:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer
to Jesus I repair:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Does sadness fill my mind?
A solace here I find:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss?
My comfort still is this:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Let earth’s wide circle round
in joyful notes resound:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Let air and sea and sky
from depth to height reply:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this, while life is mine,
my canticle divine:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Be this the eternal song
through all the ages long:
may Jesus Christ be praised!
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession [unison]
Holy God, we confess, a bit pridefully, that we appreciate decency and order, forgetting that we seek the order that is of our own making. We confess that clear rules and social norms give us comfort, forgetting how many of your beloved children are hurt and excluded by them. We confess that we place our trust in ability, strength, and the works we produce, forgetting our total reliance on your grace. Forgive us, God, and free us to live in courageous faith, that we may abide in your righteousness. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Gloria Patri 581 - Glory Be to the Father
Glory be to the Father,
And to the Son,
And to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning,
Is now, and ever shall be,
World without end.
Amen, amen.
Exchange of Peace
One: The peace of Christ be with you.
All: And also with you.
Welcome and Announcements
Ellen Clark
Old Testament Reading - Hosea 5:15—6:6
One: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Special Music - Good News (arr. Robert Sadin)
Laura Portune, soloist
Word with Children
Lydia Allen
New Testament Reading - Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
The Rev. Emily Krause Corzine
One: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
Sermon - “A Story Yet to Be Told”
Hymn 515 - I Come with Joy
I come with joy, a child of God,
forgiven, loved, and free,
the life of Jesus to recall,
in love laid down for me,
in love laid down for me.
I come with Christians far and near
to find, as all are fed,
the new community of love
in Christ’s communion bread,
in Christ’s communion bread.
As Christ breaks bread and bids us share,
each proud division ends.
The love that made us, makes us one,
and strangers now are friends,
and strangers now are friends.
The Spirit of the risen Christ,
unseen, but ever near,
is in such friendship better known,
alive among us here,
alive among us here.
Together met, together bound
by all that God has done,
we’ll go with joy, to give the world
the love that makes us one,
the love that makes us one.
Prayers of the People
Offertory - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Larry Shackley)
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Doxology 606 - Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Invitation to the Table
Eucharistic Prayer
One: The Lord be with you.
All: And also with you.
One: Lift up your hearts.
All: We lift them up to the Lord.
One: Let us give thanks to God, who appears in our midst.
One: ... who forever sing to the glory of your name:
Sanctus 552
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest,
hosanna in the highest.
One: ... for great is the mystery of our faith:
All: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.
The Lord’s Prayer [unison]
Sharing of Communion
Prayer After Communion
Hymn 741 - Guide My Feet
Guide my feet while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Hold my hand while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Stand by me while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
I’m your child while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Search my heart while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Guide my feet while I run this race; x3
for I don’t want to run this race in vain!
Benediction
Postlude - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Carlton R. Young)
Philip Everingham
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