06/21/2026
FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
June 21, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
Joys & Concerns
Welcome & Announcements
Prelude "Holy, Holy, Holy"
Gathering Prayer
Gathering Hymn #61 "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
Call to Worship Inspired by Psalm 86
Invocation
Reading Genesis 21:8-21
Gospel Acclimation Hymn #35 "Gloria Patri"
Gospel Matthew 10:24-39
Sermon “Powers of Fear”
Hymn of Response #264 "Where the Spirit of the Lord Is"
Prayer for Transformation
Words of Grace
Sharing of God’s Peace
Offertory "Morning Has Broken"
Doxology #47 "Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow"
Prayers of the People
The Lord’s Prayer
Sending Hymn #86 "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Benediction
Postlude "Kneeling at the Altar"
Dismissal
Pastor – Kurt Hoover
Liturgist – Jenni Pryke
Organist – Bev Thomas
Resources: Shall I be Fruitful: Service Prayers for the Third Sunday after Pentecost Year A was written by the Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay, Minister for Worship and Theology for the United Church of Christ. With Prayers of the People adapted from “Sundays & Seasons”
"Holy, Holy, Holy" by John Purifoy. © 1992 Lorenz Publishing Co., a division of The Lorenz Corporation.
"Where the Spirit of the Lord Is." Words and Music by Stephen R. Adams. © 1973 Pilot Point Music/ASCAP.
"Morning Has Broken." Words by Eleanor Farjeon. Music: Gaelic melody; arr. Dale Grotenhuis. Words © 1957 Eleanor Farjeon, used by permission of Harold Ober Associates; arr. © 1987 CRC Publications.
"Kneeling at the Altar" by Sabrina Brem. © 2020 Lorenz Publishing Co., a division of The Lorenz Corporation.
All other recorded music is within the public domain.
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