05/31/2026
TRINITY SUNDAY
MAY 31, 2026
HALF PAST TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
O God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – descend into my heart this day. Amen.
First United Church of Christ is committed to experiencing and sharing the life-changing love of God, and nurturing a family of Jesus Christ’s disciples who worship, grow, and serve.
CHIMES
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
ORDER OF WORSHIP
PRELUDE
CHORUS - Open the Eyes of My Heart - WR #656
*CALL TO WORSHIP
We stand in the presence of God, Sovereign of the Universe, Lord of Hosts.
The whole earth is full of God’s glory!
God’s voice peals like thunder over the waters, the deserts, the forests!
The whole earth is full of God’s glory!
Do you hear the angels’ loud praise and feel the shaking of the very foundations of this place? God’s presence surrounds us, fills this very place!
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts!
*HYMN #4 VS.1-3 - Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty
1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee:
holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
2 Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee; casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, God ever-living, through eternity.
3 Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide thee, though the sinful human eye thy glory may not see;
only thou art holy; there is none beside thee, perfect in power, in love, and purity.
*OPENING PRAYER
God of grace and glory, make your presence known to us as we worship this morning. Jesus our Christ, may your name be praised from the rising of the sun to the midnight hour, may your name always be honored among us. Spirit of holiness, breathe on us all and bind us in Christian love and servanthood. O God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, be known to us today. Transform our lives and our community into the image of Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray. Amen.
A WORD FOR THE CHILDREN
WE HONOR OUR GRADUATES - A LITANY FOR OUR GRADUATES
Today we honor you who are graduating, for you are on a sacred journey.
Your journey is not only the learning of your mind, but the growing of your heart.
We celebrate the effort you have given to accomplish this.
And we ask God’s blessing for the journey yet to come.
May God always give you gifts of curiosity and discipline.
May God give you the courage to explore new things.
May the Spirit work in you that in all you do you may serve God.
May the Spirit give you grace to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with God.
May you always know that Christ goes with you.
We who have made many journeys give you our blessing.
By the grace of God, we surround you with our prayers.
Our spirits will go with you. For we too are pilgrims, always learning, always by the grace of God beginning anew. Go in peace, and serve God with joy. Amen.
OFFERING
INVITATION
All good things come from God, the giver of life. As stewards of the kingdom of God, let us give from our abundance with thanksgiving.
OFFERTORY
*DOXOLOGY ( #46)
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise God all creatures here below; praise God above ye heavenly host: Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen. *PRAYER OF DEDICATION
Holy One, your heart abounds with gifts. Receive this offering as a sign of our trust in you and our intention to live surrounded by your mercy, inspired by your Spirit, open to the joy of your presence, hospitable to one another, and generous toward your world. Amen.
MORNING PRAYERS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
CHORUS #259 - Spirit of the Living God
SILENT PRAYER
PASTORAL PRAYER
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
CHOIR - Amen
ANTHEM - You’ll Never Walk Alone - Rodgers & Hammerstein
SCRIPTURE - Matthew 28:16-20
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”.
This is the word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God.
*THE GLORIA PATRI
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.
MESSAGE - Go Therefore
CELEBRATION OF HOLY COMMUNION
(all Communion bread is gluten-free)
COMMUNION HYMN #518 VS. 1,2,4 - This Is a Day of New Beginnings
INVITATION TO COMMUNION
COMMUNION PRAYER
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Eternal God… …Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through him, with him, and in him, in the power of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor be to you, O God, now and forever. Amen.
WORDS OF INSTITUTION
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ELEMENTS
After the bread is served, we will take the bread together when directed.
After the cup is served, we will take the cup together when directed.
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Loving God, we thank you that you have fed us in this sacrament, united us with Christ, and given us a foretaste of the heavenly banquet in your eternal kingdom. Send us out in the power of your Spirit to live and work to your praise and glory. Amen.
*HYMN #477 - Pass It On
*BENEDICTION
Go forth with God’s Spirit, eternally present, even before the first instant of creation. Go forth with Christ, present with us to the end of the age.
Go forth with God, joining God’s creativity in wonder and awe. Amen.
*POSTLUDE
WORSHIP MATERIALS:
LIFE IN LITURGY: Trinity Sunday, Year A, 2023
WORSHIP ANNUAL: Trinity Sunday, Year A, 2026
CHALICE BOOK OF WORSHIP, Communion Prayers
