June 21, 2020
/Thanks for joining us for this week’s Home Worship! As you gather, we invite you to take a moment to set up your space differently. Sit at your dining room table or arrange chairs in your living room. Set out a candle, a bowl, and a small pitcher of water before you. If you’ve gathered with a group, you can take turns reading and praying so that everyone has a chance to help lead us in worship. The sections in bold can be read aloud together.
“Mercy, truth, peace, and righteousness will form the grand and ennobling distinction of the kingdom of Christ.”
GATHERED BY GOD
WELCOME
Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth, Amen.
-Psalm 124:8
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
LIGHTING THE CANDLE
Action: Light a candle
One: Jesus Christ
All: is the Light of the World.
One: The Light shines in the darkness
All: and the darkness did not overcome it.
INVITATION TO WORSHIP
O God, you are my God, I seek you,
my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
-Psalm 63:1-4
SONG OF PRAISE
“All Creatures of Our God and King”
All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice with us and sing: alleluia, alleluia!
O burning sun with golden beam,
and shining moon with silver gleam,
O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
O rushing wind so wild and strong,
white clouds that sail in heaven along, alleluia, alleluia!
New rising dawn in praise rejoice;
you lights of evening find a voice:
O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
All you who are of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part; alleluia, alleluia!
All you who pain and sorrow bear,
praise God and on him cast your care:
O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Let all things their Creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness, alleluia, alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One:
O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
PRAYER FOR RENEWAL
O God, have mercy on us.
Restore us again, O God of our salvation. Our souls thirst for you, our flesh faints. Apart from you we have no good thing. Restore our hearts to receive your peace. Open our ears to hear your voice in the midst of upheaval and outrage. We need your balm of healing and reconciliation.
By your hand, may steadfast love and faithfulness meet in our witness, righteousness and peace kiss as we greet our neighbors. Let faithfulness spring up from the ground and righteousness look down from the sky.
Let it be so, Amen.
PROMISE OF GRACE
Action: Pour water into the bowl and remember your baptism!
“Lord, you were favorable to your land;
you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
You forgave the iniquity of your people;
you pardoned all their sin.
You withdrew all your wrath;
you turned from your hot anger.”
-Psalm 85:1-3
The Lord forgives all who call on Him and is reconciling all of creation.
Fix your hope in the Lord!
OFFERING
We respond to the love and grace of Jesus by giving back our whole lives to God in worship. In this offering, we give our financial gifts as a symbol that all we have comes from God and is to be used for God’s glory. Even though we aren’t worshiping together, our ministry still continues! Please continue to support us!
DOXOLOGY
May be spoken or sung
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.
LISTENING TO GOD
Scripture: Psalm 85
Sermon: Psalms for the Journey
Pastor Andy Kadzban
DISCUSSION
What did you hear?
What are you going to do about it this week?
RESPONDING TO GOD
SONG OF RESPONSE
“Rise”
Your love will never fail, You're steadfast
Your promises are true, You're faithful
You cover all my sin with forgiveness
My eyes have seen Your ways, Your goodness
Love and faithfulness meet, we behold Your glory
When righteousness and peace kiss, heaven's all around us
Refrain
Spring up, O Well, Living Water rise within us
Spring up, O Well, Holy Spirit deep within us
Rise, Rise
Rise, Rise
Repeat All
We’ll see your goodness in the land of the living (x4)
Refrain
APOSTLES’ CREED
We join our voices together with Christians throughout the ages and across the world to proclaim these words:
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
So we turn to you Lord, hear our prayer:
O God, source of love and compassion in the suffering of all your children, we offer our compassion also for the hungry and the sick in body, mind, or heart; the depressed and the lonely; all living in fear and under stress; stricken in grief; the unemployed and the rejected; those burning with hatred; and those whose cries for justice in a broken world were renewed this week.
Let steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
Let righteousness and peace kiss each other.
Let faithfulness spring up from the ground,
and righteousness look down from the sky.
Give what is good, O God.
As we stand in hope and expectation of Your faithfulness, we offer the prayer you taught us to pray, saying,
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.
SENDING SONG
“Father, Let Your Kingdom Come”
Refrain:
Hallelu, hallelujah,
Father, let Your kingdom come
Hallelu, hallelujah,
Father, let Your kingdom come
May the works of my hands bring You joy. (x4)
Refrain
May the words from my mouth speak Your peace. (x4)
Refrain
You make all things new
You make all things new
In places we don’t choose
You make all things new
Refrain
SENT WITH GOD’S BLESSING
May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
May the Lord lift up his presence to you and give you his peace,
Now and always, Amen.
-Numbers 6:24-26
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Check out these playlists to guide your prayer and worship this week:
Music to guide your prayer and reflection for this week
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“All Creatures of Our God and King”, Words: Francis of Assisi, 1225; tr. William H. Draper, c. 1910. Music: Auserlesen Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesänge, Cologne, 1623; adapt. and harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams 1906, Public Domain.
“Rise”, Words and Music: Kirby Kaple, Nate Moore, Pat Barrett, ©2013 Bethel Worship Publishing, Kaple Music, Mouth Of The River Music, Capital CMG Genesis, Housefires Sounds, Bethel Music Publishing. Used by Permission, CCLI #2588005
“Father Let Your Kingdom Come”. Words and Music: Ben Cooper, Latifah Alattas, Liz Vice, Paul Zach, Madison Cunningham, Orlando Palmer, and Isaac Wardell. © Hymns From The Porter's Gate (Admin. by Essential Music Publishing LLC). Used by Permission, CCLI #2588005