Sunday, June 1, 2025
Worship Outline – The Rev. Dan West
Prelude With Prayerful Heart
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. Bertha R. Frick.)
Gathering Song Come Touch Our Hearts
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. Gordon Light)
Welcome and Announcements
Call to Worship
Let the peoples praise you, O God,
let all the peoples praise you.
Let the earth rejoice and be glad,
let the heavens declare your righteousness.
May all people see your glory, O God;
may your ways be known throughout the earth.
Let us worship the God who loves us;
We come to worship with open hearts, to raise our voices with thanks and praise.
*Hymn # 585 Christ, You Call Us All To Service
1. Christ, you call us all to service,
call us all who follow you;
plant in us a deep commitment
all your work and will to do.
Fire a passion for your justice;
in us kindle love of peace;
help us heal the broken hearted;
to the captive bring release.
2. Teach us how to work together,
brother, sister, side by side,
equal partners in the struggle,
in the cause of truth allied.
To each one some gift is given-
man or woman, young or old;
help us use each skill and talent,
your great purpose to unfold.
3. Let us be a servant people,
reconciling, ending strife,
seeking ways more just of sharing
and of ordering human life.
Fill us with a glowing vision
of this world as it should be;
send us forth to change that vision
into blest reality.
Prayer of Adoration and Confession
The 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 trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil
for thine is the kingdom,
and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
*Hymn #476 Amigo de Cristo (Friends of the Lord)
REFRAIN:
Amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord,
for we’ve been forgiven,
and we’ve been restored;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord.
1. Friends of the covenant
renewed each morn;
baptized and loving it,
we’ve been reborn.
Gift of the dove is ours forevermore.
Amigo de Christo;
we’re friends of the Lord. R
REFRAIN:
Amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord,
for we’ve been forgiven,
and we’ve been restored;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord.
2. Born of a family,
the young and old,
we’ll be on hand to see
new life unfold,
we understand the need to be made whole.
Amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord. R
REFRAIN:
Amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord,
for we’ve been forgiven,
and we’ve been restored;
amigos de Cristo;
we’re friends of the Lord.
Children’s Time
Anthem Just a Closer Walk with Thee
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. Jack Schrader.)
Scripture Readings
Epistle Reading
Acts 16:9-15
16 9 During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[a] of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Responsive Psalm 67
Refrain #1
Let the peoples praise you Lord; Let the peoples praise you
1 O God be gracious to us and bless us
and make his face to shine upon us,
2 that your way may be known upon earth,
your saving power among all nations.
3 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Refrain #1
Let the peoples praise you Lord; Let the peoples praise you
4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
for you judge the peoples with equity
and guide the nations upon earth.
5 Let the peoples praise you, O God;
let all the peoples praise you.
Refrain #1
Let the peoples praise you Lord; Let the peoples praise you
6 The earth has yielded its increase;
God, our God, has blessed us.
7 May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him.
Refrain #1
Let the peoples praise you Lord; Let the peoples praise you
Gospel Reading
John 14:23-29
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.
Response to the Word of God
Let us hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God for this word to us today.
*Hymn #739 Lord, make us servants of your peace
1. Lord, make us servants of your peace:
where there is hate, may we sow love;
where there is hurt, may we forgive;
where there is strife, may we make one.
2 Where all is doubt, may we sow faith;
where all is gloom, may we sow hope;
where all is night, may we sow light;
where all is tears, may we sow joy.
3 Jesus, our Lord, may we not seek
to be consoled, but to console,
nor look to understanding hearts,
but look for hearts to understand.
4 May we not look for love’s return,
but seek to love unselfishly,
for in our giving we receive,
and in forgiving are forgiven.
5 Dying, we live, and are reborn
through death’s dark night to endless day;
Lord, make us servants of your peace,
to wake at last in heaven’s light.
Sermon Room for Greater Things
Offering
Offertory Andante W.A. Mozart
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. arr. Alexander Schreiner)
Doxology All Things Are Yours
All things are yours,
We make that true
When we return our gifts to you.
And so we give, and so we share.
In Christ’s strong name expressing care.
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. Worship & Rejoice # 687.)
Offertory Prayer
Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession
*Hymn #486 The church of Christ, in every age
1. The church of Christ, in every age,
beset by change but Spirit-led,
must claim and test its heritage
and keep on rising from the dead.
2. Across the world, across the street,
the victims of injustice cry
for shelter and for bread to eat,
and never live until they die.
3. Then let the servant church arise,
a caring church that longs to be
a partner in Christ’s sacrifice,
and clothed in Christ’s humanity.
4. For he alone, whose blood was shed,
can cure the fever in our blood,
and teach us how to share our bread
and feed the starving multitude.
5. We have no mission but to serve
in full obedience to our Lord,
to care for all, without reserve,
and spread his liberating Word.
*Benediction
Go Make A Difference
Go make a diff’rence.
We can make a diff’rence.
Go make a diff’rence in the world.
Go make a diff’rence.
We can make a diff’rence.
Go make a diff’rence in the world.
1. We are the salt of the earth,
called to let the people see
the love of God for you and me.
We are the light of the world,
not to be hidden but be seen.
Go make a diff’rence in the world.
Go make a diff’rence.
We can make a diff’rence.
Go make a diff’rence in the world.
Go make a diff’rence.
We can make a diff’rence.
Go make a diff’rence in the world.
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. More Voices #209.)
Postlude The Strife is O’er
Giovanni Pierluigi da Paletrina
(All rights reserved. Used with permission. arr. Norman Johnson.)
Next Week’s Scripture Readings
Acts 16:16-34
Psalm 97
John 17:20-26