AUGUST 16, 2026
TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
PASTOR DOMINGOS FERNANDO
ORGANIST JIM ROSS

 
Prelude - Pastorale (Cecil Chaminade)
Welcome & Announcements 

*Call to Worship
 

L. We will walk this day with you, O God, and you will walk with us. 

P. Gathering us into a community to pray for one another in all things, 

L. We will walk this day with you, O Christ, and you will walk with us, 

P. Calling us to follow you, helping us to set aside all which holds us back. 

L. We will walk this day with you, O Spirit, and you will walk with us, 

P. Sending us out, side by side, to serve those cast aside by the world. 
*Opening Hymn  Rescue the Perishing -UMH #591

*Opening Prayer, in unison

Christ Jesus, we come into your presence from many different places.We come with songs of joy and shouts of gratitude. 

We come carrying heavy burdens and sighs of suffering. 

As you welcome us into your house, lift our burdens and receive our praise.Salt us with your grace and flavor us with your mercy. 

Bind us together, that we may be at peace with one another and be strengthened to go forth in service to the world. In your holy name, we pray. Amen. 

Responsive Reading: Psalm 32 -UMH p. 766
Response: “Gloria Patri”   #70 

Children's Time

Scripture Reading:  James 5:13-20 (NRSVUE)

Morning Message: "Changed People, Changing the World"
             
Collection of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory - Peace, Perfect Peace (Anthony Giamanco)
*Doxology  #95
*Prayer of Thanksgiving
                                                         
Prayers of the People: Sharing of Joys and Concerns 

Prayer Hymn:   Jesu, Jesu -UMH #432

Time of Prayer, followed by the Lord’s Prayer (#895) 

*Closing Hymn: Together We Serve -TFWS #2175

*Blessing & Benediction

Postlude - Classical Postlude (Robert J. Hughes)


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