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Pastor: Rev. Kendra Balliet
Organist: Jim Ross
Offertory: Let Us Break Bread Together - Martha Sobaje

WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY
ORDER OF WORSHIP
  
Prelude - Meditation on "Break Thou the Bread of Life" - John Barr
 
 Welcome
 
 Announcements
  
*Call to Worship 
 Leader: Come! Now is the time to worship!
 People: We come to worship God who loves us.
Leader: When the Israelites grumbled and quarreled when there was no water to drink, God miraculously produced water to show them God’s faithfulness and love.
 People: When we question and accuse God, God responds by showing us love.
Leader: When the chief priests and elders questioned Jesus’ authority, Jesus answered them with a story about the righteousness of doing God’s will instead of paying lip service to God’s will.
 People: When we test and interrogate God, God responds by pointing us back to love.
Leader: By answering our quarrelling and questioning with love, God teaches us how to love God, neighbor, self, and all creation.
 People: When we love as God loves, we respond to testing and accusing by living the faith and sharing God’s love.
Leader: Come! Now is the time to worship!
 People: We come to worship God who loves us for the long haul.
 
*Opening Hymn “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”#117
 
* Prayer
Leader: In the dry wildernesses of our lives,
 in the days of heat and thirst,
 you offer us living water,
 People: Thank you, gracious and generous God.
Leader: When we begin to doubt your presence,
 and grumble that your love is unreliable,
 you offer us living water,
 People: Thank you, gracious and generous God.
Leader: When life’s regrets and the bad choices we have made
 leave us feeling excluded and unworthy,
 you offer us living water,
People: Thank you, gracious and generous God.
Leader: When circumstances, or the inhumanity of others,
 have left us alone and wounded,
 you offer us living water,
People: Thank you, gracious and generous God.
Leader: We thank you and praise you, O God,
 that how ever we may thirst,
 what ever we may need to satisfy our souls,
 you offer it freely and abundantly in Christ;
People: So we drink deep of the living water
 and, as we draw from your wells,
 we seek to pass the cup to others,
 who, like us, are thirsty for your grace.
Amen

 Affirmation of Faith – Apostles’ Creed #881

Gloria Patri #70
 
Children's Chat

 Music Ministry and Offertory - Let Us Break Bread Together (Martha Sobaje)

Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude
 
 Scripture - Exodus 16:2-15 and Malachi 3:9-11
 
 Sermon  “Testing and Blessing”
 
 Joys/Concerns 

Hymn "Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me" #361

Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer
 
Communion
 
Closing Hymn "God Will Take Care of You" #130

Action Steps

Benediction

Postlude - Trumpet Tune - J. Steve Godowns

The flowers on the altar today are given with love by John & Cindy Karns to the glory of God and in honor of the third wedding anniversary of Nick & Heather Basko.

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