Greetings & Announcements

Prelude & Bringing in the Light of Christ

Call to Worship:

Leader: We come in joy to celebrate and worship God in this sacred space, where countless people have known God’s presence.

People: We give thanks for the sense of awed reverence we experience as we have come together to share in our praise of God.

Leader: We come in expectation to celebrate and worship God in this sacred space, where we can experience God’s Shalom.

People: We give thanks for the freedom and peace we experience, as we have come together to share in our praise of God.

Leader: We come in trust to celebrate and worship God in this sacred space because here we are challenged to faithfulness.

People: We give thanks for the God who understands and love us, and who hears our fears, our tears and our songs of praise. We joyfully come together to share in our praise of God. Amen.

*Hymn of Praise: Blessed Assurance UMH #369

Pastoral Prayer

Reading of Scripture: 1 Kings 19:7-13a

Giving of God’s Tithes and Offerings

*Doxology

*Affirmation of Faith

*Gloria Patri

*Reading of the Gospel: Mark 6:30-34

Sermon: The Thin Places

*Hymn of Dedication: It Is Well with My Soul UMH #377

*Carrying the Light of Christ into the World

*Sending Forth and BlessingPostlude