August 17, 2025
Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 17, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee arr. Sharon Wilson
Welcome
Call to Worship
Come, people of God, and rest in the presence of the Holy One.
We bring our hearts, our hopes, our fears, and our prayers.
God invites us to stillness, not as escape, but as grounding for our lives.
In prayer, we find strength for the journey and courage for the work ahead.
Let us worship God, who meets us in the quiet and speaks in the still small voice.
Come, Holy Spirit, and ground us in Your love.
Hymn
For All the Saints UMH#711
Please sing stanzas 1, 2, 3, 6
A Reading from the Old Testament
Isaiah 26:3–4
Psalm of Response
Psalm 46 UMH p. 780
Please sing response 2.
Anthem
Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life arr. Carl Heine
Daniel Pearsall, solo
Reading from New Testament
Philippians 4:4-9
Sermon
Prayer That Grounds Us | Rev. Kelly Dotson
Joys, Concerns, and Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer
Loving Creator, who dwells among us and within us,
Holy is your name.
Let your dream for justice take root,
Your will be done in our living and our labor,
Here on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us today the bread we need—
Bread for our bodies,
And bread for our souls.
Forgive us for the harm we have caused—
To others, to the earth, and to ourselves.
As we forgive those who have wounded us,
Help us to release resentment and repair what we can.
Lead us away from the fears that divide us,
And guide us toward the courage that heals.
For your love is the power,
Your grace is the glory,
Now and forever.
Amen.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Doxology UMH#94
Hymn
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light UMH#206Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love arr. Mark Hayes
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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