August 24, 2025
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
August 24, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
I Come with Joy to Meet My Lord arr, Dorothy V. Frisch
Welcome
Call to Worship
Come, people of God, and find life in the company of one another.
We come, bringing our stories, our struggles, and our joys.
In the breaking of bread and the sharing of prayer, God is made known.
We come to be strengthened, to be renewed, and to be sent.
Together, we are the Body of Christ—many members, yet one Spirit.
Let us worship God with glad and generous hearts!
Hymn
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty UMH#139
A Reading from the Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
Psalm of Response
Psalm 133 UMH p.850
Please sing the response
Reading from New Testament
Acts 2:42-47
Duet
Promised Land Natalie Sleeth
Paula Dempsey and Scott Sprinkle
Sermon
Life Together| 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
Be Thou My Vision UMH#451
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
We All Are One in Mission arr. John Helgen
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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