July 20, 2025
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
July 20, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Jesus Loves Me arr. Yosefien Moudy
Welcome
Call to Worship
As God has loved me, so have I loved you.
Abide in that love.
This is my commandment: that you love one another.
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Let us worship Christ, our friend and liberator.
Hymn
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise UMH#103
A Reading from the Old Testament
Deuteronomy 10:17–21
Psalm of Response
Psalm 36:5–10 UMH p.771
Please sing the response.
Anthem
For the Music of Creation Randall Sensmeier
Reading from the Gospels
John 15:9-17
Sermon
Love That Makes Us Brave | Rev. Kelly Dotson
Joys, Concerns, and Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer
Our Mother, our Father,
source of all life and liberation,
your presence is holy,
and your dream of justice is coming.
Let your will be done
not just in heaven, but here on earth —
in the streets and shelters,
in the jails and boardrooms,
in every place where your children suffer.
Our Mother, our Father,
source of all life and liberation,
your presence is holy,
and your dream of justice is coming.
Let your will be done
not just in heaven, but here on earth —
in the streets and shelters,
in the jails and boardrooms,
in every place where your children suffer.
Give us today the bread we need —
and the courage to share it with others.
Forgive us for the ways we have harmed,
just as we forgive those who have harmed us.
Lead us not into the temptations of power, apathy, or fear,
but deliver us from every system that destroys.
For your reign of love, justice, and peace
has no end.
Amen.
Hymn
Together We Serve TFWS#2175
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
O How I Love Jesus arr. Anna Laura Page
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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