July 19, 2026
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
July 19, 2026 Livestream Worship Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
Be Thou My Vision arr. Ben Logan
Welcome
Call to Worship
We gather carrying questions and weariness.
Longing for hope, meaning, and peace.
Some of us come certain.
Some of us come searching.
Some of us come unsure what we believe anymore.
Yet still, we are here.
The Sacred One meets us in silence and in struggle.
In doubt and in longing.
So let us worship honestly.
Trusting that even fragile faith matters.
Hymn
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise UMH#103
A Reading from the Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3:1–11
Psalm of Response
Psalm 22:1-5 UMH p.752
Solo
As the Deer Nystrom/Kinsey
Carol Kinsey
A Reflective Reading
Jan Richardson’s blog, The Advent Door
A Blessing for Traveling in the Dark
Reading from the Gospels
Mark 15:33–39
Sermon
When God Feels Silent
Joys and Concerns
Our Creator, who dwells among us and beyond us,
holy is your name.
May your way of justice, mercy, and peace
take root in our hearts and in this world.
Give us today the courage and nourishment we need for this journey.
When we struggle with doubt, hold us gently.
When we carry grief, stay near to us.
When fear closes our hearts, lead us back toward love.
Forgive us for the ways we have wounded one another,
and free us to offer grace where harm has been done.
Help us resist the temptation
to cling to certainty more than compassion,
to choose fear over understanding,
or exclusion over belonging.
Guide us through the hard questions of life and faith,
and remind us that nothing can separate us from your love.
For the hope we seek, the courage we need,
and the love that sustains us are found in you. Amen.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Doxology UMH#94
Hymn
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
Blessings Jason Tonioli
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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