May 18, 2025
Fifth Sunday of Easter
May 18, 2025 Worship Livestream + Online Bulletin
Gathering
Chiming of the TrinityPrelude
Prelude
We All Are One in Mission arr. John Helgen
Words may be found in TFWS#2243
Call to Worship
We gather as a diverse people, united in Christ.
We come to celebrate God’s inclusive love.
In our differences, we find strength.
We are called to share God’s grace with all.
Hymn
Lead On, O King Eternal UMH#580
A Reading from the Old Testament
Isaiah 43:18-21
Solo
Thy Word Grant/Smith
Carol Kinsey
Psalm of Response
Psalm 98 UMH#818
Please sing Response
A Reading from the Epistles
Acts 11:1-18
Sermon
Who Are We to Stand in God’s Way? | Rev. Kelly Dotson
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Recognition of Graduates
Dillon Beck, Eleura Jane Clark, Alice Guth, Lydia Guth, Noah Payne
Joys and Concerns and Prayers of the People with the Lord’s Prayer
Loving Creator, who we know in acts of mercy and love,
holy is your name.
May your dream of justice and peace come alive among us.
May your compassion shape our world and guide our hands.
Give us what we need for today—bread for the body,
and hope for the soul.
Forgive us when we turn away from suffering or close our hearts to our neighbors.
Make us quick to offer mercy and eager to repair what is broken.
Lead us away from fear and apathy.
Deliver us from systems that wound and divide.
For your kin-dom is made real in every act of compassion,
every word of truth, and every rising moment of love.
Amen.
Blessing of the Tithes and Offerings
Make a Gift of a Tithe or Offering
Doxology | UMH# 94
Hymn
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee UMH#430
Postlude
Help Us Accept Each Other John Ness Beck
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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