September 7, 2025
Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 7, 2025 Livestream Worship: Online Bulletin
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Chiming of the Trinity
Prelude
This Is My Father’s World arr. James Koerts
Welcome
Leigh Guth, Lay Leader
Call to Worship
Come, weary ones, burdened by the demands of life.
We come to find rest in God’s presence.
Come, restless ones, caught in the swirl of striving and doing.
We come to remember we are more than what we produce.
Come, joyful ones, eager to taste God’s delight.
We come to celebrate the gift of Sabbath.
ogether, we worship the God who calls us to rest, to rejoice, and to resist the lie that we are never enough.
Hymn
God of the Sparrow God of the Whale UMH#122
A Reading from the Old Testament
Genesis 2:1–3
Psalm of Response
Psalm 92:1-5 UMH p.811
Please sing the response
Anthem
God, You Made This World a Garden Richard W. Gieseke
Introduction of Guest Speaker
Leigh Guth
Reading from the Gospels
Mark 2:23-27
Sermon
What If God Decided to Speak to Our Congregation Now | Rev. Brooks Gibson
Solo
He Keeps My Singing Luther B. Bridgers
Carol Kinsey
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
Where Charity and Love Prevail UMH#549
Please sing stanzas 1, 3, 5, 6 to the tune McKEE UMH#548
Blessing and Sharing of Christ’s Light
Postlude
God Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens arr. James Koerts
Announcements
Today’s worship participants
Our Pastor: Rev. Kelly Dotson
Music Director: Dr. Joel Reed
Worship Arts Associate: Patty Higgins
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