July 14, 2024

JULY 14, 2024 - EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Prayerful Meditation-Bach/Earl Hazelle Welcome *Call to Worship LEADER: When we witness our work bear good fruit and rejoice in all God has done among us… ALL: we gather for worship. LEADER: When misunderstanding and misinformation threaten to divide instead of unite us… ALL: we gather for worship. LEADER: When we dance together in the joy of knowing we belong to God and one another… ALL: we gather for worship. LEADER: When we stumble and bumble our way forward as God’s grace guides us into greater love and deeper communion… ALL: we gather for worship. Thanks be to God. Amen. *Opening Hymn - “O Worship the King” #73 *Opening Prayer God of secret purposes and extravagant blessings, we come to praise you. We come because we want to, we sing our songs because we are glad to, we pray for your grace because we need to, and we ask for the love of Christ in our hearts because without it we are a dead loss. Please lift every shutter within our mind, and open every door within our soul, that you, the Lord of glory, the God of countless hosts, may come in. Through Christ Jesus, the joy of loving hearts. Amen! Confession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed #881 Gloria Patri Children's Chat Music Ministry and Offertory - Korean Melody-Michael Burkhardt Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude Scripture - 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 Sermon Series - “Worship with Rejoicing” Sermon - “Come and Worship” Joys/Concerns Hymn - "Praise Ye the Lord" #2010 Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer Closing Hymn - “All Glory Laud and Honor” #280 Action Steps & Benediction Postlude - Praise, My Soul the King of Heaven-Anna Laura Page The flowers on the altar today are given to the glory of God and with love in honor of our grandchildren, Reghan and Kaleb, by Bill & Barb Baker. Thank you for sharing in this worship service. Please continue to stay in touch through our website (stoneumc.org) and/or by following us on Facebook (Stone UMC). If you have joys or concerns that you would like lifted up in prayer, please fill out the Prayer Card in the pew, on the website, share them by contacting us at 814-724-6736 or [email protected]