June 30, 2024

JUNE 30, 2024 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST REV. KENDRA BALLIET JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST Prelude - Musette on Royal Oak-John Barr Welcome *Call to Worship Leader: Beloved, when hope is high, abundance surrounds us, and we bask in the goodness of God’s provision, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart and your hands. Leader: When disaster strikes, need overwhelms the senses, and we carry the weight and worry of a perilous present and unknown future, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart and your hands. Leader: When we are moved with compassion, our hearts urging us to reach out to support our siblings in Christ, God calls to us… ALL: Open your heart and your hands. Children of God, as we gather for worship today, listen! God call us to open our hearts and our hands to one another in need and in abundance. ALL: May our worship open our hearts and our hands to one another as we learn to share with one another in all seasons, for we are all one in the Body of Christ. Amen. *Opening Hymn “Give Thanks” #2036 *Opening Prayer Living and faithful Spirit, the God in whom we live and move and have our being, the God who is made known in Christ Jesus, bless us one and all as we wait on you this day. Please remove from our minds and hearts whatever impediments hinder worship or dampen our joy. Increase within us that holy longing for closeness which can open our lives to fuller delight and to a deeper commitment. May our hymns and prayers, our searching thoughts , and our hearing of the Scriptures, be an exercise in the holiest love making. By you, with you and for you, may our lives publish your praise. In the name of Christ Jesus. Amen! Confession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed #881 Gloria Patri Children's Chat Music Ministry and Offertory - "O Worship the King"-Elizabeth Krouse Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude Scripture 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Sermon Series “Open Your Heart” Sermon: “In Need and in Abundance” Joys/Concerns Hymn “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” #474 Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer Closing Hymn "Take My Life, and Let It Be Consecrated" #399 Action Steps & Benediction Postlude - Improvisation on "Battle Hymn"-Elizabeth Krouse The flowers on the altar today are given to the glory of God and in honor of Chris & Dawn Karns' 14th wedding anniversary by John & Cindy Karns. 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]