Order of Service / Pentecost 4 / June 21, 2026

 # Gathering Hymn Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (#232VU | vs. 1,2,3)

Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

Lighting the Christ Candle

Call to Worship

One: Come, people of God. God meets us in the wilderness and in the sanctuary.

  All: We come to worship the God who sees us.

One: God hears the cries of the forgotten and opens a way where hope seems hidden.

All: We come to worship the God who hears us.

One: The Spirit calls us to notice, to listen, and to love.

All: Let us worship God with open hearts. Amen.

Opening Prayer

*Opening Hymn We praise you, O God (#218VU)

Prayer of Confessional and Renewal (Unison)

Loving God, you hear the cries we often miss. You see the people we sometimes overlook. Forgive us when we choose comfort over compassion, silence over courage, and distance over love. Open our eyes to the people you see. Open our ears to the voices you hear. Renew us by your Spirit, and lead us in the way of Jesus. In silence, we bring to you our own confessions and our hope for a new beginning. (a time of silent confession) Amen.

Words of Assurance

One: God does not leave us alone in the wilderness.

All: God sees us. God hears us. God renews us.

One: In Christ, we are forgiven and called into new life.

All: Thanks be to God. Amen.

Announcements and Minute for Mission

Time for God’s Children (Little by Little, TLUS 134)

Growing in cracks and crevices (3x), we are everywhere

Prayer for Illumination

Proclaiming the Scriptures

Genesis 21:8-21 Hagar and Ishmael sent away.

Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17 (VU p. 803) Turn your ear to me, O God.

Romans 6:1-4 Dead to sin; alive in Christ.

This is the Good News from the Bible.

  Thanks be to God.

Anthem

Sermon

*Hymn Healer of Our Every Ill (#619 VU)

*Offering

*Offertory Hymn In Gratitude and Humbe Trust (#544 VU | tune: VU 518)

In gratitude and humble trust

We bring our best today

To serve your cause and share your love

With all along life’s way.

O God, who gave yourself to us

In Jesus Christ, your Son,

Teach us to give ourselves each day

Until life’s work is done

*Offertory Prayer (Unison)
Generous God, receive these gifts and our lives. Use them to bring hope where people are weary, care where people are forgotten, and love where people feel alone. Bless our giving and guide our living. Amen.

Prayers of the People and Lord’s Prayer

*Closing Hymn Walk with Me (#649 VU)

*Commissioning

One: Go from this place with eyes open.

All: We will look for those God sees.

One: Go with ears open.

All: We will listen for those God hears.

One: Go with hearts open.

All: We will walk in compassion, courage, and love. God is with us. Amen.

*Commissioning Song I Am Sending You Light (#99 TLUS)

I am sending you light to heal you, to hold you.

I am sending you light to hold you in love. x2

No matter where you go, no matter where you’ve been;

You’ll never walk alone. I feel you deep within.

I am sending you light to heal you, to hold you.

I am sending you light to hold you in love. x2