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Help us support our ministry - Give here The Community Gathers… Welcome Opening Meditation Karl Barth “Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning.” Prelude & Passing of the Peace Call to Worship Inspired by Psalm 145:1-8 One: Bless the name of the Holy and Sovereign One forever and ever! Many: Great is our God and greatly to be praised. One: Bless the name of the Holy and Sovereign One forever and ever! Many: This generation will tell the next generation so they may tell the next generation of the Holy One’s magnificent and mighty acts. One: Bless the name of the Holy and Sovereign One forever and ever! Many: We declare the abundant goodness, gracious righteousness, and holy love of our God. Praise the Holy One! One: Mighty God, we enter your presence with thanksgiving and hope. You have formed us as your people. You join us on the journey of life through valleys, upon mountains, and on the plains. We set our attention and seek your wisdom, encouragement, and grace. Reveal your will and display your glory among your people as we worship your holy name. Amen. Hymn “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” #23 Prayer of Transformation and New Life God of abundance, forgive us for embracing a worldview that capitalizes on scarcity. Help us to know that you have given us enough for our journey. You have created us wonderfully and uniquely. Forgive us for comparing ourselves with our neighbor when we are called to love them. Help us to embrace how you have made us as individuals who may bring our singular gifts to our common life. Words of Assurance Beloved, you are enough. God loves you as you are for who you are. We, collectively, have enough and may share in a common life where all may flourish and live in harmony as our Creator intended and designed. You are forgiven and free to embrace the life that is uniquely yours. Hymn “Child of Blessing” v. 2 #325 Child of love, our love’s expression, love’s creation, loved in deed! Fresh from God, refresh our spirits, into joy and laughter lead. The Message for Younger Disciples Kids, families, those young at heart, are encouraged to come forward to the steps to spend a few minutes together. Hymn “Child of Blessing” v. 4 #325 Child of God, your loving Parent, learn to know whose child you are. Grow to laugh and sing and worship, trust and love God more than all. To Share of Ourselves… Prayers of the People We grieve with the family of… —Paul Sando We pray for… — Those serving in the armed forces, Linzy Carson — Those serving in international medical mission, Lindsay Million We pray for health and healing with… —Deb and Dave Johnson, health concerns —Bill and family —Tom Foster, brain tumor —Neal and Carol Carson —Hunter Leisey —Charlie and Pat Holmberg —Bobbie —Heather Reilly —Shirley Murphy —Cecelia Shellhamer —Lisa Williams —Cindy Gipe —Pat Livezey —Tammy Smith —Debbie —Jan Mindish —Brenda — Debbie Husser — Janet Landvater —Becki We celebrate with Joy.. Karen Hutchison is doing well The Lord’s Prayer People: Our Creator/Mother/Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Announcing Missions and Ministry Centering on Generosity Philippians 1:2 encourages us to “Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that, whether I come and see you or am absent and hear about you, I will know that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving side by side with one mind for the faith of the gospel.” May we live generous lives that reflect the fullness of the gospel, unity of the spirit, and faith in our God and God’s church. Musical Reflection Sung Response # 780 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God for all that love has done Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Prayer of Dedication Great God, please receive our gifts for the glory of your name and the blessing of your people. May we be dedicated stewards of your abundance and use these gifts for the benefit of your kindom. Amen. Hymn “Guide Me, O My Great Redeemer” #18 To Open to Wisdom… Hearing the Scriptures Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” Psalm 105:1-6, 37-45 O give thanks to the Lord; call on God’s name; make known their deeds among the peoples. Sing to God, tell of all God’s wonderful works. Glory in God’s holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord and strength; seek God’s presence continually. Remember the wonderful works done, the miracles and the judgments uttered, O offspring of servant Abraham, children of Jacob, God’s chosen ones. Then God brought Israel out with silver and gold, and there was no one among their tribes who stumbled. Egypt was glad when they departed, for dread of them had fallen upon it. God spread a cloud for a covering and fire to give light by night. The people asked, and God brought quails and gave them food from heaven in abundance. Opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed through the desert like a river. For God remembered the holy promise and Abraham, God’s servant. So God brought the people out with joy, the chosen ones with singing.God gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the wealth of the peoples, that they might keep God’s statutes and observe God’s laws. Praise the Lord! Exodus 16:2-15 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days.” So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your complaining against the Lord. For what are we, that you complain against us?” And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord.” Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the Israelites: ‘Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your complaining.’ ” And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. The Lord spoke to Moses, “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ” In the evening quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat. Sermon “Drawing Near” Pastor Beth Rogers To Go Forth in Love! Closing Hymn “Sing Praise to God, Who Has Shaped” #22 Benediction May the love of God assure you, the hope of God guide you, and the peace of God sustain you as you go receiving and extending God’s grace in the world. Postlude Today in Worship Liturgist: Joan Spire TECH: Hannah Landvater USHER: Wendy Whitehaus Cole & MJ Farr-Stine acolyte: Sophia Farr-Stine The altar flowers are given in memory of C. Richard and Helen Zerfoss by daughters Joann, Carol and Karen.  
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