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Help us support our ministry - Give hereThe Community Gathers… Welcome Opening Meditation Pope Leto I “Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity.” Prelude & Passing of the Peace Call to Worship Inspired by Psalm 89 One: The Holy One is with us. God’s hand remains with us. Many: God’s love is steadfast. God’s strength is enough. We can rest in God’s presence. One: Holy Love keeps the covenant from generation to generation and establishes our future. Many: God’s love is steadfast. God’s strength is enough. We can rest in God’s presence. One: Let us worship God together and praise the Holy Names! Many: God’s love is steadfast. God’s strength is enough. We can rest in God’s presence. ONE: Wonderful Creator, you come to us with power and gentleness, strength and compassion, peace and joy. We come to you with hope and hopelessness, love and heartbreak, thanksgiving and lament. You fortify us as we go on our journey, assured of your presence and renewed by your love. Give us rest in our coming and our going. Give us joy in ministering in your name. May our worship restore our soul as we dwell in your presence. Hymn “O Praise the Gracious Power” v. 1-5 #54 Prayer of Transformation MANY: Holy God, we confess that our lives keep us consumed more with doing than with being. We trust in the chariots and horses of our times–our tools, our schemes, our positions. We acknowledge that you call us to rest in your truth, your love, and your peace without abdicating our responsibility to embody your good news in the world. We struggle to balance the rhythms of rest and renewal in our lives and seek your guidance and direction toward a life where you are our peace, our hope, and our standard. Guide us on this path, we pray. Amen. Words of Assurance ONE: Beloved, you do not journey alone. In community with the Holy One and one another, we find grace and strength to heed the call to discipleship. In Christ, we carry the good news and reflect a God who is near to us, faithful to redeem, and affirms our rest and renewal. Hymn “Hallelujah” #236 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 “Hallelujah” #236 To Share of Ourselves... Prayers of the People We seek health and healing with… Hunter Leisey - Esophageal cancer, Lynn W. – cancer, Frank Harpel-rehab in Lancaster. We continue to pray with… Carol Ann Simpson, Lisa Williams, Tammy Smith, Jan Mindish, Becki, Pam, Dan Brouse, Debbie, Alia, Mary Lohr, Nancy S, Deb, Mike Ryan, Debbie Husser, Mark Lerchen, Jane Smith Lord’s Prayer Many: 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 & Ministry Centering on our Generosity A faithful life reflects a spirit of generosity born from trusting God who provides and replenishes our resources. God’s creation is abundant so that all needs will be met when we share the gifts we have been given. Let our giving reflect our gratitude and commitment to beloved community. Musical Reflection on our Gifts 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 MANY: Generous God, we give these gifts to you through this faith community. May you lead and guide us with discernment so that our ministry would give you glory, honor your name, and benefit your creation. Amen. Hymn “Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us” #252 To Open to Wisdom… Gospel Mark 6:30-34 The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things. Epistle Ephesians 2:1-22 Remember that you were at one time without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us, abolishing the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone; in him the whole structure is joined together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God. Hebrew Scripture 2 Samuel 7:1-14 Now when the king was settled in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, “See now, I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of God stays in a tent.” Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that you have in mind, for the Lord is with you.” But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, “Go and tell my servant David: Thus says the Lord: Are you the one to build me a house to live in? I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up the people of Israel from Egypt to this day, but I have been moving about in a tent and a tabernacle. Wherever I have moved about among all the people of Israel, did I ever speak a word with any of the tribal leaders of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built me a house of cedar?’ Now therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David: Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep to be prince over my people Israel, and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may live in their own place and be disturbed no more, and evildoers shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel, and I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish their kingdom. They shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of the kingdom forever. I will be a parent to them, and they shall be a child to me. Sermon “Temporary Dwelling Places” Pastor Beth Rogers To Extend Love to the World! Closing Hymn “Christ is Made the Sure Foundation “ #400 Benediction In your coming and going, may you encounter Jesus on the journey. In your coming and going, may you touch the source of power and healing. In your coming and going, may you find rest. Come and go in peace Postlude Today in Worship Liturgist: Carol Hebel Tech: Elspeth Williams Usher: Carole Hoover & Jim Landvater Acolyte: Tylah Peterson The altar flowers are dedicated to the memory of Bill and Mary Horst. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grace UMC Backpack Program In 2000, Grace began this program to address the need for backpacks and supplies for local students. Since then it has grown to sharing resources with 10,000 neighbors and continues to grow. We shop for supplies, organize items, tag backpacks, assemble and deliver the items to our local schools. It costs approximately $50 to fill one backpack. To donate, mark “Backpacks” on your check and put it into the offering plate. Thank you for joining in sharing our ministry with our neighbor church! Central PA Pride Celebration: If you are interested in helping represent HUCC at Central PA Pride, sign up here: https://signup.com/go/DrgZVeD or contact Pastor Beth. There is a sign up in the church office as well. Central PA Pride: July 27th 10am -12 pm: Parade 11 am - 6 pm: Festival 8 pm - 2 am: Pride Dance Party https://centralpapride.org/ Outdoor Worship with Redeemer Continuing our tradition of worshipping jointly with Redeemer in the summer, we will host this year’s outdoor worship in a “Brunch Church” style. We will join around tables outside in the grass with a short service, ending with communion around the tables and a potluck to follow. Bring your favorite item, be it breakfast, lunch or beverage and come to share in the goodness of creation with our neighborhood! Church Lunch in August will be held at the church, rather than at a local restaurant. Pastor Beth and others have volunteered to do the cooking, so come hungry! We hope this will be an opportunity to focus on our community who worship from home, or are less connected these days. If you can volunteer to cook or pick up a disciple or two, talk with Carole Hoover or Beth. Help us encourage all disciples, long time friends or those less visible in worship by making a call and sharing the personal invitation to attend.
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