Worship Service - May 15, 2022
If you are visiting our Online Worship for the first time, we welcome you. It is our hope that you encounter God and are enriched by your worship with us this week. The first video is a continuous worship experience eliminating the need to click on each video individually.
The format below is designed for you to click your way through each element which together forms a cohesive and whole worship experience.
Celebrating God’s Presence
Let Us Worship God Together
Rev. Dale Flowers
Hymn
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music | Robert Robinson
Rachel Vail and Chris Studer, Vocals
John Pavik, Piano
Song
New Doxology
By Louis Bourgeois | Thomas Ken | Thomas Miller
Cassie Carroll and Chris Studer, Vocals
Chris Studer, Piano and Acoustic Guitar
Affirmation of Faith
Today's Worship Leader: Emily Schomers, Mission Associate
Proclaiming God’s Word
Scripture Readings: Luke 15:11-32 and Ephesians 2:8-10
Gail Burson is reading scriptures this week.
The Scripture readings and text are included in the sermon recording. You may refer to the written text using this link.
Sermon
Rev. Dale Flowers
It Takes Grace to Believe
2022 Spring Sermon Series (Eastertide): Church 8.0
Encouraging God’s People
Hymn
I Love to Tell the Story
By Catherine Hankey & William Fischer
Jennie Warmack and Chris Studer, Vocals
John Pavik, Piano
Moment for Mission
Emily Schomers, Mission Associate
Morning Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer
Emily Schomers
Prayer Request
We are committed to praying for you. Click here to submit your confidential prayer requests to Colleen Soldate, Director of Caring Ministries.
Offertory & Questions for Reflection
Many the Gifts
Text inspired by 1 Corinthians 12
Ensemble: Kay Oppenheimer, Kris Irvine, Dave McCall, and David Irvine, Vocals
Chris Studer, Acoustic Guitar
Mary Kemnec, Flute
Doxology
Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
From The Presbyterian Hymnal, page 592
Text © Neil Weatherhogg, 1990 | Geneva Psalter, 1551
Music: Public Domain
John Pavik, Organ
Serving God’s World
Song
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Chris Tomlin | John Newton | Louie Giglio
Chris Studer, Vocals, Piano, and Acoustic Guitar
Charge and Benediction
Rev. Dale Flowers
First Kids
Darcy Fluitt
At 9:00:
- Infants through kindergartners gather downstairs for playtime and Bible stories.
- 1st through 6th graders are always welcome and encouraged to worship in the sanctuary with their families.
At 10:30:
- Infants through Kindergartners gather downstairs for activities, music, Bible stories, and outdoor play.
- 1st through 6th Graders are invited upstairs to join their small group leaders for activities, worship, and relationships.
If you are traveling and/or cannot join in person, we provide links for videos, activities, and discussions giving you a 20 – 30 minute meaningful family experience custom-designed to the age of your kids.
Youth Rendezvous
Cory Myers
Join us upstairs in Room 224 each Sunday for Rendevous at 10:30 - a time when we work to remove barriers that can prevent us from experiencing God. We listen, sing, pray, laugh, and learn.
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