Order of Worship
(on a phone, best viewed horizontally)
May 18, 2025 10:45am
The Command to Care:
Caring for Health
GATHERING
Pre-service Music
Welcome
Prelude All Things Bright and Beautiful
Invocation (VT 854, adapted)
Leader: Some of us are exhausted.
People: We come to rest.
Leader: Some of us are curious about Jesus.
People: We come to learn.
Leader: Some of us are hungry.
People: We come to be fed.
Leader: Some of us are disoriented.
People: We come to pray.
Leader: Some of us are wounded.
People: We come to be healed.
Leader: We gather around you today, O Christ.
People: Teach us, feed us, hear us, heal us.
All: Grant us your peace. Amen.
Hymn Come Away from Rush and Hurry VT 9
Call to Worship
Leader: God has set this day before us,
People: A day set apart, a day of rest and praise.
Leader: God has set our lives before us,
People: A span of years in which we love, and learn, and serve.
Leader: God has set God’s seal upon our hearts,
People: So that we might live fully in deep love.
Leader: Let us worship God.
Hymn Morning Has Broken VT 495
HEARING GOD’S WORD
Scripture Exodus 20:8-11
Children’s Time
Hymn God Who Touches Earth with Beauty VT550
Scripture Luke 6:1-5
Sermon
Hymn Be at Rest VT 532
Prayer
Hymn Be at Rest VT 532
TIME OF SHARING
Sharing Time
Offering Prayer
Musical Offering Amazing Grace
Joys and Concerns
After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayers.”
Announcements
Hymn Take My Life, and Let It Be VT 759
Benediction
Postlude
Worship Leader: Elizabeth Wall Preacher: Rachel Siemens
Children’s Time: Lynette Toews-Neufeldt
Pianist: Andrew Reid Musical Offering: Miles Kirkaldy
Joys and Concerns: Rachel Siemens Ushers: Colin Neufeldt, Len Franz