Order of Worship

(on a phone, best viewed horizontally) 

September 27, 2026            10:45am

 

God’s Shalom for Our Common Home

New Ways of Seeing

 

Prelude

Welcome

Centering Music                   God’s Mercy                                                            Shackley

Call to Worship

We come to worship, seeking God.

We come to pray, seeking guidance.

 

When wickedness abounds

and hope feels out of reach,

We yearn for signs of God’s presence.

 

When the ways of the world,

Lead to destruction, not shalom,

We long to know God’s will.

 

Together, let us turn and open ourselves

to the healing embrace of our creator.

 

Together, let us seek God’s shalom.

Prayer

Hymn                                        For the Beauty of the Earth v. 1-2, 5                  VT 120

Scripture Reading                Isaiah 55:6-9

Children’s Time

Prayer for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation by Jennifer Henry (adapt)

Hymn                                        Nothing is lost on the Breath of God                  VT 653

Choir                                         Hope for Resolution                                  Caldwell/Ivory

Scripture Reading                Matthew 14:22-23

Sermon                                    Invitational Jesus

Hymn                                        Open My Eyes                                                             VT 732

Time of Sharing

Offering Prayer

Musical Offering               Oceans                                 Houston/Crocker/Ligthelm

Joys and Concerns

After each time of sharing we respond “Lord, hear our prayer.”

Announcements

Hymn                                        May the Peace of Christ                                          VT 843

Benediction

Postlude

 

Worship Leader: Rachel Siemens                                             Speaker: Anna Vogt

Children’s Time: Jaedyn Evans                                               Pianist: Andrew Reid

Reader: Timothy Burkholder                              Joys and Concerns: Debbie Bledsoe

Choir: Bruce Baergen, Ev Buhr

Ushers: Robert Proudfoot, Colin Neufeldt           Greeters: Eleanore and John Woollard