SIXTH OF PENTECOST
Thoughts
around which to gather as we worship:
“When the going gets tough,
the tough get going.” Joseph P.
Kennedy
“The
struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.” Blaise Pascal
“Difficulties mastered are
opportunities won.” Winston
Churchill
“Trouble, like
the hill ahead, straightens out when you advance upon it.”
Marcelene Cox
Announcements The Work of Church and Community
We Gather to Worship God
Welcome and greeting one another
with the Peace of Christ..
One: The peace
of Christ be with you.
Response: And with
your spirit.
* Introit Come
Build a Church printed
Call to Worship
One: Jesus was rejected
All: by his friends, by his family, by his
hometown.
One: But Jesus created trust
All: for his disciples, for the community, for
the world.
One: In the midst of rejection, let us build acceptance:
All: for our children, for our community, for
ourselves.
One: Come, let us worship God.
* Hymn Sing Praise to God VU221
Opening
Prayer (together)
Loving God, you
welcome us always and everywhere. No matter how we might feel about ourselves and
our place in the world, you open your door and throw your arms open. Help us to
feel loved and included by you, and to share that sense of joy and welcome with
others. Amen.
We Listen for God’s Word
2 Samuel 5:1–5, 9–10 David is anointed king.
One: This
is the witness of the Hebrew people.
All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm 48 God
be praised in the city of Zion. VU772–773
* Hymn Will You Come and Follow Me VU567
Time with young people & The Lord's Prayer
The Gospel Acclamation
Mark 6:1–13 Community scripture reading
One: He
left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. On
the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were
astounded. They said,
Men: Where
did this man get all this?
Women: What is this
wisdom that has been given to him?
Men: What
deeds of power are being done by his hands!
Women: Is not this the
carpenter, the son of Mary
and brother of James and Joses and Judas and
Simon,
and are not his sisters here with us?
One: And
they took offence at him. Then Jesus said to them,
Two: Prophets are
not without honour, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in
their own house.
One: And
he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick
people and cured them. And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about
among the villages teaching. He called the twelve and began to send them out
two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He ordered them
to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in
their belts; but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. He said to them,
Two: Wherever you
enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. If any place will not
welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that
is on your feet as a testimony against them.
One: So
they went out and proclaimed that all should repent.
Men: Repent, in the name of God!
Women: Repent and be
healed!
One:
They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured
them.
Two: This is the Good News of the Risen One.
All: Praise to you, Lord
Jesus Christ.
Reflection on the Word
We Respond in Faith
Hymn Amazing
Grace VU266
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Nan’s Going to General Council—the Church in Action
Offering Our Gifts to God
* Offering Song/Doxology Grant Us, God, the Grace VU540
We Go to Serve God
* Hymn Now
Thank We All Our God VU236
* Commissioning and Benediction
One:
Jesus is the Way –All: We follow him.
One:
Jesus is the Truth –All: We seek him.
One:
Jesus is Life –All: We are blessed by him in all that
we do.
One:
Like the twelve sent out by Jesus,
so are
we sent out to share the Good News!
On
this journey we are also invited to join with others,
and we
will be changed in the process.
All: Send us, God and we will go.
Alleluia!
* Choral Amen
