GATHERING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST
Prelude
Go Down, Moses
UMH #448
(In-Person Only)
Welcome and Sharing of Announcements
A Time to Make Connections
(In-Person Only)
*Call to Worship
Liturgist: It is a good day to be here.
People: It is a good day to tell stories.
Liturgist: It is a good day to give thanks to God.
People: It is a good day to ask for help.
Liturgist: It is a good day to be in community.
People: It is a good day to worship God.
(Hold Fast to What Is Good by Beth Merrill Neel)
*Opening Prayer
God of the unknown, our souls are troubled until they find their rest in you. Afraid that we have not truly lived, we fear our own mortality and the deaths of those dear to us. In our living and in our dying, renew us in the knowledge that you are drawing all people to yourself. Amen.
(Abingdon Worship Annual, 2015)
Opening Hymn
“The Summons”
TFWS #2130
Joys and Concerns
(in-person only)
Pastoral Prayer and Lord's Prayer
Prayer Response
“Be Thou My Vision”
UMH #451 (vs 2)
Be thou my wisdom, and thou my true word; I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord; thou and thou only, first in my heart, great God of heaven, my treasure thou art.
ATTENTION TO THE WORD OF GOD
Liturgist:
Scripture Readings: Exodus 3:1-12
Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.” 4 When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.7 Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, 8 and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10 So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 He said, “I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.”
Liturgist: The word of God for the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God.
Message
Invitation to the Old Testament (3):
Out of Bondage
Pastor Seok-Hwan
We Respond
A Time for Reflection: Pastor Seok-Hwan
*Offertory Prayer
We respond to your love with love and gratitude,
O God. We are touched by the story of the one you sent to save us.
In gratitude and thanks, we dedicate this offering and our very selves to the ones you care so much about. Amen.
*Closing Hymn
“Here I am Lord”
UMH #593
Based on Isaiah 6:8
Video collage created by Matt Cron
The Blessing and Sending Forth
Pastor:
May you know the love of Christ.
May you dwell in this glorious gift.
From the strong root of love,
we go forth to give love to God’s world!
Postlude
“Oh Freedom"
Spiritual, arr. Adolphus Hailstork
(In-Person Only)
Online Service
Video: Sharon Lipp
Liturgist: Bev Walsh
In-Person Service
Liturgist: Jill Lohmeier
Usher: Roy Higgins
Sound Board: Valarie Wilder
Projection: Sharon Lipp
Organist: Matt Cron
“Here I Am, Lord” Video Collage Singers
Jane Beatty
Mark Beatty
Nancy Bush
Beth Fowler
Bella Guilmartin
Larry Guilmartin
Scott Hall
Jodie Kruger
Bill Kruger
Sharon Lipp
Ken Muzykewicz
Bev Welsh
