Welcome to Grace at Home. May the peace of Christ be with you. God's limitless love is alive and moving in this new season. May it be known and felt as you worship with us today.

Thank you for joining us online this morning. Click on the pictures below to access the inspiring educational video content. Scriptures and prayers are located beneath the links.
"Welcome to Church"
(Inspiring video for reflection)
"How Majestic Is Your Name"
(Opening song)
"Every Move I Make"
Children's Moment - Dance along
"The Heart of Worship"
(Song of reflection)

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"At The Heart Of It"
10am central live at Grace
Sermon by Rev. Hannah Fitch
Gifts of generosity and grace
You may give gifts, tithes, and offerings online below or mail in a check to Grace Community Christian Church.

Thank you for making space for Grace to be shared between, among, and beyond our walls. Your faithful tithes and offerings make a life changing difference.
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We are a part of something BIGGER...than time, than ourselves, than darkness. We are a part of God's movement for wholeness as faithful stewards of God's limitless love.

Paul’s writing to the church at Rome includes this line: “since we are justified by faith.” Theologians spend much time with this word “justify.” Today, I want to help us understand this word by referring to old newspaper typesetting and today’s Word formatting.

Here is a justified paragraph, in form and in description:
To justify is to make right and equal. When a line of type is “justified”, in goes from the beginning of the line to the end, by adjusting the sizes of letters and spaces.  Looking at a paragraph of justified type, it’s straight on both sides.  

When we are justified, our lives are “squared up.” We’re made right.  When we’re justified, by God’s grace, we’re given all we have AND are inspired to share what we have.

What would it take for the gifts you’ve been given (of time, talent and treasure) be “justified” by the gifts you give?

Today, in gratitude for all God continues to pour IN, let us celebrate our ability to pour out as we share our morning gifts, tithes and offerings.


Offering prayer

Generous and gracious God, thank you for the ways you justify each of us, and all of us.  
Thank you for “squaring us up” and making us right. And thank you for receiving the gifts we’ve brought today. Please help us use each gift to its full measure, so the financial support, the talents shared, and the time contributed allow each of the ministries of this congregation to fulfill your desire for us and for your world. Amen

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Opening Prayer

God who set the earth in its orbit,
God who sent Jesus to show love to one and all, God who lives within and calls us to live out your highest desire for this world, 
we lift our voices today to sing and to speak words of praise for you. Receive all we offer, including our gratitude, for you are the bedrock of our lives. Amen
Prayers of the People

Holy God of glory and majesty, you have called us by name and given us a new song.
We pray in this moment for the courage and the strength to answer your call. Bless our communities that we may experience again the renewing power of rebirth in the Holy Spirit. Inspire us that we may claim our own identity as your beloved children. You are the one in whom we live, move, and have our being, and You are Being.

At times, we sing our songs of tribute in the sanctuary, but shy away from the river,
lest we be baptized with the fire of the Holy Spirit. Forgive us when we forget your promise to be with us always, O God.
Renew us with the power of your ever-present love, and strengthen us to proclaim it throughout the world. We pray in the name of our brother, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Scripture
Isaiah 43: 1-2, 6-7, 18-19
43 But now thus says the Lord,
    he who created you, O Jacob,
    he who formed you, O Israel:
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
    I have called you by name; you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
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6 I will say to the north, “Give them up,” and to the south, “Do not withhold; bring my sons from far away and my daughters from the end of the earth. 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
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18 Do not remember the former things
    or consider the things of old. 19 I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Announcements
Congregational Meeting

Sunday, June 12 at 11am
(immediately following service)

Grace is a purpose driven church committed to imagining more ways to share the life changing grace of God. As our fiscal year ends, we will gather to review the previous year and to plan for God's vision for our ministry and community in the coming year. Please plan to be present.
Join Global Ministries for a 5K for climate justice! 

The theme for the Mission Dash 5K is climate justice. Creation care efforts by international partners evolve with each natural disaster and shift in weather patterns. Partners cope with the negative impacts of climate change by protecting and nurturing the natural world, preserving resources, and seeking to ensure food security.

You are encouraged to walk, roll, run, jog, or spiritually sprint wherever you are in the month of August!

We are discerning interest and capacity at Grace. Let us know if you're interested in participating or helping to organize a 5K in our community in August.
Grace Community Christian Church
2770 Montgomery Road
Aurora, IL 60504
www.graceccc.org
630.898.7990