June 2, 2024

JUNE 2, 2024 - SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
REV. KENDRA BALLIET
JAMES ROSS, ORGANIST

Prelude-Passacaglia on "Nettleton" - William Pasch

Welcome

*Call to Worship
LEADER: The psalmist declares, “Lord, you have searched me and known me.” Will you open yourselves to be searched by God? ALL: Search us, O God, and know our hearts.
LEADER: God searches you, knows you, and loves you, and invites you to search out God in return. Will you seek the heart of God? ALL: We will search you, O God, to know your heart.
LEADER: The Triune God who creates all and knows all is revealed in running rivers and fluttering butterflies, in warm sunshine and the smell of the earth. Will you pay attention?
ALL: We will pay attention, O God, to your fingerprint of love on all of creation.
LEADER: Open our hearts today to encounter your love, holiness, and glory that create and sustain all that was, is, and will be.
ALL: We come today to enter the dance of the Trinity, the all-knowing Creator and Sustainer of life.

*Opening Hymn “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” #103

*Opening Prayer
God, we cannot escape your love. We can find no place to hide. You search us out wherever we may be. Your love is like a mother’s blanket, protecting us wherever we go. Your love shields us from evil. We may travel to the moon or to the depths of the ocean: your love is there. We may think ourselves to greater levels of sophistication: your love is there. We may fall in the pits of sin: your love is there.  Thank you, God, for steadfast mercy. Thank you for being there, wherever we may be. Amen.

Confession of Faith: Apostles’ Creed #881
Gloria Patri

Children's Chat

Recognition of Graduates

Music Ministry and Offertory-Hymn of Promise (Bell Choir) Natalie Sleeth

Doxology and Prayer of Gratitude

Scripture- Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18

Sermon Series “Ascribe to God”
Sermon: “All-Knowing Creator”

Joys/Concerns

Hymn " Creating God, Your Fingers Trace" #109

Pastoral Prayer/Lord's Prayer

Communion #13

Closing Hymn “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” #139

Action Steps & Benediction

Postlude-Trumpet Tune - Robert Lind

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