Today’s service has THREE choices.  You may view the Live Stream at this link: 

https://fb.me/e/37rDUhZWH , hear it in the church parking lot at 107.1 FM, or join us in person inside in air conditioned comfort (masking preferred). 

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Gathering Music                             Laurie Gentry

Welcome and Announcements             Helen Garcia

Opening Hymn       “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service”    Hymnal #761

  Words by Jane Parker Huber; Music by John Zundel

1)  Called as partners in Christ’s service, called to ministries of grace,

we respond with deep commitment fresh new lines of faith to trace.

May we learn the art of sharing, side by side and friend with friend,

equal partners in our caring to fulfill God’s chosen end.

2)  Christ’s example, Christ’s inspiring, Christ’s clear call to work and worth,

let us follow, never faltering, reconciling folk on earth.

Men and women, richer, poorer, all God’s people, young and old,

blending human skills together gracious gifts from God unfold.

3)  Thus new patterns for Christ’s mission, in a small or global sense,

help us bear each other’s burdens, breaking down each wall or fence.

Words of comfort, words of vision, words of challenge, said with care,

bring new power and strength for action, make us colleagues, free and fair.

4)  So God grant us for tomorrow ways to order human life

that surround each person’s sorrow with a calm that conquers strife.

Make us partners in our living, our compassion to increase,

messengers of faith, thus giving hope and confidence and peace.

Sharing of Praise Notes and Prayer Concerns Helen Garcia

Prayer of Response                         Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan

Bible Study     Paul’s Vision of a ‘New Creation’ Community:      Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan

            What Kind of ‘Church’ Do You Want?

Closing Hymn     “Together We Serve”    Hymnal #767

        Words and Music by Daniel Charles Damon

1)  Together we serve, united by love,

inviting God’s world to the glorious feast.

We work and we pray through sorrow and joy,

extending God’s love to the last and the least.

2)  We seek to become a beacon of hope,

a lamp for the heart and a light for the feet.

We learn, year by year, to let love shine through

until we see Christ in each person we meet.

3)  We welcome the scarred, the wealthy, the poor,

the busy, the lonely, and all who need care.

We offer a home to those who will come,

our hands quick to help, our hearts ready to dare.

4)  Together, by grace, we witness and work,

remembering Jesus, in whom we grow strong.

Together we serve in Spirit and truth,

remembering love is the strength of our song.

Blessing for Departing                    Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan

Discussion of Paul’s Thoughts about ‘Church’

Shalom  (meaning - “May you be well and whole and in communion with all creation.”)

       Shalom, my friends, Shalom, my friends, Shalom, Shalom.

       Till we meet again, Till we meet again, Shalom, Shalom.

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Calendar of Services  

July 3 - Rev. Lucy Youngblood

July 10 - Dave Johnson

July 17 - Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan

July 24 - Rev. Deb Richardson-Moore

July 31 - Rev. Dr. Phuc Dai Nguyen

August 7 - Dr. Elaine Nocks

August 14 - Rev. Johnny McKinney

August  21 - Rev. Dr. Steve Morgan

August 28 - Rev. Laura Collins

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Summer News!  The Plis family will be in town and coming to church on July 17th! If you would like to see Kevin and Andrea - and meet Charlie - come to church that Sunday.

A work trip to CDCA in Nicaragua is being planned for 2023.  More details to follow.

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The Church Garden is taking a different direction this summer by planting a cut flower garden.   If you have healthy viable seeds or plant starts of flowers to share, please contribute.  Thanks!

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Remember in prayer: Linda McFall; Mike Johnston; Shea Marsden; Taylor Bishop (Whitney’s niece); Family and Friends of Terry Ann Hayes; Jason Harding; Steve Hallowell; Pat Weddle; Glenn Burns; Tim and Michael Little-Bell and family; Jackie Moore; Whitney Bishop; Latha and Cheryl Semones; Immigrant families; Victims of all violence, oppression, and injustice; Victims of COVID-19; People of Ukraine; Victims of mass shootings.