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July 19, 2026 Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time 10:30 A. M
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Prelude Lighting of the Candles
Opening Scripture Sentence: When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it. … How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.” Genesis 28:16-17
*Opening Prayer Pastor
*Call to Worship Responsive Reading, from Psalm 139:1-12
Leader: God has searched us and knows us. God knows when we sit down and when we rise up.
All: God searches out our path and our lying down. God is acquainted with all our ways.
Leader: Before a word is on our tongues, God knows it. God’s hand is ever available to guide us.
All: Such knowledge is a wonder to us. It is beyond anything we can attain.
Leader: We cannot escape from God’s Spirit. There is nowhere to flee from God’s presence.
All: Darkness is as light to our God. God illuminates the way before us.
*The Hymn The Solid Rock No. 315
(All Verses)
Call to Confession
Unison Prayer of Confession
O Creator God, search us and test us so that all wickedness may be removed from us. Reshape our will to conform with your intentions. We confess that we have allowed weeds to grow in our lives. Our focus has drifted from the harvest you intend to the fears and greed that hold us hostage. Hear our prayer of confession and forgive us in infinite grace, that we may understand and follow our obligation to live in the guidance and power of your Spirit. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Silent Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon Pastor
If you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live. Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God… If we are his children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ. Romans 8:13-14, 17
*Hymn of the Month Eternal Life No. 610
(All Verses)
Our Giving to the Lord Pastor
We are debtors to God, who has given us the precious gift of life. We were created of good seed in God’s own image that we might bear fruit for his realm. Guided by His Spirit, we dream of the reality of God’s kingdom in our daily lives. Our offerings support our common mission, to bear fruit for God’s kingdom.
*Offertory, Doxology and Offertory Prayer
*The Hymn Be Thou My Vision No. 400
(All Verses)
Sharing of Blessings and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer Pastor
Followed by The Lord’s Prayer
Old Testament Reading: Genesis 28:10-19a
New Testament Reading: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
Leader: This is the Holy Word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God for His Holy Word.
Sermon “Where Is God’s Grace at Work?”
Rev. Cindy Barton
*The Hymn Cleanse Me No. 410
(All Verses)
*Benediction
*Retrieval of the Light
Leader: The Peace of Christ be with you. People: And also with you.
*Postlude