Come to a Thin Place!

9th Sunday of In Person Services
August 1, 2021

PRELUDE:  1. Pass et Medio; 2. Allemande —from The Danserye, Tylman Susato, arr. David deSilva
CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS
HYMN: 65            Glory to God Hymnal           Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
UNISON CALL TO CONFESSION AND COMMITMENT
SUNG RESPONSE: 656               Glory to God hymnal      We’ve Come This Far By Faith  
SCRIPTURE:        Exodus 16:2-15  John 6: 24-35
SUNG RESPONSE TO SCRIPTURE: 525                  Glory to God hymnal          Let Us Break Bread Together
SERMON:  Come to a Thin Place! Enter a Thin Time! Meet Thin Souls!    
HYMN: 720   Glory to God hymnal               Jesus Calls Us
WELCOME
CHORAL ANTHEM: From All the Earth Send Up the Song (NORTH HILL)
PRAYER: Matthew 25 Prayer, Lord’s Prayer
Congregational Sung Response: 851            Glory to God hymnal              Come, Bring Your Burdens to God
OFFERTORY: Come, Ye Disconsolate—Samuel Webbe, arr. Alice Parker; Joshua Stark, baritone
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UNISON PRAYER OF DEDICATION  

May we know the honor of being a human being.   (Jake Swamp, Haudenosaunee/Iroquois)  May we share the honor of being a human being.   Let us unite a frightened world by acts of kindness.   Hate has no home here.  (a 9 year old Muslim child wrote these words on a sign for a protest at Chicago’s airport when the January 27, 2017 travel ban from Muslim countries was announced)   Let hate have no home where you are.  Love your enemies.   (Jesus)   Replace apathy with curiosity, violence with community.     (Fred Culver)   May our capacity for God be reborn.   Always remember—    What you give, you have. (Roman soldier)  Amen. 

CLOSING HYMN: 803        Glory to God hymnal         My Shepherd Will Supply My Need    
BLESSING
SUNG BENEDICTION RESPONSE:  542   Glory to God hymnal          God Be With You Til We Meet Again
POSTLUDE:  Fanfare (from The Danserye)—Tylman Susato, arr. David deSilva