Season of Pentecost and the Startling Movement of the Holy Spirit!
August 29, 2021
PRELUDE: Kelvingrove (“The Summons”)—Dr. Kris Rizotto
CALL TO RETURN TO OUR SOULS
Pastor: Here in the busy city
People: Now let the church be seen
Pastor: Where lesser gods are worshipped
People: In money and machine;
Pastor: Where news is but sensation,
People: The Good News hardly heard.
Pastor: Now let the church take action
People: In living out the word!
Pastor: Here in the busy city
People: God walks on every street
Pastor: In generous or greedy,
People: The honest or the cheat,
Pastor: And daily we must over
People: The good that goes unpriced
Pastor: With vigor and with vision
People: The lifestyle of the Christ.
–Shirley Erena Murray
–Shirley Erena Murray
UNISON CONFESSION AND COMMITMENT –by Michelle Obama
Leader: You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve the world’s problems at once.
People: But don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us
that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.
Leader: Listen to your hopes instead of your fears— How this time, we decide to stop doubting and to start dreaming.
People: How this time we commit ourselves to building the world as it should be to serve our fellow human beings.
Leader: We need to fix our souls. Our souls are broken and we have lost our way.
People: We are all God’s children and there’s so much more that unites us than divides us.
Amen.
Amen.
SUNG RESPONSE: Kumbaya (stanzas 1&4) GTG472
SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 61:1-4 Matthew 13:1-9
SUNG RESPONSE TO SCRIPTURE: God of Our Life GTG686
SERMON: What Kind of Soil Am I?
HYMN: Christ is Alive GTG246
WELCOME
CHORAL ANTHEM: Jesus Is a Rock in a Weary Land— Kyle Johnson
PRAYER: Matthew 25 Prayer, Lord’s Prayer, –
SUNG RESPONSE: Come, Bring Your Burdens to God(sing twice) GTG851
SUNG RESPONSE: Come, Bring Your Burdens to God(sing twice) GTG851
OFFERTORY SOLO: Show us How to Love- Mark A. Miller
Offering link
Offering link
UNISON PRAYER OF DEDICATION: Be Still and Know That I am God”—chant twice
HYMN: Over My Head STF 2148
BENEDICTION
SUNG BENEDICTION RESPONSE: Jesus, Remember Me (sing twice) GTG227
POSTLUDE: I Will Arise and Go to Jesus (RESTORATION)- Mary McDonald
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