June 29, 2025

Crossfire:faith+gaming is an online ministry (and now a series of in-person summer camps) meant to reach nerds, geeks, and gamers of all ages. Crossfire's online community gathers weekly in an online voice chat and throughout the week in text chats on a Discord* server. Crossfire also produces a podcast, YouTube channel, and live-streaming Twitch.tv* channel. The goal of Crossfire is to help reach generations of people who have felt left out of the church and this ministry often reaches people who have left the church due to church hurt or not feeling like they belong.

In 2023, Crossfire expanded its ministries to include an in-person Summer Day Camp. Now, in 2025, this camp will cover multiple sessions across the front range of Colorado and two cities in Montana. Crossfire Camp is not your typical camp. Crossfire is a whole new camp for a whole new generation of camper. At Crossfire Camp, the kids play games, explore their nerdy side, deepen their faith, and explore the place where faith and pop-culture combine.

As a new ministry reaching an unreached group of people, Crossfire relies mostly on the generous donations of organizations, churches, and individuals to make its ministries possible. Thank you for supporting this vital ministry and supporting the discipleship journeys of youth and young people in your region.

June 29, 2025  9:30 am Worship Service

Gathering

Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts

Welcome
Rev. David Petty

Crossing the Threshold

Call to Worship
Rev. David Petty

Leader: Jesus teaches us, “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” But who are the others?

People: Our enemies and friends, family and strangers.

Leader: Jesus teaches us, “Be merciful as your Father is merciful.” But what is mercy?

People: To act with compassion, to help without expecting anything in return.

Leader: Jesus teaches us, “Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” But how do we forgive?

People: By recognizing enemies, friends, family, strangers, and ourselves as people in need of compassion.

Leader: Let us worship God, who loves us and empowers us to love one another with mercy and compassion.

All: Come, let us worship! Thanks be to God! Amen.

*Opening Hymn
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
UMH #110
 
1. A mighty fortress
is our God,
a bulwark never failing;
our helper he amid the flood
of mortal ills prevailing.
 
For still our ancient foe
doth seek to work us woe;
his craft and
power are great,
and armed with cruel hate,
on earth is not his equal.
 
2. Did we in our own
strength confide,
our striving would be losing,
were not the right man
on our side,
the man of God’s
own choosing.
 
Dost ask who
that may be?
Christ Jesus, it is he;
Lord Sabaoth, his name,
from age to age the same,
and he must
win the battle.
 
3. And though this world,
with devils filled,
should threaten to undo us,
we will not fear,
for God hath willed
his truth to triumph
through us.
 
The Prince of
Darkness grim,
we tremble not for him;
his rage we can endure,
for lo, his doom is sure;
one little word
shall fell him.
 
4. That word above
all earthly powers,
no thanks to them, abideth;
the Spirit and
the gifts are ours,
thru him who
with us sideth.
 
Let goods and kindred go,
this mortal life also;
the body they may kill;
God’s truth abideth still;
his kingdom is forever.
 
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Scripture Reading
Isaiah 11:1-3, 5-9
Rev. David Petty

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,

Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.
The wolf shall live with the lamb;
the leopard shall lie down with the kid;
the calf and the lion will feed[a] together,
and a little child shall lead them.
The cow and the bear shall graze;
their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.
They will not hurt or destroy
on all my holy mountain,
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord
as the waters cover the sea.

Prayer Song
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
TFWS #2193
 
Lord, listen to your
children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit
in this place;

Lord, listen to your
children praying,
send us love,
send us power,
send us grace.

Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

The Lord’s Prayer
     
Our Father
who art in heaven,
hallowed be Thy Name;
 
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth
as it is in heaven.
 
Give us this day
our daily bread,
and forgive us
our trespasses,
 
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.
Lead us not
into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
 
For Thine is the Kingdom,
and the Power
and the Glory forever.
Amen

Prayer Song
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
TFWS #2193
 
Lord, listen to your 
children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit
in this place;

Lord, listen to your 
children praying,
send us love,
send us power, 
send us grace.

Luke 6:27-36
Rev. David Petty

 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies; do good to those who hate you; bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who asks of you, and if anyone takes away what is yours, do not ask for it back again. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive payment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. Instead, love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Hymn
Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
UMH #402
 
1. Lord, I want to
be a Christian
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want to be a Christian
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
In my heart, (in my heart)
in my heart, (in my heart)
Lord, I want
to be a Christian
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
2. Lord, I want
to be more loving
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want
 to be more loving
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
In my heart, (in my heart)
in my heart, (in my heart)
Lord, I want
 to be more loving
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
3. Lord, I want
to be more holy
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want
 to be more holy
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
In my heart, (in my heart)
in my heart, (in my heart)
Lord, I want
 to be more holy
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
4. Lord, I want
to be like Jesus
in my heart, in my heart;
Lord, I want
 to be like Jesus
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
In my heart, (in my heart)
in my heart, (in my heart)
Lord, I want
 to be like Jesus
in my heart. (in my heart)
 
Message
Love Like God
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Giving Back

Invitation to Offering
Rev. David Petty

Offertory

Prayer of Thanksgiving
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Doxology
Praise God from Who All Blessings Flow
UMH #94
 
Praise God, from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God, all creatures
here below: Alleluia! Alleluia!
 
Praise God, the source
of all our gifts!
Praise Jesus Christ,
whose power uplifts!
 
Praise the Spirit,
Holy Spirit!
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Alleluia!

This Is a Day of New Beginnings
UMH #383
 
1. This is a day
of new beginnings,
time to remember
and move on,
 
time to believe
what love is bringing,
laying to rest
the pain that’s gone.
 
2. For by the life
and death of Jesus,
God’s mighty Spirit,
now as then,
 
can make for us
a world of difference,
as faith and hope
are born again.
 
3. Then let us,
with the Spirit daring,
step from the past
and leave behind
 
our disappointments,
guilt, and grieving,
seeking new paths,
and sure to find.
 
4. Christ is alive,
and goes before us
to show and share
what love can do.
 
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.
 
5. In faith we’ll gather
round the table
to taste and share
what love can do.
 
This is a day
of new beginnings;
our God is making
all things new.

*Benediction
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts