July 5, 2026

July Mission - Ronald McDonald House & Family Room

We provide essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

In support of our mission, the RMHCSC cornerstone programs are the Ronald McDonald House® and Ronald McDonald Family Room® (located in Children’s Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs).
Our core values provide the foundation for decision-making and building for the future.
· We lead with compassion
· We are deeply respectful
· We act with integrity

We are firmly committed
Our vision is a world where every family has what they need to ensure the best health outcomes for their children.

Our purpose is to care for families with children who are ill or injured.

Non-Discrimination Statement

As our core values affirm, we commit to aligning our culture, business practices and the services we provide to be a beacon of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging for all people.

The doors to our Ronald McDonald House® remain open for all seriously ill, hospitalized children and their families, ensuring they are together during a time of medical crisis. Just as accidents, injury and illness are the great levelers, so are dignity, kindness and equity.

As a temporary home-away-from-home, families stay within steps and eyesight of their sick child. All races, colors, religions, national origins, genders, ages, sexual orientations, gender identification, gender variances, marital status, military status and/or physical or mental disabilities are welcome in the “House that Love Built”.

July 5, 2026 9:30 am Worship Service

Gathering

Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts

Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Crossing the Threshold

Call to Worship
CLM Twinkle Gordon
 
Leader: Come as we hear once again the stories of Jesus, the story of frightened disciples, and a raging storm.

People: We come seeking the peace that only Christ can give.
 
Leader: Whether the waters are calm or the winds are strong, Christ is with us. This is the day that the Lord has made

People: We will rejoice and be glad in it!
 
Threshold Song
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
v. 1-2 UMH #277
 
WORDS: William H. Parker, 1885
(Mt. 19:13-15; 21:8-9; Mk. 10:13-16; 11:8-10; Jn. 12:13) 
 
1. Tell me the
stories of Jesus
I love to hear;
things I would ask
him to tell me
if he were here:
 
scenes by the wayside,
tales of the sea,
stories of Jesus,
tell them to me.
 
2. First let me hear
how the children
stood round his knee,
and I shall fancy
his blessing
resting on me;
 
words full of kindness,
deeds full of grace,
all in the lovelight
of Jesus’ face.
 
*Hymn
Do, Lord, Remember Me
UMH #527
WORDS: African American spiritual (Lk. 23:42)
 
1. Do, Lord, do, Lord,
do, Lord, remember me;
(have mercy)
do, Lord, do Lord,
do, Lord, remember me;
(sing the song, children)
 
do, Lord, do, Lord,
do, Lord, remember me;
singing do, Lord,
remember me. (oh glory)
 
2. I took Jesus as my Savior,
do, Lord, remember me;
(have mercy)
I took Jesus as my Savior,
do, Lord, remember me;
(sing the song, children)
 
I took Jesus
as my Savior,
do, Lord, remember me;
singing do, Lord,
remember me. (oh glory)
 
3. When I’m in trouble,
do, Lord, remember me;
(have mercy)
when I’m in trouble,
do, Lord, remember me;
(sing the song, children)
 
when I’m in trouble,
do, Lord, remember me;
singing do, Lord,
remember me. (oh glory)
 
4. When I am dying,
do, Lord, remember me;
(have mercy)
when I am dying,
do, Lord, remember me;
(sing the song, children)
 
when I am dying,
do, Lord, remember me;
singing do, Lord,
remember me. (oh glory)
 
5. I got a home in gloryland,
that outshines the sun;
(have mercy)
 I got a home in gloryland,
that outshines the sun;
(sing the song, children)
 
I got a home
in gloryland,
that outshines the sun;
singing do, Lord,
remember me. (oh glory)
 
*Hymn
Be Still My Soul
UMH #534
WORDS: Katharine von Schlegel, 1752;
trans. by Jane Borthwick, 1855 (Ps. 46:10) 
 
1. Be still, my soul:
the Lord is on your side.
Bear patiently
the cross of grief and pain;
 
leave to your God
to order and provide;
in every change
God faithful will remain.
 
Be still, my soul:
your best,
your heavenly friend
through thorny ways
leads to a joyful end.
 
2. Be still, my soul:
your God will undertake
to guide the future,
as in ages past.
 
Your hope,
your confidence
let nothing shake;
all now mysterious
shall be bright at last.
 
Be still, my soul:
the waves and
winds still know
the Christ who ruled
them while he dwelt below.
 
3. Be still, my soul:
the hour is hastening on
when we shall be
forever with the Lord,
 
when disappointment,
grief, and fear are gone,
sorrow forgot,
love’s purest joys restored.
 
Be still, my soul:
when change and
tears are past,
all safe and blessed
we shall meet at last.
 
*Announcements/Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box

Prayer
 
Prayer Song
Spirit of the Living God
UMH #393
WORDS: Daniel Iverson, 1926 (Acts 11:15) 
© 1938, renewal © 1963 Birdwing Music

Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
 
Melt me, mold me,
fill me, use me.
Spirit of the living God,
fall afresh on me.
 
Pastoral Prayer, Silent Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Pastor David Petty
 
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

Invitation to Offering
CLM Twinkle Gordon

Offering

Doxology
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
 
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!

Scripture Reading
Mark 4:35-41
CLM Twinkle Gordon

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Prayer for Illumination
Leader: May the words of my mouth,
People: and the meditations of all of our hearts
All: be acceptable in your sight, O Lord our rock and our redeemer.
Psalm 19:14

Message
Jesus Meets Us In Fear & Need:
Teacher
Rev. David Petty

Communion

Pastor: The Lord be with you.

People: And also with you.

Pastor: Lift up your hearts. The pastor may lift hands and keep them raised.

People: We lift them up to the Lord.

Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

People: It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Pastor: It is right, and a good and joyful thing,
always and everywhere to give thanks to you,
Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth.
You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life.
When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast.
You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God,
brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey,
and set before us the way of life.
And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven
we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
 
People: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Pastor: Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ.
By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your Church,
delivered us from slavery to sin and death,
and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit.
By your great mercy we have been born anew
to a living hope through the resurrection of your Son from the dead
and to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading.
Once we were no people, but now we are your people,
declaring your wonderful deeds in Christ,
who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light.
When the Lord Jesus ascended, he promised to be with us always,
in the power of your Word and Holy Spirit.
On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread,
gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said:
"Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you.
Do this in remembrance of me."
When the supper was over he took the cup,
gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said:
"Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
On the day you raised him from the dead
he was recognized by his disciples in the breaking of the bread, and in the power of your Holy Spirit your Church has continued in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the cup.
And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.
 
People: Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.

Pastor: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here,
and on these gifts of bread and wine.
Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ,
that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood.
By your Spirit make us one with Christ,
one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes and we feast at his heavenly banquet.
Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church,
all honor and glory is yours, almighty God, now and for ever.
 
All: Amen.

*Closing Hymn
There Is No Christ In East or West
UMH #548
 
1. In Christ there is
no east or west,
in Him no south or north;
 
but one great
fellowship of love
throughout the
whole wide earth.
 
2. In Christ shall true
hearts everywhere
their high
communion find;
 
His service is
the golden cord
close binding humankind.
 
3. In Christ is neither
Jew nor Greek,
and neither slave nor free;
 
both male and female
heirs are made,
and all are kin to me.
 
4. In Christ now meet
both east and west,
in Him meet
south and north;
 
all Christly souls
are one in Him
throughout the whole
wide earth.
 
*Benediction
Rev. David Petty

Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts