June 19, 2022 Father's Day and Juneteenth

June 19, 2022 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Father’s Day & Juneteenth 
Legacy – Then and Now by CLM Twinkle Gordon
Special Music by The MetroGnomes and also by Dr. Cynthia Hibbetts
 
 
Greeting                    
Dominick Nors
 
Prelude
The Old-Fashioned Meeting
Herbert Buffun
Arr. Woody Woods
MetroGnomes

*Call to Worship       
June Cornish

Leader: For bittersweet memories…For hearts yet unhealed.
People: The balm of Compassion…The Touch of God's Love.
Leader: By His stripes, we are healed.
People: By His Love we are free.
Leader: This is the day the Lord has made.
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
 
*Gathering Song       
Lead Me Lord          
UMH #473
WORDS: Psalm 5:8; 4:8
 
Lead me, Lord, lead me in thy righteousness; make Thy way plain before my face. For it is Thou, Lord, Thou, Lord only, that makest me dwell in safety.
 
Moment for Missions
Mission Medical Center          
Georg Gehrung
 
Mystery Box             
Meagan
 
Invitation to Prayer               
CLM Twinkle Gordon
 
Prayer Song   
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying        
TFWS #2193
WORDS: Ken Medema
MUSIC: Ken Medema
© 1973 Hope Publishing Co.
 
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.
 
Holy Spirit Prayer, Silent Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer     
CLM Twinkle Gordon

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 to 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. 
 
Prayer Response        
Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying       
TFWS #2193
WORDS: Ken Medema
MUSIC: Ken Medema
© 1973 Hope Publishing Co.
 
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.
 
Invitation to Offering                      
June Cornish

Offertory        
Yes Indeed         
Melvin “Sy” Oliver
Arr. Earl Moon
MetroGnomes

Prayer of Thanks & Dedication                 
CLM Twinkle Gordon

*Doxology    
Praise God from Whom 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!
 
Scripture Reading     
Psalm 86:11-17 (The Message)            
June Cornish
 
Train me, God, to walk straight;
then I’ll follow your true path.
Put me together, one heart and mind;
then, undivided, I’ll worship in joyful fear.
From the bottom of my heart I thank you, dear Lord;
I’ve never kept secret what you’re up to.
You’ve always been great toward me—what love!
You snatched me from the brink of disaster!
God, these bullies have reared their heads!
A gang of thugs is after me—
and they don’t care a thing about you.
But you, O God, are both tender and kind,
not easily angered, immense in love,
and you never, never quit.
So look me in the eye and show kindness,
give your servant the strength to go on,
save your dear, dear child!
Make a show of how much you love me
so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed,
As you, God, gently and powerfully
put me back on my feet.
 
Special Music           
Dr. Cynthia Hibbetts
 
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.
And if there is anything that is not of Thee, may it fall to the floor and not be heard. Amen
Psalm 19:14
 
Message         
Legacy—Then & Now    
CLM Twinkle Gordon
 
*Statement of Faith
John 3:16        
Rachel Ford
 
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
 
*Sending Hymn
Children of the Heavenly Father      
vs. 1, 2, 4 UMH #141
WORDS: Caroline V. Sandell-Berg, 1855; trans. by Ernst W. Olson, 1925
Trans. © 1925, renewed 1953 Augsburg/Fortress
 
1. Children of the heavenly Father safely in his bosom gather; nestling bird nor star in heaven
such a refuge e’er was given.
 
2. God his own doth tend and nourish; in his holy courts they flourish; from all evil
things he spares them, in his mighty arms he bears them.
 
4. Though he giveth or he taketh, God his children ne’er forsaketh; his the loving purpose solely to preserve them pure and holy.
 
Announcements       
Rachel Ford
 
Benediction   
Irish Blessing    
Trad. Arr. Don Gray
MetroGnomes

Postlude        
Turn Around and Look at Me      
Video
 
Acknowledgements: All music used by permission. CCLI & CVLI #2706588