May 25, 2025 Personal Devotion: Deepening Our Journey

The Christian Healing Network dba Mission Medical Center was established in 2004 by a group of church leaders who noticed a lack in available health services for people that were uninsured. MMC operates with only 2 full time employees, 3 part time employees, and over 65 active and extremely loyal volunteers, 24 of which are healthcare providers who regularly see patients. Last year, we saw nearly 600 patients and provided $192,000 in free medical visits.

Our primary care clinic is our busiest clinic and is open Monday through Thursday from 9am to 4pm. We offer hour-long appointment times so our providers can spend time getting to know the patient, adequately treat their concerns, and offer spiritual care services as needed and/or requested. Through our primary care program, we offer free laboratory testing to our patients through our partnerships with Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp. We work with Colorado Springs Imaging to obtain x-rays and CTs when we need them for our patients. We have a small in-house lab and can run a few tests right in the office, including hemoglobin a1c, glucose, and UA testing.

MMC also has a fully operational dental clinic with 7 volunteer dentists, 4 dental assistants and a dental hygienist. We have dental x-ray machines, including a panoramic x-ray machine. We perform deep cleanings, fillings, extractions, and extensive oral hygiene education. Lastly, MMC has a Spiritual Care Center staffed with volunteer chaplains. We believe faith and medicine working together improves the lives of patients.

May 25, 2025 9:30 am Worship Service

Gathering
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts

Welcome
Rev. David Petty

Crossing the Threshold

Call to Worship
Jackie Fletcher

Leader: Let the Creator be home among us

People: In our hearts, may God be welcome

Leader: May God’s love shape our every thought

People: May our actions lead to God’s justice

Leader: May our words be words of life

People: May God’s Spirit lead us

Leader: May God’s peace dwell within us

All: Amen.

*Opening Hymn
Be Thou My Vision
UMH #451
WORDS: Ancient Irish; trans. by Mary E. Byrne, 1905; versed by Eleanor H. Hull, 1912, alt.
Alt. © 1989 The United Methodist Publishing House
 
1. Be thou my vision,
O Lord of my heart;
naught be all else to me,
save that thou art.
 
Thou my best thought,
by day or by night,
waking or sleeping,
thy presence my light.
 
2. Be thou my wisdom,
and thou my true word;
I ever with thee
and thou with me, Lord;
 
thou and thou only,
first in my heart,
great God of heaven,
my treasure thou art.
 
3. Great God of heaven,
my victory won,
may I reach heaven’s joys,
O bright heaven’s Sun!
 
Heart of my own heart,
whatever befall,
still be my vision,
O Ruler of all.
 
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box

Scripture Reading
John 14:23-29
Jackie Fletcher

Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.

“I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it occurs, so that when it does occur you may believe.

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.

Scripture Reading
Acts 16:9-15
Jackie Fletcher

During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” When he had seen the vision, we immediately tried to cross over to Macedonia, being convinced that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. We therefore set sail from Troas and took a straight course to Samothrace, the following day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We remained in this city for some days. On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there. A certain woman named Lydia, a worshiper of God, was listening to us; she was from the city of Thyatira and a dealer in purple cloth. The Lord opened her heart to listen eagerly to what was said by Paul. When she and her household were baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come and stay at my home.” And she prevailed upon us.

Message
Personal Devotion: Deepening Our Journey
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Giving Back

Invitation to Offering
Jackie Fletcher

Offertory
Sanctuary Choir

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!

Come Away with Me
TFWS #2202
WORDS: Mary Nelson Keithahn  MUSIC: John D. Horman
© 1997 Abingdon Press, admin. by The Copyright Co.
1. Come away with me
to a quiet place,
apart from the world
with its frantic pace,
to pray, reflect,
and seek God’s grace.
Come away with me.
Come away.
 
2. Come and pray with me
on a gentle sea,
on top of a hill
in the Galilee,
in gardens like
Gethsemane.
Come away with me.
Come away.
 
3. Come today with thoughts
of the countless ways
that God’s steadfast love
blesses all our days,
and join with me
in silent praise.
Come away with me.
Come away.
 
4. Come and say, in words
whispered from your soul,
the feelings and actions
you can’t control.
Your spirit needs
to be made whole.
Come away with me.
Come away.
 
5. Come away with me
to a quiet place,
to God’s loving arms
waiting to embrace
all those who come
in hope of grace.
Come away with me.
Come away.
 
*Benediction
Pastor Donnie Sturgill

Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts