February 1, 2026

February's Mission focus is TESSA. TESSA was founded on January 1,1977. TESSA offers confidential support and services for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking and their children through a number of services. TESSA staff provide help in crisis situations through a Safe Line. Works with victims to create safety plans and connects victims with other community services. TESSA's Safehouse provides shelter, food, case management, housing assistance, counseling and support to female survivors and their children. The TESSA Team helps victims navigate the criminal justice system, provides legal assistance and connects victims with community resources. TESSA team members provide counseling, case management, support groups and fun group activities for kids both in and out of the TESSA Safehouse. Finally, TESSA Therapists provide individual and group psychotherapy, as well as the therapeutic support groups for domestic violence and sexual assault victims.

February 1, 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, gather as Christians, gather as United Methodists
People: We come from many places, but all worship the same Lord
Leader: Come, gather in and sit at Christ's table
People: The table of Jesus is big enough for all of us.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made.
People: We shall rejoice and be glad in it!

*Worship Hymn
The Church’s One Foundation
1, 3, 5 UMH #545
 
1. The church’s one foundation
is Jesus Christ her Lord;
she is his new creation
by water and the Word.
 
From heaven he
came and sought her
to be his holy bride;
with his own blood
he bought her,
and for her life he died.
 
3. Though with a
scornful wonder
we see her
sore oppressed,
by schisms rent asunder,
by heresies distressed,
 
yet saints their
watch are keeping;
their cry goes up, “How long?”
And soon the
night of weeping
shall be the morn of song.
 
5. Yet she on
earth hath union
with God the Three in One,
and mystic
sweet communion
with those whose rest is won.
 
O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we
like them,
the meek and lowly,
on high may
dwell with thee.

*Opening Hymn
The Old Rugged Cross
v. 1-2 UMH #504
WORDS: George Bennard, 1913 (1 Cor. 1:22-25)
 
1. On a hill far away
stood an old rugged cross,
the emblem of
suffering and shame;
 
and I love that old cross
where the dearest
and best
for a world of lost
sinners was slain.
 
Refrain
So I’ll cherish
the old rugged cross,
                   (cross,           the  old rugged cross,)
till my trophies
at last I lay down;
 
I will cling to the
old rugged cross,
                 (cross,               the old rugged cross,)
and exchange it
some day for a crown.
 
2. O that old rugged cross,
so despised by the world,
has a wondrous
attraction for me;
 
for the dear
Lamb of God
left his glory above
to bear it
to dark Calvary.
 
Refrain
So I’ll cherish
the old rugged cross,
                   (cross,           the  old rugged cross,)
till my trophies
at last I lay down;
 
I will cling to the
old rugged cross,
                 (cross,               the old rugged cross,)
and exchange it
some day for a crown.
 
*Greet Your Neighbor – Passing the Peace of Christ

Mystery Box

Prayer Song
Blessed Assurance
UMH #369
WORDS: Fanny J. Crosby, 1873
 
1. Blessed assurance,
Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste
of glory divine!
 
Heir of salvation,
purchase of God,
born of his Spirit,
washed in his blood.
 
Refrain
This is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior
all the day long;
 
this is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior
all the day long.

Prayers
Rev. David Petty

Silent Prayer
 
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

Offertory

Prayer of Thanksgiving
Rev. David Petty
 
*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!

Scripture Reading
Micah 6:1-8
CLM Twinkle Gordon

Hear what the Lord says:
Rise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear your voice.
2 Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has a case against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 “O my people, what have I done to you?
In what have I wearied you? Answer me!
4 For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.

5 O my people, remember now what King Balak of Moab devised,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.”
6 “With what shall I come before the Lord
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
8 He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
and to walk humbly with your God?

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
Christ and the Spirit: A Methodist Visual Theology
Rev. David Petty

Communion

*Closing Hymn/Song
 
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.

*Benediction
Rev. David Petty

*Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts