May 10, 2026
Liturgy
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.
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.
Gathering
Resurrection Story: Liberated
Sixth Week of Easter
?️ Gathering at the Gate ?️
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Moment for Missions
Dr. Rev. Joseph
The Collective Story of Resurrection
Threshold Moment
Rev. David Petty: This country is made up of so many who escaped to the “promised land” from oppressive regimes. Throughout history, people have had to flee situations of horror. Even within our country and in our own time, there are those who live with oppression and fear. We seek to widen our understanding of what we must do to continue to work for liberation on so many fronts.
Rise up in us and we will rise
From death into a newfound life:
From bondage freed, from harm released,
From illness healed, as one in peace.
When all is lost our hearts are warmed,
Our hope restored, our lives transformed.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Rev. David Petty: Jesus made a charcoal fire to make breakfast,
and Jesus beckoned the disciples to bring some of their fresh-caught fish.
Jackie Fletcher: Abundance is meant to be shared. Jesus shows us how to serve and care.
Rev. David Petty: Jesus said, “Come and have breakfast” giving bread and fish to each disciple.
Jackie Fletcher: In our fear of scarcity, we sometimes are hesitant to share,
but Jesus shows us how.
Rev. David Petty: After offering sustenance to the weary disciples, Jesus turned to Simon Peter and asked: “Do you love me?” Peter said, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said: “Feed my lambs.”
Jackie Fletcher: Often we discover the love language of our faith by sharing with others.
Rev. David Petty: A second time, Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Peter said, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said: “Tend my sheep.”
Jackie Fletcher: We can grow in faith by caring for others.
Rev. David Petty: A third time, Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Peter felt hurt at the repeated request and said, “Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said: “Feed my sheep.”
Jackie Fletcher: We are called to feed and tend to the needs of all people, especially those in need of liberation from hunger and oppression.
Rev. David Petty: Jesus reminded the disciples that we all will need help at times in our lives. Then, Jesus said, “Follow me.”
All: We open our hearts and hands and resources to make better the circumstances of all people for living and thriving.
Rev. David Petty: This is a Word of Hope for the people who long for it.
All: Thanks be to the Living Word.
– based on John 21:9-19
Opening Hymn/Song
Here I Am Lord
UMH #593
WORDS: Dan Schutte, 1981 (Is. 6:8)
© 1981, 1983, 1989 Daniel L. Schutte and NALR
1. I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in
dark and sin
my hand will save.
I who made the
stars of night,
I will make their
darkness bright.
Who will bear my
light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if You lead me.
I will hold
Your people in my heart.
2. I, the Lord of
snow and rain,
I have borne
my people’s pain.
I have wept for
love of them.
They turn away.
I will break
their hearts of stone,
give them hearts
for love alone.
I will speak my
word to them.
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if you lead me.
I will hold
your people in my heart.
3. I, the Lord
of wind and flame,
I will tend the
poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.
Finest bread
I will provide
till their hearts
are satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if you lead me.
I will hold
your people in my heart.
Announcements/The Key to Peace
Mystery Box
Sixth Week of Easter
?️ Gathering at the Gate ?️
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
Moment for Missions
Dr. Rev. Joseph
The Collective Story of Resurrection
Threshold Moment
Rev. David Petty: This country is made up of so many who escaped to the “promised land” from oppressive regimes. Throughout history, people have had to flee situations of horror. Even within our country and in our own time, there are those who live with oppression and fear. We seek to widen our understanding of what we must do to continue to work for liberation on so many fronts.
Rise up in us and we will rise
From death into a newfound life:
From bondage freed, from harm released,
From illness healed, as one in peace.
When all is lost our hearts are warmed,
Our hope restored, our lives transformed.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Rev. David Petty: Jesus made a charcoal fire to make breakfast,
and Jesus beckoned the disciples to bring some of their fresh-caught fish.
Jackie Fletcher: Abundance is meant to be shared. Jesus shows us how to serve and care.
Rev. David Petty: Jesus said, “Come and have breakfast” giving bread and fish to each disciple.
Jackie Fletcher: In our fear of scarcity, we sometimes are hesitant to share,
but Jesus shows us how.
Rev. David Petty: After offering sustenance to the weary disciples, Jesus turned to Simon Peter and asked: “Do you love me?” Peter said, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said: “Feed my lambs.”
Jackie Fletcher: Often we discover the love language of our faith by sharing with others.
Rev. David Petty: A second time, Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Peter said, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said: “Tend my sheep.”
Jackie Fletcher: We can grow in faith by caring for others.
Rev. David Petty: A third time, Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Peter felt hurt at the repeated request and said, “Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said: “Feed my sheep.”
Jackie Fletcher: We are called to feed and tend to the needs of all people, especially those in need of liberation from hunger and oppression.
Rev. David Petty: Jesus reminded the disciples that we all will need help at times in our lives. Then, Jesus said, “Follow me.”
All: We open our hearts and hands and resources to make better the circumstances of all people for living and thriving.
Rev. David Petty: This is a Word of Hope for the people who long for it.
All: Thanks be to the Living Word.
– based on John 21:9-19
Opening Hymn/Song
Here I Am Lord
UMH #593
WORDS: Dan Schutte, 1981 (Is. 6:8)
© 1981, 1983, 1989 Daniel L. Schutte and NALR
1. I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard my people cry.
All who dwell in
dark and sin
my hand will save.
I who made the
stars of night,
I will make their
darkness bright.
Who will bear my
light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if You lead me.
I will hold
Your people in my heart.
2. I, the Lord of
snow and rain,
I have borne
my people’s pain.
I have wept for
love of them.
They turn away.
I will break
their hearts of stone,
give them hearts
for love alone.
I will speak my
word to them.
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if you lead me.
I will hold
your people in my heart.
3. I, the Lord
of wind and flame,
I will tend the
poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them.
My hand will save.
Finest bread
I will provide
till their hearts
are satisfied.
I will give my life to them.
Whom shall I send?
Refrain
Here I am, Lord.
Is it I, Lord?
I have heard you
calling in the night.
I will go, Lord,
if you lead me.
I will hold
your people in my heart.
Announcements/The Key to Peace
Mystery Box
Proclaiming
?️ Proclaiming Liberty ?️
Notes on Liberation
Jackie Fletcher
Reader: Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.
When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
the Lord opens the eyes of those who cannot see.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the strangers;
the Lord upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked the Lord brings to ruin.
The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!
– Psalm 146
A Story of Liberation: God Hears the Cry
Exodus 3: 1-15
Reader: Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.” When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then God said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” God said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” God said, “I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” God said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:
This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.
Testimony to Liberation
Rev. David Petty
?️ Responding to Liberation ?️
Prayers of the People
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
Notes on Liberation
Jackie Fletcher
Reader: Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.
When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.
Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
the Lord opens the eyes of those who cannot see.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
The Lord watches over the strangers;
the Lord upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked the Lord brings to ruin.
The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord!
– Psalm 146
A Story of Liberation: God Hears the Cry
Exodus 3: 1-15
Reader: Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness and came to Mount Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight and see why the bush is not burned up.” When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then God said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” God said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Then the Lord said, “I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. Now go, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” God said, “I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” God said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:
This is my name forever, and this my title for all generations.
Testimony to Liberation
Rev. David Petty
?️ Responding to Liberation ?️
Prayers of the People
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
Offertory
?️Opportunities to Live Resurrected ?️
Offertory
Jackie Fletcher
Offering
We Are God’s People
Johannes Brahms Arr. Howard Stevenson
Sanctuary Choir
Doxology
Praise God from Whom All Blessing 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!
Offertory
Jackie Fletcher
Offering
We Are God’s People
Johannes Brahms Arr. Howard Stevenson
Sanctuary Choir
Doxology
Praise God from Whom All Blessing 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!
Sending
?️ Unlocking Liberty ?️
Hymn
We Shall Overcome
UMH #533
WORDS: African American spiritual
1. We shall overcome,
we shall overcome,
we shall overcome
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall overcome
someday!
2. We’ll walk hand in hand,
we’ll walk hand in hand,
we’ll walk hand in hand
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we’ll walk hand in hand
someday!
3. We shall all be free,
we shall all be free,
we shall all be free
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall all be free
someday!
4. We shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall live in peace
someday!
5. The Lord will see us through,
the Lord will see us through,
the Lord will see us through
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
the Lord will see us through
someday!
Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Whatever binds you, whatever locks you up,
whatever makes you feel backed into a corner,
whatever prevents you from fully expressing your spirit
can be wiped clean…
… for we believe our stories can be rewritten each and every day.
We know it isn’t this easy or quick, but let this be a vision of your life resurrected.
And now, may you go into the world,
proclaiming liberty in all the ways you discover you can,
for yourself, for others, for the world.
And may the God who created you to be unrestrained in your joy
and unabashed with your love for others,
the Christ who showed you what liberation looks like,
and the Spirit who is transforming your life even now,
be with you now and evermore.
Amen.
Rise up in us and we will rise
From death into a newfound life:
From bondage freed, from harm released,
From illness healed, as one in peace.
When all is lost our hearts are warmed,
Our hope restored, our lives transformed.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
Hymn
We Shall Overcome
UMH #533
WORDS: African American spiritual
1. We shall overcome,
we shall overcome,
we shall overcome
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall overcome
someday!
2. We’ll walk hand in hand,
we’ll walk hand in hand,
we’ll walk hand in hand
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we’ll walk hand in hand
someday!
3. We shall all be free,
we shall all be free,
we shall all be free
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall all be free
someday!
4. We shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace,
we shall live in peace
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
we shall live in peace
someday!
5. The Lord will see us through,
the Lord will see us through,
the Lord will see us through
someday!
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
the Lord will see us through
someday!
Benediction
Rev. David Petty
Whatever binds you, whatever locks you up,
whatever makes you feel backed into a corner,
whatever prevents you from fully expressing your spirit
can be wiped clean…
… for we believe our stories can be rewritten each and every day.
We know it isn’t this easy or quick, but let this be a vision of your life resurrected.
And now, may you go into the world,
proclaiming liberty in all the ways you discover you can,
for yourself, for others, for the world.
And may the God who created you to be unrestrained in your joy
and unabashed with your love for others,
the Christ who showed you what liberation looks like,
and the Spirit who is transforming your life even now,
be with you now and evermore.
Amen.
Rise up in us and we will rise
From death into a newfound life:
From bondage freed, from harm released,
From illness healed, as one in peace.
When all is lost our hearts are warmed,
Our hope restored, our lives transformed.
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Postlude
Cynthia Hibbetts
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