May 24, 2026 Pentecost

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.

Resurrection Story: Transformed
Pentecost Sunday
?️ Gathering at the Gate ?️
Prelude
Cynthia Hibbetts
 
Welcome
Rev. David Petty
 
The Collective Story of Resurrection
Threshold Moment
 
Leader: The Spirit is alive and moves among us as it did in the early church! We come to the end of our series, “Resurrection Stories,” in which we have celebrated that new life is possible, that transformation can happen no matter how dead we have felt inside or how difficult our circumstances might be. Today we will commit ourselves to some important and concrete goals for our mission in the world. We are a church called to mobilize to alleviate suffering and proclaim resurrection hope through the power of the Holy Spirit!
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:  They were all gathered in one place…
CLM Twinkle Gordon: We have learned that stories of resurrection are best witnessed in community.
 
Rev. David Petty: From heaven there came the rush of a wind
and it filled that place where they were.
CLM Twinkle Gordon: The wind of the Spirit has been blowing among us.
Holy Spirit, you are welcome here!
 
Rev. David Petty: Flames appeared and rested upon each of them,
as their hearts burned with love.
CLM Twinkle Gordon: We have witnessed God’s refining fire, changing lives and renewing hope.
 
Rev. David Petty: They were speaking different languages but each could understand the other.
CLM Twinkle Gordon: Pain, suffering, as well as love and comfort are universal languages.
 
Rev. David Petty: Some thought they were filled with new wine.
CLM Twinkle Gordon: It is possible to feel joy beyond comprehension when just one life is saved, when just one soul transforms.
 
Rev. David Petty: But Peter reminded them of the words of the prophet Joel:
“I will pour out my spirit on all people!”
All: We believe the Spirit will revive us and we will dream dreams again
and envision a better world for all people.
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 Acts 2: 1-21
Hymn
Spirit of God
TFWS #2117
WORDS: Steve Garnaas-Holmes (Gen. 1:2; Matt. 3:16-17; Luke 3:22; Acts 2:1-4)
MUSIC: Steve Garnaas-Holmes
© 1987 Steve Garnaas-Holmes
 
1. Spirit of God, bright Wind,
breath that bids life begin,
blow as you always do;
create us anew.
 
Give us the breath to sing,
lifted on soaring wing,
held in your hands,
borne on your wings.
 
Refrain
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
 
2. Spirit of God, bright Dove,
grant us your
peace and love,
healing upon your wings
for all living things.
 
For when we live your peace,
 captives will find release,
held in your hands,
borne on your wings.
 
Refrain
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
 
3. Spirit of God, bright Hands,
even in far-off lands
you hold all
the human race
in one warm embrace.
 
No matter where we go,
you hold us together so,
 held in your hands.
borne on your wings.
 
Refrain
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
 
4. Spirit of God, bright Flame,
send us in your holy name,
the power to heal,
to share
your love everywhere.
 
We cannot fail or fall,
or know defeat at all,
held in your hands,
borne on your wings.
 
Refrain
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
 
5. Spirit of God in all,
 we gladly hear your call,
the life in our
hands that sings,
the power of your wings.
 
Born of your grace we rise,
 love shining in our eyes,
 held in your hands,
borne on your wings.
 
Refrain
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
Alleluia!
Come, Spirit, come!
 
Announcement/Passing of the Peace
Mystery Box

?️ Proclaiming Transformation ?️
 
Notes on Transformation
Reading and Anthem/Song
 
Reader: I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship. Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.
Let love be genuine; hate what is evil; hold fast to what is good; love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lag in zeal; be ardent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; persevere in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints; pursue hospitality to strangers.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another; do not be arrogant, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
 – Romans 12: 1-16
A Story of Transformation: The Keys to the Kin-dom
Matthew 16: 13-20
 
Reader: Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but others Elijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
 
 
Testimony to Transformation
Rev. David Petty
 
?️ Responding to Transformation ?️
 
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

?️Opportunities to Live Resurrected?️
Invitation to Offering
CLM Twinkle Gordon
Offering
Sanctuary Choir
 
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!

?️ Unlocking Transformation ?️
Hymn
Hymn of Promise
UMH #707
WORDS: Natalie Sleeth, 1986
© 1986 Hope Publishing Co.
 
1. In the bulb
there is a flower;
in the seed, an apple tree;
in cocoons,
a hidden promise:
butterflies will soon be free!
 
In the cold
and snow of winter
there’s a spring
that waits to be,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
 
2. There’s a song
in every silence,
seeking word and melody;
there’s a dawn
in every darkness,
bringing hope to you and me.
 
From the past
will come the future;
what it holds,
a mystery,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.
 
3. In the end
is our beginning;
in our time, infinity;
in our doubt
there is believing;
in our life, eternity.
 
In our death,
a resurrection;
at the last, a victory,
unrevealed until its season,
something God alone can see.

Benediction
Rev. David Petty

Whatever binds you, whatever locks you up,
whatever needs a turn-around in your life,
can be transformed,
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,
extending life-energy in all the ways you discover you can,
for yourself, for others, for the world.
And may the God who created you to be transformed into new life,
the Christ who showed you what resurrection 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