GATHERING TO PRAISE GOD Sunday, July 3, 2022

Prelude

Praise Song

Welcome

The People Gather
L: Sing praises to God, O faithful ones.
P: Give thanks and proclaim God’s holy name.
L: Weeping or joyful, mourning or dancing,
P: come as you are, for all are welcome here.
L: Open your hearts to healing, to life restored.
P: Let us worship God.

Hymn

The People Pray
Gracious God, give us rest from our labors. Give us spirits of joy and enthusiasm for the life you give us. Lift us and place us on your pathways of peace and hope, that with our lives we will witness to your redeeming love. AMEN.

Special Music

Children’s Moment

The Word of God for the People of God

Scripture
1 Kings 19:1-9
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, how he had killed all Baal’s prophets with the sword. 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this message: “May the gods do whatever they want to me if by this time tomorrow I haven’t made your life like the life of one of them.”
3 Elijah was terrified. He got up and ran for his life. He arrived at Beer-sheba in Judah and left his assistant there. 4 He himself went farther on into the desert a day’s journey. He finally sat down under a solitary broom bush. He longed for his own death: “It’s more than enough, Lord! Take my life because I’m no better than my ancestors.” 5 He lay down and slept under the solitary broom bush.
Then suddenly a messenger tapped him and said to him, “Get up! Eat something!” 6 Elijah opened his eyes and saw flatbread baked on glowing coals and a jar of water right by his head. He ate and drank, and then went back to sleep. 7 The Lord’s messenger returned a second time and tapped him. “Get up!” the messenger said. “Eat something, because you have a difficult road ahead of you.” 8 Elijah got up, ate and drank, and went refreshed by that food for forty days and nights until he arrived at Horeb, God’s mountain. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night.

Matthew 14:22-23
Right then, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side of the lake while he dismissed the crowds. 23 When he sent them away, he went up onto a mountain by himself to pray. Evening came and he was alone.

Message The Rest App

Pastoral Prayer

The People Bring Their Gifts
There are baskets in the back or use your online app

The People Come to the Table
Blessing of the Sacraments
Sharing the meal

The People Go into The World

Praise Song

Benediction

Organ Postlude

Slides