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August 2, 2026

  Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME​​​

 

SILENT PREPERATION:  Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to Him. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PRELUDE                                         “Mixolydian March”

                                                            by Michael Larkin

                                                           “Be Thou My Vision”

                                                Irish Melody arr. Philip Keveren

CHIMES

*CALL TO WORSHIP (Please join responsively)

Leader:  We gather in the name of Jesus Christ,

People: Who calls us to follow Him

Leader:  We come with open hearts, seeking His mercy and truth

People: For His grace is new every morning.

Leader:  Come, people of God

All:        Let us worship the Lord with gladness.

*HYMN                                 “Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”                              #428 (Red)

PRAYER OF INVOCATION (Unison)

Wondrous God, present with us- even when we do not know it, valuing us- when we do nor care for ourselves, and planting in us the seed of your Word, open our eyes to recognize you here: May we sense your presence next to us…May we hear your voice…May we know your touch…May we see you in one another, and in the beauty all around us…Indeed may your reality emerge deep inside each life, transforming our thoughts and our deeds, and directing our relationships – both with one another, and with all your children. Amen.

CALL TO CONFESSION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION (Unison)

Almighty God, you sent Jesus to be our Good Shepherd - To gather us together, to seek us when we are lost, and to guide us into your green pastures. Yet we have wandered from his fold and have turned away from his hand - the hand that offered us the bread and the water of life. Forgive us for seeking out our own places and means of provision and rejecting the gifts of your Good Shepherd. Help us by your Spirit to trust ourselves fully into his hands, knowing that - by Him - we will be safely lead, and abundantly fed…

SILENT PRAYER OF CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON

                                                                             

                                                                            PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

FIRST SCRIPTURE READING                      Romans 9:1-5                                           NT p. 165

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit— 2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. 4They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; 5to them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, comes the Messiah,  who is over all, God blessed for ever.c Amen.

 

                    The Word of the Lord.           Thanks be to God!

 

SECOND SCRIPTURE READING           Matthew 14:13-21                                             NT p. 16

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a deserted place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them and cured their sick. 15When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now late; send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.’ 16Jesus said to them, ‘They need not go away; you give them something to eat.’ 17They replied, ‘We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish.’ 18And he said, ‘Bring them here to me.’ 19Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20And all ate and were filled; and they took up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. 21And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

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                   This is the Word of the Lord.    Thanks be to God!

SERMON                                         “Jesus Feeds Five Thousand”

                                                                Elder Rick Baun

                                                                             

                                                                      RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD

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*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH  (Unison)                                     (The Apostles’ Creed – Traditional)

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy

Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life

everlasting. Amen.

*HYMN                                         “Love Devine, All Loves Excelling”                         #21 (Red)

THE PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD'S PRAYER

OFFERING INVITATION

OFFERTORY                                             “PianoSong”

                                                                  by Paul Halley

*DOXOLOGY                                                                                                                #382 (Red)

*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Unison)

Bountiful God, All that we can offer You stems from Your generosity. May the gifts that we return to You become a blessing for Your whole community, enriching and empowering us for the work to which You call us. Amen.

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                                                                                GOING IN GOD’S NAME

 

*HYMN                                                 “Be Thou My Vision”                                        #468 (Red)

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*BENEDICTION RESPONSE   “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” (Vs. 1)           #523 (Red)

POSTLUDE                                         “Trumpet Tune”

                                                    by Henry Purcell, arr. Gail Smith