Rev Ed Sunday-Winters – Service
Hal Parker – Musical Director
Priscilla Bonney-Smith – Flowers
Sunday Service
(2nd Sunday after Pentecost)
June 11, 2023
10:00am
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
Sermon: “Mercy” by Rev Ed Sunday Winters
*Hymn: #175 (New Century Hymnal) O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
*Hymn: #23(New Century Hymnal) There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
*Hymn: #172 (New Century Hymnal) Jesus Calls Us, o’er the Tumult
Prelude: solo piano, Hal
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship
One: This month we celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride as we work toward greater inclusion in our church and community.
ALL: We gather today to be refreshed, renewed, and strengthened in our faith and in our resolve for the work we must do together.
One: Listen, there is a voice calling us.
ALL: It is the voice of our Divine Beloved.
One: The one who loves us invites us to mingle our voices together.
ALL: We call out in worship and praise together.
One: Bring your hopes, expectations, and longings that you have carried with you throughout the week.
ALL: Here they are. We speak them in our spirit and with our words.
One: Come and worship. Come and praise. Come and pray.
ALL: We commit ourselves to this sacred time of celebration.
Opening Prayer
*Gloria Patri #36
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Christ and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.
*Hymn: #175 (New Century Hymnal) O Christ, the Healer, We Have Come
Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
Anthem “You Are Not Far From The Kingdom Of God” by Clifford McCormick
Hal, voice and organ
Sermon: “Mercy” by Rev Ed Sunday Winters
A Time of Silence
Offertory
*Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below;
Praise God for all that love has done; Creator, Christ, and Spirit, One. Amen.
*Unison Prayer of Dedication
We are all one human family. In your love you created us. Through your grace you reach out to us. You are great enough to hold us all in your arms at the same time. Help us to open our hearts to the world that you love. Teach us to weave our lives together. We yield to Spirit, offering what we have to the greater good. In this way, each day, we begin again in love.
Amen.
*Hymn: #23(New Century Hymnal) There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy
Prayers of the People and 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 debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
forever.
*Hymn: #172 (New Century Hymnal) Jesus Calls Us, o’er the Tumult
*Benediction Rev Ed Sunday Winters
*Musical Benediction
“Sevenfold Amen”, #814 New Century Hymnal
Postlude: Solo organ, Hal