Everybody Wants to Be Healthy

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Service of Worship

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G.F. Handel
Public Domain

Leader: We come today to worship the Triune God, even as we, like the Eleven on the mountainside, have our doubts.
People: Holy Trinity, meet us in our questions and help us embrace your mystery.
Leader: We come to encounter the God who is both immense and particular, greater than words can describe, and yet intimately present with us.
People: Holy Trinity, surround us with your love that brings order to chaos and community to individualism.
Leader: We come to give thanks to the God who created and sustains us, and who calls us to steward the earth and all that live in it.
People: Holy Trinity, empower us to enter into partnership with you for the flourishing of all creation with gratitude and joy.
Leader: We come to receive Christ’s commission to make disciples, to baptize, and to teach the gospel wherever we go.
People: God, immerse us in the life of the Holy Trinity that we might go and welcome others into the dance of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

(Written by Dr. Lisa Hancock, Discipleship Ministries)

Opening Hymn — #89 “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

1. Joyful, joyful, we adore thee,
God of glory, Lord of love;
hearts unfold like flowers before thee,
opening to the sun above.
Melt the clouds of sin and sadness;
drive the dark of doubt away.
Giver of immortal gladness,
fill us with the light of day!

2. All thy works with joy surround thee,
earth and heaven reflect thy rays,
stars and angels sing around thee,
center of unbroken praise.
Field and forest, vale and mountain,
flowery meadow, flashing sea,
chanting bird and flowing fountain,
call us to rejoice in thee.

3. Thou art giving and forgiving, ever
blessing, ever blest,
well-spring of the joy of living,
ocean depth of happy rest!
Thou our Father, Christ our brother,
all who live in love are thine; teach us
how to love each other,
lift us to the joy divine.

4. Mortals, join the mighty chorus
which the morning stars began;
love divine is reigning o’er us,
binding all within its span.
Ever singing, march we onward,
victors in the midst of strife;
joyful music leads us sunward,
in the triumph song of life.

Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
Edward Hodges | Henry Van Dyke | Ludwig van Beethoven
Public Domain

Pastor’s Time With the Children – Pastor José M. Padilla, Jr.

Joys and Concerns, Pastoral Prayer, 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. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. Amen.

For those who are called and able, gifts and tithes can still be made through online giving, by mailing them in, and by dropping them off to the office through the secure mail slot to the left of the double door entry to the church hallway.

Offertory – Kayla and Ava

What a Wonderful World
Bob Thiele and George David Weiss
© 1967 Range Road Music

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Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise him, all creatures here below;
praise him above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow (Old 100th)
Louis Bourgeois | Thomas Ken
Public Domain

Offertory Prayer

God of all creation, we offer our gifts in gratitude this morning – not just for what you do in our lives, but for who you are in our lives. You are with us in the person of the Father, the God above us. You come to meet us as the Son, as God beside us. You empower us to do the work of kingdom-building by the Holy Spirit – God within us, providing strength and boldness that we would never find on our own. May these gifts be tools that make the transformation of the world a reality. We pray in the name of one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

(Matthew 28:16-20)

Scripture Readings — Psalm 103:2-5 (NRSV)

2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and do not forget all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the Pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good as long as you live
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

Response
The Word of the Lord:
Thanks be to God.

Choral Anthem — Chancel Choir

Here I Am, Lord
Daniel Schutte | Arr. Mark Hayes
© 1997 New Dawn Music | Shawnee Press
Used with Permission. ONE LICENSE # A-401420

Sermon — Pastor José M. Padilla, Jr.
“Everybody Wants to Be Healthy”

Closing Hymn — #670 “Go Forth for God”

1. Go forth for God, go to the world in peace;
be of good courage, armed with heavenly grace,
in God’s good Spirit daily to increase,
till in the kingdom we see face to face.
Go forth for God, go to the world in peace.

2. Go forth for God, go to the world in love;
strengthen the faint, give courage to the weak;
help the afflicted; richly from above
God’s love supplies the grace and power we seek.
Go forth for God, go to the world in love.

3. Go forth for God, go to the world in strength;
hold fast the good, be urgent for the right;
render to no one evil; Christ at length
shall overcome all darkness with his light.
Go forth for God, go to the world in strength.

4. Go forth for God, go to the world in joy,
to serve God’s people every day and hour,
and serving Christ, our every gift employ,
rejoicing in the Holy Spirit’s power.
Go forth for God, go to the world in joy.

Go Forth for God
John Raphael Peacey
Words: © 1984 Hope Publishing Company
Music: Public Domain
Used by Permission. CCLI License # 656051

Benediction

Postlude – Hani

Marche Triomphale
Paul Wachs
Public Domain