ORDER OF SERVICE
Note: All hymns are from the new Voices Together hymnal
Centering chimes Lighting of the solidarity lamp –
Symbolic of our Sister Church relationship with El Divino Redentor
Prelude – Beautiful Things/Christ Has Arisen (Voices Together #551/#341) arr. by Debra Sutter
Call to Worship (Voices Together #20: Psalm 100)
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness; come into God’s presence with a song.
Know that the Lord is God, our maker to whom we belong;
we are God’s people and the sheep of God’s pasture.
Enter the gates of the Lord with thanksgiving and the courts with praise;
give thanks and bless God’s holy name.
Good indeed is the Lord, whose steadfast love is everlasting,
whose faithfulness endures from age to age.
Hymn #166 – Your Love is Washing Over Me
Welcome & prayer
Passing the peace (break-out zoom groups)
Hymn #120 – For the Beauty of the Earth
Children’s story
– Song “Let the children come to me”
– The children’s offering benefits Crisis Nursery in Champaign. The organization’s mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect by providing 24-hour emergency care for children and support to families in crisis. Donations may be sent to the FMC office at any time or can be made online (select children’s offering in “To” box)
Scripture: Acts 15:36-41 & Acts 16:6-15
Sermon
Hymn #565 – Christ is Alive and Goes Before Us
Congregational Sharing & prayer
Meditation music – There’s a Wild Hope in the Wind (Voices Together #828)
– In the absence of a weekly offering collection, reflect on how you are practicing and receiving generosity. Consider giving to First Mennonite Church by mailing a check, giving through your bank, or giving online.
Work of the church
Hymn #839 – Go My Friends in Peace
Benediction
Worship Leader- Pastor Michael
Prelude – Pastor Debra Sutter
Meditation – Aaron Kaufmann & Sarah Sutter Kaufmann
Hymns – Andrea Welty Peachey
Children’s Story – Mary Biddle
Scripture Reader – Emerson Nafziger
Sermon – Pastor Deb Sutter
Sharing – Pastor Deb Sutter
Technician – Phil Martens