11am Traditional Service – June 4, 2023

Prelude  

Welcome & Announcements 

Call to Worship
Canticle of the Holy Trinity, UMH Pg. 80, with response

Opening Prayer (Unison)Almighty and everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being, You created us for Yourself, so that our hearts are restless until they find rest in You. Grant to us such piety of heart and strength of purpose that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing Your will, and no weakness from doing it. In Your light may we see life clearly and in Your service find perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hymn UMH #61 (v. 1,2,4) – Come, Thou Almighty King”

First Reading
s – 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 (NRSV) and Matthew 28:16-20 (NRSV)

Hymn UMH #389 – “Freely, Freely”

Second Reading – Genesis 1:1-2:4a (NRSV)

Message  “What’s the Purpose?” – Rev. L. Bryan McClain

Communion – UMH Page #8 – with musical setting A

Offertory / Doxology – UMH #95  

Pastoral Prayer / Lord’s Prayer

Hymn UMH #92 (v. 1-4) – “For the Beauty of the Earth”

Benediction  

Postlude