75th Church Anniversary

Call to Worship (Psalm 66)

Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! Come and see what God has done! God has turned our sea into dry land. We have passed through the river on foot. Bless our God, O peoples. Let the sound of God’s praise be heard! When you tested and tried us, O God, you brought us out to a spacious place. You kept us among the living and prevented our feet from slipping. Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth! How awesome are the deeds of our God!

Opening Prayer (Psalm 66, 2 Timothy 2)

We give praise to you, O God, for you are awesome and amazing. We remember your deeds and faithfulness— deeds that have brought us to this day, faithfulness that has helped us weather life’s storms. We have gone through fire and water, and stand before you today in gratitude and praise. How awesome are your deeds, O God!

Invitation to the Offering (Luke 17)

When the leper ran back to thank Jesus for healing, new life, and fresh possibilities, Jesus was amazed and moved that a Samaritan would come to a Jew and give heartfelt thanks. Jesus sent this man on his way with blessings, for he saw that healing had permeated this man. He was whole through and through. We too have known the healing and saving God in our lives, and we will know this God yet again. So let our offering today be our thanksgiving for the mercy and goodness and ever-faithfulness of God.

Benediction Having opened your hearts to God and received God’s healing love, go now into this hurting troubled world with the good news of God’s presence and compassion. Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.