Sermon Tone Analysis

Call to Worship (Isaiah 12)

Come people of God; come and celebrate

God’s gift of salvation.

We come without fear.

We come trusting in God.

Come people of God; hear God’s promises

and witness God’s mighty deeds.

In hearing the promises,

in witnessing the mighty deeds of God,

we are strengthened for all that lies ahead.

Come, let us worship and praise God

by shouting aloud and singing for joy,

for God truly is in our midst.

Opening Prayer (Isaiah 65, Luke 21)

Our loving and caring God,

we need this time together

to be united with our sisters and brothers

in the faith;

we need this time of worship

to be comforted and strengthened

in your presence.

We hear of wars and rumors of wars.

We read of persecution and oppression.

Remind us again of your vision,

that all might live in a world

of peace and justice and love.

May this time together

imprint this vision and promise on our hearts,

that we may live into this beloved community.

Invitation to Offering (Isaiah 65, Luke 21)

The world is a mess.

What can we do?

We can offer our visions of hope, our words of comfort, our acts of love, our resources to help bring God’s new heaven and new earth.

Prayer

In the midst of continual change, God remains steadfast in God’s love for us.

God is creating something new, a new heaven and a new earth.

Each day offers newness of hope and faith.

Let us open our hearts and spirits to God’s creative word for us that we may learn, grow, and serve as effective witnesses to God’s love and power.

AMEN.

Revelation 11:15-19 New International Version

The Seventh Trumpet

15 The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

“The kingdom of the world has become

the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah,

and he will reign for ever and ever.”

16 And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

the One who is and who was,

because you have taken your great power

and have begun to reign.

18 The nations were angry,

and your wrath has come.

The time has come for judging the dead,

and for rewarding your servants the prophets

and your people who revere your name,

both great and small—

and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

19 Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant.

And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.

Benediction

We go from this place rejoicing in God’s love.

We commit our lives to serving God by serving others.

God’s love has made us new.

God’s peace goes with us in all that we say and do.

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.