July 12, 2026
Sunday Gathering
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-PRELUDE-
“Brightest and Best” – arr. M. Hayes
Brenda Gardiner
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-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT-
We acknowledge that the place where we are gathered today is the ancient and ancestral homeland of more than twenty Indigenous tribes. We mourn the loss of their lives, livelihoods, homes, and cultures, and acknowledge the legacy of violence against them.
We acknowledge that the space where we worship today was established and built by those whose Black ancestors were also abused and mistreated - some even bought and sold as enslaved people right here in our city.
We acknowledge the women who’ve faced unfair treatment and misogyny throughout the ages, and we acknowledge those who identify as LGBTQ or other who’ve been mistreated and misunderstood.
We acknowledge our role and responsibility as professed followers of Christ to stand for and alongside all of these and others who have been and continue to be oppressed.
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-SPECIAL READING-
“Water”
Alexis Moraitakis
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“For All the Children”
GOD, WE GATHER AS YOUR PEOPLE
TO RAISE OUR SONG ABOVE,
AND WE DARE TO CLAIM THE PROMISE OF YOUR LOVE,
THOUGH THE DAY MAY NOT YET BE HERE
WE TRUST IT SOON WILL BE,
WHEN YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE FREE.
O, MAY OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE OPENED,
FLING THE CHURCH DOORS OPEN WIDE.
MAY THERE BE ROOM ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE INSIDE.
FOR IN GOD THERE IS A WELCOME,
IN GOD WE ALL BELONG.
MAY THAT WELCOME BE OUR SONG.
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-WELCOME & GREETING-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“For All the Children”
GOD, WE SING FOR ALL THE CHILDREN,
THAT ONE DAY THEY BE FREE;
AND WE SING FOR GENERATIONS YET TO BE,
THAT THEY NEVER HAVE A REASON
TO DOUBT THAT THEY ARE BLEST.
MAY THEY, IN YOUR LOVE, FIND REST.
O, MAY OUR HEARTS AND MINDS BE OPENED,
FLING THE CHURCH DOORS OPEN WIDE.
MAY THERE BE ROOM ENOUGH FOR EVERYONE INSIDE.
FOR IN GOD THERE IS A WELCOME,
IN GOD WE ALL BELONG.
MAY THAT WELCOME BE OUR SONG.
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-CALL TO WORSHIP-
We’ve come to worship God,
who makes streams flow from rock,
who turns parched earth into spring water,
who sends rain from heaven
and makes wilderness blossom and flourish.
AS A DEER THIRSTS FOR FLOWING STREAMS
SO OUR HEARTS THIRST FOR YOU, O GOD.
Come, let us worship our life-giving God
who pours out living water on all who thirst.
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-OPENING PRAYER-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“In Water We Grow”
IN WATER WE GROW, SECURE IN THE WOMB,
AND SPEECHLESSLY KNOW LOVE'S SAFETY AND ROOM.
BAPTIZING AND BLESSING, WE PUBLISH FOR GOOD
THE FREEING, CARESSING SAFEKEEPING OF GOD.
IN WATER WE WASH: THE DIRT OF EACH DAY,
ITS TROUBLE AND RUSH ARE CARRIED AWAY.
IN CHRIST RECREATED BY LOVE'S CLEANSING ART,
SELF WILL AND SELF HATRED DISSOLVE AND DEPART.
IN WATER WE DIVE, AND CANNOT DRAW BREATH,
THEN SURFACE ALIVE, REBOUNDING FROM DEATH.
OUR OLD SELF GOES UNDER, IN CHRIST DEAD AND DROWNED.
WE RISE, WASHED IN WONDER, BY LOVE CLAD AND CROWNED.
IN WATER WE DWELL, FOR BY ITS DEEP FLOW
THROUGH BLOODSTREAM AND CELL, WE LIVE, THINK, AND GROW.
PRAISE GOD, LOVE OUTFLOWING, WHOSE WELL OF NEW BIRTH
BAPTIZES OUR KNOWING, AND WATERS THE EARTH.
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-SCRIPTURE-
John 4:13-14 (NCV)
Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life.”
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-THE MESSAGE-
“Does your soul need a drink?”
Pam Lee-Miller
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“God Comes to Us”
GOD COMES TO US ON WINTER NIGHT,
IN BABY’S BREATH, BY FIRELIGHT,
GOD COMES TO US ON A STAR.
GOD COMES TO US AMIDST OUR FEARS,
UNSPOKEN JOYS, UNENDING TEARS,
GOD COMES TO US WHERE WE ARE.
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-JOYS & CONCERNS-
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-PASTORAL PRAYER-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“God Comes to Us”
GOD COMES TO US AMIDST OUR FEARS,
UNSPOKEN JOYS, UNENDING TEARS,
GOD COMES TO US WHERE WE ARE.
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-INVITATION TO COMMUNION-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“One Bread, One Body”
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY,
ONE LORD OF ALL,
ONE CUP OF BLESSING WHICH WE BLESS.
AND WE, THOUGH MANY
THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,
WE ARE ONE BODY IN THIS ONE LORD.
STRANGER OR FRIEND,
SERVANT OR FREE,
WE WHO WE ARE… NO MORE.
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY,
ONE LORD OF ALL,
ONE CUP OF BLESSING WHICH WE BLESS.
AND WE, THOUGH MANY
THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,
WE ARE ONE BODY IN THIS ONE LORD.
MANY THE GIFTS,
MANY THE WORKS,
ONE IN THE LORD… OF ALL.
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY,
ONE LORD OF ALL,
ONE CUP OF BLESSING WHICH WE BLESS.
AND WE, THOUGH MANY
THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,
WE ARE ONE BODY IN THIS ONE LORD.
GRAIN FOR THE FIELDS,
SCATTERED AND GROWN,
GATHERED TO ONE… FOR ALL.
ONE BREAD, ONE BODY,
ONE LORD OF ALL,
ONE CUP OF BLESSING WHICH WE BLESS.
AND WE, THOUGH MANY
THROUGHOUT THE EARTH,
WE ARE ONE BODY IN THIS ONE LORD.
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-OFFERING-
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-IN GRATITUDE-
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-ANNOUNCEMENTS-
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-INVITATION TO RESPOND-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“Fill My Cup, Lord”
LIKE THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, I WAS SEEKING
FOR THINGS THAT COULD NOT SATISFY.
AND THEN I HEARD MY JESUS SPEAKING,
“DRAW FROM MY WELL THAT NEVER SHALL RUN DRY.”
FILL MY CUP, LORD, I LIFT IT UP, LORD!
COME AND QUENCH THIS THIRSTING OF MY SOUL
BREAD OF HEAVEN, FEED ME TILL I WANT NO MORE
FILL MY CUP, FILL IT UP AND MAKE ME WHOLE!
THERE ARE MILLIONS IN THIS WORLD WHO ARE CRAVING
THE PLEASURES EARTHLY THINGS AFFORD.
BUT NONE CAN MATCH THE WONDROUS TREASURE
THAT I FIND IN JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD.
FILL MY CUP, LORD, I LIFT IT UP, LORD!
COME AND QUENCH THIS THIRSTING OF MY SOUL
BREAD OF HEAVEN, FEED ME TILL I WANT NO MORE
FILL MY CUP, FILL IT UP AND MAKE ME WHOLE!
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-BLESSING & BENEDICTION-
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-SINGING TOGETHER-
“Fill My Cup, Lord”
FILL MY CUP, LORD, I LIFT IT UP, LORD!
COME AND QUENCH THIS THIRSTING OF MY SOUL
BREAD OF HEAVEN, FEED ME TILL I WANT NO MORE
FILL MY CUP, FILL IT UP AND MAKE ME WHOLE!
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-THE TEAM-
ACCOMPANIST: Brenda Gardiner, Lisa Loeffler, Timmy Smallwood
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Tiff Jones
BUILDING CARE: Travis Hines, Barry Thompson
FACILITIES CARE: Edmond Edwards, Lisa Loeffler, Steve Melton, Seth Tuska
NURSERY: Linda Netherton
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cynthia Buckner
PROPERTY CARE: Skeet Freytag, West Gillium, Lee Hamilton, Morgan Hamilton, Lorie Yaste
SERVICE PREPARATION: Travis Hines, Barry Thompson
SONG LEADER: Chris Prichard, Lisa Loeffler
TECH: Nancy Alspach, Mason Bishop, Erin Drenkhahn, Dale Hamilton, Keith Moore, Timmy Smallwood
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