Growing in Faith Together: Bulletin for May 3

“In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.” – Psalm 31:1 (NKJV)

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Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship –By the Rev. Tim Graves and posted on LiturgyBits.

Out of a world of cut-throat competition, of winners-and-losers, and too many left behind, we come together. The world’s ways are not our ways. The world’s ways are not Christ’s ways. Out of a world of hatred, violence, individualism, and life-taking power, we gather as God’s people. God’s ways are inclusive, expansive, and life-giving for all peoples. Come and worship the One whose love knows no limits! Swim and splash in the cleansing waters of divine community! Resurrect your spirits and souls in worship of the One! Praise be to the Everlasting One!

*Hymn: “The Church’s One Foundation,” #545

*Prayer: May we honor Your name not by paying it lip service, Lord Jesus, but by trusting the vision it speaks of and the way it calls for. May we honor it by following You, speaking into the world with our actions and showing whom we’ve chosen to follow. May we love in Your name, speak in Your name, care in Your name, be willing to touch the outcast, feed the hungry, remember the sick, visit the imprisoned, clothe the naked, and give water to the thirsty in Your name. Amen. – By the Rev. Roddy Hamilton (Scotland) *Gloria Patri: #70