Growing in Faith Together: Bulletin for June 21

“All the nations that You’ve made will come and bow down before You, Lord; they will glorify Your name!” – Psalm 68:35 (CEB)

Prelude Music

Welcome & Announcements

*Call to Worship

God calls us in every moment— in every hour, in every breath. We come, needing God’s presence in our lives. In times of joy and in times of struggle, God is near and faithful. We come, needing God’s grace and strength. When we feel strong and when we feel weak, God is our help and our hope. We come, needing God’s guidance and peace. Let us worship the One who walks with us every hour. We come to worship, for we need You, O God, every hour.

*Hymn: “Faith of Our Fathers,” #710

Prayer for Father’s Day: - Rev. Dr. Libby Grammer, First Baptist Church, Martinsville, VA

We give thanks today… For fathers who showed up, played and danced, ran and twirled, taught and learned; for fathers who kissed boo-boos and held us in strong arms when we were weak; for fathers who believed in us and trusted us with our own futures, even as they taught us how best to live; for fathers who exhibited the very best of what it means to be men, and tossed aside toxic masculinity in favor of a strength in love and empathy; for fathers who had high standards, yet deep compassion; for fathers who taught us rules to live by, and with integrity lived by these rules themselves; for fathers who protected us and sought after our welfare; for fathers who were never related to us by blood or by law but stood in as a father figure; for fathers who were not always present but by grace came back into our lives. Amen.

*Gloria Patri: #70

*Passing the Peace of Christ

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer

Invitation to the Offering

*Doxology: #95

*Offertory Prayer

Gospel Lesson: Matthew 10:24 – 39

Hymn: “I Need Thee Every Hour,” #397 (Chosen by Gloria Sharp)

Epistle Lesson: Romans 6:1b – 11

Sermon: “Living It Up”

*Hymn: “Take Up Thy Cross," #710