BETHANY SERVICE August 24, 2025 10:30 AM
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost (Year C)
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
PRELUDE “Jesus Is Lord of All” Donna Rhine
*CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Children of God, we gather today to encounter God.
People: We do not come expecting to be terrified or dismayed but to be welcomed
and embraced.
L: We gather today to witness the gospel at work among us.
P: We come to join the assembly of the kingdom of God, to learn to live out God’s
kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
L: We gather today to declare our faith in God’s unshakeable kingdom.
P: We come with grateful hearts, trusting in the secure foundation of God’s
steadfast love at work among us. Thanks be to God!
INVOCATION
*HYMN “God of Love and God of Power” #578
PASTORAL PRAYER
THE LORD’S PRAYER
*HYMN “Lord, Speak to Me” #463
OLD TESTAMENT READING: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Joan Strait
NEW TESTAMENT READING: Hebrews 12:25 -29 Joan Strait
GOSPEL READING: Luke 13:10-17 Joan Strait
Liturgist: This is the word of the Lord
People: Thanks be to God
SERMON: “Holy Collisions” Pastor Lynn
*HYMN: “God of Grace and God of Glory” #577
BENEDICTION
POSTLUDE “Something Beautiful” Donna Rhine