ORDER OF WORSHIP - MAY 24TH, 2026
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ORDER OF WORSHIP
MAY 24TH, 2026 10:30 AM
EIGHTH SUNDAY IN EASTER
MEMO
RIAL DAY WEEKEND
**Kindly stand if you are able
**PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONE before Worship
PRELUDE “Rock of Ages” - Thomas Hastings
John Coates, Organ
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
CALL TO WORSHIP
LEADER: Almighty God, we pray for your blessing on the church in this place.
PEOPLE: Here may the faithful find salvation, and the careless be awakened.
LEADER: Here may the doubting find faith, and the anxious be encouraged.
PEOPLE: Here may the tempted find help, and the sorrowful comfort.
LEADER: Here may the weary find rest, and the strong be renewed.
PEOPLE: Here may the aged find consolation and the young be inspired;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
INVOCATION
On this blessed Sunday of Pentecost, may the Holy Spirit sent by God come and join us as we worship and praise.
**OPENING HYMN “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory” Red #416
CALL TO CONFESSION
We are all sinners and we can all come together to ask God for forgiveness. Listen to us, Lord, as we come to you for understanding.
PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Merciful God, we come to you knowing that we are sinners. We break apart
when we should bring together. We destroy when we should build up. We turn away from you when we should trust your will. We ask for your strength to help us come closer to you. Help us live as one body in Christ. Help us love instead of fight. Help us accept the gift of your Holy Spirit all of our days.
(A moment for silent personal confession)
ASSURANCE OF FORGIVENESS
We have been promised by Jesus that we are all able to ask for and receive
forgiveness. The Lord will welcome us with open arms if we ask.
**GLORIA PATRI Avery & Marsh Red #805
**HYMN OF PRAISE “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” Red #417
**PASSING OF THE PEACE
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (from the Book of Common Worship)
This is the good news which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved, if we hold it fast: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day, and that he appeared first to the women, then to Peter, and to the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the first and the last, the beginning and the end; he is our Lord and our God. Amen.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION
God of all, bless us with the gift of the Holy Spirit that we might understand your will through the reading of your Word.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
OLD TESTAMENT Numbers 11:24-30 Rob Ferguson
NEW TESTAMENT 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13
GOSPEL John 20:19-23
SERMON MESSAGE “All Varieties of Gifts” James Philips
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
And Lord we pray for those in our own hearts whose names you already know, for their own healing and comfort, in your name and that of our redeemer Jesus Christ, who taught us to pray, saying:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our
debtors.
And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
WELCOMING A NEW MEMBER TO THE CONGREGATION
(When asked)
PEOPLE: It is with joy and thanksgiving we welcome you to share with us in the ministry of Christ, for we are all one in him. We all always pray for you and with you. We promise to share the good news of the Gospel with you not only in our words, but in our lives, thereby helping you know and follow Christ. And we ask that you help us to know God as well. Amen and Amen.
OUR TITHES AND OFFERINGS
Let us return to God the offerings of our life and the gifts of the earth. May our gifts be a blessing to those who receive them. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
OFFERTORY “Sweet, Sweet Spirit” Red #291
DOXOLOGY Avery & Marsh (Back of the Red hymnal)
**PRAYER OF THANKS
We thank you, our Lord for those gifts to us that we send to you for your work and ours in congregation, community, and culture. Guide us in good use as we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
**HYMN OF PARTING “America the Beautiful” (V.1) Red #418
BENEDICTION
He shall judge between the nations
and shall arbitrate for many peoples;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation;
neither shall they learn war any more.
-Isaiah 2:4
POSTLUDE “Jesus Is All the World to Me” Red #491
James Phillips
Union Church
44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh NY 12550
(845) 562-0954
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