WORSHIP SERVICE ORDER 05/31/2026
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GATHERING/PRELUDE MUSIC:
WELCOME & ANNOUCEMENTS:
OPENING PRAYER: Rev. Wintersteen
HYMN: UMH #145 – Morning Has Broken (All Verses)
1. Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird. Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning! Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!
2. Sweet the rain’s new fall sunlit from heaven, like the first dewfall on the first grass. Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden, sprung in completeness where God’s feet pass.
3. Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day!
CALL TO WORSHIP:
M: O most high, omnipotent, good Lord God,
P: To you belong praise, glory, honor, and blessing.
L: For our brother the sun, who is our day and who brings us light and is radiant with splendor;
P: Praised be our Lord.
L: For our sister the moon, and for the stars, which you have set clear and lovely in heaven;
P: Praised be our Lord.
L: For our brother the wind, and for air and clouds.
P: For our sister water, who serves us, and is precious.
M: For our mother earth, who sustains us and keeps us.
P: Praise and bless the Lord, and give thanks unto God and serve the Lord with great humility. Amen.
HYMN: UMH #147 – All Things Bright and Beautiful (V. 1 & 4)
Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.
1. Each little flower that opens, each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colors, and made their tiny wings.
Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.
4. God gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well.
Refrain: All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful: the Lord God made them all.
LITTLE THINGS MESSAGE:
HYMN: Jesus Loves The Little Children
Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world.
CONGREATIONAL JOYS AND CONCERNS:
PASTORAL & LORD’S PRAYER: Rev. Wintersteen
OFFERTORY PRAYER:
Creator God, Today, we bring these gifts before you with gratitude and praise. As you blessed the earth with abundance, bless these offerings that they may bring hope, healing, and new life to your world. Use us also, O God, as stewards of your good creation, that through our giving and our living, others may know your love and grace. We offer all that we have and all that we are in the name of Jesus Christ, through whom all things hold together. Amen.
OFFERTORY MUSIC:
DOXOLOGY: UMH #95 – Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
READING THE WORD:
Old Testament: Genesis 1:1–2:4a (CEB)
L: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
P: The earth was without shape or form, it was dark over the deep sea, and God’s wind swept over the waters.
L: Then God said, “Let there be light.”
P: And there was light.
L: God saw how good the light was. God separated the light from the darkness.
P: God called the light Day and the darkness Night.
L: God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate the waters from each other.”
P: God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
L: God said, “Let the waters under the sky come together into one place so that the dry land can appear.”
P: God called the dry land Earth, and the gathered waters Seas. And God saw how good it was.
L: God said, “Let the earth grow plant life: plants yielding seeds and fruit trees bearing fruit.”
P: The earth produced every kind of plant and tree, and God saw how good it was.
L: God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate day from night.”
P: God made the stars also, and set the sun and moon in the sky. And God saw how good it was.
L: God said, “Let the waters swarm with living things, and let birds fly above the earth.”
P: God blessed them, saying, “Be fertile and multiply.” And God saw how good it was.
L: God said, “Let the earth produce every kind of living thing.”
P: Cattle, crawling things, and wild animals appeared, and God saw how good it was.
L: Then God said, “Let us make humanity in our image, to resemble us.”
P: So God created humanity in God’s own image; male and female God created them.
L: God blessed them and said, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it.”
P: God provided every plant and tree for food, and God saw everything he had made: it was supremely good.
L: Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
P: On the seventh day God rested from all the work of creation.
L: God blessed the seventh day and made it holy.
P: These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created. Amen.
New Testament: Matthew 28:16-20 (CEB)
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Jesus came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I’ve commanded you. Look, I myself will be with you every day until the end of this present age.”
The word of God, for the People of God, Thanks be to God! AMEN.
GLORIA PATRI: UMH #600 – Wonderful Words of Life (Refrain)
Refrain: Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.
TODAYS MESSAGE: Creation – Rev. Wintersteen
HYMN: UMH #77 – How Great Thou Art (V. 1 & 4)
1. O Lord my God! when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds thy hand have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.
Refrain: Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!
4. When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart. Then I shall bow in humble adoration, and there proclaim, my God, how great thou art!
Refrain: Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!
BLESSING & BENEDICTION: Rev. Wintersteen
HYMN: UMH #327 – Crown Him With Many Crowns (V. 3)
3. Crown him the Lord of peace, whose power a scepter sways from pole to pole, that wars may cease, and all be prayer and praise. His reign shall know no end, and round his pierced feet fair flowers of paradise extend their fragrance ever sweet.
