06-07-2026 – Community UMC Sunday Worship – Communion Sunday

WORSHIP SERVICE ORDER – 06/07/2026

♬ HYMN | ✟Please Stand As Able | ✟ Hymn — Please Stand As Able

♬GATHERING/PRELUDE MUSIC:

✟WELCOME & ANNOUCEMENTS:

✟OPENING PRAYER: Rev. Allan Wintersteen

✟HYMN: #591 – Rescue the Perishing (Verses 1 & 4)

1. Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.

Refrain:
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying;
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.

4. Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;
strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
back to the narrow way patiently win them;
tell the poor wanderer a Savior has died.

✟CALL TO WORSHIP:

L: God sends us into the world to journey by faith,
P: Believing that God’s blessings are greater than anything we can imagine.
L: Whether the path is straight or winding,
P: God blesses us that we may be a blessing.
L: God gathers us today with trusted companions,
P: Those who also follow God’s call.
L: As we gather to worship, may we remember that we are God’s people,
P: Blessed by God to be a blessing to our world. Amen.

♬HYMN: #261 – Lord of the Dance (V. 1, 2, & 5)

1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth.
At Bethlehem I had my birth.

Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he.
And I’ll lead you all wherever you may be,
and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he.

2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance and they would not follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John;
they came to me and the dance went on. (Refrain)

5 They cut me down and I leapt up high,
I am the life that’ll never, never die;
I’ll live in you if you’ll live in me;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. (Refrain)

✟LITTLE THINGS MESSAGE: Rev. Allan Wintersteen

♬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. Allan Wintersteen

✟OFFERTORY PRAYER:

Generous God, from whom all good things come, we bring our gifts to you today with thankful hearts. All that we have is a reflection of your boundless mercy. We ask that you bless these offerings and multiply them so that your love, justice, and light may reach the corners of the earth. May our giving be a testament to our trust in your enduring provision. Amen.

♬OFFERTORY MUSIC:

✟DOXOLOGY: #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: (Screens & Bulletin)

Old Testament: Psalm 33:1-12 (CEB)

L: Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
P: Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
L: Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
P: For the word of the Lord is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
L: The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
P: By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
L: He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.
P: Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the people of the world revere him.
L: For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
P: The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
L: But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
P: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance.

✟ New Testament: Matthew 9:9-13,18-26 (CEB)

As Jesus continued on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at a kiosk for collecting taxes. He said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him. As Jesus sat down to eat in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners joined Jesus and his disciples at the table. But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard it, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor, but sick people do. Go and learn what this means: I want mercy and not sacrifice. I didn’t come to call righteous people, but sinners.” While Jesus was speaking to them, a ruler came and knelt in front of him, saying, “My daughter has just died. But come and place your hand on her, and she’ll live.” So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him. Then a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and touched the hem of his clothes. She thought, If I only touch his robe I’ll be healed. When Jesus turned and saw her, he said, “Be encouraged, daughter. Your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed from that time on. When Jesus went into the ruler’s house, he saw the flute players and the distressed crowd. He said, “Go away, because the little girl isn’t dead but is asleep”; but they laughed at him. After he had sent the crowd away, Jesus went in and touched her hand, and the little girl rose up. News about this spread throughout that whole region.

The Word of God For the People of God, Thanks be to God. Amen.

✟GLORIA PATRI: #70 – Glory Be to the Father

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Amen.

✟TODAYS MESSAGE: The Wrong People at the Right Table

✟SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION: (Screens & Bulletin)

L: The Lord be with you.
P: And also with you.
L: Lift up your hearts.
P: We lift them up to the Lord.
L: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
P: It is right to give our thanks and praise.
L: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth. You have made from one every nation and people to live on all the face of the earth. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:
P: Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
L: Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your Church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. He commissioned us to be his witnesses to the ends of the earth and to make disciples of all nations, On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” When the supper was over he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: “Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” We proclaim the mystery of faith.
P:Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.
L: Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood. By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet. Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father, now and forever.
P: AMEN.

(Distribution of the Elements – All Are Welcome!)

L: Eternal God, we give You thanks for this holy mystery in which You have given Yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of Your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
P: AMEN.

✟HYMN: #467 – Trust and Obey (V. 1 & 4)

1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

4 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]

✟ BLESSING & BENEDICTION: Rev. Allan Wintersteen

✟HYMN: Go Now In Peace (Screens & Bulletin)

Go now in peace, never be afraid
God will go with you each hour of ev’ry day
Go now in faith, steadfast, strong and true
Know God will guide you in all you do.

Go now in love, and show you believe.
Reach out to others so all the world can see.
God will there watching from above.
Go now in peace, in faith and in love.

Amen, Amen, Amen.