Order of Worship
Order of Worship
August 9, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
August 9, 2026
Continuing God’s Story Together“Let this little message be but a reminder,
and I will continue with the story.”
2 Maccabees 6:17
Worship Participants
Deacon: Diane Ranney
Welcomers: Merry Sue Ahlgren, Midge Horn
Reader: Chris Bartley
Announcer: Merry Sue Ahlgren
Prelude
Welcome
Song Come Now is the Time to Worship
Come now is the time to worship
Come now is the time to give your heart
Come just as you are to worship
Come just as you are before your God
Come One day every tongue
Will confess You are God
One day every knee will bow
Still the greatest treasure
remains for those
who gladly choose You now
Come come just as you are come come
Opening Prayer (unison) Deacon
Holy God,
You see the broken places in our lives and in the world.
Calm our racing thoughts, breaking hearts and quiet our complaints.
Help us fix our eyes on your goodness and presence as we worship you now.
Amen
Song I am Here in the Heart of God
"I am here in the heart of God,
God is here in the heart of me.
Like the wave in the water and the water in the wave,
I am here in the heart of God.
I am here in the breath of God,
God is here in the breath of me.
Like the wind in the springtime and the springtime in the wind,
I am here in the breath of God.
I am here in the soul of God,
God is here in the soul of me.
Like the flame in the fire and the fire in the flame.
I am here in the soul of God.
I am here in the mind of God,
God is here in the mind of me.
Like the earth in my body and my body in the earth,
I am here in the mind of God."
Scripture:Matthew 20:1-16 (NRSVUE)
Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Matthew 20:“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. When he went out again about noon and about three o’clock, he did the same. And about five o’clock he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why are you standing here idle all day?’ They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’ When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and then going to the first.’ When those hired about five o’clock came, each of them received a denarius. Now when the first came, they thought they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. And when they received it, they grumbled against the landowner, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’ But he replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go; I choose to give to this last the same as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
May God bless this reading and our understanding. Amen
God’s Stories Rev. Jennie Valentine
Message for All Ages Rev. Jennie Valentine
Sermon Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Song Open The Eyes of My Heart
Open the eyes of my Heart Lord
Open the eyes of my Heart
I want to see you
I want to see you
To see you high and lifted up
Shining in the light of Your glory
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy
I want to see you
Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
Holy, holy, holy
Prayers of the People & Lord’s Prayer Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Our Father/Mother/Creator,who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kin-dom 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 kin-dom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen
Offering
Invitation
Song Oceans
You call me out upon the waters
The great unknown
where feet may fail
And there I find You in the mystery
In oceans deep
my faith will stand
And I will call upon Your name
And keep my eyes above the waves
When oceans rise
My soul will rest in Your embrace
For I am Yours and You are mine
Your grace abounds in deepest waters
Your sov'reign hand
will be my guide
Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed
and You won't start now
Oh and You are mine oh
Spirit lead me where my
trust is without borders
Let me walk upon the waters
Wherever You would call me
Take me deeper than
my feet could ever wander
And my faith
will be made stronger
In the presence of my Savior
Dedication
Send Forth Song Multiplied
Your love is like radiant diamonds
Bursting inside us
we cannot contain
Your love will surely come find us
Like blazin' wildfires
singing Your name
God of mercy sweet love of mine
I have surrendered to Your design
May this offering
stretch across the skies
These hallelujahs be multiplied
These hallelujahs be multiplied
Benediction Rev. Tina Walker-Morin
Announcements
Postlude