August 23, 2022, CRCDS All-School Worship

August 23, 2022 All-School Worship

Gathering Music

Lydia Arnts

Welcome and Prayer of Invocation

Rev. Jacqueline Nelson

Call to Worship

Ms. Qhamora Kimbrough

God You Are (Liturgies from Below) People: God you are our refuge Leader: You are the shore in sight, You are hands that reach out, You are the ground on which to rest.

People: God you are our strength Leader: You are the life we long for, You are the refusal to give up, You are the keys of home we carry with us.

People: God you are our help in time of trouble Leader: We call on you from the ruins and the rubble, We call on you from the wilderness and the deep, All: We call on you to meet us in this place!

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August 23, 2022 All-School Worship Hymn

Come Thou Fount Accompanied by: Lydia Arnst

Scripture

Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet Matthew 13:1-9

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August 23, 2022 All-School Worship That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the lake. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: ‘Listen! A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell on the path, and the birds came and ate them up. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up quickly, since they had no depth of soil. But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and since they had no root, they withered away. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Let anyone with ears[a] listen!’

Sermon

Dr. Deborah Rogers

Song

Your Labor is Not in Vain Artist: The Porter’s Gate

Prayer of Intercession

Rev. Paula Blue

Communion

Rev. Jacqueline Nelson

The Lord’s Prayer Our Parent, who is among us, blessed be your Creation.

May your reign be a reality here on earth.

May we become more interested in building your kin-dom here and now than in waiting for it to come down from above.

Let us share our bread with those who hunger.

Let us learn to forgive as well as to receive forgiveness.

Help us through the time of temptation, delivering us from all evil.

For ours are the eternal blessings that you pour upon the earth.

Amen.

Copyright © by J. Manny Santiago, 1999. From the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. Used with permission. Downloaded at Many Voices Benediction

Dr. Deborah Rogers

Doxology

The Blessing Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes The Lord bless you and Keep you Make God’s face shine upon you And be gracious to you The Lord turn the Lord’s face toward you And give you peace, Amen.

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