Sunday, June 12, 2022 - Finding your voice when you feel like no one is listening
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Pre Service Music
Welcome
*Hymn 1 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! (In Person Only)
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
*Awakening to God’s Presence (In Person Only)
*Hymn 1 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! (In Person Only)
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Prayer for Letting Go (responsive) (In Person Only)
Assurance of God’s Love (responsive) (In Person Only)
Hymn 453 Open Your Ears, O Faithful People (In Person Only)
Open your ears, O faithful people; open your ears and hear God’s word.
Open your hearts, O royal priesthood; God has come to you.
(refrain sing twice)
God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
Prayer for God’s Guidance
Acts 16:16-19 Common English Bible Translation
One day, when we were on the way to the place for prayer, we met a slave woman. She had a spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She made a lot of money for her owners through fortune-telling. She began following Paul and us, shouting, “These people are servants of the Most High God! They are proclaiming a way of salvation to you!” She did this for many days. This annoyed Paul so much that he finally turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I command you to leave her!” It left her at the very moment. Her owners realized that their hope for making money was gone. They grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the officials in the city center. (Question: What do you wish people would understand about you?)
Hymn 453 Open Your Ears, O Faithful People (In Person Only)
They who have ears to hear the message, they who have ears, now let them hear; they who would learn the way of wisdom,
let them hear God’s word.
(refrain sing twice)
God has spoken to the people, hallelujah!
God has spoken words of wisdom, hallelujah!
Acts 16:20-24
When her owners approached the legal authorities, they said, “these people are causing an uproar in our city. They are Jews who promote customs that we Romans can’t accept or practice.” The crowd joined in the attacks against Paul and Silas, so the authorities ordered that they be stripped of their clothes and beaten with a rod. When Paul and Silas had been severely beaten, the authorities threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to secure them with great care. When he received these instructions, he threw them into the innermost cell and secured their feet in stocks. (Question: When have you felt like no one is listening?)
Acts 16:25-30
Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. All at once there was such a violent earthquake that it shook the prison’s foundations. The doors flew open and everyone’s chains came loose. When the jailer awoke and saw the open doors of the prison, he thought the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword and was about to kill himself. But Paul shouted loudly, “Don’t harm yourself! We’re all here!” The jailer called for some lights, rushed in, and feel trembling before Paul and Silas. He led them outside and asked, “Honorable masters, what must I do to be rescued?” (Question: What are the things that really matter in your life?)
Hymn 716 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending (In Person Only)
God, whose giving knows no ending, from your rich and endless store,
Nature’s wonder, Jesus’ wisdom, costly cross, grave’s shattered door;
Gifted by you, we turn to you, offering up ourselves in praise;
Thankful song shall rise forever, gracious donor of our days.
Acts 16:31-36
They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your entire household.” They spoke the Lord’s word to him and everyone else in his house. Right then, in the middle of the night, the jailer welcomed them and washed their wounds. He and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. He brought them into his home and gave them a meal. He was overjoyed because he and everyone in his household had come to believe in God. The next morning the legal authorities sent the police to the jailer with the order “Release those people.” (Question: How has listening to others changed you?)
Acts 16:37-40
Paul told the police, “Even though we are Roman citizens, they beat us publicly without first finding us guilty of a crime, and they threw us into prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? No way! They themselves have to come and escort us out.” The police reported this to the legal authorities, who were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. They came and consoled Paul and Silas, escorting them out of prison and begging them to leave the city. Paul and Silas left the prison and made their way to Lydia’s house where they encouraged the brothers and sisters. Then they left Philippi. (Question: Have you ever had regrets when you haven’t listened to someone else?)
Special Music (In Person Only
Reflection Together (In Person Only)
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
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
*Closing Hymn 765 May the God of Hope Go with Us (In Person Only)
May the God of hope go with us every day,
filling all our lives with love and joy and peace.
May the God of justice speed us on our way, bring light and hope to every land and race. Praying, let us work for peace; singing share our joy with all; working for a world that’s new, faithful when we hear Christ’s call.
*Benediction
Hymn List
1 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!
453 Open Your Ears, O Faithful People
716 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending
765 May the God of Hope Go with Us
Sermon Series – The questions that gnaw at us
June 19th – Moving Forward when you feel like you’ve been left behind
June 26th – The power of being honest with yourself
July 3rd - TBD
July 10th – How to focus when your distractions keep coming?
July 17th – How do you find a way forward in life when so many barriers exist?