June 26.
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Introit
Call to Worship Galatians 5:13-14
For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
Liturgy for Servanthood (See Insert). Pgs. 1-3
Joyful Noise
Offerings our Gifts/Remembering God’s Gifts
Hymn 819. “For the Life that You Have Given”
Prayers of the People
Pastoral Prayer and Lord’s Prayer
“Come now, you blessed” pg. 149.
Scripture/Message (see insert)
Scripture/Message: Parable of the Good Samaritan
© Bob Hartman/engageworship.org, adapted and used with permission from Engaged Worship.
Person: Jesus, What must I do to live forever with God? Jesus: What have you been taught?
Person: Love God – with everything I am, And love my neighbor in the same way I love myself.
Jesus (smiling) : Good, That’s what I would have said. Person: But who exactly is my neighbor?
Jesus: Let me tell you a story. There once was a man who went for a walk, from Jerusalem down to Jericho.
Crowds – Ohhhh, Noooo. … That’ s a dangerous road!
Jesus: Robbers grabbed hold of the man, and beat him, and took his clothes, and left him lying helpless by the side of the road. Soon, a priest walked by.
Crowds: He’ll certainly help!
Jesus; But the priest didn’t, He walked past the helpless man and left him lying there. Another man who worked at the temple came by next.
Crowds: He’ll help the man! Don’t worry
Jesus: But he didn’t, either. He walked past the helpless man and left him lying there. Then a Samaritan came by.
Person: A Samaritan – well, he;’ll never help. There’s no such thing as a Good Samaritan. They aren’t like us.
Jesus: But he did! He bandaged his wounds. He put him on his donkey. He took him to an inn and paid the innkeeper to take care of him. And he promised to pay even more, if needed, when he returned.
So which of the three men, was a neighbor to the man who has been beaten?
Person: The one who showed him mercy and cared for him.
Jesus: Then you go and be a neighbor, too.
We don’t know how that person responded, or even if he helped anyone, at all. Think about it for a moment. Who needs your help? Who needs you to be a neighbor?
Responsive Prayer
God, we confess that we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. You embodied yourself in a human body.
You lived out your life among those who were sick— physically, mentally, and spiritually.
You reached out to touch them, spoke words to comfort them, performed miracles to heal them.
Help us to love our neighbors, rich and poor, young and old.
Help us to love our neighbors, the earth and its creatures, plants and animals.
Help us to love our neighbors, and be the one who would stop along the roadway to help.
Help us to love ourselves, and know that we are loved by you, created by you, and have incredible gifts for service and love.
Amen.
Adapted from: What Would the Good Samaritan Do? on the Baylor
University website. http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/ HealthStudyGuide6.pdf
Jesus: But he did! He bandaged his wounds. He put him on his donkey. He took him to an inn and paid the innkeeper to take care of him. And he promised to pay even more, if needed, when he returned.
So which of the three men, was a neighbor to the man who has been beaten?
Person: The one who showed him mercy and cared for him.
Jesus: Then you go and be a neighbor, too.
We don’t know how that person responded, or even if he helped anyone, at all. Think about it for a moment. Who needs your help? Who needs you to be a neighbor?
Responsive Prayer
God, we confess that we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. You embodied yourself in a human body.
You lived out your life among those who were sick— physically, mentally, and spiritually.
You reached out to touch them, spoke words to comfort them, performed miracles to heal them.
Help us to love our neighbors, rich and poor, young and old.
Help us to love our neighbors, the earth and its creatures, plants and animals.
Help us to love our neighbors, and be the one who would stop along the roadway to help.
Help us to love ourselves, and know that we are loved by you, created by you, and have incredible gifts for service and love.
Amen.
Adapted from: What Would the Good Samaritan Do? on the Baylor University website. http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/ HealthStudyGuide6.pdf
Liturgy for Servanthood (see insert) pg. 4.
Benediction
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