Crandall United Methodist Church

Worship Guide

July 13, 2025

Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Creating Disciples of Jesus who Transform the World

ENTRANCE WITH PRAISE

Greeting:

Minister: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you!

People: And also with you!

Special Music: “Softly & Tenderly” Charles

Centering Words:

If we are all people of God, who is our neighbor? The sinner, the saint, the outcast, the beloved, the oppressed, the powerful, the poor, and the wealthy. We all need God’s love; we all need to love one another.

*Call to Worship:

Leader:    Beloved people of God, welcome to worship.

People:   We come to worship and to praise.

Leader:    With love for one another, we gather as neighbors.

People:   With love for God, we gather as God’s community of love.

Leader:    Let us pray.

ALL: Loving God, thank you for being present in our lives and in this time of worship. Speak love to our hearts and wisdom to our minds, that we might grow in your knowledge of love and that our lives might bear the fruit of your knowledge and grace. Amen.

Hymn: “We Gather Together”

We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;

he chastens and hastens his will to make known.

The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.

Sing praises to his name; he forgets not his own.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,

ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;

so from the beginning the fight we were winning;

thou, Lord, were at our side, all glory be thine!

We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,

and pray that thou still our defender will be.

Let thy congregation escape tribulation;

thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!

Words of Assurance:

In grace, we are strengthened.

In love, our hearts are freed.

In God, grace and love are ours.

Amen

PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD

*Reading from the Gospel: Luke 10:25-37

²⁵ Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” ²⁶ He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” ²⁷ He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” ²⁸ And he said to him, “You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.”

²⁹ But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” ³⁰ Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. ³¹ Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. ³³ But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. ³⁴ He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. ³⁵ The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.’ ³⁶ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” ³⁷ He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Leader:    This is the Word of God for the people of God

People:   Thanks be to God.

WORD AND RESPONSE

Time with Young Friends: “Jesus Loves Me”

Children’s Message: “Show & Tell”

Hymn: “Lord, I Want to be a Christian”

Lord, I want to be a Christian In my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, In my heart.

In my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be a Christian in my heart, in my heart.

Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart.

In my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be more loving in my heart, in my heart.

Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.

In my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be more holy in my heart, in my heart.

Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart.

In my heart, in my heart,

Lord, I want to be like Jesus in my heart, in my heart.

Sermon: “Heard of this Hope”  Colossians 1:1-14

¹ Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

² To the saints and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

³ In our prayers for you we always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁴ for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, ⁵ because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel ⁶ that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God. ⁷ This you learned from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf, ⁸ and he has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, ¹⁰ so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. ¹¹ May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully ¹² giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. ¹³ He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation;

RESPONSE TO THE WORD 

Hymn: “Give Thanks ”

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

give thanks to the Holy One,

give thanks because he's given

Jesus Christ his Son.

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

give thanks to the Holy One,

give thanks because he's given

Jesus Christ his Son.

And now let the weak say "I am strong";

let the poor say "I am rich

because of what the Lord has done for us

And now let the weak say "I am strong";

let the poor say "I am rich

because of what the Lord has done for us

Give thanks with a grateful heart,

give thanks to the Holy One,

give thanks because he's given

Jesus Christ his Son.

Give Thanks with a grateful heart,

give thanks to the Holy One,

give thanks because he's given

Jesus Christ his Son.

And now let the weak say "I am strong";

let the poor say "I am rich

because of what the Lord has done for us

And now let the weak say "I am strong";

let the poor say "I am rich

because of what the Lord has done for us

Give thanks!

Psalter: A Modern Affirmation

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is the one true church, apostolic and universal, whose holy faith let us now declare:

We believe in God the Father, infinite in wisdom, power, and love, whose mercy is over all his works, and whose will is ever directed to his children's good.

We believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of man, the gift of the Father's unfailing grace, the ground of our hope, and the promise of our deliverance from sin and death.

We believe in the Holy Spirit as the divine presence in our lives, whereby we are kept in perpetual remembrance of the truth of Christ, and find strength and help in time of need.

We believe that this faith should manifest itself in the service of love as set forth in the example of our blessed Lord, to the end that the kingdom of God may come upon the earth. Amen

Gloria Patri

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.

Prayers of the People: Joys and concerns

   Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer

SENDING FORTH

Hymn: “God of Grace and God of Glory”

God of grace and God of glory,

on thy people pour thy power;

crown thine ancient church’s story,

bring her bud to glorious flower.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

for the facing of this hour,

for the facing of this hour.

Lo! the hosts of evil ’round us,

scorn thy Christ, assail his ways!

Fear and doubts too long have bound us;

free our hearts to work and praise.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

for the living of these days,

for the living of these days.

Cure thy children’s warring madness,

bend our pride to thy control;

shame our wanton selfish gladness,

rich in things and poor in soul.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

Lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal,

Lest we miss thy kingdom’s goal.

Save us from weak resignation,

to the evils we deplore;

let the search for thy salvation

be our glory evermore.

Grant us wisdom, grant us courage,

serving thee whom we adore,

serving thee whom we adore.

Benediction

Hymn: “Go Now In Peace”            

Go now in peace, Never be afraid.

God will go with you each hour of every day.

Go now in faith, stead-fast, strong and true.

Know He 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 be there watching from above.

Go now in peace, in faith, and in love.

Amen! Amen! Amen!