WORSHIP WHERE YOU ARE JUNE 28, 10AM | FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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Call to Worship

Come, all you who are struggling. Come, all you who are crippled by pain and suffering. Come to worship a God who heals your pain. Come to worship a God who gives forgiveness. Let us worship God, who sets us free and gives us new life!

Opening Prayer

Eternal One, whose thoughts and ways are not ours, you alone are God, awesome, holy, and most high. Form us in the ways of faith and wisdom, that we, like Job, may learn to truly see and hear, and in humility find blessing. Amen.

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Opening Hymn My Hope Is Built SOLID ROCK

Call to Confession

If we say we are completely put together, the truth is not in us.   But if we confess our distractions, our errors, and our anxieties, God will meet us and renew us.

Let’s boldly confess our brokenness to God:

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Prayer of Confession

O Lord, listen to our prayer of confession, for we would speak honestly before You.

We confess that we haven’t always done what is right; that some of our attitudes and actions have hurt others and ourselves, and have grieved You.

Forgive us.

In Your mercy, look deeply into our hearts. Examine our thoughts and our actions. Test our motivations. Bring to light all the things in our lives that dishonor You.

We want to follow You with integrity, to obey the commandments You have given us, and to walk in ways that bring honor to Your name. Amen.

Assurance of God’s Love

Our God never fails to hear us when we call. Trust in God’s forgiveness and unfailing love, and be at peace, for God rescues all who take refuge in Him. Thanks be to God! Amen

Sung Response I Go to the Rock

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HEAR New Testament Lesson Job 14:7-15; 19:23-27

From the New Revised Standard Version:

‘F or there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will

sprout again, and that its shoots will not

cease. Though its root grows old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant. But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they? As waters fail from a lake, and a river wastes away and dries up, so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep. O that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would conceal me until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

If mortals die, will they live again? All the days of my service I would wait until my release should come. You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.

‘O that my words were written down! O that they were inscribed in a book!

O that with an iron pen and with lead they were engraved on a rock for ever! For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

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From The Message:

F or a tree there is always hope. Chop it down and it still has a

chance— its roots can put out fresh sprouts.

Even if its roots are old and gnarled, its stump long dormant, At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling. But men and women? They die and stay dead. They breathe their last, and that’s it. Like lakes and rivers that have dried up, parched reminders of what once was, So mortals lie down and never get up, never wake up again—never. Why don’t you just bury me alive, get me out of the way until your anger cools? But don’t leave me there! Set a date when you’ll see me again. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question.

All through these difficult days I keep hoping, waiting for the final change—for resurrection! Homesick with longing for the creature you made, you’ll call—and I’ll answer!

“If only my words were written in a book— better yet, chiseled in stone! Still, I know that God lives—the

One who gives me back my life— and eventually he’ll take his stand on earth. And I’ll see him—even though I get skinned alive!— see God myself, with my very own eyes. Oh, how I long for that day!

Homily The Reverend Dr. Jonathan Chapman

RESPOND Sharing Our Concerns

For all these persons, and all who are in need. Hold your people near, O God.

Sharing Our Joys We give thanks to God for these blessings. Thanks be to God!

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Call to Prayer Shepherd Me, O God

Pastoral Prayer

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed by 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 sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen.

Call to Give

Offertory

Westfield Church’s life and ministry is dependent on your generosity. You can donate online by going to westfielducc.org/giving or you can mail your donation (made out to

Westfield Church) to 210 Main Street, Killingly, CT 06239. Thank you for your consideration.

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Prayer of Dedication

Bountiful God, we come with our offerings in response to your love. With the new life in Christ, we give ourselves in service to others. With the energy bestowed by the Spirit,

we seek to inflame all your people with a zeal for your way. Receive the work we do, and the gifts we bring, that they may become a blessing in your sight. Amen.

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Closing Song Whispering Hope

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Benediction

_______________________________________________ WORSHIP NOTES: • Call to Worship is from Waiting for Water: Liturgy for the Easter Journey 2013 • Opening Prayer is adapted from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers © Augsburg Fortress, 2002 • The Prayer of Confession and Assurance of God’s Love are based on Psalm 17. • I Go to the Rock has music and lyrics by Dottie Rambo • Shepherd Me, O God has music and lyrics by Marty Haugen. • The Communion refrain is from Healer of Our Every Ill which has music and lyrics by Marty Haugen.

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