Gathering Music

God has not given a spirit of fear (2x)
Let it shine, let it shine
Let your love shine
Don’t be afraid
Let your love shine!

Call to Worship

(adapted from enfleshed)

Faith Gatwiri

Leader: From the dust of the earth, the Holy One breathed us into life.
Through the breath of God we are all connected.
Shaped in her image, God formed us with a purpose:
To create
To serve
To tend
To protect
To love
Leader: That life may flourish in all its forms,
May the Spirit of the Living God be manifest in us!

Opening Song

“We Walk By Faith”

Disciple’s Prayer

(from M. Jade Kaiser, enfleshed)

Prumeh Lee

Leader: Please join me in praying the disciple’s prayer.
Mother of us all,
who dwells within and beyond,
Sacred is your name.
May your holy vision for collective flourishing
come to fruition among us.
May your dreams of justice, love, compassion, and connection be enfleshed on earth.
Provide us today with what we need to be nourished in body, soul, and heart.
Forgive us for the harm we cause as we seek to forgive those who have harmed us.
Lead us away from everything that destroys and liberate us from the hands of evil.
For you are the ultimate source of hope.
Your power-with exceeds all power-over.
Your presence incites eternal wonder.
All praise to you, our comfort and strength.
Amen.

Scripture Reading – Matthew 10:1, 5-8

Sam Smith

10:1 Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness.
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: ‘Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 As you go, proclaim the good news, “The kingdom of heaven has come near.” 8 Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment.

Leader: The Word of God for the People of God. Thanks be to God.

Sermon

‘Freely…Freely’: Reflections on Matthew Ten

Dean Robert Seesengood

Musical Response

Blessing

Dean Rob Seesengood

Sending Song

“You Are Salt of the Earth”
By Marty Haugen

You are salt for the earth, O people,
salt for the city of God!
Share the flavor of life, O people:
life in the kindom of God!

Bring forth the kindom of mercy,
bring forth the kindom of peace.
Bring forth the kindom of justice,
bring forth the kindom of God!

You are a light on the hill, O people,
light for the city of God!
Shine so holy and bright, O people:
shine for the kindom of God!

Bring forth the kindom of mercy,
bring forth the kindom of peace.
Bring forth the kindom of justice,
bring forth the kindom of God!

You are a seed of the word, O people,
bring forth the kindom of God!
Seeds of mercy and seeds of justice,
grow in the kindom of God!

Bring forth the kindom of mercy,
bring forth the kindom of peace.
Bring forth the kindom of justice,
bring forth the kindom of God!

We are the bless’d and a pilgrim people,
bound for the kindom of God!
Love our journey and love our homeland:
love is the kindom of God!

Bring forth the kindom of mercy,
bring forth the kindom of peace.
Bring forth the kindom of justice,
bring forth the kindom of God!