Gathering Music

O Come to the Altar CCLI #7051511
(Lyrics)
Verse 1
Are you hurting and broken within
Overwhelmed by the weight of your life
Jesus is calling
Have you come to the end of yourself
Do you thirst for a drink from the well
Jesus is calling

Chorus
O come to the altar
Creator’s arms are open wide
Forgiveness was bought with
The precious love of Jesus Christ

Verse 2
Leave behind your regrets and mistakes
Come today there’s no reason to wait
Jesus is calling
Bring your sorrows and trade them for joy
From the ashes a new life is born
Jesus is calling

Chorus

Bridge
Oh what a Savior
Isn’t he wonderful
Sing alleluia Christ is risen
Bow down before him
For he is Lord of all
Sing alleluia Christ is risen

Chorus

Call to Worship

Daekyung Ko

(adapted from katyandtheword)

O God, We are Divine, made like You.
Give us the chance to unfurl.
Give us the change to reveal the stories that await telling and uncovering.
Let us rest and play and dream ourselves out of systems of exhaustion.
You call us, God, to dream with you. Come:
Let us rest, and play, and dream together.

Opening Song

Come, Let Us Dream W&S 3157
(Lyrics on screen)
V1
Come let us dream God’s dream again
Come one and all let us ascend
the mountaintop where those of old
saw God’s new day on earth unfold

V2
The lame shall walk the blind shall see
the doors swing wide all prisoners free
the lowly raised the proud brought low
This is God’s dream let justice flow

V3
When hatred ends and war shall cease
so all may dwell in deepest peace
then be assured the time is near
when perfect love casts out all fear

Opening Prayer

Crystal James

(Adaptation of Psalm 38/Adapted from Sylvia Purdie)

Leader: I am utterly spent, everything I had has been poured out
I have nothing left
I am crushed, all my best efforts have been wasted
nothing to show for all that work!

I was flat out but now I am flat on the floor
can’t move, can’t think
buried under too many pointless tasks

O Lord, all my longing is known to you
all my sighs, all my frustration, all my tears

I am battered and bruised from constant criticism
I can’t take a step without being snared in a trap
My words get twisted and used against me
My best intentions fall in ruins and are crushed underfoot

My heart aches

my eyes no longer shine with your passion
my ears can’t bear to hear any more need
my mouth is mute, nothing left to say
Nothing left to do except wait for you, God.

Do not leave me!
I have nothing now but you.
Be close, O God.

All: Amen.

Scripture Reading – Exodus 19:1-8

Vincent Yohanna

19At the third new moon after the Israelites had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day, they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2They had journeyed from Rephidim, entered the wilderness of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. 3Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites: 4You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. 5Now therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine, 6but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.’
7 So Moses came, summoned the elders of the people, and set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him. 8The people all answered as one: ‘Everything that the Lord has spoken we will do.’ Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.

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

Message

“My Hope Is Built on…”

Rev. Mark Schol

Musical Response

My Hope Is Built – UMH 368
(Lyrics)
V1
My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ love and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Chorus
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

V2
When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

Chorus

V3
His oath, his covenant, his love,
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

Chorus

Blessing

Rev. Mark Schol

Sending Song

Hope Will Not Fail (Bjorlin/Miller)
(Lyrics)
VERSE 1
Hope will not fail, no, hope will not fail.
Though anguish and apathy seem to prevail,
No, hope will not fail; hope, hope will prevail.

VERSE 2a
Peace will not fail, no, peace will not fail.
Though vengeance and violence seem to prevail,
no, peace will not fail; peace, peace will prevail.

VERSE 2b
Believe in the coming, the coming of peace!
Though vengeance and violence seem to prevail,
No, peace will not fail; peace, peace will prevail.

VERSE 3a
Joy will not fail, no, joy will not fail.
Though mourning and misery seem to prevail,
No, joy will not fail; joy, joy will prevail.

VERSE 3b
Believe in the blessing, the blessing of joy!
Though mourning and misery seem to prevail,
No, joy will not fail; joy, joy will prevail.

VERSE 4a
Love will not fail, no, love will not fail.
Though hatred and hopelessness seem to prevail,
No, love will not fail; love, love will prevail.

VERSE 4b
Believe in the power, the power of love!
Though hatred and hopelessness seem to prevail,
No, love will not fail; love, love will prevail.