Gathering Music
“Cry of My Heart” – Words & Music: Terry Butler
It is the cry of my heart
To follow You
It is the cry of my heart
To be close to You
It is the cry of my heart
To follow
All of the days of my life
Verse 1
Teach me Your holy ways oh Lord
So I can walk in Your truth
Teach me Your holy ways oh Lord
And make me wholly devoted to You
Verse 2
Open my eyes so I can see
The wonderful things that You do
Open my heart up more and more
And make it wholly devoted to You
Call to Worship
Cody Beckett
(adapted from enfleshed)
Leader: Beloveds, People of God, Followers of the way of Christ!
All: Let us tell the truths we need to hear.
Leader: Let us listen and remember the wisdom that sustains us.
All: Our hope does not come from thrones of power.
Leader: Neither wealth nor control will secure our hearts’ desires.
All: What satisfies is already among us.
Leader: Through acts of love and solidarity, the richest gifts of life are revealed.
When God is enfleshed among us, there is no greater joy, no deeper delight.
All: Thanks be God, the source of all that nourishes.
Opening Song
“Have Thine Own Way, Lord” – Words: Adelaide A. Pollard, Music: George C. Stebbins
- Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter;
I am the clay.
Mold me and make me
after thy will,
while I am waiting,
yielded and still. - Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Search me and try me,
Savior today!
Wash me just now, Lord,
wash me just now,
as in thy presence
humbly I bow. - Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
help me I pray!
Power, all power,
surely is thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Savior divine! - Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Hold o’er my being
absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit
till all shall see
Christ only, always,
living in me!
Opening Prayer
Cody Beckett
(adapted from enfleshed)
Holy One, even when the way is treacherous, we hope to be true to you and one another. Through struggle and grief, enable us to remain faithful, to be steady in our companionship, and to be firm in our conviction before evil. When we tremble, assure us of your abiding presence and the power of love eternal. Amen.
Scripture Reading – Matthew 16:21-28
Arsen Nsengimana
21 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. 22And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.’ 23But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.’
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. 26For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
27 ‘For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. 28Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.’
Leader: The Word of God for people of God.
All: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
“Taking Up Our Vulnerability”
HaYoung Kang
Closing Song
“My Life Flows On” – Words & Music: Robert Lowry
1 My life flows on in endless song,
above earth’s lamentation.
I hear the clear, though far-off hymn
that hails a new creation.
Refrain:
No storm can shake my inmost calm
while to that Rock I’m clinging.
Since love is Lord of heaven and earth,
how can I keep from singing?
2 Through all the tumult and the strife,
I hear that music ringing.
It finds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
3 What though my joys and comforts die?
I know my Savior liveth.
What though the darkness gather round?
Songs in the night he giveth. [Refrain]
4 The peace of Christ makes fresh my heart,
a fountain ever springing!
All things are mine since I am his!
How can I keep from singing? [Refrain]
Blessing
HaYoung Kang
Drew Theo Chapel 