Worship for the week of May 9, 2021

6th Sunday of Eastertide

Live Stream Worship at 11 AM Sun May 9, 2021

Welcome Home to Holy Trinity Community Church United Church of Christ!

Holy Trinity Community Church United Church of Christ.

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Thank you for joining us in worship today. We invite you to reach out to Pastor Rob, (He/Him), who is available for pastoral care, emotional support, & spiritual direction. Please contact Pastor Rob at revrobvaness@gmail.com with any comments or concerns you may have.

May 9, 2021 – The 6th Sunday of Easter:

GATHERING SONG: Charlie’s Choice

WELCOME AND GREETINGS Rob

SONG OF PRAISE: Charlie’s Choice

INVITATION TO COMMUNION Rob

SCRIPTURE Galatians 1:13-17 Rob

Hear now a reading from Paul’s letter to the Galatians where he talks about living by faith and under whose authority:

13You have heard, no doubt, of my earlier life in Judaism. I was violently persecuting the church of God and was trying to destroy it. 14I advanced in Judaism beyond many among my people of the same age, for I was far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. 15But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me through his grace, was pleased 16to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with any human being, 17nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards I returned to Damascus.

One: Hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.

All: Thank be to God!

SERMON: Best Kept Secrets Part 2 - Rob

OFFERING Rob

You may help the church financially in this pandemic by contributing in 3 different ways.

Holy Trinity Community Church now has a CashApp account. Our CashApp code is $HolyTrinityMemphis. Users must create a Cash App account to make contributions to our ministry. There is no fee for either party on this app & can be found at the Google Play Store for Android users or the App Store for iPhone users.
Go to HolyTrinityMemphis.org & click on the word GIVE in the upper left-hand corner. This link will direct you to our longstanding PayPal account.
Finally, you can always send in your tithe, gift, or offering by mail. Please send to: Holy Trinity Community Church PO Box 2991 Cordova, TN 38088.

Your faithful contributions regardless are essential for our ability to proclaim the gospel. Thank you for your generous support of our mission and ministries.

OFFERATORY: Charlie’s Choice

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Rob

COMMUNION AND BLESSING Rob

[Sing Alleluia to the Lord in the background during communion w/ Charlie Hawks.]

(Invocation)

God of Spirit and flesh,

God of heaven and earth,

God of grape and grain,

we spread our sings in flight toward you.

We stretch our arms in need of you.

We feed ourselves with gifts from you.

We thank you for your love poured out as we sense your Spirit shinning in the sunlight,

sailing on the summer wind,

and singing in the souls of each one gathered here.

(Assurance of Pardon)

The feast of God is designed to satisfy not our physical appetites but our hunger and thirst for righteousness. The table has long been set and there has always been a place reserved for you. Jesus Christ beckons you, “Come.” Beloved, your sins are forgiven. In witness to your new life in Christ and communion with one another, you are asked to gather around the heavenly table. Amen.

(Sursum Corda)

One: God be with you.

All: And also with you.

One: Lift up your hearts.

All: We lift them up to God.

One: Let us give thanks for the peace of God.

All: It is right to give God thanks and praise.

God in Christ breaks down the walls that make us strangers to ourselves and divide us from one another. We are the body of Christ. Around this table, we enact our faith. The body broken is restored to wholeness; lifeblood poured out brings healing to our world.

(Silence)

(Offering Prayer)

Loving God, our hunger is never better satisfied than at your table. Our gifts can have no higher value than when they are offered to you. Because you fill our spirits, we hunger to serve. And we pray that these gifts may be as food to nourish the living body of Christ.

(The Words of Institution)

The Lord Jesus, on the night of his arrest, took bread, and after giving thanks to God, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: Take, eat. This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

In the same way he took the cup, saying: This cup is the new covenant sealed in my blood, shed for you for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me.

Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the saving death of the risen Lord, until he comes.

(Sharing of the Bread and Cup)

Now is the time to take what you have set aside to eat, break it, and eat.

Now is the time to take what you have set aside to drink, and drink.

(Prayer After Communion)

All praise is yours, O God. You bring us to this table as siblings in Christ. Lead us now, through each of our moments, to that glorious day when all your children will gather as family. We pray in the name of Jesus Christ, who is our peace made flesh.

(The Lord’s Prayer)

We pray in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray,

All: Our Father who 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 trespasses

As we forgive those who trespass against us

And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen.

BLESSSING AND COMMISSION Rob

SENDING SONG: Charlie’s Choice