5th Sunday after Pentecost

Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas

July 5, 2020 / 10:45 a.m.

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CHIMING OF THE HOUR

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS Dr. Jan Davis

OPENING VOLUNTARY Hymns of God and Country arr. Nielson & Young
Scott Montgomery, organ & Frode Gundersen, piano

CALL TO WORSHIP
Pastor: We come together this morning appreciating our freedom to worship God.
All: May God continue to bless the Church of Christ in this land.
Pastor: We draw near to our God who rules over all nations.
All: May God continue to bless our country and all the countries in the world.
Pastor: We seek to live in harmony with all peoples on the earth.
All: May God continue to establish peace on earth,
and help us to understand that it begins in our hearts.
Pastor: Come, let us worship our Lord!

OPENING HYMN 698 God of the Ages NATIONAL HYMN

1. God of the ages, whose almighty hand
leads forth in beauty all the starry band
of shining worlds in splendor through the skies,
our grateful songs before thy thrones arise.
2. Thy love divine hath led us in the past;
in this free land with thee our lot is cast;
be thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay,
thy Word our law, thy paths our chosen way.
3. From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,
be thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
thy true religion in our hearts increase;
thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
4. Refresh thy people on their toilsome way;
lead us from night to neverending day;
fill all our lives with love and grace divine,
and glory, laud, and praise be ever thine.

SERMON TEXT Genesis 21:1-7

SERMON Journey of Faith: Dr. Steve Pulliam

The Birth of the Promise
INVITATION TO REPENTANCE
Christ our Lord invites to his table all who love him,
who earnestly repent of their sin and seek to live in peace with one another.
Therefore, let us confess our sin before God and one another.
 PRAYER OF CONFESSION AND PARDON
Lord Jesus Christ, you are the way to peace. Come into the brokenness of our lives
and our land with your healing love. Help us to be willing to bow before you in true
repentence and to bow to one another in real forgiveness. By the fire of your Holy Spirit,
melt our hard hearts and consume the pride and prejudice that seperate us. Fill us, O Lord,
with your perfect love, which casts out our fear. And bind us together in the unity that you
share with the Father and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT Mission Partners

GIVING OF OUR TITHES AND OFFERING

OFFERTORY SOLO Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. Mark Hayes

David Hunt, baritone
Frode Gundersen, piano

INVITATION TO COMMUNION

SERVING OF COMMUNION

COMMUNION MUSIC My Country, ‘Tis of Thee arr. Eleanor Whitsett

Scott Montgomery, organ

CLOSING HYMN 696 America the Beautiful MATERNA

1. O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain;
for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.
2. O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.
3. O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw,
confirm thy soul in selfcontrol, thy liberty in law.

BENEDICTION

CLOSING VOLUNTARY Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa

Scott Montgomery, organ

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT
Did you know that Central has many partnerships with people and organizations outside of the United States?
They are continuing to share the Gospel in places like India, Uganda, Cuba and Colombia. Many of these people
are facing tremendous hardship during this time. But your generosity has allowed Central to support these
partners in some powerful ways during the global pandemic. Thank you for your support for missions at
Central!