The peace of Christ be with us all!

We invite you to continue to pray for peace in the world.

We invite you to Please continue to pause  to offer Prayers for Peace in Ukraine at 6:00 p.m. daily.  And, please continue your prayers for reconciliation, and for refugees everywhere.  These are difficult times in our world, and our thoughts and prayers connect us to others and to the healing of this hurting world. #StandWithUkraine

We continue to be grateful for your generous support of the TMUC community.  If you are wanting to make a donation online, here’s the link

Sunday worship at TMUC is at 10:00 for in person with a live-stream on ZOOM.  Here is the link if you would like to join in online:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7538449219

And, in preparation for this weekend, our music team and Esther and Emmett have prepared some recordings in addition to what will be shared online:

Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Verse 4 (used as an introit in the Easter Season)

and a Blessing:

Take Up His Song:

And Esther and Emmett talk about sabbath rest!

Words for Worship for Sunday, May 22, 2022

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Introit: Voices United #155: Jesus Christ is Risen Today verse 4
Sing we to our God above, Hallelujah!
Praise eternal as God’s love, Hallelujah!
Praise our God, ye heavenly host, Hallelujah!
Praise the Son and Holy Ghost. Hallelujah!
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*CALL TO WORSHIP:
One:   The Lord be with you.
All:     And also with you.
One:   Lift up your hearts.
All:     We lift them up to the Lord.
One:   Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
All:     It is right to give God thanks and praise.

Hymn: Creating God, We give You Thanks:  Voices United #292

Opening Prayer:  Creating God, we give You thanks. We are thankful for Your love that offers new life, and new ways of living. Open our hearts and imaginations to Your whispers of hope, Your hints of resurrection, and Your justice-shaping Spirit moving throughout our lives. Let the spirit of Christ inspire us. In Christ’s name we pray. AMEN

Gospel: Luke 6:1-11

The Question about the Sabbath

One sabbath while Jesus was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked some heads of grain, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and took and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and gave some to his companions?” Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

The Man with a Withered Hand

On another sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him to see whether he would cure on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. Even though he knew what they were thinking, he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” He got up and stood there. Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save life or to destroy it?” After looking around at all of them, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

Then they said to him, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but your disciples eat and drink.” Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? The days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days.” He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. And no one after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.’”

Anthem: Power Of Your Love

Meditation

Anthem: Deep Deep Love

Offertory Prayer (unison):
God of new beginnings, we offer our gifts to you this day.  Receive our offerings of time and talent that we share.  Help us to care for others through these gifts.  Help us to work for peace and justice in our world.  We pray in Jesus’ name.  Amen.

Call to Prayer: Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying:  Voices United #400
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Lord, send your Spirit in this place;
Lord, listen to your children praying,
Send us love, send us power, send us grace!
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Pastoral Prayer: The prayer that Jesus taught…
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be 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.
Forever and ever.
AMEN

Hymn: I Am the Dream:  Voices United MV#106

Blessings and Sending Forth

Choral Blessing: Take Up His Song – More Voices #213
Take up his song of peace and go into the world.
Take up his song of peace in every moment.
In ev’ry moment of the journey,
we’re laying down our lives,
lay them down in peace,
lay them down and take up his song.
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