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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | july 26, 2026

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

WELCOME | Pastor Jad Denmark

WELCOME ONE ANOTHER

PRELUDE
He is the Rock | Michael Barrett
Ensemble

* CALL TO WORSHIP | Connie Bookholt, liturgist
Beloved of God, come with the truth of your life—your joys, your wounds, your hopes, and your heaviness.

We come trusting that God receives us as we are.

In seasons when life feels fragile or fractured, God’s grace does not withdraw.

God remains faithful, steady, and near.

Our broken places are not signs of failure, but the ground where grace takes root.

God meets us in our vulnerability with compassion and strength.

The one who calls us “beloved” walks with us through every difficult season.

With gratitude and trust, we worship the God who is faithful.

* GATHERING HYMN
How Firm a Foundation | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 529 (verses 1,2,3,5)
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,

is laid for your faith in his excellent word!

What more can he say than to you he hath said,

to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?

“Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,

for I am thy God and will still give thee aid;

I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand

upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

“When through the deep waters I call thee to go,

the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;

for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless

and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

“The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose,

I will not, I will not desert to its foes;

that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.”

unknown | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Faithful God, you call us beloved even when life feels heavy, uncertain, or broken. We thank you that your love does not depend on our strength or our success. In every season of life, your grace meets us, sustains us, and carries us forward. When we feel weary, remind us that we are not alone. When we are discouraged, renew our hope. When we carry wounds that others cannot see, surround us with your healing presence. Teach us to trust that even in our most difficult moments, you are at work, shaping us with compassion and leading us toward new life. Strengthen us to live with faith and courage, resting in the assurance that your grace is sufficient and your love never fails. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada
We are not alone, we live in God’s world. We believe in God: who has created and is creating, who has come in Jesus, the word made flesh, to reconcile and make new, who works in us and others by the Spirit. We trust in God. We are called to be the church: to celebrate God’s presence, to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil, to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen, our judge and our hope. In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us. We are not alone. Thanks be to God.

* GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MUSIC MINISTRY
O Love | Elaine Hagenberg
Ensemble

MORNING PRAYER

THE LORD’S PRAYER 
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. Amen.

STEWARDSHIP MOMENT
Clothing giveaway on the Parkway Campus

OFFERING
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes
Give online at christchurchfl.org/give
Text GIVE to 954.880.3885
Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Connect cards may also be placed with your offering. Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness, which helps the church dreflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Gonna Sit Down and Rest Awhile | Patti Drennan

Chancel Choir; Wes Kassulke, piano
On this road filled with trouble, many burdens weigh me down. Days can often be cloudy, and hope cannot be found. When I’m ladened with sorrow, and I stumble and fall, Jesus takes me in his loving arms. He hears me when I call. I need to sit down, and talk with my Jesus; sit down, forget all my trials; sit down, and let him fill my spirit; sit down, and just rest in him awhile. I know Jesus is listening. I know he hears my prayer when I find myself burdened with more than I can bear. As I walk through the valleys, I should have no fear. Help me, Lord, to depend on you; your voice I long to hear. No more will I carry this load. No more will I go it alone, ‘cause Jesus already knows my trials. Jesus, I give my life to you.

* DOXOLOGY
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License #487103

SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 4:7-10 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition
7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 8 We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, 9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.

John 20:19-29 | New Revised Standard Version, updated edition
19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God

MESSAGE
Beloved | Broken | Pastor Jad Denmark

ANOINTING
Amazing Grace | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 378 (verses 1,2,3,4)
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I am found; was blind, but now I see.

'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved;
how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;
'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me, his word my hope secures;
he will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
Grace Greater Than Our Sin | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 365 (verses 1,2,4)
Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!

Yonder on Calvary’s mount outpoured, there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt.

(refrain) Grace, grace, God’s grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within;

grace, grace, God’s grace, grace that is greater than all our sin!

Sin and despair, like the sea waves cold, threaten the soul with infinite loss;

grace that is greater, yes, grace untold, points to the refuge, the mighty cross. (refrain)

Marvelous, infinite, matchless grace, freely bestowed on all who believe!

You that are longing to see his face, will you this moment his grace receive? (refrain)

Daniel Brink Towner & Julia Harriette Johnston | words & music: public domain

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* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
Spirit Song | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 347
O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Recessional in C | John S. Dixon
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday, when we conclude the series, Beloved, with the message, Given, based on Matthew 26:26–29; John 13:1–17; Acts 2:42–47 & Philippians 2:5–11.

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