11AM June 29 Bulletin

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11AM Order of Worship

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WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | june 29, 2025

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

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
Great is the Lord | arr. Jack Schrader
Wes Kassulke, piano

WELCOME | Pastor Monique McBride

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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* CALL TO WORSHIP | Judy O'Donnell, liturgist
Come, all who are searching, questioning, or unsure.
We come with open hearts, ready to be surprised by grace.
Sometimes, we resist what is unfamiliar—we cling to what is comfortable, to what we think we know.
God calls us beyond our comfort, inviting us to see the world—and ourselves—in a new light.
In Christ, old assumptions are challenged, new possibilities are revealed, and transformation begins.
We are invited to trust, to try, to taste and see that the Lord is good.
So let us come with curiosity and courage, ready to encounter the God who makes all things new.
We come to worship the One who opens our eyes, softens our hearts, and leads us into abundant life.

* GATHERING HYMN
How Can We Name a Love | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 111 (verses 1,2,3,4)
How can we name a love that wakens heart and mind,

indwelling all we know or think or do or seek or find?

Within our daily world, in every human face,
Love’s echoes sound and God is found, hid in the commonplace.

If we awoke to life built on a rock of care

that asked no great reward but firm, assured, was simply there,

we can, with parents’ names, describe, and thus adore,
Love unconfined, a father kind, a mother strong and sure.

When people share a task, and strength and skills unite

in projects old or new, to make or do with shared delight,

our friend and partner’s will is better understood,

that all should share, create, and care, and know that life is good.

So in a hundred names, each day we all can meet

a presence, sensed and shown at work, at home, or in the street.

Yet every name we see, shines in a brighter sun:

In Christ alone is love full grown and life and hope begun.

* OPENING PRAYER
God of limitless possibility, you call us to see beyond the familiar, beyond rigid thinking, beyond the expected. Open our hearts today to receive your wisdom in new ways. Stretch our minds beyond what is comfortable, beyond what is familiar. Teach us to listen for your voice and to ask questions, to challenge what we think we know, to delight in discovery, and to find you in places we never imagined. Awaken us to your creative power at work within us and around us. Help us to see your grace in unexpected moments, to trust that your love is bigger than our doubts, and to serve you boldly, even when the path is unfamiliar. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
A Modern Affirmation of Faith
We believe in God, Creator of all things, Giver of life and breath. God is present and walks with us daily through times of joy and sorrow. We believe in Jesus Christ, The Word made flesh who lived among us. He was crucified, died, and buried. On the third day, He rose from the dead and lives today, bringing healing and hope to the world. He calls us to love God and all people, welcoming each person as part of God’s family. We believe in the Holy Spirit that came down on the first disciples to empower them, teach them, and lead them into all truth. We believe the same Spirit empowers us today as daughters and sons of God to transform the world with the amazing power of God’s love. We believe that God is moving among us today: still creating, still restoring, and still filling us with power as we live each day for the glory of 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
Then Sings My Soul | Mary McDonald
Leigh Neely, soprano

SCRIPTURE

John 9:1-17 | Common English Bible
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man who was blind from birth. ²Jesus’ disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned so that he was born blind, this man or his parents?”

³Jesus answered, “Neither he nor his parents. This happened so that God’s mighty works might be displayed in him. ⁴While it’s daytime, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming when no one can work. ⁵While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” ⁶After he said this, he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smeared the mud on the man’s eyes. ⁷Jesus said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (this word means sent). So the man went away and washed. When he returned, he could see.

⁸The man’s neighbors and those who used to see him when he was a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who used to sit and beg?”

⁹Some said, “It is,” and others said, “No, it’s someone who looks like him.”

But the man said, “Yes, it’s me!”

¹⁰So they asked him, “How are you now able to see?”

¹¹He answered, “The man they call Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes, and said, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and then I could see.”

¹²They asked, “Where is this man?”

He replied, “I don’t know.”

¹³Then they led the man who had been born blind to the Pharisees. ¹⁴Now Jesus made the mud and smeared it on the man’s eyes on a Sabbath day. ¹⁵So Pharisees also asked him how he was able to see.

The man told them, “He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and now I see.”

¹⁶Some Pharisees said, “This man isn’t from God, because he breaks the Sabbath law.” Others said, “How can a sinner do miraculous signs like these?” So they were divided. ¹⁷Some of the Pharisees questioned the man who had been born blind again: “What do you have to say about him, since he healed your eyes?”

He replied, “He’s a prophet.”

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

MESSAGE
The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss | Green Eggs and Ham Theology | Pastor Monique McBride

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 25^th 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 as we reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

I am Alive and I Can See | Susan Callaway
Chancel Choir
Come by here, O Lord, listen to my plea; do not pass me by for I cannot see. Touch my darkened eye; wake my spirit from sleeping, O Lord, and do not pass me by. I am alive and I can see. I once was blind but Jesus touched me. If you are blind and begging for a touch of light, listen to my story of how He gave me sight. No one else could save me; this I know is true. And what He did for me I know that He will do it all for 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

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.

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
God, in Christ You Give Salvation | CWM RHONDDA

God, in Christ you give salvation,

And in him, the old has gone.

We are made a new creation;

Now we sing: the new has come!

Side by side, we serve together,

Telling news of what you've done,

Telling news of what you've done!

Called by Christ, we live as brothers,

Strong and faithful, bound to you.

May we reach to lift up others

So that they will know Christ, too.

Side by side, we serve together,

Salt and light in all we do,

Salt and light in all we do!

Sent by Christ, we go with courage,

Feed the hungry, help the poor,

Strengthen families, live your message,

Work for justice, heal, restore.

Side by side, we serve together:

May we daily serve you more,

May we daily serve you more!

* 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
Trumpet March | Richard Frith
Chuck Stanley, organ

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday, when we begin the new message series Working on Our Core, with the message The Glory of God, based on Exodus 40:34-38.

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