July 21, 2024

Prelude - Disciple of Christ

Call to Worship

Most Gracious God, we come together this day as disciples of the Way.  We started life on separate paths but now are together on the same narrow road Jesus walked so that we may come into fellowship with You.  Bless us God with the mystery of Your presence as we worship You and seek to live the Godly life of peace You have given us.  Amen.

Hymn - I Cannot Tell

Invocation and Lord's Prayer

God, we come as disciples eager to learn and to be held in awe by Your love for us.  Hear us as we pray this prayer of discipleship that Jesus leads us to pray, saying: 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 debts, as we forgive our debtors.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.  For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.  Amen.

Scripture Reading - Acts 19:1, 8-10

1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples.

8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God. 9 But some of them became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. 10 This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.

Joys and Concerns

Lord Jesus, the one and only Christ, You called many people from many walks of life—to leave their own ways and follow you;
to be your disciples.  Lord Jesus, the one true leader of every church, we choose to stand as one church – your church –and to lift our focus from our differences and divides. We will leave our own ways and follow you together; support each other as we seek to be your disciples.  Christ have mercy—in your precious name which unites us all.  Amen.

Hymn - So Send I You - by Grace Made Strong

Sermon - Becoming a Disciple

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Hymn - People of God

Benediction

Let us go now and humbly become disciples of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Postlude - Freely, Freely

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