Worship Roadmap - July 20, 2025
Updated: Thursday, July 03, 2025 3:32:20pm
(Roadmap version: Draft
Pastor: Rev. Shirley Macemon
Lay Reader: Ed Pansullo, Song Leader: TBD
Lectionary Scripture: Amos 8:1-12 and Psalm 52; Genesis 18:1-10a and Psalm 15; Colossians 1:15-28; Luke 10:38-42)
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Start Zoom Recording at 9:59:30
Prelude
"Better is One Day"
by Matt Redman
Used under CCLI #21189255
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Song: "De Colores" (NCH#402)
De colores, de colores
se visten los campos
en la primavera.
De colores, de colores
son los pajaritos
que vienen de afuera.
De colores, de colores
es el arco iris que vemos salir.
Y por eso los grandes
amores de muchos colores
me gustan a mi.
Y por eso los grandes
amores de muchos colores
me gustan a mi.
Sing of colors,
sing of colors that
over the hills in profusion
are springing;
Sing of colors,
of the birds that fly outside
my window their
canticles singing;
Sing of colors,
in the rainbow's bright colors
God's promise of
hope we recall;
Sing of colors that
make up the earth and
give thanks to the God
who created us all.
Sing of colors that
make up the earth and
give thanks to the God
who created us all.
Sing rejoicing!
Every creature that
breathes raise a song to
the God of creation.
Sing rejoicing!
Sing to God who
so earnestly cares,
who has offered salvation.
Sing the good news!
Sing the love of the Savior
reflecting the colors of all.
Many colors that
shine from God's face,
many colors that tell
us God's love to recall.
Many colors that
shine from God's face,
many colors that tell
us God's love to recall.
Mexican Folk Song; Copyright ©1995 The Pilgrim Press. Arrangement ©1987 World Library Publications, reprinted one Onelicense.net #A-726183.
Lay Reader: Call to Worship
Lay Reader: Please rise as you are able and join me in our responsive Call to Worship.
Lay Reader: Call to Worship - responsive
One: Christ is in our midst!
How will you bid him welcome?
All: We will throw open the doors to our hearts. We will delight in his presence.
One: When God shows up, surprising things can happen.
All: We will make ourselves ready.
We will lay down our burdens and set aside our distractions.
One: Here we receive good news: Nothing is too wonderful for God!
All: So let us laugh and sing, rest and listen, dance and praise—
Let us worship God!
Lay Reader: Announcements
Please be seated.
Welcome to Campbell United Church of Christ!
We are an Open and Affirming congregation and
no matter where you are on your spiritual journey,
you are welcome here.
(raise Bulletin)
Please take the Bulletin insert home with you to remind you of upcoming events.
(highlight next week special events if any)
Lay Reader: Other Announcements
Lay Reader: Are there any other announcements?
Pastor: Passing of the Peace-Invitation
Pastor: Let us pass God’s blessing of peace among one another.
Pastor: Passing of the Peace
One: May the peace and joy of Christ be with you.
ALL: And also with you.
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Pastor: Passing of the Peace
Share a wave, elbow bump, or hug as you are mutually comfortable
Song: "Come Just As You Are"
Song Leader: Please remain standing or rise as you are able and sing.
Come just as you are
hear the Spirit call
Come just as you are
Come and see
(come and see)
Come receive
(come receive)
Come and live
(come and live)
forever
Life everlasting
And strength for today
Taste the Living Water
And never thirst again
Come just as you are
hear the Spirit call
Come just as you are
Come receive
(come receive)
God in Christ
(God in Christ)
Come and live
(come and live)
forevermore
Joseph Sabolick; 1993 Universal Music - Brentwood Benson Publishing (Admin. by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing, Inc.) CCLI Song #1189479 used under CCLI license #2541334
Song Leader: Prayer of Invocation
Song Leader: Wonderful, surprising God,
you bring us hope when we are discouraged,
peace when we are anxious,
and joy when we are least expecting it.
Help us, now, to rest in your presence.
Be our welcome Guest not only here but everywhere we go this week.
Show us how to receive all that you have to offer us.
May we remain open even to what seems too incredible to be true,
for with you, so much more is possible than we even imagine.
We pray this in the name of your most Glorious Impossible, Jesus the Christ.
Amen.
Song Leader: Please be seated.
Lay Reader: Scripture
Luke 10:38-42
(NRSV)
Lay Reader: Scripture Reading: Luke 10:38–42 (NRSV)
Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.
She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying.
But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.”
But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things;
there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”
Lay Reader: Scripture Response
One: This is God’s self-revealing through the stories of our people.
All: Praise be to God.
Song: "Lord Most High"
From the ends of the earth
(ECHO)
From the depths of the sea
(ECHO)
From the heights of the heavens
(ECHO)
Your name be praised
From the hearts of the weak
(ECHO)
From the shouts of the strong
(ECHO)
From the lips of all people
(ECHO)
This song we raise Lord
Throughout the endless ages
You will be crowned
with praises
Lord Most High
Exalted in every nation
Sovereign of all creation
Lord Most High
be magnified
From the ends of the earth
(ECHO)
From the depths of the sea
(ECHO)
From the heights of the heavens
(ECHO)
Your name be praised
From the hearts of the weak
(ECHO)
From the shouts of the strong
(ECHO)
From the lips of all people
(ECHO)
This song we raise Lord
Throughout the endless ages
You will be crowned with praises
Lord Most High
Exalted in every nation
Sovereign of all creation
Lord Most High
be magnified
be magnified
Don Harris; Gary Sadler; 1996 Integrity's Hosanna! Music (Admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing (Integrity Music [DC Cook])) CCLI Song #2037688 used under CCLI license #2541334
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Pastor: Message
"Mary and Martha"
Rev. Shirley Macemon
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Choir: Anthem
"Seek Ye First"
by Karen Lafferty, arr. Lloyd Larsen
Used under OneLicense.net A-726183
(Pastor: wait for A/V techs to return to A/V booth and the Offering slide to appear before proceeding)
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Pastor: Offering
Pastor: Amazing things can happen when we share.
When three strange guests showed up outside Abraham and Sarah’s tent,
they rushed to create a fine feast of the best they had to offer.
They did this having no idea
that their guests would give them an astonishing gift of great joy.
Let us make our offering an abundant feast of the finest gifts we have to share.
Perhaps we also will be joyfully surprised by what God has in store for us.
While we do not pass the plates for our Offering,
we do have offering plates at the back rows of chairs as you enter the sanctuary.
Please feel free to place your offerings there.
We also have a secure way to give online by using our webpage at campbellucc.com/donate
Let us pause and reflect as you give your offerings.
(Ruth plays a short interlude)
Generous God, we share what we have
because we wish to serve you with the best we have to offer.
Bless our tithes and offerings that they may become a bountiful feast
for all who need to be filled with good things.
Open our eyes to see the strangers you call us to welcome.
Empower us to receive them as you do, with radically inclusive hospitality.
May we recognize and delight in the gifts they share with us.
Now let us sing our thanks for our blessings.
Song: "Doxology"
Praise God from whom
all blessings flow;
Praise God
all creatures here below;
Praise God above
you heavenly host;
Creator, Christ and
Holy Ghost. Amen.
Thomas Ken; Word adaptations reprinted from Book of Worship, © 1986. Used by permission of the United Church of Christ Office for Church Life and Leadership
Lay Reader: Prayer for Transformation and New Life
Lay Reader: Gracious, inviting God,
you continually provide us with opportunities to practice generous hospitality.
But our fear of difference, reluctance to share, and desire to be in control
make our welcome appear weak and insincere.
Because we long for what is familiar and comfortable,
we have difficulty honoring the stranger as a sacred guest
who bears the face of Christ.
Worn out and irritated by the work we think we must do,
we miss opportunities to receive the gifts that such guests offer us.
Forgive us, O God, for focusing on the wrong things.
Show us how to do what is right.
(Brief pause for silence and self examination)
Lay Reader: Words of Grace
Lay Reader: he Psalmist declares that those who speak the truth from their heart
will abide in God’s sanctuary.
God hears the difficult truths we have named aloud and in the silence of our hearts.
Now let the wonderful gift of God’s forgiveness flow through you.
May the abundance of God’s mercy and grace set you free to serve God with love.
Thanks be to God!
Amen.
Song: "Like a Tree Beside the Waters" (NCH#313)
Like a tree beside
the waters,
nurtured by
your loving care,
We, O God,
your sons and daughters,
your enduring
witness bear.
In each passing generation
may your voice
of love be heard.
Bless, we pray,
this congregation
with your holy living Word.
Like a tree
beside the river,
drawing life
from holy streams,
Fill us with
your love forever;
recreate our
hopes and dreams.
Through the storms
of life sustain us
by the wisdom
of your grace.
May the changing
of the seasons
find us in
your warm embrace.
We, beside
the living waters,
drink from
your eternal life.
Give to all,
your sons
and daughters,
faith that rises
over strife.
O, Thou Living God,
most glorious,
strengthen us
for life today.
By the hope
of timeless promise
guide your church
upon the Way.
James F D Martin; Text © 1994, James F.D. Martin, Music: HYFRYDOL arr Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) from The English Hymnal. © Oxford University Press, All rights reserved. Used under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Prayers of the People
You are invited to share prayers of joy or concern. So that the people online may hear, please wait for the microphone to be brought to you before sharing your joy or concern.
Online people are invited to unmute and offer your prayers. You can also email your prayers for our community to prayerchain@campbellucc.org
Please let us know if you would NOT like your spoken prayer to be distributed on the Prayer Chain email.
(Wait for prayers to conclude, then Pastor may re-voice offered prayers or proceed to Silent Meditation)
Pastor: Silent Meditation
Pastor: Let us keep those and our unvoiced prayers in mind as we listen for God in the silence that follows the ringing of the singing bowl.
(The singing bowl is rung.)
Pastor: Pastoral Prayer
Pastor: (use your own or embellish this)
Holy God, hear the prayers we have voiced and those that remain unvoiced in our hearts.
Bless us this day with lives filled with love, caring, generosity, and deep, abiding hope.
We pray that your kingdom will dwell among all people, and that we may be instruments of your love and your grace.
Holy Spirit, open our hearts with the joy of healing a world filled with brokenness and pain.
In the name of the one who taught us the ways of light and love, be in our very lives.
Amen.
Pastor: Let us now pray together the prayer that Jesus taught us:
Pastor: The Lord's Prayer
ALL: Our Father (God/Mother/Creator),
who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
ALL: Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
ALL: Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors (sins/trespasses)
ALL: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
ALL: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,
and the glory forever.
Amen.
(Pastor and Lay Reader move to the Communion table.)
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Song: "Table of Plenty"
Come to the feast
of heaven and earth!
Come to the
table of plenty!
God will provide
for all that we need,
Here at the
table of plenty.
Your fields will
flower in fullness;
your homes will
flourish in peace.
For I, the giver
of home and harvest,
will send my rain
on the soil.
Come to the feast
of heaven and earth!
Come to the
table of plenty!
God will provide
for all that we need,
Here at the
table of plenty.
Dan Schutte; (c) 1992, OCP. All rights reserved. Reprinted under OneLicense.net A-726183.
Pastor: Communion Invitation
Pastor: Please join me in our responsive Communion.
Pastor: Responsive Communion
One: We celebrate the Spirit of God, who hovered over creation and brought order out of formlessness.
All: We praise you, Spirit of God.
One: We celebrate the Spirit of God, who filled Jesus with power and wisdom and, through Him, made the life of God available to all.
All: We praise you, Spirit of God.
One: We celebrate the Spirit of God, who has been poured out on all people, and leads us into the Reign of God.
All: We praise you, Spirit of God.
One: And so, as we gather at the Lord's table, we recognize the Spirit's Presence among us,
and we open our hearts to the Spirit's influence.
(Silence)
One: Lord, we come knowing that we depend on you for life and truth and love.
We come knowing that you welcome us with open and accepting arms.
All: We come ready to meet with you, and be changed by the encounter.
Amen.
One: Jesus, on the eve of His crucifixion, gathered his friends for a meal.
During supper, he took a loaf of bread, and gave thanks for it.
Then he broke it and passed it among them with these words:
All: This is my Body which is broken for you, Take, eat and remember me
One: After the meal, Jesus took a cup of wine and gave thanks for it.
Then he passed it among them with these words:
All: This is my blood which is shed for you.
Take, drink and remember me.
One: So now, we eat and we drink and we remember Jesus and his great love for us.
And we will continue to do this until he returns. Amen.
Lay Reader: Communion
Lay Reader: Friends, there are a lot of tables in this world, but there is none like this one.
We have a seat saved for you.
As you come forward, please use the hand sanitizer station.
We have both regular and gluten-free elements for you to use.
If you would prefer to be served in your seat, stay seated and we will come to you.
The Table is ready, Please come.
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Communion
(The elements are shared.
Lay Reader returns to seat after all are served.)
Pastor: Communion Blessing
Pastor: Thank You, Lord Jesus, for this meal of remembrance;
And for coming to us, in the Spirit's power, as we have shared it.
May the love we find at this table be reflected in our lives;
May the power we receive at this table make us peacemakers and healers;
And may the Spirit who fills us again at this table lead us to be those who proclaim God's Reign
in every word we speak and in everything we do.
For Jesus' Sake.
Amen.
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Song: "I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me" (TFWS#2153)
Song Leader: Please rise as you are able and sing our closing song.
I'm gonna live so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna live so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna work so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna work so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna pray so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna pray so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna sing so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
I'm gonna sing so
God can use me
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
Anywhere, Lord, anytime!
African-American spiritual; Public domain
Pastor: Benediction
Pastor: Go out into the world to serve God with love.
Be ready to laugh with delight at the good news God has to offer you.
Make room at your table for unexpected guests.
When the work of discipleship leaves you weary or frustrated,
rest in Christ’s presence and listen to what he is saying.
And the blessing of God, Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit,
go with you today and always
Amen.
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Postlude
"I'll Fly Away"
by Albert E. Brumley, arr. Mark Hayes
Used under under OneLicense.net A-726183
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Credits (Note: Credits slide will Advance after 5 seconds)
Pastor: Rev. Shirley Macemon
Lay Reader: Ed Pansullo
Song Leader: TBD
Music Director: Ruth Huber
AV tech: Ken True
Slides production: Ken True
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This Video © Copyright 2025,
CampbellUCC. All rights reserved.
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with streaming license #21189255.
All rights reserved.
UNMUTE CD Player and Play CD music.
Stop Zoom meeting.
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Turn off Projectors/ Rear TV/ Lobby TV and put away mics in A/V closet.
Goodbye (Note: Goodbye slide will Advance after 5 seconds)
Liturgy adapted from: Welcome the Guest: Service Prayers for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost was written by the
Rev. Heather A. Moody.
Copyright 2019 Justice Local Church Ministries, Faith INFO Ministry Team, United Church of Christ, 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-1100.
Permission granted to reproduce or adapt this material for use in services of worship or church education. All publishing rights reserved.
Communion Liturgy adapted from Everyone Is a Guest by Mary Luti, from “Do This: Communion for Just and Courageous Living” edited by Mary Luti
Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE with license #A-726183 and/or from CCLI with CCLI Streaming Plus License™ #21189255. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise noted, the New Revised Standard Version of biblical translation is used.