July 6 - 9 AM Connect Service

July 6, 2025 – 9 a.m. Connect Worship Service 

4th Sunday after Pentecost / Lord’s Supper 

Rev. Robert Galloway

Gathering - Kevin Clark 

1st Gathering Song: “Come, Now Is the Time to Worship” - FPC Praise Band 

2nd Gathering Song: “The Heart of Worship” - FPC Praise Band

Welcome - Rev. Robert Galloway

Call to Worship - Robert Galloway 

Come, all who seek peace and long for joy. 
We come to the house of the Lord, where compassion flows. 
God calls us like a mother comforting her children. 
God sends us like laborers to harvest the bounty provided. 
Let us rejoice in the generosity of God. 
Let us open our hearts to receive and respond. 

Call to Confession - Ron Braun

Prayer of Confession (unison) - Ron Braun 

Merciful God, you send us into the world with your peace, but we prefer the safety of what we know. You offer us companionship, but we isolate ourselves in fear or pride. You speak through the vulnerable and the small, but we listen for power and prestige. Forgive our reluctance, our defensiveness, our silence. Open our eyes to the way that you call us to live. Renew our hearts to receive your grace, and shape us into faithful laborers in your field. 

Assurance of Pardon - Ron Braun 

…Friends, believe the Good News: In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. 

Passing the Peace - Ron Braun 

…The peace of Christ be with you. And also with you.

Response: “Doxology (Amen)” - FPC Praise Band 

Friendship Pad Announcement - Robert Galloway

Time for Young Disciples - Robert Galloway 

Worship Song: “Thanks and Praise” - FPC Praise Band 

Prayer for Illumination - Mary Blazier-Higman 

First Scripture Reading: Isaiah 66:10-14 - Mary Blazier-Higman 

Sermon Scripture: Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 - Robert Galloway

…The word of God for the people of God. Thanks be to God. 

Sermon - Robert Galloway

*Affirmation of Faith from Confession of 1967 (unison) - Mary Blazier-Higman 

To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as his reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of  reconciliation and shares his labor of healing the enmities which separate humanity from God and from each other. Christ has called the church to this mission and given it the gift of the Holy Spirit. The life, death, resurrection, and promised coming of Jesus Christ has set the pattern for the church’s mission. His life on earth involves the church in the common life of humanity. His service to all people commits the church to work for every form of human well-being. His suffering makes the church sensitive to all the sufferings of humankind so that it sees the face of Christ in the faces of those in need. His crucifixion reveals to the church God’s disdain for inhumanity and injustice. The church follows this pattern in the form of its life and in the method of its action. So to live and serve is to confess Christ as Lord.  

Invitation to Offering - Mary Blazier-Higman

Offertory Song: “You Are My All In All” - FPC Praise Band 

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper - Robert Galloway

Invitation 

The Great Thanksgiving  

The Lord be with you. And also with you. 

Lift up your hearts. We lift them to the Lord. 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise..  

…Now with the confidence of the Children of God, we are bold to pray:  
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.  

Words of Institution 

The Bread and the Cup 

Prayer of Thanksgiving (unison):  

God of grace, you renew us at your table with the bread of life. You nourish us with your unending love. May this gift of grace strengthen us in faith, deepen our love for one another, and empower us to serve you with joy and compassion. Guide us to live as Christ’s disciples in the world. Fill us with your Spirit, that we may be witnesses to your love in all we do. Amen. 

Announcements (for complete list, please see below) - Robert Galloway 

Final Worship Song: “Hallelujah (Your Love Is Amazing)” - FPC Praise Band 

Benediction - Robert Galloway

Praise Band tag  

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Announcements:

Today, July 6

  • A Stephen Minister is available at the close of this service

Monday, July 7

  • Lectio/Visio Divina is on break; will resume August 18

Tuesday, July 8

  • Ladies’ Bible Study, 9 a.m., Youth Center

Wednesday, July 9

  • Praise Band Rehearsal, 7 p.m., Youth Center

 Friday, July 11

  • Men's Lunch Bible Study, 12 p.m., via Zoom 

Sunday, July 13

  • Childcare available 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pickups, Room S-203

  • Connect Service, 9 a.m., Youth Center

  • Power Hour class, 10 a.m., Church Office Conference Room

  • Children’s Sunday School, (Pre-K-5th), 10 a.m., S-203

  • Faith Journey class, 9:45 a.m., Chapel

  • “Next” Adult class, 10 a.m., Room N-123 

Upcoming Events:

  • We will be collecting a love offering for Dave Hunt through his last official Sunday on staff (July 13).

  • July 27, Mission Sunday. We are partnering with Live Love St Pete to pack supplies into backpacks (our goal this year is 1,000 backpacks!) that will be given away to families in need at the start of the school year. Everything will be set up in Fellowship Hall...we encourage you to come when you can!

Amy McCutcheon