Order of Worship
Order of Worship
May 31, 2026
ORDER OF WORSHIP
May 31, 2026
"Continuing God’s Story Together“ Let this little message be but a reminder,
and I will continue with the story.”
2 Maccabees 6:17
Worship Participants:
Deacons: Mary Beers
Welcomers:
Reader: Cheryl Johnson
Announcer: Mary Beers
Prelude
Welcome
Opening Song Here I Am to Worship
Opening Prayer (unison) Deacon
*adapted from Mishkan T'filah: Shabbat, transliterated, A Reform Siddur by Rabbi Elyse D. Frishman
One: We begin with a prayer of gratitude for all that is holy in our lives.
All: God needs no words, no English or Hebrew, no semantics and not services. But we need them.
One: Through prayer we sense our inner strength, inner purpose, inner joy, capacity to love.
All: As we reach upward in prayer, we sense these qualities in our Creator.
One: To love God is
All: to love each other
One: To love God is
All: to love the work God crated and work to perfect it.
One: To love God is
All: to love dreams of peace and joy that illumine all of us, and to bring that vision to life. We gather to love and worship God.
Music Remind Me Who I Am
Scripture 2 Maccabees 6:1, 3, 5-6, 12-17 Cheryl Johnson
6 Not long after this, the king sent an Athenian senator to compel the Jews to forsake the laws of their ancestors and no longer to live by the laws of God,
3 Harsh and utterly grievous was the onslaught of evil.
5 The altar was covered with abominable offerings that were forbidden by the laws. 6 People could neither keep the Sabbath nor observe the festivals of their ancestors nor so much as confess themselves to be Jews.
12 Now I urge those who read this book not to be depressed by such calamities but to recognize that these punishments were designed not to destroy but to discipline our people. 13 In fact, it is a sign of great kindness not to let the impious alone for long but to punish them immediately. 14 For in the case of the other nations the Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have reached the full measure of their sins, but he does not deal in this way with us, 15 in order that he may not take vengeance on us afterward when our sins have reached their height. 16 Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us. Although he disciplines us with calamities, he does not forsake his own people. 17 Let what we have said serve as a reminder; we must go on briefly with the story.
May God bless this reading and our understanding. Amen.
God’s Stories Even More Trouble Kristie Orr
Message for All Ages Patti Gill & Tracy Morin
Sermon What We Do Shows Who We Are Rev. Jennie Valentine
Music Small Things
Prayers of the People & Lord’s Prayer Rev. Jennie Valentine
Our Father/Mother/Creator,who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Thy kin-dom 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 kin-dom and the power and the glory for ever. Amen
Offering
Invitation
Song I’ve Got the Joy
Dedication
Send Forth Song God’s Got the Story (female pronouns)
Benediction Rev. Jennie Valentine
Announcements