Sunday May 3, 2026 Worship Service
Livestream at 11:10 a.m.

Youth Sunday & Senior High School Recognition

Prelude — What a Friend We Have in Jesus  setting by Charles Ore
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Welcome — Max Justice

Call to Worship — Brooklynn Evers
Leader:           Today, my generation leads us in worship.  Listen to our voices as we exalt our God and tell of God’s goodness.  
People:           Your voices are important, and we want to listen.  We want you to be heard!
Leader:           Come, let us magnify the Lord together!
People:           Today, one generation proclaims God’s deeds to the next, declaring the power of God. Together, we celebrate God’s abundant goodness, mercy, and love.  Let us worship God!

*Opening Hymn #611 — Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee — HYMN TO JOY                                                                                                                                                                                                  (*Please stand if you are able.)          

Prayer of Confession — Clara Stalnaker                                        
Leader:           Please join me in the prayer of confession, followed by silent prayer.  Let’s pray:
All:                 You asked for my hands, that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them, for the work was hard. You asked for my mouth to speak out against injustice. I gave you a whisper that I might not be accused. You asked for my eyes to see the pain of poverty. I closed them, for I did not want to see. You asked for my life, that you might work through me. I gave a small part, that I might not get too involved. Lord, forgive my calculated efforts to serve you—only when it is convenient for me to do so, only in those places where it is safe to do so, and only with those who make it easy to do so.  Father, forgive me, renew me, send me out as a usable instrument, that I might take seriously the meaning of your cross. Amen.

Silent Prayers of Confession

Kyrie Eleison (#551) — Lord, Have Mercy — LAND OF REST
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy; Christ, have mercy; Lord, have mercy upon us.

Assurance of Pardon — Paige Stalnaker
One:   May almighty God, who caused light to shine out of darkness, shine in our hearts, cleansing us from all our sins, and restoring us to the light of the knowledge of God’s glory, in the face of Jesus Christ, our Savior.
All:     Thanks be to God!  Amen!

*Congregational Response (#485) — We Know That Christ Is Raised — ENGELBERG

*Passing the Peace          
Children are invited to come forward for a time with our youth.

Time for Young Disciples — Sierra Cunningham and Izzy Piotrowski

Confirmation and Commissioning 
Confirmand         Mentor
Grace Meyer        Charlene Meyer

Anthem — I Believe — Mark A. Miller

Fellowship of Prayer

Announcements, Joys and Concerns — Rev. Garry (9:00), Dr. Zieman (11:10)

Prayers of the People                                                                                                                                                                               
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 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.

My Journey of Faith — Cadence Fritz
My Journey of Faith — Maren Fuller
My Journey of Faith — Kendall Kahler
My Journey of Faith — Brady Luke

Presentation of Senior Gifts — Dawn & Brad Gibson
Recognition of Youth Leaders, Teachers, and Confirmation Mentors — Heather Berry                                                         

Proclamation of God’s Word

A Lesson from the Old Testament — Proverbs 4: 10-15, 20-27 — page 512 of the pew Bible — Brynn Stalnaker
This is the Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God. 

A Lesson from the Gospels — John 14: 1-14 —  page 877 of the pew Bible — Luke De Pooter
This is the Word of the Lord.  Thanks be to God.                                                   

Anthem — More Love Somewhere
Traditional Spiritual; arr. Adam & Matt Podd

*Sanctus (#572) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Pavlechko)

*Invitation to the Offering — Finn Mooney

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — Make Me a Channel of Your Peace arr. Mark Hayes — Cadence Fritz, soprano

*Doxology (#609) — Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow — LASST UNS ERFREUEN
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow. Praise God, all creatures high and low. Alleluia, Alleluia!
Praise God, in Jesus fully known: Creator, Word, and Spirit one. Alleluia, alleluia! alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

*Prayer of Dedication — Finn Mooney  
Leader:     Please join me in the Prayer of Dedication.  Let’s pray together.
All:           O God, these plates contain but a portion of our thanksgiving.  The remainder we offer through deeds of loving kindness in the name of Christ.  We respond with gratitude to your grace and your goodness, in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.        

*Hymn #697 — Take My Life — HENDON

*Benediction — Garrett Voss

*Benediction Response — Go Now In Peace — Don Besig

Postlude — Lord of the Dance   setting by John A. Behnke