Sunday May 31, 2026 Worship Service
Livestream at 10:00 a.m.

Trinity Sunday
The first Sunday after Pentecost is the Festival of the Holy Trinity.  On this day, the church rejoices in the impenetrable mystery that God is triune (three-in-one) — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  How the Lord can be one God in three distinct persons is completely beyond the ability of any human to understand.  By the power of the Holy Spirit, Christians accept this incomprehensible mystery as a fundamental article of faith.

Gathering in God’s Name

Prelude — Te Deum Laudamus — Healey Willan
As the prelude begins, you are invited to begin your personal preparation for worship.

Silent Meditation                                                                                                         
The true nature of humankind, its true good, true virtue, and true religion, cannot be known separately. — Pensées, Blaise Pascal

Call to Worship — Revelation 1: 8, Isaiah 6:3
I am the alpha and the omega says the Lord God,
       Who is, who was, and who is to come, the almighty.
Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
       the whole earth is full of God’s glory.

Praise and Adoration

*Hymn #1 — Holy, Holy, Holy!  Lord, God Almighty! — NICEA
(*Please stand, if you are able)

Confession and Pardon

Call to Confession

Prayer of Confession
Blessed God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, yours is a perfect relationship, one God in three persons, mutual and whole. We confess that our relationships are not that way. We have been too selfish; we have given too much; we have accepted too little. We have failed to love in the manner of Jesus. We have let sin drive us away from one another and from you. We long for wholeness and peace, but our sin pulls us in other directions. Forgive us and restore us. With mercy and grace, draw us back to you.

Silent Prayers of Confession and Petition

Kyrie Eleison — Lord, Have Mercy — Schubert

Assurance of Pardon

*Congregational Response (#581) — Glory Be to the Father — GLORIA PATRI (Greatorex)

*Welcome                            
During the Welcome, children are invited to come forward.

Time for Young Disciples            

Recognition of Christian Education Volunteers —  Heather Berry, Director of Christian Education

Commissioning of the Senior High Mission Trip to Camp Henry in Newaygo, Michigan

Announcements

Fellowship of Prayer

Joys and Concerns

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.

Anthem — Down to the River to Pray Ken Medema

Proclamation of God’s Word

Scripture Lesson — Ezekiel 37:1-14 — page 704 of the pew Bible
Matthew 28:16-20 — page 812 of the pew Bible

Sermon — “Out of the Puddles” — Rev. Dr. Kirk Ryckman

Our Response to God’s Word

*Affirmation of Faith — A Brief Statement of Faith – Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God’s image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community. Loving us still, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant. Like a mother who will not forsake her nursing child, like a father who runs to welcome the prodigal home, God is faithful still. Amen.

*Sanctus (#562) — Holy, Holy, Holy — SANCTUS (Schubert)

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings

Offertory — My Spirit Looks to God Alone — Daniel Read; arr. Derrick Fox            

*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                    
We are your children, O God, called to care for those in need, around the block and around the world. Bless these gifts, that through them the hungry may be fed, the poor be cared for, suffering may be eased, and the good news of Jesus may be preached throughout the world. Amen.

*Hymn #4 — Holy God, We Praise Your Name — GROSSER GOTT, WIR LOBEN DICH

*Charge and Benediction

*Benediction Response — Go Now in Peace — Don Besig

Postlude — Movement 3 from Sonata 2 — Charles Ore