Bulletin: Sunday, June 6, 2021 Lodi

Prelude Bless This House Missy

Words of Welcome: Liturgist: We welcome everyone in Jesus' name, with the Spirit's love and the Father's joy.

Words About Worship: Pastor Pam: This Sunday we will look at our spiritual hearts and houses; are they divided against themselves as Jesus warns against in today's gospel or are they places of holy union?

Call to Worship: Liturgist: We have one Lord. Community: God lives in each of us Liturgist: We have one calling. Community: God loves through each of us. Liturgist: We are one body in Christ. Community: God makes all one. Amen.

Hymn They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love #2223 1 We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, we are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord, And we pray that our unity will one day be restored, and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yeah they'll know we are Christians by our love. 2 We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand, we will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand, and together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land: and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yeah they'll know we are Christians by our love. 3 We will work with each other, we will work side by side. We will work with each other; we will work side by side. And we'll guard each man's dignity and save each man's pride, and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yeah, they'll know we are Christians by our love.

4 All praise to the Father, from whom all things come, and all praise to Christ Jesus, God’s only Son, And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us on: and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yeah they'll know we are Christians by our love. (Please be seated)

Special Prayer for Unity: Liturgist: Let us pray with one heart and one voice. Community: Universal God, we are one with all humanity. Grant that we who share Christ's blood may through your unifying Spirit break down the walls that divide us. Pastoral Invitation....

Church in Action Liturgist Joys and Concerns Pastor Pam

Prayer Song Sweet, Sweet Spirit #334 There's a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place, and I know that it's the spirit of the Lord; there are sweet expressions on each face, and I know they feel the presence of the Lord. Sweet , sweet heavenly Dove, stay right here with us, filling us with your love; and for these blessings we lift our hearts in praise; without a doubt we'll know that we have been revived when we shall leave this place.

Pastoral Prayer Silent Prayer 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 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Amen

Hymn Take My Life and Let It Be #399 1. Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee. Take my moments and my days; let them flow in ceaseless praise. Take my hands, and let them move at the impulse of thy love. Take my feet, and let them be swift and beautiful for thee.

2. Take my voice, and let me sing always, only, for my King. Take my lips, and let them be filled with messages from thee. Take my silver and my gold; not a mite would I withhold. Take my intellect, and use every power as thou shalt choose.

3. Take my will, and make it thine; it shall be no longer mine. Take my heart, it is thine own; it shall be thy royal throne. Take my love, my Lord, I pour at thy feet its treasure-store. Take myself, and I will be ever, only, all for thee.

Invitation to Offering Liturgist: Christ's great love breaks down the walls that separate us from one another and from our true selves. In joy and celebration of this great gift, let us share our tithes and offerings. Will the usher please come forward.

Offertory Wounded World that Cries for Healing Missy *Doxology Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #95 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; praise him, all creatures here below; praise him above, ye heavenly host; praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Prayer of Dedication Community: Gracious and Ever-Creative God from the broken pieces of the walls you have broken down by the infinite power of your love, you build your reign on earth as it is in heaven. Receive our gifts and our hearts. May we be one as you are one. Amen.

Music for Reflection Breathe

The Good News : 20-35 20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons he casts out demons.” 23 And he called them to him, and spoke to them in parables, “How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but his end has come. 27 But no one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. 28 “Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit can never have , but is guilty of an eternal sin”— 30 for they had said, “He has an .” 31 Then his mother and his brothers came; and standing outside, they sent to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers and sisters[a] are outside, asking for you.” 33 And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

Message Not Divided Against but United in Christ Pastor Pam

The Sacrament of Holy Communion Words of Welcome and Instruction: Pastor Pam

The Great Thanksgiving The United Methodist Hymnal, page 9 The Lord be with you. And also with you. Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. It is right to give our thanks and praise.

It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be our sovereign God, brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey, and set before us the way of life.

And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven we praise your name and join their unending hymn:

Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

Holy are you, and blessed is your Son Jesus Christ. By the baptism of his suffering, death, and resurrection you gave birth to your Church, delivered us from slavery to sin and death, and made with us a new covenant by water and the Spirit. By your great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of your Son from the dead and to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. Once we were no people, but now we are your people, declaring your wonderful deeds in Christ, who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. When the Lord Jesus ascended, he promised to be with us always, in the power of your Word and Holy Spirit.

On the night in which he gave himself up for us, he took bread, gave thanks to you, broke the bread, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."

When the supper was over, he took the cup, gave thanks to you, gave it to his disciples, and said: "Drink from this, all of you; this is my blood of the new covenant, poured out for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

On the day you raised him from the dead he was recognized by his disciples in the breaking of the bread, and in the power of your Holy Spirit your Church has continued in the breaking of the bread and the sharing of the cup.

And so, in remembrance of these your mighty acts in Jesus Christ, we offer ourselves in praise and thanksgiving as a holy and living sacrifice, in union with Christ's offering for us, as we proclaim the mystery of faith.

Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again...

Pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ, that we may be for the world the body of Christ, redeemed by his blood.

By your Spirit make us one with Christ, one with each other, and one in ministry to all the world, until Christ comes in final victory, and we feast at his heavenly banquet.

Through your Son Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in your holy Church, all honor and glory is yours, almighty Father (God), now and forever. Amen.

Holy Communion Receiving the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation

Special Invitation to Grace Pastor Pam

Hymn Blest Be the Tie That Binds #557 1 2 3 4 1. Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above.

2. Before our Father's throne we pour our ardent prayers; our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares.

3. We share each other's woes, our mutual burdens bear; and often for each other flows the sympathizing tear.

4. When we asunder part, it gives us inward pain; but we shall still be joined in heart, and hope to meet again.

Benediction Pastor Pam Let us abide in love, be bold in faith, and bear fruit that lasts! Community: While this service has ended, our life in God goes on and on. We are sent forth as ambassadors of Christ. May our light so shine, and our joy be so obvious that all who see us may come to praise God. Amen!

Postlude My Heart Ever Faithful Missy