July 18, 2021
Below, you’ll find the song lyrics and scripture readings for the live stream on July 18th (in the order they are needed).
God Is In The Looking of Your Eyes (by Corey Kilgannon)
Bluer than the cloudless April sky
Hotter than the stars that scorch the night
Twirling in the tear you can’t cry
God is in the looking of your eyes
Happy as a dog laying in the grass
Written in a nation’s violent past
Empty as the time you tried to pass
God is in the questions that you ask
Sweeter than a blossomed tangerine
Crumblin’ like the breakers on a beach
Different as the languages we speak
God is in the people that you meet
Purest babies in their mothers’ arms
Broken as the loneliest of hearts
Deep within your soul so torn apart
God is in the person that you are
Bluer than the cloudless April sky
Hotter than the stars that scorch the night
Twirling in the tear you can’t cry
God is in the looking of your eyes
God is in the looking of your eyes
God is in the looking of your eyes
Call to Worship
we have gathered to worship
the Living God
the one in whom our fears are dispelled
in whom our dismayment finds rest
to enter the story of God
and find our own stories reimagined
that the Spirit might dwell among us
enfolding our hearts and minds
and gathering us in to the way of Christ
Amen
Before I Sleep (by John McKay)
if hope deferred makes the heart sick
then in my chest there is a cancer
hope seems like a fantasy
’cause when you give you take from me
if home is where the heart is
then i’m a hopeless wanderer
there’s nothing here nor there for me
just the stars the moon the wind the trees
if love doesn’t hurt
then I don’t feel it
if pain’s a friend and not a foe
then he’s my brother
if solitude makes you grow
then I’m the wisest of them all
if suffering brings forth humility
then i’m the dirt you’re walking on
if success is measured by your deeds
then i’m a failure
if time well spent is a fruitful thing
then I am rotten
though I think these things before I sleep
you’ve given me more than thoughts like these
you wake me with the rising sun
the nails the sweat the tears the blood
Better Way (by Field Medic)
i’m untouchable
i’m a silver flame
i’ve seen the future
i know what’s happening
& everything’s gonna be alright
it’ll all be okay
remember that this is your life
so feeling fine is the better way
reflection leaves me short of breath
so i paint my mirror black
there is something that i’ve lost
there is something that i lack
& everything’s gonna be alright
it’ll all be okay
remember that this is your life
so feeling fine is the better way
remember that this is your life
remember that this is your life
remember that this is your life
remember that this is your life
Old Testament Reading
Today’s Old Testament reading, and Josh’s sermon text, is Jeremiah 23:1-6:
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the Lord. Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the Lord. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the Lord.
The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”
New Testament Reading
Today’s New Testament reading is Mark 6:30-34, 53-56:
The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and moored the boat. When they got out of the boat, people at once recognized him, and rushed about that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. And wherever he went, into villages or cities or farms, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.
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There
before there were mountains to crumble
before there were seas to rise
before there was pain, the loss and the weight
you were there
you were there
you were there
although our fear is rising
although our fire has gone out
although our hearts are worried and fraught
you are there
you are there
you are there
i’ve got a problem, i’ve made a drug
of worrying over what is yet to come
it’s clouding my vision, strangling my love away
after the sun stops burning
after the stars have gone out
after the world ceases to turn
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
you’ll be there
we’ll be there
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise God, all creatures here below
Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts
Praise Timeless, Son, and Holy Ghost
Amen.
Benediction
As we approach this week
May we love God
Embrace Beauty
and Live Life to the fullest
Amen