WELCOME TO WORSHIP | sunday | july 6, 2025

a diverse, inclusive church experiencing and reflecting the love, hope and joy of Jesus Christ

to each other and our community.

PRELUDE
Song of Glory | arr. Grant Hall

Richard Christobal Harris, tenor

WORSHIPCast | Calvin Nowell, Tony Sutherland, Grant Wall | © 2007 Start Somewhere Music (BMI) (Admin. by Moon & Musky Music) | all rights reserved

WELCOME | Pastor Cathy Johns

WAYS TO CONNECT | christchurchfl.org/ways2connect
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* CALL TO WORSHIP | Brian McComb, liturgist 
Come, let us lift our eyes to the heavens and behold the splendor of God's creation!
In the beauty of the skies, the rhythm of the earth, and the wonder of life, God's greatness is revealed.

God speaks through creation and through the sacred Word, guiding our lives with truth, grace, and purpose.

God’s ways lead us to life, joy, and wholeness. God’s truth shapes our hearts and renews our minds.

So let us draw near with praise, seeking to live in a way that honors the one who made us.

We come to worship the God who reveals truth, inspires awe, and calls us to walk in light and love.

* GATHERING HYMN
To God Be the Glory | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 98 (verses 1,2,3)
To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
So loved he the world that he gave us his son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

(refrain) Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done!

O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
to every believer the promise of God;
the vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. (refrain)

Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,
and great our rejoicing through Jesus the son;
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. (refrain)

Fanny J. Crosby & William H. Doane | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* OPENING PRAYER
Gracious God, all creation testifies to your glory — the heavens shine with your brilliance, and the earth echoes your love. You are the source of all that is good, the foundation of truth and wisdom, and the giver of life. We gather today not only to worship with our words, but to offer our whole selves—our work, our rest, our relationships, our choices—as praise to you. Teach us to seek you in all that we do. Whether in our daily tasks, our interactions with others, or our quiet moments of reflection, help us to live in a way that honors you. Strengthen us to live faithfully, that in all things—big or small—we may glorify your name. Amen.

* AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; the third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence he will come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

* GLORIA PATRI
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Amen.

Henry W. Greatorex | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

OFFERING | Pastor Doug Johns
worshiping through the offering of our lives and gifts

·     Place offerings in the plates or wooden boxes

·     Give online at christchurchfl.org/give 

·     Text GIVE to 954.880.3885

·     Mail a check to Christ Church, 4845 NE 25^th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Connect cards may also be placed with your offering. Christ Church is a congregationally supported ministry. We thank you for your faithfulness as we reflect the love, hope and joy of Jesus to our community.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Celebrate the Glory | Vernon Whaley
Chancel Choir; Jeffrey Spotts, conducting
Celebrate the glory of God! He is creator and God of the ages. Celebrate! Let the heavens rejoice! He is Jehovah and worthy of praise. Jehovah is worthy of praise. Celebrate the glory of God! He is redeemer, provider, sustainer. Celebrate! Let his people be glad. The Lord God is gracious and greatly to be praised. His love is everlasting and his glory fills this place. He is the great provider, from day to day the same. He is the Lord Most Holy, and worthy to be praised. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, early in the morning my song shall rise to thee. Celebrate the glory of God! He is the rock, our hope of salvation. Celebrate! Let us sing and rejoice! Jehovah is worthy to be praised!

Vernon M Whaley | © 2000 Lorenz Publishing Company, assigned to Lorenz Publishing Company (admin. by Music Services) | all rights reserved
used with permission under One License #A-726973

* DOXOLOGY
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.

Bourgeois & Ken | public domain | CCLI License # 487103

MORNING PRAYER

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE

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, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

SCRIPTURE
Exodus 40:34-38 | New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
³⁴ Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁵ Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ³⁶ Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on each stage of their journey, ³⁷ but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day that it was taken up. ³⁸ For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, before the eyes of all the house of Israel at each stage of their journey.

These are the words of God for us, the people of God. Thanks be to God

MESSAGE
Working on Our Core | The Glory of God | Pastor Cathy Johns

THE LORD’S SUPPER

GREAT THANKSGIVING
The Lord be with you.
And also with you. Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to You, Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

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, and spoke to us through the prophets.

Therefore, we praise you, joining our voices with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, who forever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your name:

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 and gracious God: in your infinite love you made us for yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become subject to evil and death, you, in your mercy, sent Jesus Christ, your only and eternal Son, to share our human nature, to live and die as one of us, to reconcile us to you, the God and Creator of all. He stretched out his arms upon the cross, and offered himself, in obedience to your will, a perfect sacrifice for the whole world.

On the night he was handed over to suffering and death, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me."

After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, "Drink this, all of you: This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this in remembrance of me."

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 these gifts of bread and cup. 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.

Strengthen us to live each day for the glory of God alone, serving you and our neighbor in a spirit of joy, until Christ comes in final victory and we feast at his heavenly banquet. All this we ask through your Son Jesus Christ: Through him, with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God , now and forever. Amen.

GATHERING AT THE LORD’S TABLE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Eternal God, we give you thanks for this holy mystery in which you have given yourself to us. Grant that we may go into the world in the strength of your Spirit, to give ourselves for others, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

* HYMN OF COMMITMENT
America the Beautiful | No. 696 (verses 1,2,3)
O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain;
for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea.

O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,
who more than self the country loved, and mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine.

O beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years
thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw,
confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law.

Katharine Lee Bates & Samuel Augustus Ward | © words & music: public domain | CCLI License # 487103

* SENDING FORTH

* RESPONSE
Spirit Song | The United Methodist Hymnal No. 347
O let the Son of God enfold you with his Spirit and his love.
Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.
O let him have the things that hold you, and his Spirit like a dove
will descend upon your life and make you whole.

Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.
Jesus, O Jesus, come and fill your lambs.

John Wimber | © 1979 Mercy / Vineyard Publishing Co. | CCLI License # 487103

MUSIC FOR CLOSING
Postlude on “America the Beautiful” | John S. Dixon
Jeffrey Spotts, organ

WORSHIPcast | John S. Dixon | © 2019 by John S. Dixon | all rights reserved

* please stand in body or spirit.

Join us next Sunday, when we continue the series Working on Our Core, with the message The Bible, Wonderful Words of Life, based on 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

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