Welcome & Announcements
Wendy Beistline, Elder

Passing the Peace

Gathering Music
“Here in This Place”

Call to Worship
Leader: God has searched us and knows us. God knows when we sit down and when we rise up.
People: God searches out our path and our lying down. God is acquainted with all our ways.
Leader: Before a word is on our tongues, God knows it. God’s hand is ever available to guide us.
People: Such knowledge is a wonder to us. It is beyond anything we can attain.
Leader: We cannot escape from God’s spirit. There is nowhere to flee from God’s presence.
People: Darkness is as light to our God. God illuminates the way before us.

Hymn of Praise
#29 “O God, You Search Me”

Invocation
ALL: Search us, O God, and know our hearts. Test us and know our thoughts. We gather with
eager longing to know you, ever-present God, and to be known by you. We want to live as your
beloved Children. Assure us in these moments that you hear our prayers, even as your will is
revealed to us. Fill our dreams and our waking hours with radiant hope. May every time of
encounter move us to awe and fervent worship. Lead us in your way everlasting. Amen.

Sharing our Faith with our Young Disciples

Psalm Reading
Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24

Special Music
“Merry Go Around of Life” by Joe Hisaishi
Samvel Arakelyan, Violin

Reflection
"Known and Fully Known."
Pastor Greg Larsen

Reflection Reading
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Special Music
“ll Postino” by Luis Bacalov
Samvel Arakelyan, Violin

Prayers of the People

Offering

Prayer of Dedication
ALL: Thank you, God, for the rich heritage of faith we have received from our ancestors. We are
grateful that your Spirit is ever with us, assuring us of your acceptance and love. May our
offerings share this good news with other children of God who have not yet discovered their
identity. May all of us grow in righteousness that we might together experience the reality of
your realm in our daily lives, here and now and for all eternity. Amen.

Parting Hymn
#714 “God of the Fertile Fields”

Benediction
Pastor: Scatter to serve, listening for God’s direction. Let your faces shine with the good news you have received.
People: The Spirit of God will lead us day by day. God claims us and is with us every moment.
Pastor: God promises to be with us wherever we go. We can surely say, “Surely God is in this place.”
People: God searches and knows us. All our thoughts and actions are discerned by God.
Pastor: Let us live, then, according to the Spirit. Let us show forth the first fruits of the Spirit.
People: With eager longing, we seek to live in the Spirit. We look up with hope and patience and
joy.
Pastor: God Loves you.
People: and there’s nothing you can do about it.
ALL: Amen.

Benediction Response
“Here in This Place”(Reprise)