1.  CALL TO WORSHIP:
L. In the beginning, when God created
P. God spoke, and all was made ready.
L. In the beginning, when God created
P. God saw, and said, “It is good.”
L. In the beginning, when God created
P. God blessed, and gave every need to all of God's creation.
L. In the beginning, when God created
P. God rested and it was
L. Let us worship our amazing, awesome God,
P. Creator, Son, and Holy Spirit.

HYMN: VU 409 “Morning Has Broken”
1.  Morning has broken like the first morning,
blackbird has spoken like the first bird.
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them, springing fresh from the Word!

2.  Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven,
like the first dew-fall on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden,
sprung in completeness where God's feet pass.

3.  Ours is the sunlight! Ours is the morning
born of the one light Eden saw play!
Praise with elation, praise every morning,
God's recreation of the new day!

2.  PRAYER OF APPROACH:
Holy, holy, holy God, you love us by calling us into life. You love us by giving us your Spirit-breath. You love us by journeying with us always. And so we come together to give thanks for our life in your beautiful creation, to sing out our happiness with joyous voices, and to journey with each other in peace.  Amen.

3. THEME TIME:   “Images of God”

4. HYMN  MV 28 “God of the Bible” V 1-2
(Fresh as the Morning)
1.  God of the Bible, God in the Gospel,
hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come,
you are our centre, daylight or darkness,
freedom or prison, you are our home.
     Refrain:
     Fresh as the morning, sure as the sunrise,
     God always faithful, you do not change.  (2X)

2.  God in our struggles, God in our hunger,
suffering with us, taking our part,
still you empow'r us, mothering Spirit,
feeding, sustaining, from your own heart.  Refrain:

3.  Those without status, those who are nothing,
you have made royal, gifted with rights,
chosen as partners, midwives of justice,
birthing new systems, lighting new lights.  Refrain:

4.  Not by your finger, not by your anger
will our world order change in a day,
but by your people, fearless and faithful,
small paper lanterns, lighting the way.  Refrain:

5.  Hope we must carry, shining and certain
through allo our turmoil, terror and loss,
bonding us gladly one to the other,
till our world changes facing the Cross.  Refrain:
     Words: Shirley Erena Murray, 1995
     Words copyrightC *996 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream,
     IL 60188. Ail rights reserved. Used by permission.

5.  SERMON: “Worship and Doubt”

6.  HYMN: VU 606 “I Have Called You By Your Name”
1.  I have called you by your name, you are mine;
I have gifted you and ask you now to shine.
I will not abandon you;
all my promises are true.
You are gifted, called, and chosen; you are mine.

2.  I will help you learn my name as you go;
read it written in my people, help them grow.
Pour the water in my name,
speak the word your soul can claim,
offer Jesus' body given long ago.

3.  I know you will need my touch as you go;
feel it pulsing in creation's ebb and flow.
Like the woman reaching out,
choosing faith in spite of doubt,
hold the hem of Jesus' robe, then let it go.

4.  I have given you a name, it is mine;
I have given you my Spirit as a sign.
With my wonder in your soul,
make my wounded children whole;
go and tell my precious people they are mine.

7.   OFFERING & OFFERTORY HYMN: MV 191 “What Can I Do?” X2
What can I do?
What can I bring?
What can I say?
What can I sing?
I'll sing with joy,
I'll say a prayer.
I'll bring my love,
I'll do my share.  
Repeat

8.  PRAYER OF DEDICATION: (in unison)
We worship you with these gifts, Holy God. They are in response to your grace and love, which have created us and given us all that we have and all that we are. We ask your blessing and your guidance as we use these gifts to meet the needs of our people. In the name of Jesus we pray.  Amen.

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9. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD'S PRAYER:

10.  HYMN: MV 30 “It's a Song of Praise to the Maker”
1.  It's a song of praise to the Maker,
the thrush sings high in the tree.
It's a song of praise to the Maker,
the gray whale sings in the sea,
And by the Spirit you and I
can join our voice to the holy cry
and sing, sing, sing to the Maker too.

2.  It's a call of life to the Giver,
when waves and waterfalls roar.
It's a call of life to the Giver
when high tides break on the shore,
And by the Spirit you and I
can join our voice to the holy cry
and sing, sing, sing to the Maker too.

3.  It's a hymn of love to the Lover;
the bumblebees hum along.
It's a hymn of love to the Lover;
the summer breeze joins the song,
And by the Spirit you and I
can join our voice to the holy cry
and sing, sing, sing to the Maker too.

4.  It's the chorus of all creation;
it's sung by all living things.
It's the chorus of all creation;
a song the universe sings,
And by the Spirit you and I
can join our voice to the holy cry
and sing, sing, sing to the Maker too.

11.  COMMISSIONING & BENEDICTION

• SCRIPTURE LESSON:
  OLD TESTAMENT READING:
  Genesis 1: 1 - 2: 4a
  The Story of Creation


• EPISTLE READING:
  2 Corinthians 13:1-13
  Final Warnings and Greetings


• Responsive Reading Psalm 8:   VU page 732   (No Refrain)
  


• The Gospel of Matthew 28: 16 - 20
  What Jesus' Followers Must Do

Next Sunday:  Second Sunday after Pentecost
        June 7, 2026:
         Genesis 12: 1 - 9   Psalm 33:1-12;
         Romans 4: 13 - 25;  Matthew 9: 9 - 13, 18 - 26.

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