Centering Practice
We invite you to slow down, breathe, and connect with God, each other, and yourself. Begin by taking a couple of slow, deep breaths.
- As you breathe in, squeeze your hands together (could say, “Lord Jesus”)
- As you breathe out, loosen them (“have mercy”)
- We’ll do this three times together
Call to Worship
We rejoice in the Lord!
We will sing praises to our God.
God loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is filled with God’s steadfast love.
Amen.
Worship Songs
Simplicity
I come in simplicity
Longing for purity
To worship You
In spirit and truth, only You
Lord, strip it all away
‘Til only You remain
I’m coming back
To my first love, only You
You’re the reason I sing
The reason I sing
Yes my heart will sing
How I love You
And forever I’ll sing
Forever I’ll sing
Yes my heart will sing
How I love You
I come with my broken song
To You the Perfect One
To worship You
In spirit and truth, only You
Give me a childlike heart
Lead me to where You are
Cause I’m coming back
To my first love, only You
How I love You, how I love You
How I love You, my first love
Superhero
He’s the One who makes the sun shine
He’s the One that puts the moon in the sky
He’s the One who hung the stars one by one
He’s the One who makes the birds sing
He’s the One who makes your dreams so high
He’s the One who makes me smile day by day
Jesus, You’re my superhero
You’re my star, my best friend
Jesus, You’re my superhero
You’re my star, my best friend
Yeah… better than Spiderman
Yeah… better than Superman
Yeah… better than Batman
Yeah… better than anyone
Prayer of Confession
Holy God,
in You we live and move and have our being.
Your steadfast love holds all things together.
For Your grace to sustain us;
For Your love to transform us;
Hear us, O God, we pray:
— Moment of silent prayer —
Joyful God,
Restore us once again
to live in Your freedom and hope.
Amen.
Assurance of God’s Love
Prayers of the People
Today, as we remember the people and places God has placed on our hearts,
we join together in the prayer Jesus taught us, saying:
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 debts,
as we forgive our debtors;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power
and the glory, forever.
Amen.
Offering Prayer
Announcements
- Thanks for worshiping with us today! We hope you experience meaningful connection with God and others in our community. If you’re visiting for the first time today, we’d love to get to know you better. Please take home a visitor’s card with QR code so that we can stay in touch & build a relationship!
- Pride Month: As a reflection of Jesus’ inclusive and expansive love, we remember & celebrate Pride this month (which is celebrated in July in SD). “Pride is important because someone right now believes they’re better off dead than being themselves.” We affirm the God-given dignity and worth of all people and commit ourselves to joining Jesus in building a more just, equitable, and inclusive world.
- Art & Faith Mini Camp: Sunday, July 19th after our worship service.
- Church Retreat: Save the date, September 18-20 at Palomar Christian Conference Center!
Passing of the Peace
Let’s greet each other at this time!
Blessing of the Children
Go in peace and go in joy;
Filled with wonder for this day.
Go in faith and go in love;
God will guide you on your way!
Worship Song
Generous Giver
You don’t withhold Your love from us
Arms open wide upon a cross
You give no matter what the cost
Jesus, we see You
All of these worlds Your hands have made
A billion stars stretched out in space
These are just echoes of Your grace
Jesus we see You
You are the generous Giver
Your mercy overflows
Your blessing is a river
On and on and on, it goes
You are an endless fountain
You’re filling up my life
My heart must sing Your praises
Jesus, You be glorified
Jesus, You reach us in our pain
Your mercy meets us every day
Your love will never turn away
Jesus, we see You
On and on…
On and on…
On and on…
Jesus, You be glorified
I could sing of Your love forever
I could sing of Your love forever
Scripture Reading
Mark 10:17-31
17 As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not defraud. Honor your father and mother.’ ” 20 He said to him, “Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth.” 21 Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.” 22 When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!” 24 And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 They were greatly astounded and said to one another, “Then who can be saved?” 27 Jesus looked at them and said, “For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible.”
28 Peter began to say to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.” 29 Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news 30 who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age—houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”
This is the Word of the Lord.
Together: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
It’s Okay to Not Have It All
Pastor Dan
Conversation questions:
- What are some of the ways we feel pressured to “have it all”?
- Why is it so easy for money to warp our outlook on life?
Worship Song
May You Be Well
May you be well
Living in peace
May you feel loved
Happy and free
I open my heart
To however you are
Because here in the love of God
There’s room for us all
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