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Order of Worship 

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  June 4, 2023
  Connected: Reconciliation with God,
 Ourselves, Others, & Creation
 

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Pre-Service Music
Welcome & Announcements
Call to Worship: 
Hear, O People. / Escucha, oh pueblo. Our powerful, holy, merciful, and sovereign God is one./ Nuestro poderoso, santo, misericordioso,
y soberano Dios es uno. 
    And we will love our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and
    strength and our neighbors as ourselves. /Y amaremos a nuestro
    Dios con todo nuestro 
corazón, alma, mente, y fuerza y nuestros
    vecinos como nosotros 
mismos.
Do this and you will live. / Haz esto y vivirás.
Songs:  #156 There’s a wideness
              # 563 Come thou fount           
Scripture:  Luke 15: 11-32   
Message: Counted with love
Song: #478 I come with joy
Celebrating Communion*
Congregational Prayer
(Response line: God, you so love this world. / Dios, amas tanto este mundo.
Song of Sending: #815 We will walk with God
Blessing
Sharing Joys & Concerns
*All who desire to receive Christ’s love and grace for their lives are welcome at the communion table. Children are welcome to receive crackers. Parents are encouraged to have a conversation with their teen or older child to discern their readiness for receiving the bread and cup.
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​The service will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube. 

 Participants
 Pre-Service & Offertory Music:      Doris Bewley                       
 Worship leader:                                 Terry Zimmerly
 Song leader:                                       Isaac Hooley
 Proclaimer:                                          Karen Martens Zimmerly
 Scripture readers:                         Sheila & Jeremy Ours family
 Communion servers:  Nancy Halder, Rosie & Bill Hochstetler,
Tim Krabill, Leanne Nelson, Mar Upton, Terry & Karen Martens Zimmerly, Marc, Vera, & Charlie Schlegel-Preheim
 Elements preparer:                          Pat Miller
 Ushers:                                               Bonnie & Lynn Gingerich
 Greeters:                                            Pam & Bob Miller
 Childcare:                                          Kathy & Steve Ropp
 Technical Assistance:                     Arden Miller, Nate Elliott

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First Mennonite Church of Iowa City
405 Myrtle Ave  Iowa City, Iowa  52246
319-338-0302  firstmenno@msn.com