Claybanks United Methodist Church
Sunday, August 9, 2026
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
* Indicates to stand as you are able
Prelude
*Processional
In this place, among these people
God is worshipped, God is praised.
We have seen the signs and wonders;
The lost are found here, the dead are raised.
We are living the Gospel story;
lives are changed, and mountains moved
Won’t you come and work among us?
You are welcomed, you are loved.
Welcome and Announcements
Worship and Praise
*Praise Song
”O God Who Shaped Creation”…………UMH 443
*Call to Worship
One: Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness;”
All: So, God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; .
One: and God blessed them,
ALL: As those who bear the likeness and blessing of God, as mortals charged with holy purpose, let us worship the One who summons us to life.
One: and fills our lives with good things!
*Gloria Patri…………………………………..UMH 70
*Opening Prayer – In Unison – Creator God, you sit at the Potter’s Wheel and continue to fashion beautiful things. Open us to your ongoing re-shaping of our lives and help us believe that we are capable of change. Calm our hearts and animate our spirits, in Jesus’ Holy name we pray, Amen
Prayers of the People – Joys and Concerns
Prayers for Healing
The Lord’s Prayer
The Offering of our Gifts and Ourselves
*Doxology………………………………………..…UMH 95
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn
”Have Thine Own Way, Lord”……………UMH 382
Sharing of the Word
Prayer of Illumination: In Unison – Holy and merciful God, we have come to hear your word. Help us to bear it. Break down in us all that resists your will and plant in us a willingness to turn, for we would live; we would be your disciples. By your Spirit, come to us, now, in ancient texts, in everyday visions, in the need of our neighbor; we pray in the name of Jesus, our light. Amen
Old Testament Reading
Jeremiah 18:1-6……..…………….…Page 629
*Gospel Reading
Luke 14:25-27…………….……..……Page 850
Message by Pastor Terri Cummins
“We Were Made for This”
*Closing Hymn
”Make Me a Captive, Lord”………..UMH 421
Benediction
Postlude – Please be seated
Words of Reflection – God’s creative activity is described as an ongoing active force for good. Rather than fashioning us of something that could not change, the biblical metaphor is that we are fashioned of clay, a malleable substance that can be reshaped again and again. When life requires change of us, let us embrace our ability to roll with it, for we were made for this!
Step One for Change: believe we are created for change
Pianist – Suzanne Bellrichard
Liturgist – Ellen Zimmerman
Ministers – All People As We Live The Good News
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